| 单词 | blacking |
| 例句 | I remember my legs flying up in the air, seeing clouds above, and then blacking out. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way home I imagined myself facing them, blacking out, and waking to find that I had killed them all. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Heat rays have destroyed power lines, blacking out communication with parts of New Jersey, the announcer adds. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z A shadow passed over her, blacking out the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Most, he was beginning to dread the curtain that might waver in his brain, blacking out the sense of danger, making a simpleton of him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Barely made it to shore before blacking out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Briefly, she considered blacking them with her mother’s paint, but the effort seemed too great, and would fool no one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Before blacking out from pain, Stockdale heard the drone of American planes above. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The on-again-and-off-again clouds got to be always on and they ended up blacking out the moon two nights later. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “You’d best take a swab at your shoes with a blacking brush,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And then his right hand begins to burn, the pain sharp and searing, beginning at the scar around his finger and racing up his arm, blacking out every thought in his mind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the midst of painting the blacking on his worn shoes he looked sideways up at her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As he took up a brush and a tin of blacking, he said, “So the future’s looking bright for Molly.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z One may apply blacking as one will—for it is not in the application, but in the buffing, that the art of blacking lies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I recall the first instance where I fully credited his quick parts: I observed him blacking his master’s shoes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z This mechanism is replicated in a new flightsuit – enabling a test pilot to experience a force of 9g without blacking out. TV review: Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature; Nigel Slater: Life is Sweets 2012-11-05T22:00:01Z Heard’s lawyers have argued that Depp has no credibility when he denies abusing Heard because he frequently drank and used drugs to the point of blacking out and failing to remember anything he did. Heard lawyers zero in on Depp’s drug and alcohol use 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Do they think it’s normal to unwind with a glass of wine after a difficult day with a baby and if yes, how many out of those unwind to the point of blacking out? My agnostic AA 2012-06-20T18:28:00Z Then, on the fifth day of the two-week installation at the Contemporary Art Museum, he began blacking over his original design. In artist's show, creation merges with destruction 2013-02-22T13:55:08Z Noah said before doing a hilarious impression of Cosby blacking out. “Like hearing that someone roofied Bill Cosby”: Trevor Noah dissects the hilarious irony of the Ted Cruz birther movement 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z When Megan disappears, Rachel turns detective, if one mildly hindered by her drinking and narratively convenient habit of blacking out, which means that she doesn’t always know what’s happened in her own life. Review: In ‘The Girl on the Train,’ a Boozy Emily Blunt Never Winks 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z At what the invitations call her "pregnancy party" he gets very drunk, replaces her donor's sperm with his own and becomes the top seed before blacking out. The Switch 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Their intoxicated interlude ends with him blacking out and waking up in her kitchen, only to discover that his one-night stand has been savagely stabbed to death. Powerful crime drama “The Night Of” could be the hit HBO needs 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z In October, Norris called for a "zero-tolerance position" on the technique of "blacking up". Actors to wear blackface for 'hackle-raising' new play 2013-01-04T16:32:10Z He achieved the impressive feat of making Anne Hathaway and James Franco's effort two years ago look smooth; by comparison, Crystal blacking up last year looks tasteful. Between Seth MacFarlane and the Onion, Oscars night was a festival of misogyny 2013-02-26T15:30:58Z They decided to use the poetry technique of erasure, which consists of blacking out portions of a larger text, to expose terse emotional outbursts and visually arresting moments. Bringing the World of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Briefly, to Stage 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z "Ecstasy, almost blacking out with the thrill of it. Remember that? I want one last go, even if you don't." In 'The Children Act,' Ian McEwan chronicles a marriage in crisis 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But, without so much as a glance back at me, he kicked right into its black maw, his light dimming, then blacking out entirely. Scuba Diving in Thailand: A Balancing Act 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z She says she reluctantly agreed to help him hang himself to the point of blacking out, but when he went limp, the button wouldn’t work to lower the noose. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: Dig In 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z That's like me "blacking up" and saying I understand the African-American struggle. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z Like the months that 12-year-old Charles Dickens spent working in a factory that made shoe blacking, Mr. Connery’s deprived childhood informed the rest of his life. Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z These are incredibly smart, well-read, sophisticated people, and for years they have read the term “blacking out” and thought that it meant passing out. The drunkard’s loop: How one writer fought her way back from blackout alcoholism 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Heard’s lawyers have also argued that Depp has no credibility when he denies abusing Heard because he frequently drank and used drugs to the point of blacking out and failing to remember anything he did. Amber Heard’s lawyers interrogate Johnny Depp at libel trial 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The other is James P Graham's multi-screen film of Stromboli's flames and smoke, igniting the sea and blacking out the sun. Volcanic splash 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z The irony was, of course, that for blacking up to play an actor blacking up to win awards, Downey Jr himself won an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Who are the most chameleonic actors? 2010-12-08T12:12:00Z He conveyed unsettling depths of character by nearly blacking out an actor’s brow. - The Washington Post I knew blacking out was bad, but it wasn’t that big a deal, right? My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Like other critics, however, I'm less comfortable with their penchant for blacking up. Come Fly With Me: ready for the return trip? 2011-02-01T11:58:51Z The actor’s denials, they argue, lack credibility because he frequently drank and used drugs to the point of blacking out and failing to remember anything he did. Depp witness: Actor was Southern gentleman; Heard was mean 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z "It's a professional obligation, and if I ruled out the work of directors, actors and writers I disapprove of personally, I'd be blacking out a fair chunk of cinema history." The latest explosion of allegations against Woody Allen has returned moviegoers to a familiar place: debating the ethics of seeing _ and possibly of loving _ Woody Allen films 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The lighting reflects the mood as that half sun — or distant planet — shifts in color, turning rose, lavender and eventually blacking out. Review: A Dance for Our Times Travels to a Dark Place 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Betts redacts court documents, reversing the censor’s role by revealing inscriptions of injustice while blacking out the dense obfuscations of legal language. A Poet and Ex-Con Writes About Life After Prison 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z One of the strongest things in “Blackout” is Ms. Hepola’s writing about the science of blacking out, how people tend to confuse it with slumping over. Review: Sarah Hepola’s ‘Blackout,’ on the Darkness That Took Over Her Life 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Before, Wolf said, she frequently drank to the point of blacking out. Remi Wolf Turns Bedroom Pop Into Hypercolored Explosions 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Though the Egyptian-Ethiopian conflict is never conveyed in racial terms, generations of divas have rendered the opera suspect by blacking up to play the title role. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z Mr Choudhury said it was a miracle he survived his fall in 2021 after he asked two walkers to take his photograph before suddenly blacking out and plunging down the ravine. The Trinnacle: Hikers warned over dangerous selfies at beauty spot 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z It's disturbing seeing footage of swimmers blacking out and being pulled out of the water by the safety divers, who sometimes have to revive them with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The Deepest Breath: 'Nerve-shredding' documentary explores perils of freediving 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z He said it was the closest he had come to blacking out onstage. David Blaine finishes Vegas show after surviving an injury from 80-foot jump onstage 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “I think the reason that you redact records like this, records that are just silly to redact in the first place, it’s about normalizing the blacking out of records,” he said. Olympia’s ‘silly’ little scandal is another step in something big 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Military analysts have cautioned that Russia could also retaliate by escalating its missile and drone bombardments of cities in a campaign to demoralize Ukrainians by blacking out electrical power. Ukraine Moves Forward in South, With Little Resistance From Russia 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z A 1961 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. found that, prior to blacking out, swimmers recalled believing they could go forever. 'This is crazy if you think about it, no?' Inside the world of artistic swimming 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Utilities under siege: Russia unleashed a “barrage” of missiles across Ukraine early Saturday morning, Ukrainian officials said — targeting the country’s electrical grid and blacking out large areas. Dnipro residents fear dark, cold winter as Russia smashes infrastructure 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z If documents are declassified, there’s usually a painstaking process of blacking out what information still stays secret. EXPLAINER: Declassification in spotlight during Trump probe 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z They first cut an electrical wire, blacking out a streetlight, then dashed quickly into the darkness where they planted a bomb, wrapped in tape with the sticky side facing outward, into a wheel well. Behind Enemy Lines, Ukrainians Tell Russians ‘You Are Never Safe’ 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z I say only 2 or 3Gs because this feels similar to the dips and turns of a roller coaster — no tunnel vision or blacking out yet. Seafair preview: Watch our reporter go 400 mph in a Blue Angels jet 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Though it is unclear if Alvarez suffered an episode of shallow water blackout, she remembers having a “great” performance before blacking out at the world championships. 