| 单词 | workbox |
| 例句 | They did a really good job of the guitar tech’s workbox, but I kept thinking, “None of this ever happened.” Real-life roadies review Roadies: 'I felt like a nurse watching an hour of ER' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z And with that the schoolmistress drew from her workbox a small slip of paper, which she unfolded and gave to him. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z There was her ivory workbox, with her initials in silver and turquoise on it, and her small gold thimble had rolled into a corner of the drawer. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z Look at this workbox, and this tea-caddy, and that pretty vase. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z They consisted of workboxes, paints, tops, knives, drums, books, blotters, aprons, pencils, etc. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z While he was speaking, the book, which she had laid on her workbox, slid to the ground and he picked it up before she had time to bend down for it. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z They would get odd pieces of veneer and wood and make a workbox. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z I went to the cupboard where Bettina and I each had a shelf, and brought out an old wooden workbox. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z A book?" he persisted; "no! well then a rosewood workbox—a desk? Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z They looked remarkably well when they were put up, except that a sort of hollowness appeared between them and clamoured for a delightful old brass-footed workbox she had seen in a shop in Baker Street. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z In the evenings she always sat, mending, on a low chair beside a table which held the mending basket and a mahogany workbox, a gift to her from our grandmother. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z Upon the bureau in the ladies' room, have a supply of hair-pins, and a workbox furnished with everything requisite to repair any accident that may happen to the dress of a guest. 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 Besides the chessmen Mr. Elphinstone had sent workboxes and card counters with the various tradespeople of China minutely carved on them. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Small table L. with workbox, etc., on it. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z Before the window, a small table with workbox and hand sewing-machine. Magda A Play in Four Acts They were very decorative in their way; at the same time they quite shut out all prospect of the interior, and there was no workbox, piano, or suggestion of tea things to be seen to-day. A Bed of Roses You may unlock my old workbox over yonder. When Ghost Meets Ghost She made some little changes in it instinctively, put away the work on which she had been engaged, and looked at Chatty's little workbox with an inclination to put that too out of the way. A Country Gentleman and his Family He was going from home—to London, as usual; and the night before he went, I had found in his sister's workbox a lock of black hair—a short, round curl. Shirley Matilda was in great state; with her workbox by her side, and her watch in her bosom warning her when it was time to leave off work and get ready to go downstairs. Trading We got all the old keys we could, but they were all the keys of desks and workboxes and tea-caddies, and not the right size or shape for doors. Oswald Bastable and Others Ruth knew the trick of that workbox of old. When Ghost Meets Ghost That is the story of my red morocco workbox.” Mugby Junction One of the laborers gave some things which he could do without, and another gave a workbox to be sold for the orphans. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller There was her workstand, her workbox, her easy-chair and her footstool, in their cozy corner between the open fire and the side window, but she did not come to occupy them. Her Mother's Secret Before each tree was displayed a quantity of toys, gloves, pocket-handkerchiefs, workboxes, books, and various articles—presents made to the owner of the tree. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I She put back the letters in the workbox-lid, behind the scissors; replaced the workbox on its table as before, and returned to her mother. When Ghost Meets Ghost It was no time then to speak about the red morocco workbox. Mugby Junction For one object in that room he had a special veneration and affection—an old rosewood workbox, which had belonged to his mother, and to her mother before her. The Herapath Property Under the generic term of "workbox" the curios of the household associated with the industrial handiwork of former days may well be reviewed. Chats on Household Curios Among the rest was a piece of embroidery set in the top of a workbox, which Mary herself worked. Rollo in Scotland Indeed, I devoted the sole article the Yankees let fall from my two workboxes—a bunch of soutache—to the work. A Confederate Girl's Diary “I will tell your maid to bring your workbox,” I said, going to the door and calling the servant. Mugby Junction Doris read half a dozen lines of her own personal letter and laid it in the bottom of her workbox, that had come from India, and had a subtle fragrance. A Little Girl in Old Boston The knives and scissors, bodkins, and stilettos from an old workbox look strangely out of date when compared with those bought in the shops to-day. Chats on Household Curios In fact, he had made a little wooden workbox and covered it over with tiny pieces of ornamental "porcelain" in a semi-transparent green color, that he had made himself. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Well, it is a singular thing: but if her sketches are thought so good, it is a pity she should waste her drawings on workboxes, which hundreds of people can make as well. Principle and Practice The Orphan Family “Your mistress has a red morocco workbox,” I said to her, as she answered my summons. Mugby Junction "Miss Snow has probably lost the key of the workbox you gave her." Orley Farm This decorative workbox has drawers and compartments, a sliding front facilitating their use. Chats on Household Curios Drawing from it a little workbox, which had, in years gone by, been one of Caroline’s cherished Christmas gifts, she opened it. Plantation Sketches The guest, especially if her visit be for a short time, and she has not brought her workbox, will much appreciate a small workbasket fitted out with needles, thread, thimble, and scissors. The Etiquette of To-day Between him and the speech there stood two shadows, potent, dark, and resistless—his mother pointing to her workbox, and Reed pointing to a revolver. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 The others, each seizing the object that in his eyes appeared to be most valuable—such as a desk or workbox,—sprang after the household and left the house to its fate. The Settler and the Savage Leather was used with good effect, too, for the ornamentation of workboxes, red morocco being much favoured in England early in the nineteenth century. Chats on Household Curios How well I remember that little workbox, and its arrangements! She and I, Volume 1 From her point of view he had achieved great fame and distinction, and she cherished in her workbox some newspaper clippings of crime cases in which his name had been favourably mentioned by friendly reporters. The Hand in the Dark If he ever dared to think of marriage otherwise, there came before him the gaunt image of his mother pointing to her faded and ragged workbox with its awful pawn-tickets and bank bills. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 It was the veriest chit-chat, and Leo's remarks on the little bunch of charms and knicknacks that he found in the workbox seemed trivial to foolishness. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Ivory work holders, in which ladies rolled their needlework when they went out to tea, were often beautifully carved; they, too, are charming additions to ivory workbox fittings. Chats on Household Curios She decided to begin by darning his socks, for she chanced to have some black darning wool in her workbox. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl During the distribution of the palms, anthems were sung by the choir, who were caged up in a sort of trellice workbox at the right of the altar. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) I want to get some of the toys for myself with papa's three pennies, and I want to get a thimble with one, 'cos I've lost mine, and my workbox is messy-looking.' The Rectory Children In the afternoon play-time, Anne ran to the dormitory, took out her workbox, and began with hurried, awkward stitches to sew a handkerchief into a bag to contain the jewels. Honey-Sweet The cutler has contributed to the curios of the workbox. Chats on Household Curios She was putting out her treasures for him to look at, the carved fans and workboxes, the beads and handkerchiefs and feathers, the new letter and the old one—when the Captain came. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances The oval tables were full of curious bits of china, dainty Oriental wicker work, exquisite shells on lacquered trays, wonderfully wrought workboxes and fans and amulets. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York A writing-table; a large workbox; a heap of clothing for the poor; and lastly, a stand for flowers. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 But fortune did not favour him this evening; he remained standing there with his workbox. One of Life's Slaves The contents of an old workbox are many and varied. Chats on Household Curios Jack saw that the bonnet was attended to first of all and then they went to another store and purchased a scarf pin for Joshua and a workbox for Lucinda. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary She wrote verses and, very sensibly, kept them locked in her workbox; and then she painted in water-colors and worked in worsted. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors "Sleep I must have—sleep, sleep, sleep!" she muttered, as with fearing fingers she emptied out the contents of her little workbox, where odds and ends collected. Evelyn Innes The keys of the cupboards and buffets were, I think, lying on the table, or in my workbox, when I quitted the room. The Phantom Ship These, however, do not exhaust the wood-carving curios of the workbox, but they may serve to remind collectors of what they may hope to discover in their hunt for household curios. Chats on Household Curios He looked over the book I was reading or rummaged my workbox, trying on my thimble with an air of tenderness, and peeping into my needlebook. The Morgesons She had known my parents on the plains, and now let me sit at her feet, giving me her workbox, that I might look at its bobbins of different-colored thread and the pretty needle-book. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate A little pincushion, a little housewife, a little book, a little workbox, a little set of tables and weights and measures, and a little woman, all in one. Our Mutual Friend The workbox and all its implements were on the table, just as she had left them. The Phantom Ship Old samplers may well be regarded as educational, belonging to the schoolroom as well as to the workbox. Chats on Household Curios And the father's chair, and the sister's workbox, and the dear dead mother's footstool - what are they all but proofs of the Deacon's skill, and tokens of the Deacon's care for those about him? Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson They were permitted to relieve the tedium of their confinement by manufacturing and selling toys; workboxes, brooches, and carved work of different kinds. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography She took a letter from the lid of her workbox, and handed it to him. A Pair of Blue Eyes He lifted up the workbox to ascertain if it was beneath—but no. The Phantom Ship She cleared the breakfast things from the table, and drawing up her chair and her workbox began painting the sets of Noah's ark animals she had whittled the day before. McTeague She had been surprised, smiling, and scribbling Mr. Franklin's name inside her workbox. The Moonstone She poured the gruel into a bowl, and then went over to her workbox. Tip Lewis and His Lamp You touched a spring in its waistband and it flew open, and then it was a workbox. Life and Death of Harriett Frean She seemed happy; all her appliances for occupation were about her; the white wood workbox, a shred or two of muslin, an end or two of ribbon collected for conversion into doll-millinery. Villette There on the ground lay all the little Nemi fragments which Manisty had given to Lucy, and which had been stowed away, each carefully wrapped in tissue paper, in the well of her old workbox. Eleanor "Sit down, Clara," he repeated, "and keep your cotton in your workbox." Lady Audley's Secret An old man sitting in this room,—with my wife's workbox opposite, and she but five minutes away, my eyes grow so dim and full that I can't see the book before me. The Virginians By the side of the rosewood workbox with its over-flowing contents of muslin and ribbon to be used in the concoction of an afternoon apron which she was engaged on, Miss Day was sitting. Mrs. Day's Daughters I bought the workbox, with the idea of taking out one of the shells to serve as a thumbnail for my pipe. Wanderers She turned to look also in her old inlaid workbox, which stood on a small table beside her. Eleanor In the lobby I scratched in that of Mamsell, and added 'Without her workbox.' O. T. a Danish Romance I saw you take it out and pay at the toy-shop a bill for a gold thimble and workbox for one of your young ladies. The Virginians On that Monday morning, on which Charley had returned to town after his early visit to her workbox, she had not failed to find the purse. The Three Clerks Falkenberg was still jealous, so I took out the workbox, chose the shell I wanted, and picked it off and gave him the box. Wanderers With a crash her workbox fell to the ground, and its contents rolled all over the loggia. Eleanor Indeed, Shandon had once been asked to dinner by the Earl of X; his wife treasured the invitation-card in her workbox at that very day. The History of Pendennis I catch him up and turning round see one of his sisters flourishing the things out of my workbox in fine style. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Katie had a well-worn, well-known little workbox, which, in years now long past; had been given to her either by Alaric or Harry. The Three Clerks The students of Brill sent in a fine oil painting in a gold frame, and the girls at Hope contributed an inlaid workbox with a complete sewing outfit. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor Lucy went thoughtfully for her workbox, murmuring ruefully, "I am an innocent fox—I am an in-nocent fox." Love Me Little, Love Me Long To Miss Helen she handed a quaint old workbox she had picked up in the shop of a dealer in antiquities; to Miss Annie she gave her A three-quarter-length photograph in a silver frame. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Locking up the slip of paper in her workbox, she returned the watch to its case and carefully retied the parcel. Beulah His mother's workbox; his father's SHAKESPEARE; the family Bible—a piteous catalogue. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The scissors were shut with a snap, and thrown, rather than laid, to the other implements in the workbox. Australia Felix Then, seeing her dumfounded, he caught up her carpet-bag and threw her workbox into it for a beginning. Foul Play I'm as certain as that I'm sitting here that Georgina stole those poems out of my workbox. How He Lied to Her Husband Manston now knew that there had been photographs of some kind in his wife's workbox, and though he had not been near enough to see them, he guessed whose they were. Desperate Remedies "See, here's the workbox, little wife, That I made of polished oak." Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces True, they looked almost awful in their lack of interest and their non-humanity, for there is scarcely anything that absolutely loses interest save the records of money; but his mother's workbox lay behind them. Robert Falconer She would sit, sedately, at her workbox, while he, facing her, poured forth the verses at her like a blackbird. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments She stopped herself, because she had been going to reveal. what a home a woman could make in rooms like the compartments in a workbox. T. Tembarom Mrs. Higgins had lately pawned the workbox with other useless articles of lumber, she said. Desperate Remedies She took Reuben's picture from the window, and laid it on her workbox. Stories in Light and Shadow But as he drew near the middle of the second shelf, upon which they lay several rows deep, he saw something dark behind, hurriedly displaced the packets between, and drew forth a small workbox. Robert Falconer There was a workbox and stand that Gummy had made for Amy, for the brother was handy with tools. Janice Day the Young Homemaker They went and sat down with their workboxes by the waterside under the arbour. Madame Bovary On his return he took up the workbox again to examine it more leisurely. Desperate Remedies Eugenie sewed without raising her head, and did not use the workbox which Charles had despised the night before. Eugenie Grandet At a sort of workbox in the window of this subterranean breakfast-room sat an elderly lady with a singularly high colour and almost startling silver hair. The Club of Queer Trades The doctor and his little girl were, as I have said, delighted with the present; and they gave Emily, in return, a workbox for herself, and a box of sugar-plums for her baby sister. After Dark I remember once, very long ago, when I was a very little girl, my mother had a workbox full of coloured reels. The Story of an African Farm, a novel “No, never: we might do what we pleased; ransack her desk and her workbox, and turn her drawers inside out; and she was so good-natured, she would give us anything we asked for.” Jane Eyre |
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