| 单词 | wooden leg |
| 例句 | His wooden leg was gone, the socket that should have held the magical eye looked empty beneath its lid, and chunks of his grizzled hair were missing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Remember the young woman with the dangling wooden leg and the single oxford? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Dyedka was up, his wooden legs thumping on the floor as he shooed the goats out of the house. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He kept them hard with exercises, beating out the rhythm with a stick on his wooden leg. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He escorted Lee through the house, hobbling awkwardly on the wooden leg, talking about the bullet that had hit him there that afternoon while he was mounted on his horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the corner, where it should have been, rose four round wooden legs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger got off her tall stool, and its wooden legs made a screech on the linoleum. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam looked down at the old table where Cyrus had sat, knocking on his wooden leg with a stick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His wooden leg and magical eye were lying on the bedside table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He stormed forward as best he could on his wooden legs, eye fiery with hatred. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He had wooden legs that he got around on with the help of his walking stick, which leaned against the wall nearby. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z For the time being, however, the city still stood firmly on its wooden legs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Among the supplies provided for her was a fine new frame that unfolded and stood on sturdy wooden legs so that it was not necessary to hold it in her lap. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved over to his desk, sat down, stretched out his wooden leg with a slight groan, and pulled out his hip flask. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He’s wiggling and stomping that wooden leg of his up and down the aisles. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z An old man with a wooden leg thumped back and forth across the road, clutching his temples and announcing to everyone who passed, “They shot my cow.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The real Mad-Eye Moody was at the staff table now, his wooden leg and his magical eye back in place. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Blindly, she fumbled for the knob of her bedpost and began to unscrew it from its wooden leg. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Every wooden leg was broken, the upholstery ripped to shreds, hunks of stuffing strewn across the floor, along with the remains of the clock, flung from the wall and broken to almost unrecognizable bits. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z After adjusting his wooden leg to make himself comfortable, he leaned back against White’s fence to enjoy the night. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The wooden leg made a side semicircle to get ahead when its turn came. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He slumped down on her settee, which had curved wooden legs so thin it looked like it was wearing high heels. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Adam’s father Cyrus was something of a devil—had always been wild—drove a two-wheeled cart too fast, and managed to make his wooden leg seem jaunty and desirable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The woman reared back, slammed her wooden leg down near his hand, and then stabbed her blade into the wood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And for no reason at all that he could make out, his mind leaped to his father, stumping about on his wooden leg, rapping on his leg for attention with a walking stick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The woman crouched down, her wooden leg angled out awkwardly. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z After a minute or so, Harry heard the clunks of Moody’s wooden leg growing fainter in the corridor below. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He stumped in on a crude wooden leg he himself had carved out of beechwood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was the man with the wooden leg winding his barrel-organ, and the tune of Roses in Picardy hummed in my head against the jolting of the car. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He struggled to get up and, as he did, Sullivan discovered that his wooden leg had gotten stuck between two boards and come off. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z B: You mean you’ve got a pain in your wooden leg? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The white walls were now painted beige, and instead of the big comfy sofa, stiff chairs sat alongside a cement-looking couch balancing on tiny wooden legs. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “But take me along and you get Winnie in the bargain. Otherwise ...” The dresser pirouetted on one wooden leg, then tipped and crashed onto its side. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Mom got up from the table, the wooden legs of her chair scraping across the floor, and dug inside the middle drawer of the cherrywood buffet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He mourned the fact that he could not be a permanent soldier because of his wooden leg, but he could not imagine any career for his sons except the army. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah?” said Moody quietly, limping forward a few steps, the dull clunk of his wooden leg echoing around the hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then he got back up and jumped on it, the wooden legs moaning as they scraped a few inches across the floor, leaving four identical scratches on the hardwood. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “It’s all right,” said Moody, sitting down and stretching out his wooden leg with a groan. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z S. shook his head, beaming away at me, and said cleverness was my permanent affliction, my wooden leg, and that it was in the worst possible taste to draw the group’s attention to it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Carving on his wooden leg, he showed his friends how he would cut her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Babulya was knitting a lumpy scarf near the oven, and Dyedka was grumping his way through Papa’s old history book at the table, thumping his wooden legs impatiently on the floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The hut sits on four wooden legs raised three feet off the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As he lifted his arm to drink, his cloak was pulled a few inches from the ground, and Harry saw, below the table, several inches of carved wooden leg, ending in a clawed foot. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sarandon plays the many disappointments of Florence's life like a winning poker hand — starting with the accident that ended her career as a dancer and left her with a wooden leg and a sour mood. Late-in-life Errol Flynn leers in 'The Last of Robin Hood' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z But also: a wooden leg, a large disembodied model hand with fortune-telling lines painted on it and, in the courtyard, arms holding candlesticks protruding from the trees. One of Paris’s magical secrets: A hidden funhouse and century-old carousel you can ride 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Arriving home, they saw their father’s wooden leg propped against a wall, then their father, who had died by suicide, on the kitchen floor. Julia Scully, Influential Photography Editor and Memoirist, Dies at 94 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z In addition to the advertisements, the site includes links to maps, letters, reviews, illustrations, and biographical material, along with essays on subjects like Victorian sanitation, education policy, poorhouses, and wooden legs. ArtsBeat: And Now a Word from Charles Dickens's Sponsor... 2012-04-05T19:27:48Z He said he wanted to see the man he considered the most flamboyant character in Mexican political history dancing and singing with his wooden leg. Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies 2012-05-15T19:31:10Z On the other hand are the languorous crackpots who wonder if codes are embedded in their Home Depot receipts, or if George Washington’s wooden leg hid an alternate Constitution. Television Review: Searching for Clues in History?s Nooks 2010-12-01T22:28:00Z Limping on a primitive wooden leg, he had good reason to slow down and gaze around him. Poem of the week: School's Out by WH Davies 2010-03-29T10:09:00Z Then one of Miss Bee’s wooden legs came loose, developing a gruesome tilt. The Junk Removers Manhandle My Heart 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The payoff, of course, is that he has a wooden leg. 127 Hours ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:25Z "She climbed two flights of steep metal steps with her wooden leg to tell me she was in the audience and loved the show." The true story behind the Midge Maisel-Sophie Lennon rivalry 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z As a child, the wooden leg was a fun toy: I covered it in ketchup and launched it through the window like a javelin at innocent trick-or-treaters. Men who made my legs 2012-12-03T02:00:00Z He ends up on the run from his fellow gunmen, having beaten to death with his father's wooden leg a big-shot gangster turned respectable politician. The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z Our choice was the Beecroft, a tight-backed sofa with low arms and wooden legs capped with offset brass wheels and covered in a white denim slipcover. The Junk Removers Manhandle My Heart 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Despite his two wooden legs and hooks for both hands, he seems undaunted, ready for more high seas adventure. Art Review | 'The Armory Show': Ahoy From Nudes, a Pirate and Scrooge McDuck 2010-03-04T23:28:00Z He lived in his own, strange world populated by hobos, French Canadians, cardsharps, trappers, a pig with a wooden leg, farmers, hooligans, and, for reasons no one will ever understand, Frank Stallone. Perspective | Conan O’Brien remembers Norm Macdonald one year after the comic’s death 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z You may notice his wooden leg first, but it’s his face that you remember. The best of Boz Through the instrument, which looks like a xylophone with wooden legs, consular officials hope to connect Guatemalans in the U.S. to their culture and traditions back home. After COVID silenced marimbas in California, an instrument sings again 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z He received two wooden legs and an artificial plastic hand. Afghan forces struggle, demoralized, rife with corruption 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z But looking it up, all I could glean was that the full version is “Too late, she cried, as she waved her wooden leg”, which merely adds to my confusion. Australia v India: first Test, day one – live! 