'This is crazy if you think about it, no?' Inside the world of artistic swimming 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z And they argue that the actor’s denials lack credibility because he frequently drank and used drugs to the point of blacking out and failing to remember anything he did. Johnny Depp’s jealousy, substance abuse recounted by friends 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Before their separation, Dunn was “blacking out five days a week,” Green said in an April 2016 court filing that also described him as “emotionally and verbally abusive.” As he runs for Congress, Reagan Dunn recounts battle with alcoholism, and his recovery 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Besides temporarily blacking out parts of Ukraine several years ago, Russian hackers also unleashed a computer virus in 2017 against Ukrainian government ministries, banks and energy companies. Russian government hackers have likely penetrated critical Ukrainian computer systems, U.S. says 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Today, of course, the Super Bowl is a massive TV event, and blacking it out would be unthinkable — as unthinkable as the game not selling out. The first Super Bowls were blacked out in the host cities. Then Nixon got mad. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The NFL still insisted on blacking out the broadcast within 75 miles of the Coliseum, meaning the Los Angeles area largely couldn’t see it without a ticket. The Super Bowl grew out of modest Los Angeles beginnings 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z After blacking out, Gold said, he awoke to the sounds of “horribly suffering people trying to wiggle out of the debris like mangled worms.” A century later, the pain of D.C.’s deadliest disaster still resonates 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Rookies recalled blacking out from drinking and one “described seeing photos of himself lying in his vomit.” UC Davis says baseball team hazed students with alcohol 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z It was easy enough for Goodman to hide the daylight by blacking out the windows. Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a gaffer 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Attempts to salvage things by limiting tickets, blacking out popular films, and other restrictions couldn’t stave off the inevitable, and the company shut down in September 2019. MoviePass’ co-founder has bought back the company and wants to relaunch it next year 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Ellie Simpson said her sister, who does not want to be named, felt a "pinch on the back of her arm" before blacking out and being taken to hospital. Arrest after Nottinghamshire women report being injected with needles 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The cellmate managed to reach an emergency button to summon guards before blacking out. Lawsuit: 27-year-old man killed after DOC ignored warnings about dangerous cellmate 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Lillian Briggs, who has Parkinson's, skin cancer and has had two heart attacks, was left lying on her kitchen floor in agony after blacking out. Ambulance crisis: 'I thought my mum was going to die in front of us' 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z He stopped on the Trinnacle - a stone outcrop - and asked two walkers to take his photograph before suddenly blacking out and plunging down the ravine. Oldham man who fell 200ft down ravine thanks rescuers 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z She was unable to move, and kept blacking out. ‘Nobody Believed Me’: How Rape Cases Get Dropped 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z With social media outfits blacking her out, they were reduced to sending thousands of postcards and ran as write-ins. ‘Who’s racist?’ Lawyer mom takes on Maryland school district’s woke racism claims 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Defence has only released a redacted version of Brereton’s findings, blacking out some sections and suppressing names and identities. Australian special forces involved in murder of 39 Afghan civilians, war crimes report alleges 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z And you know who else is blacking out the story? Why Twitter and Facebook squelching the Hunter Biden story backfired 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z One video produced in 2013, which was later used as a court exhibit, showed a large truck blacking out a Prius with thick smoke. The struggle to crack down on the cottage industry sabotaging vehicle pollution controls 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z She found herself getting dizzy and blacking out while walking — a potentially dangerous scenario when trailside cliffs are involved. Lessons learned from a Kitsap County woman’s attempt at a speed record on the Pacific Crest Trail 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z They ended up making a trade-off of shedding 500 megawatts of load to make sure you don’t end up blacking out the entire state of California, or potentially the rest of the Western grid. Why does California's power grid keep flirting with disaster? We've got answers 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z "How about starting with blacking out your logo and change your teams racist nickname," tweeted Matthew Cherry, a film director and former NFL player. AOC, others mock Washington Redskins over #blackoutTuesday tweet: 'Change your name' 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z After blacking out, he woke on the floor among the corpses. ‘We Ran Out of Space’: Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury Its Dead 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z “I’m about to die,” she thought before blacking out. Shot in their friend's car: Survivors on learning how to live after a shooting 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z This “general emporium of much disregarded merchandise” is overflowing with indeterminate objects, among them blacking bottles and pickling bottles, heaps of parchment scrolls, rags and hundreds of rusty keys. Feeling overwhelmed? How art can help in an emergency by Olivia Laing 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z He remembers drinking a liquid, calling out to God to save him and feeling he was a dog before blacking out. Prosecution doctor: Killer insane when he bit victim’s face 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Some victims could recall being provided with a drink and then blacking out. The sexual predator who waited outside nightclubs 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z In Trudeau’s words, it was only years later when he became an MP for a culturally and economically diverse Montreal constituency that he realised that blacking up was wrong. Justin Trudeau – not so much racist as shallow and ineffectual | Leah McLaren 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Zimbabwe’s finance minister has responded to the growing inflation by blacking out statistics on price increases for the next six months. Zimbabwe police violently disperse protest over nose-diving economy 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Sudan’s military rulers this month attempted to quash massive demonstrations by blacking out almost all internet and phone service, and sending paramilitary groups to violently break up protests. An increasingly popular authoritarian tool: Shutting down the internet 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z The show also included a version of “Schoolhouse Rock” that followed the actions of a superhero Sharpie-style pen called “Redaction Jackson,” whose job was “blacking out words and phrases and clauses.” Hear Jimmy Fallon channel the Rolling Stones for song parody of Mueller report 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The attorney general told the panel the redactions process was going "very well," and he vowed to be as transparent as possible about reasons for blacking out parts of the roughly 400-page document. Attorney General William Barr to release redacted version of Robert Mueller's report "within a week" 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Like the Irish before them, nominally white Jewish performers began blacking up to sing and dance in mimicry of black artists, for arguably many of the same reasons and a century earlier. 'Reasserting white power': behind the psychosis that gave rise to blackface 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Alain Tallon, a history professor at the Sorbonne’s faculty of letters, said the protest was “absurd” and that the university “firmly condemned the practice of blacking up to mock black people”. Greek tragedy prompts 'blackface' racism row at Sorbonne 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z She said she did not see who shot her and did not remember anything else due to blacking out. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Long before the recent scandals, “blacking up” helped define for many leading Americans what it meant to be a man. Perspective | Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Two of the most senior politicians in the US state of Virginia are engulfed in a "blacking up" scandal. How should politicians apologise? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z In the second image, the mother and son duo match in blacking tops for a family headshot. Sofia Vergara recalls her teen mom days in throwback Instagram post 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z She might tell you how her own mother was strangled to the point of almost blacking out when she heard Promise, then a 6-month-old, crying on the bed next to her. Perspective | ‘Don’t just give a damn’: A grandma trying to save her granddaughter calls for more than talking about domestic and sex abuse 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Kavanaugh testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that he "did not drink beer to the point of blacking out." Kavanaugh’s freshman year roommate claims he lied under oath: “He did so baldly, without hesi... 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z He clearly calculated that any admission of blacking out, or anything less than 100 percent recall, would discredit his denial of the sexual misconduct allegations. Opinion | I, too, majored in beer at Yale 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z “Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer. But I did not drink beer to the point of blacking out,” he said. At Times, Kavanaugh’s Defense Misleads or Veers Off Point 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Bruce was pleased to tell me he paid $50,000 for his 24-year-old boat, in turnkey condition, with an up-to-date inspection, recent hull blacking, and fresh cushions, curtains and a new fridge. The Low-Cost Way to Live Abroad: Buy a Boat 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z In another instance, the radios on the flying command post, the air-force Boeing 707, were intentionally set to the wrong frequencies, blacking out communications long enough to make the whole operation impossible. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Fox kept the cameras off of the players, blacking out their protest against racial injustice. Why Fox doesn't want Americans to see protesting NFL players | Ameer Hasan Loggins 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Synopsis: The entirely logical notion that blacking out the sun would require the residents of Springfield to utilize more more energy. Where does Donald Trump driving on a green rank among all-time rich-guy DGAF moves? - Golf Digest 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The Times headline the next day says, “Sailor’s wife leads glass-smashing mob blacking out lights.” What happened in Seattle after the Pearl Harbor attack 75 years ago 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z “Whether you claim you were blacking out or not, you were using periods and sentences,” attorney Mark Baute said. Woman weeps in testimony against NBA star Derrick Rose 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z "Whether you claim you were blacking out or not, you were using periods and sentences," attorney Mark Baute said. Woman weeps in testimony against NBA star Derrick Rose 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z She felt on the verge of blacking out at Rose’s, and said she thought that she might have been drugged. Derrick Rose’s Accuser Testifies During an Emotional Day in Court 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z She began to drink, sometimes to the point of blacking out. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Yellowing up is the same as blacking up: it maintains the assumption that only white people are allowed to play parts written for minority actors. Yellowface and racism against Asians is just as important as other prejudice | Carmen Fishwick 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Writers such as Jacques are helping challenge how we present diversity on screen, but she is wary of comparing portrayals of trans people to blacking up. Work ahead on the long road to realistic casting - BBC News 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The three-time Oscar nominee known for his interior, intuitively intense acting, said that his preparation for a role involves “blacking out” screen directions and often comes up with something in moment. Johnny Depp, Michael Caine among guests at AFI Fest 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z My blood sugar level had dropped dramatically and I was on the verge of blacking out. Steve Coogan: 'It took me a long time to face up to my addiction' 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Before I even had a driver’s license I was blacking out nearly every time I drank. What happened when this college student drank too much, too quickly 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z During wartime, reading personal letters and blacking out passages by hand was once a laborious, time-consuming process. Loose Clicks Sink Ships 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z It wasn't "blacking up "in the traditional sense, as no make-up was involved, and the intention certainly wasn't to mock. Work ahead on the long road to realistic casting - BBC News 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The Department of Health went further, she said, blacking out additional information about her. Some adoptees say Ohio is redacting info they’re entitled to 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z The last thing she remembers from that night, she says, is blacking out with Cosby on top of her. Janice Dickinson on Bill Cosby: ‘They can fling all they want at me. I did not consent.’ 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Police say the woman doesn't recall any sexual encounters and reported blacking out after drinking alcohol and falling at McDonald's home. Former 49er Ray McDonald charged with domestic violence in alleged assault on ex-fiancee 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Prosecutors are reviewing the case after police say the woman reported she doesn't recall any sexual encounters after drinking alcohol, falling and blacking out at McDonald's home. Attorney: Judge dismisses Ray McDonald defamation lawsuit 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z "I don't like the 'blacking up' analogy - trans people have different issues with 'passing' and 'stealth' in a transphobic society than people of colour in a racist one," she says. Work ahead on the long road to realistic casting - BBC News 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z After being thrown from the ship and blacking out, he came to, falling through the air and still strapped in his seat. Virgin Galactic crash details emerge - BBC News 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Police said the woman did not recall any sexual encounters and reported blacking out after drinking alcohol and falling at McDonald’s home. Bears Release Ray McDonald After Arrest in California 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z “It got to where I couldn’t breathe, like I was close to blacking out,” she said. While at War, Female Soldiers Fight to Belong 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z The Navy heavily redacted the records, blacking out reports of narrowly averted collisions and mistake after mistake by the Djiboutian controllers. Chaos in tower, danger in skies at base in Africa 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z This month: Is it really like "blacking up" if a non-disabled actor plays a disabled role? Talk show 116: Oscars, acting and singing on the tube 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z “There were a couple times he strangled me to the point of blacking out or nearly blacking out.” After suicide, woman remains key witness in her rape case against ex-fiance 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Kay said he was on the verge of blacking out when Simpson came to his rescue. Stearns County Jail visitor saved by inmate 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z He remembers taking a few steps and telling medical personnel he didn't think he could make it, that he was blacking out. John Velazquez returns to the Breeders' Cup after bad spill 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The brand has experienced an influx of 1.4 million new Twitter followers, just for blacking out their site and social media channels. Why Your Brand Should Be Thinking Outside The Bun 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z She told police that she woke up at the hospital after blacking out. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Fraternity Suspended, Investigated for Date Rape Plot That includes refusing to release the results of a background check the district said it did and blacking out references Ferguson listed on his employment application. School district hired man in sex offender treatment 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The argument has been that in blacking out games, fans will purchase tickets to see games live, and thus the leagues see the blackouts as a way to protect ticket sales. To The NFL And Beyond, FCC Will Vote To Lift Sports Blackout Rule By Early Fall 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z He sees no difference between them, and argues that people who criticise blacking up are being politically correct. Is it always racist to black up your face? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Many will be reminded of stories of U.S. college fraternities condemned for having “ghetto” parties, blacking up and lampooning life among black people in the inner city. Is ‘Black Pete’ Racist? 2013-12-02T06:23:52Z One of the attendees told CNN that she experienced “a weird feeling and sensation” prior to blacking out. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Fraternity Suspended, Investigated for Date Rape Plot Many will be reminded of stories of college fraternities here condemned for having “ghetto” parties, blacking up and lampooning life among black people in the inner city. Is ‘Black Pete’ Racist? 2013-12-02T06:23:52Z Front-page newspaper spreads displayed cheerful profiles of ethnically mixed readers, supporting the annual practice of "blacking up". Calling time on Black Pete fun 2013-11-18T02:19:17Z One theory is that their "blacking up" was a well-intentioned - albeit clumsy - gesture. Is it always racist to black up your face? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z They assessed that the targeted information would have allowed an intruder to blow up hundreds of compressor stations, blacking out the US energy grid, "at the click of a mouse". Is Britain safer from cyber attacks? 2013-04-30T11:28:29Z Without time to cool, sustained excess current will eventually cook a transformer’s copper windings, causing a short and blacking out the local loads it serves,” according to an article in the IEEE. Electric Cars and the Power Grid: How Are They Coming Together? 2013-01-28T13:03:03Z To have tens of millions of households blacking out the most valuable commercial real estate in all of television would indeed be a catastrophe. Lawsuits Over Dish Network's Ad-Skipper Reveal Networks' Hypocrisy 2012-05-25T18:20:41Z His shoulder-straps shine with pipe-clay and his boots with blacking, and his arms are burnished and oily. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z Have you heard that our warm-hearted nation has forwarded to the Russian Fleet one hundred cases of the best blacking? Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z She was engaged in the healthful but unfashionable occupation of blacking boots; per contra, what Juggernaut chiefly noted was the whiteness of her arms. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Signs and symbols which you in your ignorance of their true meaning have taken for letters and words, and read, as you have thought, Day and Martin and Warren’s blacking. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Yet, despite being rewarded well in Hollywood, performances by non-disabled performers in disabled roles are not celebrated by some disability campaigners, who describe acting disabled as akin to blacking up. How to win an Oscar 2012-02-25T01:37:30Z They pushed and pulled, they yanked and wrenched, they rubbed off the blacking onto their hands, they uttered remarks, wise and otherwise. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z More than once Juggernaut laid aside his own property and returned to the highly unnecessary task of painting the lily—if such a phrase can be applied to the efficient blacking of a shoe. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Hitherto I have managed the blacking difficulty most effectively. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z Oriental betel-chewing, and the Japanese fashion of blacking the teeth of married ladies, are the height of elegance compared with snuff-dipping. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z Mr. Brown improved the opportunity to wipe the perspiration from his noble brow, totally oblivious of the fact that he thereby ornamented his severe countenance with several landscapes done in stove blacking. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z In one part are hogsheads of salt cod, herrings, and other salted fish; bins of Indian corn, rice, peas, and salt; flour, tobacco, barrels of blacking, and kegs of lard. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Kipling writes of puppies' experiments in trying to eat soap and blacking. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z I had forgotten the effect of blacking on clean sheets, and to my horror I discovered the bed-linen was, at any rate, as plentifully covered with blacking as ‘them precious boots.’ Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z "I had to learn absolutely everything again" - how to sit up in a hospital bed, hand-eye coordination, catching a ball, being able to look at fast-moving objects without blacking out. Column: The Olympian told he'd never walk again 2012-02-01T20:34:08Z What do you think of the weather, and does your husband know when your blacking is out? Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z He thought that he had performed those duties as long as was necessary, and he preferred to be released also from blacking shoes and from similar work. Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children 2012-01-22T03:00:23.673Z The mobile restaurant finder UrbanSpoon is restricting access for its users, and some news organizations, including Wired.com are protesting the legislation by blacking out content on their Web sites. Bits Blog: Protests Against Antipiracy Bills Take to the Streets 2012-01-18T17:14:31Z Heel′-ball, a black waxy composition for blacking the heels and soles of boots, for taking impressions of coins, &c., by rubbing: a shoemaker's last.—p.adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The blacking warehouse was the last house on the left hand side of the way, at old Hungerford Stairs. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z His boots were always innocent of blacking, but, by way of compensation, were often coated with mud. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Those that remained upon the plateau were blacking each other’s eyes, breaking each other’s teeth, tearing out each other’s hair, rending each other’s doublet and breeches. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z The thing, after all, might have been a trade mark of sorts which had come detached from a biscuit box or a tin of specially boomed blacking. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Dickens at 12 was pawning beloved books and family furniture, dreaming impossibly of Cambridge while he worked in a “blacking factory,” covering and labeling containers of boot polish. Dickens Biographer Digs for Hidden Affair, Secret Child: Books 2011-11-23T02:34:45Z It was no less than a receipt for the famous Day and Martin’s blacking, the hairdresser being the late Mr. Day. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z This blacking will be found useful for some ornamental purposes, but may be rather too brilliant for boots and shoes. A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. 2011-11-22T03:00:11.870Z Its solution is the blacking used for colouring leather. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z As for me, I was nearly blacking out. Excerpt from ?Leave Me Alone: A Novel of Chengdu? 2011-11-07T00:52:17Z Such was the end of a man, whose faults have been sometimes glossed over with the varnish of flattery, though at the hands of truth they can only receive an appropriate coat of blacking. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z This was a disappointment to him, for he had dreamed of enlarging his stock by the addition of blacking and matches; but circumstances had not as yet permitted the realization of his hopes. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z If the blacking should be too thick, it may again be diluted with spirits of turpentine. A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. 2011-11-22T03:00:11.870Z Our Maskil stops at blacking his boots and wearing a black ribbon round his neck. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z A more liquid blacking, which took a polish from the brush, was of later use and invention. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z He indeed put on a apron to save his clothes from blacking, and guarded his ruffles.... Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z I am worth to-day two millions, perhaps more, and I commenced by selling blacking and matches in the streets.' The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z This blacking is used for bordering picture glasses, and is probably the most perfect black in nature. A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. 2011-11-22T03:00:11.870Z “Oh, I would have given anything if some of the girls and I could have been there when you and Tom were blacking the stove!” exclaimed Clara with a laugh. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z Walnuts, blacking, apples, onions, braces, combs, turnips, herrings, pens, and corn-plasters, are all bellowed out at the same time. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Considerable doubt has been thrown on Leslie's statement "that soon after Constable's death the picture was toned to the aristocratic taste of the period by a coat of blacking." Constable 2011-08-02T02:00:26.593Z She had, in very truth, worked her way through college, which of course appealed to Molly, remembering well her own boot blacking days and her many schemes for making a few pennies. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z This composition, however, may be mixed occasionally with other kinds of blacking, and will tend to increase their brightness. A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. 2011-11-22T03:00:11.870Z But nobody answered, for the Princess, who heard him, was busy up in her room, blacking her face with charcoal and covering her rich dress with rags. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z You might, sir, had it not been for diplomacy, have been obliged to provide your own blacking. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z As different from your people as powder and ink, or paper and blacking. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z It is a pity that his shoes remind one of explorers in Central Africa; for no blacking has touched them since they were brought from the shoemaker's on credit! Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Oil paints of any kind may be substituted in the place of the blacking, but will not dry so quick. A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. 2011-11-22T03:00:11.870Z But she continued to wear the shabby little boots, with their optimistic bravery of blacking. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Randall hustled around until he found an old box of blacking that had been in the kitchen for many years. The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z "As a final resort, you can consider removing transformers from service," he said -- deliberately blacking out parts of the grid. Solar Flare This Week Illuminated Power Grid's Vulnerability 2011-06-09T18:15:02.630Z I remember writing once—of the thinker: "There's nothing more obscure than Browning except blacking." The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z The leather should be thoroughly blackened with some liquid blacking and waxed over slightly with bees-wax before the elastic blacking is applied. A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. 2011-11-22T03:00:11.870Z In fact newspaper articles speak of the Democratic Alliance "blacking up" to win more votes. Playing the colour card 2011-05-17T06:51:35Z Every minute a blacking boy begs me to let him clean my boots, but as I need not his services they are declined. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z I explained to him that what he took for a gun-carriage was a fat patriot blacking his boots; and he said that he be dam. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Young Dickens received a somewhat scanty education, was for a time a mere drudge in a blacking warehouse, and subsequently a clerk in an attorney's office. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The inhabitants are employed chiefly in the iron mines, at forges and blast furnaces, and in charcoal burning and the manufacture of blacking from firewood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z One day he covered a shoe, sole and all, with blacking, and poured what was left in the bottle inside the shoe. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z I say, Watkins, when Clancey calls about those trousers show him in, and send some one over to the packet-office about the phosphorus blacking; you know we are on the last jar of it. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z It was early dawn, and nobody was awake in the hotel except the Boots, who was blacking his namesakes in the back hall. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z Esm� stared into the glowing, companionless fire, with no crackle of coal or hiss of wood, but the modern maid objects to blacking grates. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z "You'll be jest as rich," the small boy said as he added another smudge of blacking to his nose by rubbing it in a thoughtful manner. Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z Some of the people hereabouts clean their half-boots and harness with the fat of fish; others purchase blacking from Norway. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z There, once more in smooth water, he wields the blacking brush, makes acquaintance with the knife board, or gets in the provisions. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z "Oh mother!" said Eva, "you know it gives me a headache to brush boots, and I shall make my hands so dirty, and perhaps bespatter the floor with blacking as well." Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners In the evening he would go to the jail from 114 the blacking factory, where he was employed, to get his supper. In Jail with Charles Dickens Carrots rubbed his nose reflectively, thereby adding to the smudge of blacking which now extended nearly from ear to ear; and, noticing it, Teddy asked, earnestly: "Say, why don't you wash your face?" Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z But little boot blacking or brushing need be done in the house. Household Organization A soldier must learn this; for many other things are necessary: pipeclay, powder, blacking, oil, emery, and soap, and a hundred other things.' Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. "There's that blacking your Excellency wrote about, and the cricket-bats; the lathe must come out by the frigate, and the down mattress at the same time." The Fortunes Of Glencore Half an hour after leaving the main body darkness came down upon the seven Ammadian warriors, blacking out their immediate surroundings. The Return of Tharn "You can go now," the gentleman said; "and I shall be curious to learn how long you will keep the promise made in regard to blacking my boots." Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z Their success caused a moral revolution, and had I been able to place all, not one would at this day be blacking boots, which many do for want of better employment. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The blacking of the whole exterior surface—a purely mechanical process—took place after the figures had been completed and protected from accidents by the thick black border of which we have spoken. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" I always analyse my blacking three times over, and then lay it on thin with a camel's hair-brush. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890 With him also Paul took the effects and credentials of another Apache, Ferdinand Lovetski, the maker of that special blacking, 'Jetanola.' The Riddle of the Night There are brushes and blacking belonging to the house, and you can use them this morning, which will give you a little extra towards buying a new outfit. An Amateur Fireman On guard, but by virtue of a little blacking on my boots or something else, appointed orderly for the day, which is an easy thing. An Artilleryman's Diary When a man wants to sell a pair of old boots, does he think of charging for all the blacking he has put on them for the three years before? Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience They made their blacking or polish for their shoes by mixing soot with lard. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia Your father-in-law, whose soul the Devil must weigh out like so much lead, smeared his creaking boots with the marrow of my bones; and capital blacking he found it. Edelweiss A Story With money secretly earned by blacking boots he purchased his first book, the Columbian Orator; he soon learned to write “free passes” for runaway slaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" I have been working on equipment to prevent fighter pilots 'blacking out' during power dives, and I believe there is a relationship between time travel and terrific speeds in space. The Time Mirror Then Judy dotted the cotton with shoe blacking and it became a realistic imitation of royal ermine. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days No more by stanzas, songs, and odes, Warren his blacking sells; The van alone the carman loads, The name of Warren tells. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The heavy boots were wrinkled and worn, yet solid, and the blacking suggested a reluctant concession to custom rather than to a sense of propriety. The Vision of Elijah Berl Examining the register number he saw at once that blacking had been smeared over the first and last figures. The Bartlett Mystery Let your barber puff his dye for the whiskers, or your bootmaker the incomparable effulgence of his blacking,—the thing is in keeping, no one objects to it. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II "Stow these somewhere about your clothes, and get that blacking off your shoes as soon as you can, and you'll do." Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys There was a rush to the Sutler for white gloves, blacking, needles, thread, paper collars, sweet oil and rotten stone for the guns. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran He wants his boots to shine as workmen's boots shine in towns, and must buy blacking. The Hills and the Vale Forth waited for an answer, then touched another button and steel louvers closed noiselessly over the windows, blacking them out. The Planet Savers Now, his oilskins hung out over the head, stretched on hoops and broomsticks, glistening in a brave new coat of oil and blacking. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea He replied, 'Signs and symbols which you, in your ignorance of their true meaning, have taken for letters and words, and read, as you have thought, "Day and Martin's and Warren's blacking." Old and New London Volume I Then Mr. Titmouse drew from underneath the bed a bottle of "incomparable blacking," and a couple of brushes; with great labor and skill polishing his boots up to a wonderful degree of brilliancy. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. But now we are all done except blacking the stove. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings Benjamin was trembling for the flawless blacking of his beautiful boots, and the unsoiled felt of his leggings. When Ghost Meets Ghost They proved, in their own way, that Lynds had suffered continual delirium after blacking out. What Need of Man? He has to work amid paste, wax, oil, and blacking, and contracts a smell of leather. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Tuesday, Dec. 2nd.—I should have told you yesterday that all my boys were got up for their work in moustaches and side-whiskers of some sort of blacking—I suppose wood-ash. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Margaret wet the blacking a little, dipped in her brush, and scrubbed the stove well all over, especially in the corners. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings He goes on blacking the chimney with a persistency which somehow amuses us because he puts so much heart into his work. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) It consisted chiefly of running messages or blacking boots or boiling water. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 He was left to the city streets, or to earn a hard and scanty living in a dirty warehouse, by pasting labels on pots of blacking. Tales from Dickens "In case of the men in the ship blacking out, I think you said." The Big Tomorrow Margaret put on her biggest, longest-sleeved gingham apron, got a hearth brush, a dust-pan, the little dish which held the stove blacking, brush and polisher, rolled up her sleeves and prepared to listen. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings What you took to be blood, Ropes, was blacking off your razor. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 "Selling newspapers, carrying portmanteaus and packages sweeping before doors, clearing off snow, blacking boots and so on." Hidden Hand The public next lauded Warren's blacking—Cirage national de Warren—and then proceeded to eat raw crumpets as an English article of luncheon. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 The banking clouds rose ponderously upon the hilltops, blacking out the twilight with an abruptness which must have held deep significance for men less occupied. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills If there had been a grate here you would have had to polish it with the blacking from the kitchen stove. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings First mix the ivory black and sweet oil together, then the lemon and sugar, with a little vinegar to qualify the blacking; then add both the acids, and mix them all well together. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Our foot and leg-gear was ridded of the mud of many weeks, and was smeared with the newly invented blacking. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Where the instep is defective or totally absent, a pretence at one may be made by blacking that portion of the sole of the foot that is immediately adjacent to the heel. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society "Now," answered his friend, "what honor can lie in blacking your face with mustachios and assuming the burlesque disguise of a buffoon, in order to be cudgelled on a public stage?" Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Below, on a wooden bench in the sunshine, sat Scott, leisurely blacking boots, and humming to himself in a voice that had little tune in it. The Manor House School In the cow-shed the boys were blacking their faces for a dress-rehearsal; the turkey hung dead, with opened, speckled wings, in the dairy. The Rainbow Moreover, our boots are of rough hide, and not adapted for blacking. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand A young knight of the brush stood near by, with his blacking box slung over his shoulder. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street Cement covers the stitches; and many sorts of blacking are used in finishing the work. Makers of Many Things Scott had evidently seen her too, for he gave a short whistle to attract her attention, then, throwing down his blacking brush, he crossed the courtyard to speak to her. The Manor House School “Noah stood in the shade blacking his boots, and observed to Esmeralda, ‘I shall not help my wife as Mr. Petalengro does you.’ Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Liquid shoe blacking is almost worse than ink. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts See the blacking you have put on the upper! The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street His ill-laced boots innocent as usual of blacking, for he would not allow Blanquette to touch them, were stuck out ostentatiously, and to the peril of the near passers-by. The Belovéd Vagabond That leaves only 2s. a month for the extra days of the month, and for small expenses, such as soda, matches, blacking, and condiments. Home Life in Germany I demanded, as he bent to his work with blacking and brush. The Love Story of Abner Stone His hair was red, his fingers defaced by stains of blacking, and his clothing constructed on the most approved system of ventilation. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves It is also used extensively for calking vessels, making waterproof roofs, lining cold storage plants, making varnishes as well as shoe blacking as well as in a hundred other ways. Birdseye Views of Far Lands On the sides of the knapsack are little pouches, containing brushes, blacking, and soap; and in his breast-pocket is stowed away a little flask of brandy-schnaps, to revive his drooping spirits on the road. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France In the same way the manufacture of wall-papers or house paint may be considered subsidiary to the building trades, that of blacking to the shoe manufacture. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production A quiet, very respectable looking woman, the widow of a coster, sold cakes of blacking and small-wares, and gave her view of this phase of the question. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad All classes of labor were highly remunerative, blacking boots not excepted. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century The married women have a curious custom—now fast dying out—of blacking their teeth and plucking out their eye-brows to prevent, as their husbands say, other men casting "sheep's eyes" at them. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 A tramp’s knapsack always has little pouches at the side for soap, brushes, and blacking. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France There are two grocers, who both supply amateurs with English pickles, Harvey's sauce, Warren's blacking, Henry's magnesia, James's powder, and the other necessaries of life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. While Browning was living his daily life in Camberwell, Dickens was existing in the blacking factory; yet again it was an age of the beginning of intellectual giants. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Great bushes of the Hybiscus, scarlet and buff, glowed in the sun—they were called shoe-flowers, for they were used instead of blacking to polish our shoes. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak He gained a living by blacking shoes and selling papers. The Critic in the Orient One spoke of stinginess, the other of vanity, and the blacking became the black cause of enmity between them, and at last they parted. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen This is what he demanded of the world in general—namely, patent blacking—and he got nothing but grease. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The blacking factory that nearly killed the physical Dickens gave birth to the literary Dickens. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Dud Fielding was offering him pay for this, very much as he might fling pay to him for blacking his boots. Killykinick He spent ten minutes in blacking his shoes, in his room—and twenty minutes in getting the blacking off his fingers. Free Air He wanted to have his boots cleaned with patent blacking, and the clerk could only afford ordinary grease; and upon that point they split. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen He always attributed his success to his having “humbugged” the public by this unique method of advertising his blacking in Egypt! The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages In legitimate boxing he had shown himself his foe's superior; and he was not particularly anxious to emphasize that fact by blacking Jabe's eyes or "bloodying" his nose. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Even the boy who blacked his boots felt that he was blacking the boots of a great man. The Vicar of Bullhampton Course, it’s his hair, and if he wants to train it to stand up on top like a clothes brush or a blacking dauber, who am I that should curl the lip of scorn? Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe This is what he demanded of the world in general, namely, patent blacking, and he got nothing but grease. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen His blacking was really a superior article, and well worth the price charged for it, but he was “humbugging” the public by this queer way of arresting attention. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages "This is the story of the glasses," said Olé, the watchman of the church tower; "and it applies both to those who use blacking, and to those who use only grease." The Sand-Hills of Jutland It had never troubled Tom much to have a spot of blacking on his face, or to see his hands bearing the traces of the business by which he made his living. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success In ordering a pair of riding boots we should go to a good maker and have them of patent leather, which is smarter and cleaner than blacking leather. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Nobility remains noble, as a champagne bottle remains the same, even with blacking in its interior. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen This is our boot cupboard, where we keep the blacking and brushes, and papa’s boot-jack. Child-Land Picture-Pages for the Little Ones They found the lawyer blacking that portion of his white socks that appeared through the holes in his shoes. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Pat was at once on his knees, blacking the shoes of his old rival without the slightest suspicion of his identity. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success As he turned into Nassau Street he met an old acquaintance, Pat Riley by name, with a blacking box over his shoulders. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It At one time he blacked boots for another boy, to whom he paid half his receipts, in return for the use of the box and blacking. The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets When a man finds himself compelled to wade through miles of mud, in which he sinks at every step up to his knees, he becomes forgetful of the blacking on his boots. The Bertrams The tarring and blacking of rigging; or the operation of blacking the ship's sides with tar or mineral blacking. 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. All regrets for the impossibility of ruining the character of Captain Puffin with regard to intoxicants were gone, for she had an even deadlier blacking to hand. Miss Mapp So do I; but if I were a street boy, picking up my living by blacking boots or selling papers, I shouldn't expect to. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It Even the business of the boot-black, humble as it is, required a small capital to buy a brush and box of blacking. The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets “If you are aiming to work up through the tannery they’ll likely look the part more by the time you’ve got a few coats of lime and blacking on them,” was Carmachel’s dry response. The Story of Leather To do anything partially, is to give it a lick and a promise, as in painting or blacking.—To lick, to surpass a rival, or excel him in anything.—Lick of the tar-brush, a seaman. 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. A roller-towel for his pantry, and some blacking for his boots, and some flannel I suppose for his fat stomach. Miss Mapp Hence the saying, "A Hottentot without paint, is like a shoe without blacking." Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Opposite was the blacking shop where Dickens spent a miserable part of his childhood. The Strand District The Fascination of London "It wasn't worth blacking your face all over just for that," he said. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Any part left neglected or uncovered in paying or painting, blacking, or tarring. 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. Then the small brunette minister asked if he was not entitled to some credit for blacking the farmer's eyes. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 You see, since Pa got that blacking on his face he don't go out any, and to make it pleasant for him Ma invited in a few friends to spend the evening. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 He led the way down some littered steps into a basement room, where a dishevelled maid was blacking boots. Explorers of the Dawn From the regions of mud, dust, leather, and blacking, we will now reascend to the higher localities of the human person, and will fasten ourselves round the reader's neck. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 With the help of his blacking materials he succeeded in earning a dollar before the close of the day. Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant Some of his comrades, who had been on duty all night, were sleeping in their beds, other beds were empty, and their owners were blacking their boots and polishing their buttons. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions So I got the bottle of shoe blacking and painted Pa so he looked like a colored coal heaver. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 So two or three of those girls went upstairs and got a bottle of shoe blacking and a big piece of cardboard. Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike It smells of shoemaker's wax and filthy blacking. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries It was, in fact, an unnatural blue-black, something the color of shoe blacking. Molly Brown's Senior Days “All right, Miss. I made a whole bottle o’ blacking outer half a cake as a chap I knows give me.” The Bag of Diamonds I asked the shoe store man how long it would take the blacking to wear off, and he said it ought to wear off in a week. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 Both Mr. Bingo and Mr. Latchett themselves aspired to be Negro leaders in Cadgers, and they were delivering Emancipation Day orations and riding at the head of processions when Mr. Asbury was blacking boots. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories With great glee they imagined Raleigh blacking his own boots and Pembury boiling his own eggs, and the very idea of such wonders quite frightened them. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story Servetus, a very respectable young man carrying on an extensive blacking trade; the sister a very steady girl had lived some time with Mr. Furness. A Journey to America in 1834 The little fellow who worked all day long in the tumble-down old house by the river Thames pasting oil-paper covers on boxes of blacking fell ill one afternoon. Historic Boyhoods He was offul mad, and he went home and we looked through the alley fence and saw Pa trying to wash off the blacking. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 This programme he carried into effect one morning, as Clem was blacking his boots. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes He hasn't any ambition, or he wouldn't be content to keep on blacking boots when there are so many better ways of making a living. The Telegraph Boy A charitable bootblack, who slept on the same straw with us there, lent my lover one of his boxes, a brush and a pot of blacking three quarters empty. The Gods are Athirst Jim shook his head, and went on blacking the big boots. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 There isn't any more blacking in the house, and the ink I sopped onto them made them worse than ever. At the Little Brown House Clem picked up his blacking-brush, and very deliberately smeared the boot he had just polished, with another coat of blacking, before answering. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes "Well, I haven't got any money to pay for blacking boots." The Telegraph Boy He could ruin any young turn he liked simply by "blacking her out"; and, if he feels good, he can help many beginners with expert advice. Nights in London You're going to get out the blacking bottle and start cleaning and polishing the shoes. Carl and the Cotton Gin He objected to country gentlemen being introduced into Watier’s, on the ground “that their boots always smelt of horse-dung and bad blacking.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 There are allusions to blacking in Little Dorrit and Bleak House. Pickwickian Studies So it has been done, and nowadays the machine for blacking boots is in general use in big American and European hotels. The Conquest of Bread The blacking out of the screen coincided with Donna's scream. This World Must Die! Both her hat and Mary's gleamed ebon under a recent coat of blacking—so recent that they entertained some concern lest it trickle down their heated faces in disfiguring rivulets. Carl and the Cotton Gin “I’ll give you work to do;” and Harry was sent to assist Bass in blacking down the rigging. The Voyage of the "Steadfast" The Young Missionaries in the Pacific Readers of Forster’s interesting “Life” will recall the dismal passage in the account given by Dickens to his friend, and his agonising experience when he was employed at the blacking factory. Pickwickian Studies There were countless things that could be utilised, including blacking, seethed mushrooms, boiled ash-buds, and the juice of the pickled walnut. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 Immediately the man took out some brushes and some blacking from the inside of the box, which was open on the side where the man was standing, and began to brush the gentleman's boot. Rollo in Paris "Unless I do better I'll have to try selling papers or blacking boots." From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience Meanwhile, in the United States, television reception was blacking out for hours at a time, with no explanation available. Warning from the Stars We may be certain that this was a boyish recollection, and that he had seen this blacking “poet” making his calls in Chandos Street or haggling for his miserable wage. Pickwickian Studies George himself, as a boy, had already begun to "question the final rightness of the gentlefolks," declaring his rebellion by "resolving to marry a viscount's daughter" and blacking the eye of her half-brother. Personality in Literature It was about nine o'clock in the morning, when I, having many people to see, handed Chanden Sing, for that was his name, a pair of shoes and some blacking. In the Forbidden Land "I buy the blacking for the signore's boots," gravely. The Lure of the Mask He would then apply the blacking and hand the boot to Tom, who stood ready to artistically apply the polishing brush. The Expressman and the Detective Now, to this day Day and Martin’s carmen wear red jackets, and Warren’s men probably did so; but, at all events, it is clearly an allusion to the costume of the blacking drivers. Pickwickian Studies Part of the letter has been blacked out, but of course I found it very easy to take that blacking out,” he chuckled. Good Old Anna The remains of fruit cans, tin plates, blacking boxes and glassware, told of sutlers who had disposed of their wares at less than the usual exorbitant prices. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Giovanni sought his own room at the end of the hall, squatted on a low stool and solemnly began the business of blacking his master's boots. The Lure of the Mask It formed a distinct layer on the surface of the serous membrane, resembling ink or blacking, and could with difficulty be removed. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners In chapter xxxiv. we have another allusion to blacking. Pickwickian Studies The lower edges of these plates of whalebone are split into thousands of hairs like bristles, so that the inside roof of a whale’s mouth resembles an enormous blacking brush! Fighting the Whales The little boy, weakly and sensitive, was now sent to work in a blacking manufactory at six shillings a-week, his duty being to cover the blacking-pots with paper. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 He had supposed he should leave off blacking boots some time, but no prospect seemed open before him. Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter The lower lobe had a firm and condensed feel, and when divided, exhibited a mass resembling indurated blacking. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners As when he was sent to Murdstone and Grimby’s warehouse, it was still the washing and labelling of bottles—“not of blacking,” but of wines and spirits. Pickwickian Studies You hitting that walking blacking bottle twice over in the mouth. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale I heard you blacking my character behind my back. Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East But I guess he'll have to go back to blacking boots. Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter The lower edges of these plates of whalebone are split into thousands of hairs like bristles, so that the inside roof of a whale's mouth resembles an enormous blacking brush! Fighting the Whales Well, whether you consider it a lowering trade or not, Brown of Philadelphia suggested our “going into” blacking together. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. I’m afraid you let her spend the money you get for blacking boots on drink. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life I wear patent leather boots, and they don’t need as much blacking as some of the fellows’.” The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Immense quantities of bone black are consumed with sulphuric acid in the manufacture of shoe blacking. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists And when the little blacking smells And camphor balls and soap begin, I do not have to look to know That Mr. Wells is coming in. Under the Tree The lights in the drive chamber began to dim—or was he blacking out? The Colors of Space “How much do you earn by blacking boots?” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life But, good heavens, you talk as though I made a habit of blacking up! The Girl on the Boat Close to blacking out, Wade nevertheless shot it in as close to the field as he dared. The Black Star Passes By the time Rosemary had found the tie, Shirley had managed to upset the shoe blacking on her white shoes and had to be hastily refitted with tan socks and oxfords. Rosemary Stains from stove blacking, paint, and grass may be removed by soaking in kerosene and washing well with soap and water. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools My boots want blacking, Fred; let’s go round by Style Street.” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life He manages, by blacking boots and baking leather pies, to make money. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer The coachman's badly-made boots, or a strap out of place, or a buckle wanting, or blacking needed, all detract from the desirable London standard. Ranching, Sport and Travel The wash-board and blacking were two of the father's investments that were losses, so he became very much irritated at mention of them and checked the son. Watch Yourself Go By If the stove is to be polished, rub it with blacking. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools I really believe he spent the entire time he was not blacking boots in walking round and round his box on the palms of his hands with his feet up in the air. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life They will supply me with oil to my lamps, grease to my wheels, and blacking to my shoes. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica The savages have got hold of the bottle of blacking and have been drinking it like anything.' Tancred Or, The New Crusade Without blacking his face, which could be done when the play was actually filmed, Mr. Bunn gingerly rode the mule. The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays But then he has such exquisite taste! why, he blackballed a friend of his who wanted to enter his club, because the candidate's boots were polished with bad blacking. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform "How can you when you haven't any blacking and brush here?" asked Vi. Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's He stood still a moment, and looked with some curiosity at the old house and at the court-yard, where white-coated soldiers were now occupied in blacking and polishing their belts. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Among the other products are lasts, blacking, paper and wooden packing boxes, nails and spikes, and shoe fittings and tools. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Faces with bars of blacking, like the shadows of small gridirons—faces with woful bruised peepers—faces with fun-flashing eyes—faces of striplings, yet so old and haggard—faces full of evil and deceit. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City I passed near there last night and I saw half-a-dozen of the men blacking their officers' boots and singing, 'Britons, Britons, never will be slaves!' Captain Jinks, Hero A passion for blacking is a distinguishing characteristic of his military caste; and his natural love of licking the boots of members of the many royal families of the Fatherland was finding its full expression. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl In many houses there are still the offensive duties of filling lamps and blacking boots to be done. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought Minerva blacking the boots of Caligula—it is a clever combination! Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers The society fixes the price of blacking a pair of boots or shoes at ten cents, and severely punishes those who work for a less sum. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City But it was the sudden blacking out of the scene which had wrought on the nerves. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon In stockinged feet he had crept downstairs, opened the creaking door without making any appreciable noise, and then waited in the boot-room, which was filled with the odour of blacking and damp decay. The Loom of Youth At any rate, the offer was accepted very willingly by my father and mother, and on a Monday morning I went down to the blacking warehouse to begin my business life. Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists He bought it with money secretly earned by blacking boots on the street. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers A well-known financier began by blacking a pair of boots. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City All his life had been spent along its line, blacking boots, selling nuts, candy, papers, on the trains or around the depots of the frontier cities and towns. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Have a care, woman! or the Heir-to-Empire will be blacking himself, too. The Adventures of Akbar But I held some station at the blacking warehouse, too. Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists Was he going to take the rock from Davey’s hand and smash him in the face with it, knocking out his teeth, breaking his nose, blacking his eyes? Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Then she was afraid that the missing treasure might make his appearance too soon, and she made such undue haste that she faithlessly omitted the finishing touch,--blacking her pretty teeth. Russian Rambles But she thought differently, when she got home and found Harvey patiently blacking Master Charlie's boots. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland Fruit in all its variety, books, prints, blacking, and nick-knacks of every description offer themselves to your notice. How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 Intended to Serve as a Companion and Monitor, Containing Historical, Political, Commercial, Artistical, Theatrical And Statistical Information It will be noted that he omits all reference to his experiences in the blacking factory. Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists His boots were small, which also was quite Canadian, but he had rubbed the blacking off, and trusted to the dust still further to disguise them. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life To oil your boots instead of blacking them, to dust your coat with a switch instead of a brush: was there ever anything more ridiculous? The Return of the Native In this way the hands do not come in contact with the blacking during the whole operation, and unsightly cloths and brushes, which soil the hands, are done away with. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada One closely veiled woman showed the silhouette sticking up through her veil just like a blacking tin. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia But Mary did not fancy blacking boots and running errands. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts Tobias went in, with a triumphant glance at Mike, and, arrangements being completed, was soon at work, blacking his master's boots. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life He found himself reaching for the blacking just as if his will were paralyzed. The Sheriff's Son When washing my hands after the work is done, the blacking and the soap come off together easily, leaving no stain on the hands. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada I tried three months to persuade my "Boots" to leave off blacking the soles of my shoes under the instep. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I The custom of blacking the teeth is almost universal. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons What with blacking his whiskers and being tender on his feet, which didn't allow of him to run to say the least of it, I was about pretty early. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People She carried the suitcase on into her bedroom and Lizzie, coming in, hot and bundle-laden an hour later, found the living-room in immaculate order and Lydia, in an old dress, blacking the kitchen stove. Lydia of the Pines Soap With Stove Blacking.—Use a half bar of laundry soap, and one cake of blacking. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The duties which commanded these high emoluments consisted of the tying up and labelling of blacking pots. Life of Charles Dickens He was always neatly dressed; his large moustache looked as if it shared with his boots the attention of the blacking brush. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Otherwise he was dressed, like a countless multitude of other men who walk the streets of every city in North America, in a conventional sack suit, and shoes that still bore traces of blacking. Burned Bridges His trousers were coarse, thick, and comfortable, and his large boots were never touched by blacking, Nick's father having no belief in such nonsense, but sticking to tallow all the time. Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 Apply the blacking to the stove as you would paint, and use a newspaper to polish with, which can be burned. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada At first, when he began his daily toil at the blacking business, some poor dregs of family life were left to the child. Life of Charles Dickens "Well, Mr. Bates hasn't a soft heart at all; he's as unkind as can be; but he's as much above you, with all your softness, as light is above boot blacking." What Necessity Knows A bit of yellow soap, some blacking and a couple of brooms in one corner, a pail and a wooden chair in another, were evidently not "tenant's fixtures." The Wharf by the Docks A Novel She wore a faded look, from her dust-coloured hair to her boots, which wanted blacking. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches Cleaning Stoves.—Before blacking my stove I rub soap on my hands, as if washing them, letting the soap dry on. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada William's occupation on board the steamer, as they steamed south, was to prepare the stock for the market, by shaving off whiskers and blacking the grey hairs with a colouring composition. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met The man had a small, shabby-looking box before him on the ground, with a box of blacking on one side of it, and several shoe-brushes upon the other. Israel Potter Strong, thick gloves, and a neat box for brushes, blacking, &c., will make this a much less disagreeable operation than it sounds. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes "Light-comedy calves," he tells us, "are made of ragged silken hose;" and what may be called "Othello's blacking," is to be composed of "burnt cork, pulverised and mixed with porter." A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Thomas found her blacking your shoes the other day. The Man Thou Gavest Then the small brunette minister asked if he was not entitled to some credit for blacking the farmer’s eyes. Peck's Compendium of Fun The third time, I was blacking my boots, according to Dr. Howl's advice, 'expands the deltoid muscles, is of benefit to the metacarpis, stretches the larynx, opens the oilsophagers, and facilitates expectoration!' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes, and some blacking. McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader It was no less than the receipt for the famous Day and Martin's blacking; the hairdresser being the late wealthy Mr. Day, whose manufactory is one of the notabilities of the metropolis. Thrift Absalom is blacking boots in a New York hotel, weeks ago.—Ah! what a coat! The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery The greatest wonder the gentlemen met was the item on the bill for blacking boots, which was fifteen dollars. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 The Fox patrol had a box of blacking and a brush, and two scouts were polishing their shoes. Don Strong, Patrol Leader Henry wouldn't help me because he's so ugly, and Rose was afraid of blacking her fingers. The English Orphans They began to buy blacking and neckties and white shirts, and to patronize the barber. Romance of California Life I wore shoes innocent of blacking and made after a pattern much admired among navvies. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" The smell of blacking, too, indicates the wearer's pleasure in his cleaned and polished boots. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 4, April, 1884 Colors, crude and prepared, with or without oil, inks of all kinds, shoe blacking, and varnishes. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Leaflets were handed you in the street to tell you what public analysts said about it, and in what great hotels it was the only blacking used. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 29, 1891 Though, the thing being inevitable, she said little about it, Miss Leaf's heart was often sore to see Hilary's pretty hands smeared with blacking of grates, and roughened with scouring of floors. Mistress and Maid When the news of his horrible death became known, all the dandies were anxious to secure the service of his valet, who possessed the mystery of the inimitable blacking. The Bed-Book of Happiness The Bishop learned to glory in his blacking far more than he had ever done in the original mahogany. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 7, 1891 The Chinese have more trouble in whitening their shoes than we have in blacking ours. Far Off The man who groomed the Georgian also ploughed the flowerbeds, broke the windows in cleaning them, and put blacking on brown boots. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns I saw Bob and several other boys, grimy with blacking, chasing each other across the flatboats, but Dickens was not there. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Father made a fortune in blacking, so daresay he recollects his grandfather. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 I'd rather go weed garlic; travail through France, and be mine own ostler; wear sheep-skin linings, or shoes that stink of blacking; be entered into the list of the forty thousand pedlars in Poland. The White Devil Guests are supplied with all facilities for blacking their own boots, and are made at home in every way. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment "I am of the opinion, sir, that it must have come from the blacking on one of my shoes as I put it on before leaving my room." Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life It was found useful as an ingredient of blacking and varnish. Famous Americans of Recent Times He had brushes and blacking, and he blacked and he brushed and breathed alternately, undoing continually with his breath or his filthy hand what he had done with his brush. The Pretty Lady It was a ragged copy of the "Globe" Shakespeare, lacking its covers and smeared with dirt and blacking. True Tilda Replace the covers, and if the stove needs blacking, mix the polish, and apply it, rubbing with a dry brush until nearly dry, then light the fuel, as a little heat will facilitate the polishing. Science in the Kitchen. Sure enough, he came rushing in, as soon as I called for him, from the little corner by the smoking-room where he was blacking boots between dozes. Between the Dark and the Daylight Unfortunately I had forgotten to lock my door, and in walked Cousin Charley with a quart bottle of liquid blacking, which he prepared to empty on my devoted head. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 He always insisted on blacking his own shoes; for it was one of his principles not to be waited upon, while he was well enough to wait upon himself. Isaac T. Hopper It was a small boy—a boy abominably ragged and with smears of blacking thick on his face, but for all that a good-looking child. True Tilda In the first of these the dust and mud are removed, in the second the blacking is spread on, and in the third the final polish is obtained. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 The task had been appreciably delayed by Frank, the dog, who, with a quaint relish for shoe blacking, had licked a superb polish from one shoe while the other was under treatment. The Wrong Twin The blacking went streaming down over her face, white robe, and person, and left her looking more like a bronze fury than one of Eve's most charming daughters. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Oil, soap, and grease were the substitutes for blacking, which was at first made with soot, but shone with a gloss. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832 One man in particular is busily engaged in selling his store of blacking in the auction style, in a manner that would do credit to a real Down-caster. Views a-foot In order to guide the blacking to that part of the brush which is to receive it, Mr. Audoye protects the lower part of the latter by a half-cylinder of sheet iron. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 There are now large shops of the "universal provider" type, where they sell everything from blacking to port wine, and where you see silk mantles in one window and sausages in another. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" But the blacking he was determined she should have; so, gauging her probable position, with one desperate effort he squeezed in a little farther and, raising the bottle, he poured the contents on her head. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 I was in Hot Springs blacking boots when my mother died. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 One might have thought that Tom would have been satisfied with merely blacking his face, and leaving to chance the identification of the negro who might be apprehended. The Marrow of Tradition On this there is placed a vessel containing the blacking, and into which dips a copper cylinder having a grooved surface. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Take this," said he, handing him a dirty tow apron, "and tie it around your neck; it will keep the blacking off your clothes, you know. The Garies and Their Friends Searching in a cupboard full of oily rags, grimy leathers, and other filthy instruments, he found the blacking and the brushes, and presently the boots began to shine in patches here and there. Essays in Rebellion Jaynes, however, was like a leopard, for the blacking on Bobbles' gloves had mottled him all up and down and around. The Dozen from Lakerim Do you—do you think, ma'am—that I was very fond of such dirt beneath my feet, as I couldn't condescend to touch with kitchen tongs, without blacking and crocking myself by the contract? Nicholas Nickleby It was the bottle of stove blacking he had purchased for Mrs. Baggert. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road No; they rather give them a stock of matches, blacking, newspapers, or apples, and start them out to sell them. The Garies and Their Friends She rubs off the mud, puts on the blacking, and polishes up all with the same brush. Stage-Land His shoes sported three coats of blacking, which only partly concealed the dust-marks of his profession. Tom Grogan There's big pillars outside, something like Carter's seed place in Holborn, as used to be Day and Martin's blacking when I was a gell. The Story of the Amulet "You did that on purpose, Tom Swift!" shouted Andy, wiping some of the blacking from his left eye. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road It was his only room, I saw; for there was a sofa-bedstead in it, and his blacking-brushes and blacking were among his books—on the top shelf, behind a dictionary. David Copperfield His shoes, which appeared to be wholly unacquainted with blacking, were, like his pantaloons, two or three sizes too large for him, making it necessary for him to shuffle along ungracefully. Phil, the Fiddler The two most obvious, and, on the whole, most profitable trades, were blacking boots and selling newspapers. Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant Yet he is not blacking his boots, for the only pair that he possesses are innocent of lustre, and wear the natural hue of the material turned up with caked and venerable slush. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial He said Tom had purposely thrown the bottle of blacking at him. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road It would make you mad, you know, if you were blacking boots as hard as you could, and being square all the time, and your partner wasn't square at all. Little Lord Fauntleroy As to that, he is probably selling papers or blacking boots in the lower part of the city. The Errand Boy Jim Parker looked a shade more respectable in attire, but his face and hands were streaked with blacking. Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant He bought a box of blacking and a brush, instructed her in the subtle art of making a front—an art whereof he was past master, as Susan had long since learned. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Andy had used his handkerchief to wipe some of the stuff from his face, but the linen was soon useless, for it quickly absorbed the blacking. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road Mrs. Harsanyi noticed that she wore high heavy shoes which needed blacking. The Song of the Lark He's fit for something better than blacking boots. The Errand Boy "No, sir; I shall be certain to find something to do, if it is only blacking boots." Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant |
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