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Virginia is an American with a wooden leg. Review: Ordinary women, extraordinary courage in World War II drama 'A Call to Spy' 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z A sculptural chair with a flat or swivel base, or wooden legs. The best compact lounge chairs for small spaces or bedrooms 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Accoutrements like wooden legs and parrots, we owe of course to Robert Louis Stevenson's genre-defining Treasure Island. Margot Robbie and the fantabulous female pirates 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Other items recovered from the wreck site include part of a wooden leg and a pulley from the Mentor, according to a statement released by Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports. Ancient Greek treasures recovered from the wreck of Lord Elgin’s ship 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Rad is a top-down action game where you upgrade your character through mutations like wooden legs or... laying eggs to produce tiny clones. Nintendo is bringing another huge wave of indie games to the Switch 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Following that advice, he offered a deadpan response when his character was shot in the wooden leg. Richard Erdman, playful character actor in ‘Stalag 17’ and ‘Community,’ dies at 93 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z In the past, we made devices such as wooden legs, hearing aids, spectacles and false teeth. No death and an enhanced life: Is the future transhuman? 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z The sofa’s wooden legs echo vintage Asian touches elsewhere in the home’s décor. A Tudor-Home Library That’s Stately Not Stuffy: Steal the Look 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z She knew she had to escape quickly, even if she was hobbled by Cuthbert, her seven-pound wooden leg, which she had relied on after a hunting accident. She was a legendary spy. He worked for three CIA directors. Now he’s writing a novel in her voice. 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z As the pirate drops to the ocean floor, he struggles to untangle his wooden leg from rigging. How VFX Emmy nominees 'Westworld,' 'Vikings' and others transport TV audiences 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z She was famous, after all — a Maryland-born operative with a wooden leg and a sobriquet, “The Limping Lady” — who was considered one of the most effective Allied spies leading the French resistance. The Nazis were closing in on a spy known as ‘The Limping Lady.’ She fled across mountains on a wooden leg. 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z He spent time in several jungle camps, held in wooden leg stocks, and he eventually wound up in enemy prisons. ‘Killed’ in Vietnam and buried with comrades, one Marine returned from the dead 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z “I’ll meet you at the depot with that wooden leg full of bourbon.” The U.S. joined the ‘Great War’ 100 years ago. America and warfare were never the same. 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In place of fabric skirts, her pieces had exposed wooden legs she could easily touch up with permanent markers. This ‘Blue Collar Millionaire’ turned her family’s messes into Slobproof furniture 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Materials were hard to come by during the war, so Mr. Risom designed a chair with simple wooden legs and for upholstery used nothing other than surplus parachute straps. Jens Risom, Modernist Designer Whose Furniture Still Has Legs, Dies at 100 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z After the ordeal, army medics outfitted the wounded bird with a small wooden leg to help it walk. The Verge Review of Animals: the pigeon 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z One compared the Olsens to Nazis, another from Alaska asked them to swap Mike's drumstick in exchange for a wooden leg. The chicken that lived for 18 months without a head - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z In 1930, Riddle wrote “Lonesome for You” for the Carters, giving up the rights in exchange for an artificial leg to replace his wooden leg. African-American man who taught Carter family to be honored 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z As a 26-year-old cub reporter for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada, Clemens made up a yarn about the discovery of a petrified mountain man with a wooden leg. Mo’ Pranks, Mo’ Problems: April Fools’ Gag Sinks Town’s Mayor 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The family’s money was nearly gone; his last words to my father, who left for America in 1958, were a request for a wooden leg. Atoning for a Genocide | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Rumours circulated that he would stab his wooden leg with a letter opener in interviews to see if potential employees flinched. The time when spy agencies officially didn't exist 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z He said she had been beaten with the wooden leg of a chair. Ambassador 'suspect in girl beating' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The girl had been beaten with the wooden leg of a chair and required hospitalization, he said. Equatorial Guinea envoy in U.S. suspected of beating daughter: police 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z One journalist described the lifeless body of the "poor lad with a wooden leg" as one of the most affecting sights of the disaster. The good old days? 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The curator of the Illinois State Military Museum plans to keep Mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's wooden leg despite a failed petition that sought to temporarily display the artifact in suburban Houston. Illinois museum stands its ground over Gen. Santa Anna's leg 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z They used to call me peg leg and wooden leg. Thalidomide: Were more affected? 2013-10-14T05:02:32Z But Willock had a hard time walking 18 holes because he had a wooden leg. On Par: Long Island Club Reintroduces a Golf Artifact, the Caddie 2013-06-03T01:10:28Z And en passant I may say that wooden legs and stumps for arms were so common in the writer’s young days as scarcely to attract attention—so ready were army surgeons to amputate. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z They fall in with a man bearing two trees, a man with a hat on one side, a man with a wooden leg, and a man with a blind eye. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z The dog became William's prisoner, and, when a grateful country rewarded William's services by a pension and a wooden leg, he stumped about accompanied by the dog, his friend and companion. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z I inquired after the man who was furnished with a wooden leg by the carpenter of the Victory; no direct answer was given, but his daughter was pointed out to me. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Boys, who should have stolen soap, were going in for that excellent capillary restorer, Mrs. Allen's Zylobalsamum, and a man, hobbling along with a wooden leg, was filling his pockets with bunion and corn plasters. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z An ancient, with a wooden leg and a crutch, is fiddling away with vigour, and a dog runs forward, barking. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z "Parts o' it, mate," the sailor answered, as he thoughtfully made marks in the sand with the end of his wooden leg; "but seems to me the bes' part of all was gett'n' home again." Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z The crew of the schooner Kensington Were Dutchmen to a man, With wooden legs and painted eyes; But the Captain he was bran. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z His greatest pleasure at this period was to perch himself on the top of a large empty barrel, on the belly of which he drummed away with his wooden leg. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z A case is recorded of an officer who had lost his leg, and, when cold, felt comfort and warmth by wrapping the stump of his wooden leg in flannel. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z “Should we wonder,” he writes, “if carpenters were to remonstrate that since the Peace there is no demand for wooden legs?” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z “I seed two small gals, shipmet, down on the flats yonder,” said the clam digger, setting down his basket and squatting with the wooden leg stretched out before him. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Peg, Peg, with a wooden leg, Her father was a miller; He tossed the dumpling at her head, And said he could not kill her. The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z He had to be content with a wooden leg now. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Again, “Beware! beware! of a man with one eye, talking like a preacher, and a wooden leg, given to begging and stealing!” Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Well did the workmen know the “thud” of his wooden leg on the floor that announced his coming, and with his stick he would break any article he did not think perfect. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z The wooden legs, with shoes at the end, attached to the leather. My father?s wooden legs are the basis of a heroic veteran?s story 2011-11-07T15:18:52Z Nay, it would be more like one with a wooden leg, and a millstone around his neck, offering to run against a trained racer. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z I inquired after the man who was furnished with a wooden leg by the carpenter of the 'Victory:' no direct answer was given, but his daughter was pointed out to me. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z No reply, and the dominie thumped on the floor with his wooden leg, and repeated the question. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z But one day Nero, while out walking with me, saw limping on ahead of us an old sailor with a wooden leg. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Talent for writing runs in families the same as wooden legs.” The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z “There’s nothing against him yet,” returned the man with the wooden leg. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z You might have walked on it with wooden legs. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Now, promise me you—ha! here comes dear old Fitzroy, swinging away on his wooden leg. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z And before I could prevent him, he had run on and seized the poor man by the wooden leg. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z In illustration of generalising from single instances, Miss Martineau gives this example:—'A raw Chinese traveller in England was landed by a Thames waterman who had a wooden leg. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z “Come here!” said the man with the wooden leg, repeating the gesture. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z If you do take it off, though, and it don’t kill me, I’ll see if I can’t contrive something better than those old wooden legs, that some fellows peg about on.” Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z It was a grand walking expedition the two young gentleman and their fathers were on, and it is wonderful how Captain Fitzroy did swing along with that wooden leg of his. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z But as they turned down the lane a tramp with a wooden leg, who was nursing a fire of sticks in the hedge, some fifty yards ahead, got up and stepped out into the road. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z Though the darkness continued, yet we contrived to prop up the carriage with a kind of wooden leg, and thus it was dragged gradually onwards. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z “I cannot hide my atypical career path, so, as a colleague says, 'When you have a wooden leg, shake it!'” Back to the bench 2011-06-01T17:20:48.623Z He limped and was awkward in his movements, and I saw that he had a wooden leg. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z While in his cell he composed the song "Blue Eagle Jail," in which he described the jailer, whom he disliked, as "Dot-and-Go-One," from the fact of his having a wooden leg. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z You mean that you can't tell whether a girl in an evening gown has knock knees or a wooden leg. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z A man with a wooden leg on a sthrand could do nothing!” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z I haven't a wooden leg, but I have a wooden stick that plays a like prank with me. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z When he reached the fifth line he waved his hands above his head, thus releasing his wooden leg, which waved also in midair. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Every one praised my dancing; but how in the world could I teach you with my wooden leg? Violet: A Fairy Story 2011-04-07T02:00:17.290Z Mother, Lewis Brown is getting quite well; he will soon be able to have a wooden leg put on. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z I was just in the act of explaining things to Massey up by the Buckstone when your letter came—that carried in the cadger’s wooden leg.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z "Oh Lord! and a wooden leg, along with only one eye and one arm," thought Mr. Hale, wincing at the too familiar sound of the halting gait. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Suppose that a spendthrift squanders his allowance at once and later breaks his leg, has it amputated, and needs a hundred dollars to buy a wooden leg, how will he get it? Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z I never see a woman dancing with a wooden leg. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z The magnetizers rose and, with earnest, triumphant faces, accompanied the table, which now seemed to have entered into the spirit of the affair and took the most remarkable steps with its wooden legs. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Little man with a wooden leg; tall woman nearly twice the man’s height; between the two a donkey, with pair of panniers—Jack, Winny, and Jinkum. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z They thought if I had made an application to be r�form� and retired I could be like Jacques Dupr� with his wooden leg. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z He looks like 'a peacock with a wooden leg,' if you like. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z At "Bammerlichy" etc. the dancers imitate the stiff action of a wooden leg. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z “And he’s got a wooden leg now—like an armchair,” whispered Bobby, very softly, as soon as he saw his mother’s attention taken up. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z “At least that, I should say,” rejoined the officer, with a look at the wooden leg. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Now stove them with brimstone, and draw on a wooden leg two stockings, one upon the other, observing that the two fronts or outsides are face to face. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z The silk stockings on extremely well-shaped wooden legs she admired extremely and desired above all things. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Clermont-Ferrand is also the home of a man with two wooden legs that need oiling. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z "He probably heard the stumping of my wooden leg as I came up the tower stairs," replied the good-natured fellow with a laugh. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z Had the soldiers upon the bridge but known what the little limping man carried inside his wooden leg, like enough they would have pitched him over the parapet. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z A fifth person arrived almost immediately afterwards, a wounded French officer, who had lost his right leg and wore a wooden leg in its place. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z He recovered, procured a wooden leg, and lived to take part in many succeeding adventures. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Rose accepted the proposition at once; but half regretted it a minute after, for, as the man rose, she saw that he had a wooden leg. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z His wig rested against the chair-back, and his wooden leg was stuck straight out before him under the table. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z It was no mystery, however, either to the Governor or the knight, both already aware that they were to see a man with a wooden leg. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Taking out a wooden leg, he answered: "A stump speech agin the war." The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z One of the curiosities of the early times was a cow with a wooden leg, running with a herd of cattle. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z "Pretty nigh through the war, sir," with a nod and a glance at the wooden leg. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z It is not on my account that I am speaking, for whenever I see them coming, I always raise my stick and put my wooden leg first. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z The speakers were a man and woman, both of uncommon appearance—the man a diminutive specimen of humanity, who walked with a jerking gait, due to his having a wooden leg. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Across the inn yard came a man with a wooden leg, carrying a pail of water. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z A wooden leg is all very well; but a head wrapped up in lint, for a lover, never! The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z Uncle Ben, who was steering, forgot his duty in his sympathy, and regarded the wooden leg with silent interest. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z He had only got thus far, when the wooden leg was launched across the table, and felled him to the ground. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Jerky’s wooden leg it was; its owner approaching in the darkness, the rapid repetition of the thumps telling him to be in great haste. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Who of all my readers is unacquainted with Goldsmith's admirable stories of the sailor with the wooden leg, and the poor half-starved Merry-Andrew! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 And, taking his stick, he set off, as he said, with his wooden leg foremost. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z A raw Chinese traveller in England was landed by a Thames waterman who had a wooden leg. How to Observe Morals and Manners "Why is everything raised up on big wooden legs?" he said. The Wonderful Visit Billy's portion consists of blood-curdling disasters and crimes, and the widow waits ravenous for her kindling, bed stuffing, wall paper, and new pads for her wooden leg. A Man in the Open She hates a man with all his limbs: a wooden leg, a crutch, and fistula in ano, wins her heart. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Job touched his wooden leg significantly, to illustrate the joke. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation This is very much as if you were to call a man "Bill Sikes," and he retorted that he could not be Bill Sikes because Bill Sikes had a wooden leg. The Book of This and That It is the length of the body, made of rope interlaced; at each end are two small wooden legs which support the wooden sides and are, in height, like the old-fashioned trundle bed. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 It's a difficult place to reach, but when you get down the cliff, and feel your neck to make quite sure it's not broken, you come to the witch who has a wooden leg. A Man in the Open Your magic spinning-wheel you must leave behind, unless it chooses to hop after us on its wooden legs. Edelweiss A Story Sitting upon a low bench, his wooden leg—for this was Job, the soldier—stuck out straight from his body, diverging slightly from the left knee, on which he hammered the soles of his customers. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation Of course, Bill Sikes had not a wooden leg, and a demagogue is not necessarily a man who kicks away the ladder by which he has risen. The Book of This and That One day an organ-grinder with a wooden leg began playing in front of Granny's cottage. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales When we knelt, the widow still sat rigid, and with her wooden leg scratched out upon the oil-cloth vague outlines of a gallows. A Man in the Open The doughty old governor stamped about New Amsterdam with his wooden leg, calling upon his countrymen to rally and drive back the rascals, but little or no heed was paid to his appeals. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He smiled pleasantly over this feeble attempt at humor, and arranged some waxed ends, which, for convenience, he had hung upon his wooden leg. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation "Here's all that's left of him, mother," said a fine, stout-looking sailor; who, unable any longer to restrain his impatience, stumped in on a wooden leg just as Janet was speaking. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 Why can no clergyman have a wooden leg? The Handbook of Conundrums Diaz followed him surreptitiously to the forest,—wooden leg not hindering,—and he dodged round after the painter, trying to observe his method of work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" I know old Kepsley stopped eight pounds out of my salary for a wooden leg for the rascal. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly He came, with his wooden leg, his subdued voice, his sunny old face, his queer bald pate and prominent ears, and the exhaustless fountain of good humor within his heart. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation The bed, more like a modern lounge, was raised upon wooden legs, and held a mattress and appropriate coverings, and placed in a highly ornamented alcove, gave to the bedroom an attractive air. Oriental Women Peg, peg, with a wooden leg, Her father was a miller: He tossed the dumpling at her head, And said he could not kill her. The Nursery Rhymes of England He had lost one of his legs, and wore a wooden leg with bands of silver around it, so that he was called "Old Silver Leg." The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read He also had a wooden leg and he stalked across the surface of the sea with all the sureness he might have had with concrete under him. Sinister Paradise She relapsed again into her dreams; Mrs. Bowen bid the visitors a hoarse and melancholy good-evening; and Job stumped to the door on his wooden leg to see them off. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation The woman with the wooden leg met them with the smile which she reserved for respectable citizens. Toilers of the Sea Dennis started to run, but finding his wooden leg impeded his speed, sat flat down on the sidewalk and called for a constable. The History and Records of the Elephant Club He had only one sound leg, and the story was that he was caught with his wooden leg stuck fast in the mud. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read He was beginning a third to the same purpose, when a sailor with a wooden leg once more crossed our walks, desiring our pity, and blessing our limbs. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Job smites his wooden leg, and exclaims, with enthusiasm, "Not that, by a long thread!" Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation It belonged to the woman with the wooden leg. Toilers of the Sea Dennis hoped they would run off the track in such a way that his wooden leg would be again broken. The History and Records of the Elephant Club It opened, and in stepped the little man with the snuff-coloured surtout, the scarlet waistcoat, and the wooden leg. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 "No. Why did you think I was—because I have a wooden leg?" The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds This allusion to his old profession reminds Job of his wooden leg, which he pats affectionately whistling Yankee Doodle very softly. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation The woman with a wooden leg presided at the counter. Toilers of the Sea You will smile, perhaps, at my simplicity, but so did not that kind old soldier with the wooden leg, who took such pains to show us everything. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Oh, I know it all; delicious times they were, with their souvenirs of wooden legs and plum-pudding. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II When the Englishman had recovered, he went home with his wooden leg, and asked the lady if she would marry him, then. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Job had cut off the trousers to fit his wooden leg, and made a jaunty cap of the fragment. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation The woman with the wooden leg smiled again, and went out by the back-door leading to the courtyard, and where the well was. Toilers of the Sea "Anyway, a feller with a wooden leg wouldn't have growin' pains in it; and I have 'em awful when I go to bed nights, in my legs." The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in The children crept along the road, terrified that they might meet Sandy M'Glander, the ghost with the wooden leg, or see Raw Head and Bloody Bones ride by on his black horse. The Weans at Rowallan How shall we bid farewell for ever to that excellent man, with the long greatcoat, wooden leg and wooden board, who acts as our representative at the gate of Alma Mater?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Silence!" cried Job, tapping his wooden leg; "attention, every one! Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation Morris showed his wooden leg, declaring he had lost his leg in the cause of American liberty. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Who is to take off their wooden legs of an evening, Miss Susan? Quality Street A Comedy Among the small animals I had a very learned-looking pig called Orsino, whom I made doctor, while an old bulldog, Dimboona, to whom I had been obliged to give two wooden legs, was Prime Minister. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes The two or three following instances will illustrate this talker:— A gentleman with a wooden leg, travelling in a stage-coach, was annoyed by questions relative to himself and his business proposed by his fellow-passengers. Talkers With Illustrations Just then old Wackwitz came hobbling with his wooden leg across the yard, carrying a pot of steamed potatoes. Jena or Sedan? A gentleman with a wooden leg and a three-cornered hat held a candle high in the air. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature If Gwen squinted and had a wooden leg, nothing would please us better. When Ghost Meets Ghost A rusty iron chute on wooden legs came flying, like a monstrous gargoyle, across the parapet. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Presently he came in sight of an old man with a wooden leg, who was standing near the edge of the cliff, scanning the wide expanse of dancing water with a telescope. Two Maiden Aunts One, a little dapper strutting man with a turned-up nose; the other a broad-shouldered fellow, distinguished no less by his demure face and cat like, trustless eyes than by a wooden leg and stout crutch. Shirley She had also seen the mysterious stranger with the wooden leg, and noticed that Bach and Bousquier unfolded a large white cloth. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Simon Tappertit, in spite of his active part in the riots, was luckier, for he got off with two wooden legs and lived for many years, a corner boot-black. Tales from Dickens That was a gentleman with a wooden leg. Angelot A Story of the First Empire And the next minute there was the sound of Kiah's wooden leg in the passage, and there he was with his fiddle, and the Rogers, all in their Sunday clothes, just behind him. Two Maiden Aunts He courted Sarah, Mr. Moore's sarvant lass, and so it seems she would have nothing to say to him; she either didn't like his wooden leg or she'd some notion about his being a hypocrite. Shirley My uncle stumped ahead, his wooden leg as blithe as the sound one, and was waiting in his humble quarters, with a gnome-like leer of expectation, when we entered. The Cruise of the Shining Light Man alive,––Eileen wouldn’t have the heart to turn you down if you had a wooden leg. The Spoilers of the Valley "Pardon, Monsieur le Cur�!" he said, dropped the bundle he was carrying at the Cur�'s feet, and sped away at his wooden leg's best pace after the man. Angelot A Story of the First Empire And Patty ran to put down a line of mats, because wooden legs were not good for polished floors. Two Maiden Aunts He looked like a man with a wooden leg. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry The rum had thickened his tongue and given a wilful turn to his wooden leg: no more. The Cruise of the Shining Light "Like a man who has bought a wooden leg and prefers the old one," said he; asking at the same time, "What's the course, captain, and why do we follow it?" The House Under the Sea A Romance This figure was ragged like them; it stooped, and limped upon a wooden leg and a stick; an empty sleeve was pinned across its breast. Angelot A Story of the First Empire He could stand alone, for his wooden legs were glued to a block of wood, and his eyes were black and shining, and his mouth was painted in a smile. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales At her side was a lady with a wooden leg, and a hen in her hand. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry Up and down, up and down: I thought the pat of his wooden leg would go on forever––would forever, by night and day, express the restlessness of thirst. The Cruise of the Shining Light “I can't!” says the mayor, turning round; “don't you see I have got a wooden leg?” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges She was the daughter of a retired Colonel with a wooden leg, and she took my fancy. Australia Revenged I cannot illustrate this better than by giving the Lewis man's reply to an enquiry as to how his wooden leg was behaving. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Before they are quite dry, they are to be stoved with brimstone, and afterwards polished with glass upon a wooden leg. 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 “Ay,” says he, with a hitch of his wooden leg; “but I needs un.” The Cruise of the Shining Light “Mr. Gibbs is coming on shore, señor, and he seems to have a wooden leg,” came through the tube. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life “Yep,” said Lance, grinning, “it runs in Billy’s family to be a cut-up—like wooden legs!” The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret "Well," said the latter, "my wooden leg is not unlike a U. F. elder; it's not exactly perfection, but, considering everything, we must just be putting up with what we can get." Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland It seems that just after the battle of Cerro Gordo this warrior made a hasty flight, leaving behind him his camp furniture and even, it is said, his wooden leg. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century “The cripple may go out on his wooden leg.” Hebrew Literature The two were willing to bet almost anything on the superior attractions of the music, Duke offering to put up his wooden leg against Trooper's Mounted Police Medal. In Orchard Glen At other times he carried the wooden leg, as I first saw it, suspended from his belt! The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness One thing soured him, even more than advancing age—his wooden leg. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley You’ll stump around for the rest of your life like a gentleman on a wooden leg. The Rough Road It had just struck two when Ninepin hopped up to her on his wooden leg and told her that she was wanted at the offices at once. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) "There's a Swede down at Branker's wants a bottle that will supple up a wooden leg," he said. Hawtrey's Deputy What the devil did they send those old codgers with their wooden legs here for? A Sailor of King George For he had just succeeded in removing another obstacle which seemed likely to be more in his way than the wooden leg. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Doggie would not stump about at ease on a wooden leg; but in all probability would soon find himself back in the firing line—a prospect which brought great cheer to Penworthy. The Rough Road The one whom she had addressed in this amiable manner was an old man with a wooden leg. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) There was a jovial beggar, He had a wooden leg, Lame from his cradle, And forced for to beg. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets The most striking thing about him was that he had a wooden leg. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure A woman to love a man with a wooden leg! The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Then it shall be that cruel drinking old man, with the wooden leg made of gold, who was governor of Oxford when the king was away. Tom Brown at Oxford It staggered fearfully upon its wooden legs under our accumulated weight, and we constantly expected that we should be let down into the water. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery It was now his turn to nurse me, which he did most assiduously, being now recovered, and able to get about well enough by means of a wooden leg. Athelstane Ford The Old Codger with the Wooden Leg, who had been resting his wooden leg on the chair opposite, dropped it to the floor and sat up very straight. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure It was almost a relief to hear tapping on the sidewalk the wooden leg of Peleg Bemus, while a familiar, thin little stream of melody from his flute made its way about. Friendship Village Its hoofs, or rather the ends of its wooden legs, were shod with plates of solid gold, and the saddle strapped to the wooden body was richly embroidered and glittered with jewels. The Road to Oz “Who ever heard of a ghost with a wooden leg?” she thought, chuckling softly to herself. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Hence the designation of him by a Roman Catholic bishop in an article published by him in one of the Italian journals, as "the adventurer with the wooden leg." The Huguenots in France The only sound they heard, after Mr. Punch's father's voice had died away behind them, was the stump-stump of the Old Codger's wooden leg on the brick pavement. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure “I can go down to the Blue Star, and for ten iron men apiece can get you as fine a bunch of yeggs as ever beat out a cripple’s brains with his own wooden leg.” The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man "That wooden leg of yours is not very safe on the ice." The Son of Monte-Cristo "It must run in the family, like wooden legs among the soldiers," said Tom, and there the fun for the time being came to an end. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch His timber toe, as the sailors called his wooden leg, was no drawback to him. As We Sweep Through The Deep Then his glance fell on a grizzled old man with a wooden leg, dozing in a rocking-chair by the fire. Flip's "Islands of Providence" “There’s a Swede down at Branker’s wants a bottle that will limber up a wooden leg,” he said. Masters of the Wheat-Lands His eyes at that moment fell on Simon's wooden leg, which he had not before seen. The Son of Monte-Cristo Below there, near the lamp, one finds an Englishman, with a servant with a wooden leg. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Has he a servant with a wooden leg?' The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The pirate with the wooden leg suddenly had a black beard. A World Called Crimson I will, but then with your wooden legs you will soon be tired. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes These shadows are the brave mountaineers, who have come to defend France at the summons of Simon, who, in spite of his wooden leg, displayed immense activity. The Son of Monte-Cristo The Sawhorse was the favorite steed of Ozma and to prevent its wooden legs from wearing out she had them shod with plates of gold. Little Wizard Stories of Oz What became of the one with the wooden leg? Peggy There was the stumping of a wooden leg, and Colonel Bradner appeared. An Undivided Union Clearly those wooden legs were consigned by wooden heads. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back An order being given to lighten the ship, four marines ran into the cabin where he was lying, seized a marble-top table, dropped the marble top on deck, and threw the wooden legs overboard. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life I very soon discovered that I was being shadowed, by a gentleman wearing a wooden leg. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Oh, Mr Whittlestaff!" she said, "is it not annoying? that dreadful man with the wooden leg is here, and collecting a crowd round the place. An Old Man's Love “It must be hard work for him to hobble through the world on his wooden leg.” Aunt Amy or, How Minnie Brown learned to be a Sunbeam They were learning to walk, and their arms swung stiffly and self-consciously, and their legs bent at the knees and straightened again like the wooden legs of mechanical toys. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 The evil Duke limps for practice on his wooden leg. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates It is known that the aborigines performed trepanning with skill, but this is probably the earliest appearance in an American legend of a wooden leg. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Well, yes; he is disturbing; if it's only because of his wooden leg and red nose. An Old Man's Love Judge Tait had a wooden leg; and Judge Dooly, in replying to the challenge, referred to this fact, and said he did not think they could fight on equal terms. Stories Of Georgia The woman of the north was very expert in needlework, but her wooden legs made her a poor dancer. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales This is what he said, "I'm proudest of my papa's wooden leg." The Nursery, May 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People “Then you are less disguised than I am,” replied Timothy, kicking off his wooden leg, and letting down his own, which had been tied up to his thigh, and concealed in his wide blue trowsers. Japhet in Search of a Father Consequently, Mr Blake had taken his own horse into the stable, and as he was about to lead the beast up to the stall, had been stopped and confused by Sergeant Baggett's protruding wooden leg. An Old Man's Love Yes, and a wooden body and wooden legs—which are as swift as the wind and as tireless. The Lost Princess of Oz At first he did not want to live, but now he is beginning to take an interest in things and is being fitted for wooden legs. 'My Beloved Poilus' Let me tell you," said he, "why I'm proud of my papa's wooden leg. The Nursery, May 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People "Peg, Peg, with a wooden leg, Her father was a miller; He tossed a dumpling at her head, And swore that he would kill her." A History of Nursery Rhymes I think his wooden leg is affected sooner than if he had two like mine, or yours, sir. An Old Man's Love Why was I ever woven, For a clumsy lout, with a wooden leg, To come with his endless Peg! The Book of Humorous Verse It will be stiff, of course, as the knee joint is gone entirely; but will be better than a wooden leg, and the poor man is so pleased. 'My Beloved Poilus' This is from escache, an Old French dialect form of échasse, stilt, which was used in the Middle Ages for a wooden leg. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Hanny had seen several old men stumping around on cork or wooden legs about which there could be no deception. A Little Girl of Long Ago "How hard it must be to have a wooden leg," sighed Nora. A Little Girl in Old New York With a wooden leg, Till countless holes I'm drove in. The Book of Humorous Verse "I don't care whether you do or not, for I've got a wooden leg." Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive A woman who had borne healthy children, became frightened by a beggar with a wooden leg and a stumped arm, who threatened to embrace her. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage I dragged him out of danger instantly, and then I found, to my unutterable joy, that the shark had only bitten off the half of his wooden leg! Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication “There were eleven pair, and one shoe, as belongs to No. 6 with the wooden leg.” Pickwickian Studies Of that horrible man with the wooden leg. The Book of Humorous Verse This involved making wooden legs for the grindstone. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge You know I have a mechanical turn and could make him a splendid wooden leg if you will pluck up courage to cut it off.” Wrecked but not Ruined Secondly, I found this wooden leg in the carpenter’s berth, and gladly availed myself of its services, though it is three inches too short, and causes me to hobble in a most undignified manner. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication We made our attacks now on one side, now on the other, they spinning round on their wooden legs with astonishing rapidity, to meet them. Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars One evening, a little before sunset, they came upon a small clearing, in the midst of which was a little house erected, in the usual way, upon wooden legs. Lost in the Forest Wandering Will's Adventures in South America In spite of his wooden leg, he swam fast and strongly, and soon reached the boat. Old Jack The Secretary of the company stated as an additional ground for exemption that Hopper had a wooden leg and bronchitis. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 I’ll manage to hop along pretty well with my wooden leg. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication His head is as hard as his wooden leg and never a new idea has pierced his brain since the day he was born. The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country One voyage I took—to Shanghai, seems to me 'twas, either that or Rooshy somewheres—there was a ship's carpenter aboard and word got spread around that he had a wooden leg. Fair Harbor Jesse James boldly ascended the piazza, rang the bell, and an old sailor with a sandy beard, a glass eye and a wooden leg, answered it. Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys The Swedish peasants, they said, would soon learn to drive the plough with one arm and a wooden leg. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa Losing our balance we fell over each other on our backs—the wooden leg remaining hard and fast in the ground. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication Farm-houses, with roofs like great slouched hats over their eyes, stand on wooden legs with a tucked-up sort of air, as if to say, 'We intend to keep dry if we can.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Nobody will ever forget the first time he read the words “Now I should be very glad to see Mrs. Todgers’s idea of a wooden leg.” Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens One handicapped more by a wooden leg than by a wooden head. A Book of Burlesques Ma knew a woman once, and whenever she wanted to keep her man at home she hid his wooden leg. The Second Chance In these circumstances, as might have been expected, poor Jack’s wooden leg was totally useless. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication A man of short temper and with a wooden leg from the knee. The Short-story His villainy seems an artificial thing attached to him, like his wooden leg. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens The new-comer regarded him tenderly for a moment without a word, and then, kicking open the door with an unmistakable wooden leg, stumped into the bar, and grasping his outstretched hand shook it fervently. Light Freights Has he a servant with a wooden leg?’ Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Instead of replying to this, Jack busied himself in fitting a piece of wood he had picked up to his wooden leg, and lashing it firmly to the old stump. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication "Wild goose chase!" croaked he with the wooden leg, now again drawing nigh. The Confidence-Man They went on cautiously, Paul in advance, lest they should meet any one; Reuben hobbling forward on his wooden leg and sticks. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy "Killed the whole seventeen of 'em by first telling 'em yarns till they fell asleep and then choking 'em with Henry Wiggett's wooden leg," resumed the shoemaker. Light Freights Who was it who called Professor Masson’s style Carlyle on wooden legs? Obiter Dicta Second Series Suppose we tell them seriously that my wooden leg is a ghost, and that it haunts those who ill-treat its master, giving them perpetual bangs on the nose, and otherwise rendering their lives miserable?” Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication "Charity is one thing, and truth is another," rejoined he with the wooden leg: "he's a rascal, I say." The Confidence-Man With scant ceremony the sergeant dragged them through the hall, Reuben stumping along after them on his wooden leg. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy But it was always followed by a terrible squall of scraping wooden legs and clanking human feet when the camp-stools were set, and the men came in and sat down to the meal. The Lighthouse Despite this mishap, it was received by most of those present as a probable explanation of the difficulty, and afterwards Anteek went proudly about wearing the wooden leg on his head. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice We soon removed the earth as far down as to where the hole of the wooden leg joined to the shank. Rattlin the Reefer But that these suspicions came from one who himself on a wooden leg went halt, this did not appear to strike anybody present. The Confidence-Man Reuben used his wooden leg to assist in securing the rope by driving it into the wall. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy “The matter, Jacob,” replied old Tom, stretching out his two wooden legs, and placing his hands upon his knees, “is, that Tom has ’listed for a sodger.” Jacob Faithful We had not gone far when we caught sight of a person with a wooden leg stumping along at a good rate some way ahead. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor Of course Sam Smatch would be one; but then by himself he would not be of much use, as his wooden leg might chance to stick in a hole and stop his progress. True Blue "You fools!" cried he with the wooden leg, writhing himself loose and inflamedly turning upon the throng; "you flock of fools, under this captain of fools, in this ship of fools!" The Confidence-Man Charcoal was as delighted to get back his wooden legs and crutches as Alphonse was to recover his fiddle. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy “What have you got to leave, father, except your wooden legs?” replied Tom. Jacob Faithful At last I saw a stout, fine sailor-like looking man come stumbling along the road on a wooden leg. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor In a few weeks after the accident he had a turning-lathe brought to the side of his bed, and if he didn’t turn out a first-rate wooden leg for himself.” Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler Maybe he’ll have to try them all before he settles down with a wooden leg, ashore in his own cottage, or bears up for Greenwich, as I hopes to do one day.” Hurricane Hurry The First-Lieutenant, in spite of his wooden leg and wound, was among the foremost. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea “No, it’s only my wooden leg knocked away,” he answered. The Loss of the Royal George “Aunt Bretta married to a common sailor with a wooden leg!” said I, scarcely knowing what I was saying, yet not thinking that there was anything very shocking in the matter. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor A sailor-looking man, with a wooden leg, and a woman, stepped ashore. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler He insisted, however, on fitting the wooden leg, which he regards as much more useful than wooden heads on Scotch veterinaries. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School The Captain’s wooden leg preventing him from getting on board the enemy as rapidly as he wished, Mr Duff led our men. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea “And started a plank or two by jumping down upon her with your wooden legs.” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap I don’t want to offend the feelings of this young man, her nephew; but what was he but a common sailor, and more than that, he had a wooden leg.” Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor I don’t know what will have happened when the war is over, but at present I don’t wear a wooden leg. A Dash from Diamond City The only time the wooden leg gets the cow into trouble is when she stands too long in a damp field and the leg sinks in a foot or so. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School It runs in the family like wooden legs. More about Pixie "If you ain't," the boy suggested, "I thought I might like to borrow your wooden leg to play hockey." Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Someone has aptly stated this truth by saying that "wooden heads are inherited, but wooden legs are not." The Mother and Her Child If I was a lord or a bishop, and kept a barge, I would not put a fellow in my livery that had not a wooden leg.” The De Coverley Papers From 'The Spectator' "Our first theory, Mr. Kent, was that the murder was committed by a sailor with a wooden leg, newly landed from Java." Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels To this the reply was that "a hand and a foot might well be cut from the Swedish peasant; for one hand and a wooden leg would be enough for him to guide his plough." Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. She had entered the room—"Passing Pierre without so much as asking his leave, and he with his wooden leg not so nimble as might be!" Man and Maid The boy who acts "Old Tup" has a ram's head impaled upon a short pole, which he grasps and uses as a sort of wooden leg in front of him. The Peace Egg and Other tales Then, with an awkward courtesy, she passed limping into the house, and the Captain heard, as she went away on the pavement of the court, the hard sound of the little wooden leg. Ten Tales With the aid of my wooden leg I scaled the wall, lifted the window and entered the billiard-room. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels As I stood by the track the other night, Michael the switchman was holding the road for the nine o’clock freight, with his faded flag, and his grim brown pipe, and his wooden leg. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century "As you do not belong to my parish," said a clergyman to a begging sailor, with a wooden leg, "you cannot expect that I should relieve you." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Shots from the forest shatter Peg's wooden leg. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods As the Captain looked carelessly at the child he saw that she had a wooden leg. Ten Tales We should have known it was a sailor with a wooden leg from Java. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels "The fact is," said Harkaway, "the gentleman was wearing wooden legs, and they only were damaged." Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Little hands seized hold of Kate, and the children's eagerness was so great that she was obliged to remind them that she had only a wooden leg, and couldn't get downstairs quickly. Daybreak A Story for Girls Peg went into a violent rage at the suggestion and pounded the cot with his wooden leg until he was exhausted. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods There were many officers already on board, and Terence presently perceived, in one who was stumping about on a wooden leg, a figure he recognized. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War "Do you think, Mr. Kent, a sailor from Java with a wooden leg would commit a murder like this?" asked the Inspector eagerly. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels He, in his turn, dodged again, but his wooden legs not being so nimble as real ones, he stumbled over some tall, thick grass, and fell backwards into the stream. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series "Should we wonder," he writes, "if carpenters were to remonstrate that since the Peace there is no demand for wooden legs?" At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History A second bullet hit the wooden leg and split it. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Thump, thump, thump, across the floor went the wooden leg with its silver bands, and with every thump the Heer Governor grew still more puzzled and angered. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know "Thank you," said the sailor, "it rests my wooden leg." Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels We stayed here longer than was necessary, that I might see the lake and the ship; and Uncle Ascott gave sixpence to an old man with a wooden leg who told us all about it. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Got to get in the papers and get a medal and a wooden leg. More Tish A bullet hit Peg's wooden leg, and the leg went out from under its owner like magic. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods "Yes, sirrah, a craven and a miser!" continued the angry Governor, stamping upon the floor with both wooden leg and massive cane. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know A large upturned chair with wooden legs may simulate the crib, if it is concealed by enough straw. The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays The riders closed in and walked him forward down the hill, Gunner Sobey pressing close and supporting him, holding his wooden leg tight against the saddle-flap. The Mayor of Troy Brown his name was, an' he had a wooden leg. The Captain of the Kansas And some one shot a hole through his wooden leg. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Every one of them has a wooden leg, and goes hobbling upon an if. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Hence, your invention is a blessing that cannot be appreciated too highly, for, thanks to you, there will be fewer cripples and unsightly wooden legs. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Pushing it open, he stepped within and paused again, half terrified by the unfamiliar tap-tap of his wooden leg on the pavement. The Mayor of Troy But those days were not so soon forgotten in Australia; there are too many men still going around with one arm or a wooden leg. Banzai! by Parabellum It was a wooden leg, and the shots were not fired by any person or persons in this party. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods He had a wooden leg, his own having been removed by an operation for tuberculosis. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour It could not have been the owner of the Whatnot, because, with his wooden leg, he could not swim. Raftmates A Story of the Great River At the sound of his wooden leg in the brick passage, Cai Tamblyn thrust his head out from the kitchen doorway. The Mayor of Troy She observed that he was one-legged, and used a common wooden crutch on the side of the wooden leg. Bohemian Days Three American Tales "Perhaps he has gone away to shoot somebody's wooden leg," suggested Emma demurely. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods The mouth of hell then appears, like the jaws of a great dragon: amid smoke and lightning it casts up three devils, one of them having a wooden leg. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life As he left the room, Winn noticed that he had a wooden leg. Raftmates A Story of the Great River He gazed down upon his wooden leg, stiffly protruding before him and pointing, as it were ironically, at the scene of which it shared no memories. The Mayor of Troy Talking about houses makes me think that the Stockton girls are having their house painted by a man with a wooden leg. Green Valley "I don't want any chair, nor anything else with wooden legs." The Hills of Hingham At the foot of the staircase, the old man was standing in a patient attitude, resting upon his wooden leg, which was slightly in advance of his sound one. The Miller Of Old Church All at once, with an unexpected lurch, the car turned into a wide, well-shaded enclosure and halted before a low, heavily-roofed house, supported on stout wooden legs—an old-time residence. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma The Ogre to the life," he exclaimed; "and with a wooden leg! The Mayor of Troy He limped stiffly on a wooden leg, and his fine buildings had gone up in fire and smoke. The Debtor A Novel His eyes rested on the table, and in a moment he had turned it over and was wrenching at one of the wooden legs. The Courage of Marge O'Doone Mother Nolan saw all this, though she seemed to be very busy with getting poor Pat and his wooden leg into a chair. The Harbor Master It seemed to him that Catholicism, in his daughter's future husband, was a defect of the same kind as would be a wooden leg or an unpleasant habit of sniffing—a drawback, yet not insuperable. None Other Gods All the way, too, on a wooden leg! The Mayor of Troy A wood-cut of an old fellow with a wooden leg, and a letter in his right hand, is intended to grace this title-page. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three You are also complimented by the wood-man and wood-sawyer, an English sailor with a wooden leg, who once nearly swamped you in a tornado of nautical interjections, on your presenting him a new pea-jacket. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays The voice of the man with the wooden leg stopped dead in the middle of a line and shouted, "Come in." The Harbor Master No doubt he is a cripple, with two wooden legs, but still a vigorous man enough, in spite of his fifty-three years. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 He planted himself on his wooden leg, with his back to the door, and faced the baronet. The Mayor of Troy While we were exchanging coffees with an "American," who was showing us the excellences of his wooden leg which he had made himself, a breathless man ran in. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia Up from the lower decks the electric current of expectancy ran until every one's steps quickened and those of us who were on wooden legs beat a constant tattoo on the decks. "Over There" with the Australians He had not yet fastened on his wooden leg. The Harbor Master "Can you fix it, or make him a new wooden leg?" asked Sue. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour Luckily the tide was high, and reached within four feet of the sill of the doorway; luckily, I say, because few contrivances in this world are less compatible than a ladder and a wooden leg. The Mayor of Troy Mr. Rowe pointed out the Hospital, in which the pensioners must have been asleep, for not a wooden leg was stirring. A Great Emergency and Other Tales One of these men was an invalid with a wooden leg. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men His wooden leg was leaning up against his chair. The Harbor Master In short, I found that people do n't care to give alms without some security for their money,—such as a wooden leg, or a withered arm, for example. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader She studied the Major's wooden leg with interest. The Mayor of Troy Yet loved I as man never loved that hadn't wooden legs, and my heart, my heart is breaking for the love of Sophy Cheggs.’ Charles Dickens and Music He was familiarly known as "Old Silverleg," because, having lost one limb in battle, he had it replaced by a sturdy wooden leg securely bound with silver. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 60, December 30, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Mary was attending to a stew-pan on the stove, and Pat was seated in his chair with his wooden leg strapped in place. The Harbor Master I often wonder he did not brain his more fussy patients with their wooden legs and have done with it! Fanny Goes to War The Major, his wooden leg trembling, opened the door of the Museum. The Mayor of Troy But if I must to my last shift be put, To fill a bladder, and twelve yards of gut, Richer with counterfeited wooden leg, And my right arm tyed up, I'll choose to beg. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II Suddenly there was a shout, and the poor lame Leehy came hobbling down the street as fast as his wooden leg would permit. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent She did not remember his name, but spoke of him as the funny old fellow with the violin and the wooden leg. The Harbor Master The flag was presented to an old sick soldier, who stumped forward on a wooden leg, his breast covered with the medals of the Crimea and the Italian campaign. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 But no; with a wooden leg—you'll excuse me—" "Devil take the man! The Mayor of Troy "All right, auntie," he replied, arranging his trouser so that it should fall gracefully over his wooden leg. Austin and His Friends "But a wooden leg—" began Mr. Stevens dubiously. The Definite Object A Romance of New York He saw that the vocalist was a long, thin fellow, with long, thin whiskers and a wooden leg, seated in a chair by a glowing stove. The Harbor Master This plaguey leg will have to come off; maybe I shall return home with a wooden leg and stump about as port admiral somewhere! Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow At the breeches he paused; then drew them on hastily over his wooden leg, and left them unbuttoned at the knees while he thrust his arms into coat and waistcoat. The Mayor of Troy Then he stumped along to the river side, giving a majestic twirl to his wooden leg with every step he took through the long grass. Austin and His Friends "Then you are less disguised than I am," replied Timothy, kicking off his wooden leg, and letting down his own, which had been tied up to his thigh, and concealed in his wide blue trousers. Japhet, in Search of a Father "Skipper, dear, would ye be haulin' me an' me wooden leg out into sich a desperate flurry as this here?" inquired Pat, aghast. The Harbor Master She says he says 't they take the hair off o' horse-hides with plaster 'n' that wooden legs is very hard to get comfortable. Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop Around his wooden leg the buttons would not meet at all. The Mayor of Troy Do you know, I even see beauty in this wooden leg of mine, great beauty, though everybody else thinks it perfectly hideous! Austin and His Friends But when we repeatedly see Mr. Wegg as Mr. Boffin saw him, "the literary gentleman with a wooden leg," we feel that we really have the pleasure of his acquaintance. Humanly Speaking He had a wooden leg; and his daughter was the finest girl in Chance Along. The Harbor Master Then, too, if you have a wooden leg 'n' the wind catches you at it, it'll take you in a way 's 'll make you look more like a scarecrow 'n a Christian. Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop His wooden leg made astonishingly little noise, and his entrance into a room never startled the most nervous patient. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man You know my wooden leg gets horribly lazy sometimes, and I've got to exercise it every now and then for its own good. Austin and His Friends Farmhouses, with roofs like great slouched hats pulled over their eyes, stand on wooden legs, with a tucked up sort of air, as if to say, "We intend to keep dry if we can." New National Fourth Reader Santa Anna barely escaped with his life, leaving behind 3000 prisoners, his chest of private papers, and his wooden leg! Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World He sat down again, in the shifting sunshine, the wooden leg sticking out straight and pathetic, and began to take the covers off a package. Joy in the Morning "Why parbleu! he heard the dot, dot of my wooden leg, to be sure, stumping up the tower-stairs," answered the jolly fellow, laughing. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales He raised his hands on either side of his head and clasped it, and then began swinging his wooden leg round and round in a way that bade fair to get on Aunt Charlotte's nerves. Austin and His Friends Between the seats there is a space of two feet, but in that space you will always find four feet and their owners, unless one of them happens to have a wooden leg. The Silly Syclopedia When old Simon Bradstreet took the place of the tyrant Andros, I joined in the general huzza, and capered upon my wooden legs, for joy. True Stories of History and Biography A wooden leg! what, a sort of peg, For your common Jockeys and Jennies! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood When they come near me I always hold up my stick and put my wooden leg foremost—that is my discipline. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales And he, Austin, would go forth into the world, wooden leg and all, rather than submit to be saddled with a step-uncle. Austin and His Friends He has a wooden leg with an iron ring around the bottom of it. In the Days of Poor Richard She was a sensible, practical kind of woman, with two wooden legs and a clothes-horse, but in other respects not rich. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories At the end of the enclosure a heron proudly strutted about with a wooden leg, among lame hens and blind geese and ducks. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East "I wouldn't even suspect it." "—lost his left leg when he was a brakeman ... made that wooden leg for himself ... it works so smoothly that he's thinking of taking out a patent on it." Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Then, coming on a deep, clear rivulet which ran between two meadows, he yielded to a sudden impulse, and, stripping himself to the skin, plunged into it, wooden leg and all. Austin and His Friends It were like the end o' a wooden leg with an iron ring at the bottom an' consid'able weight on it. In the Days of Poor Richard "Anyhow, there's one advantage in having a wooden leg," said the veteran. More Toasts There's Tom Gladding', if he had a wooden leg, and I broke it, don't you suppose he'd make me settle before sunset next day? The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Why does a woman take to a man with a wooden leg?" "—makes good money ... and he has a way about him with the girls ... he goes about so quietly. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative "That's a good idea," spoke the duck with the wooden leg, and then she said good-by and waddled away. Uncle Wiggily's Travels The King is a kind of wooden leg. In the Days of Poor Richard If she had had any infirmity—a wooden leg or a glass eye—she would naturally have begun by showing it to me, but as she had been spared intact she chose second best. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls This apparition was renewed every night during a whole week, and was pronounced by Thorer with the wooden leg to presage pestilence or mortality. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian He talked like Pinto had a wooden leg. Heart's Desire But it was always followed by a terrible squall of scraping wooden legs and clanking human feet when the camp stools were set, and the men came in and sat down to the meal. The Lighthouse And the old man hobbled faster and faster, taxing his wooden leg to the very utmost, as if his victory depended on the vehemence with which he walked his beat. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his wooden legs, Began to take them off! McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader His wooden leg stood him in poor stead in such an encounter; he was hurled to the earth, and so fearfully beaten, that he died in consequence of the bruises. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian Once at any rate their solicitude was grotesque, although serviceable, for Ireland tells of a young stork with a broken leg for which a wooden leg was substituted. A Wanderer in Holland On nearing her, discovered the Master with his wooden leg in the mud, to which he had made fast the head-line, with his left leg over his right shoulder, high and dry. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Why, do you think an old soldier like me, hobbling on a wooden leg, is afraid of them thieves? The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana A contract may be entered into for wooden legs, glass eyes, strapping, bandages, splints, and sticking-plaister. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 "Crutches are hung on the walls of miraculous grottos, but never a wooden leg." Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment A friendly concierge with a wooden leg showed us one of Page 96these compact houses—a sitting-room with a bed-cupboard in one wall, and below it a little larder, like the cabin of a ship. A Wanderer in Holland That man with the wooden leg is putting a padlock on the door.' Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh The heavy iron door, when open, lay up against the roof of the tunnel and was supported by two wooden legs. A Maid of the Silver Sea In a quarter of an hour he returned, accompanied by an invalid with two wooden legs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 They were too quick for the old man's wooden leg, and scrambling over the wall by the south porch of the church they were soon out of danger on the beach below. The Altar Steps She was right in deciding that she had nothing to do with love; if you ever have to buy yourself a wooden leg, you may as well get a wooden heart at the same time. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 He sat on the last round of the ladder, and tightened the strap of his wooden leg. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Natural abhorrence of jokes, practical or otherwise, is a trait among my people; it runs in the family, like wooden legs. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 As to the invalid, he at first tried to step over the cord fastened across the door, but the height at which the lazzarone had fixed it was too great for wooden legs to accomplish. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 |
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