| 单词 | footboard |
| 例句 | Mom set him down, and he toddled over to the bed, grabbing the quilt and then cruising around to the footboard. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The girls jumped up and down, rattling the footboard, Helen clapped. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s curled up next to Lucas the bear near the footboard, his back resting against the wall, his chin on the bedspread facing me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Moody watched, half hidden by a tree, as she picked her way around to the Rabbit, which sat in the driveway with its doors thrown wide, and extracted the footboard from the backseat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was prevented from finding out, as the wagon hit a bump and my numbed hand almost let Abenthy’s guilder fall to the footboard of the wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I left the road, crossed the ditch on a footboard and walked along the field beyond the ditch. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z As he strapped his shoes to the footboard and began to lace his feet into the shoes, Stub McMillin, his face alight, said, “OK, this boat is going to fly now, boys.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She sat down on the bed, back propped against the footboard, legs stretched along the bed’s length, gazing up at the ceiling, as if testing it out. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her feet were bare as she crossed the lawn to set the footboard into place. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He pulled me up, took pity on me, placed me on the footboards, and drove home with me crouching there in tears. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll be staying in my room,” the maid said to her, grasping one handle of Ana’s trunk and helping Ash to lift it off the footboard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He worried the footboard of the bed with his toes, wishing he had a beer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “My principle inheritance has always been guilt,” writes Schwarcz, who recalls nights of listening to his insomniac father’s heels rhythmically kick the bed’s footboard. A Publishing Superstar Whose Memoir Shuns Glitz to Explore Private Torment 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z I would slip my legs through the slats in my parents’ footboard, and casually hump a panel while I watched cartoons. I was a chronic masturbator 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z We’d tap our toes against the footboard until we remembered that we weren’t alone, and stopped for fear of waking up the kid in the bottom bunk. Work, pray, fear: my life in the Family cult 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z I became dizzy at a patient’s bedside, losing all memory of anything we’d discussed, and grabbed hold of the footboard to stop the floor from swaying like a pendulum. The voice told me to end my life: This love quieted the voices better than any pill 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Choose sofas with lower, thinner armrests and beds without footboards. Let there be light: 10 simple ways to brighten your home – from pale pink walls to changing bulbs 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z One was killed when his head hit an overhead railway bridge when he was traveling on the roof of a compartment while the other succumbed to injuries after he fell down from the train’s footboard. Sri Lanka deploys troops as the railway workers’ strike worsens 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Young men cling for their lives on the footboards, while the mashed throng inside gasps for air. Sri Lanka crisis: Daily heartbreak of life in a country gone bankrupt 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z For all of his epic anti-Catholic rants, Money’s deathbed had the figure of the Virgin Mary at its head and a skeleton carved into its footboard. Does L.A. have an 'addiction to cults and cultists'? Sure seems like it 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Get rid of footboards or anything that sticks up that you can bump into. How to prevent falls and provide comfort in a new home for seniors 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Reddish-brown streaks seen on a footboard and a wall looked like blood. AP PHOTOS: Beirut images show shattered, dust-covered city 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Unhappy residents ridicule the fact that the statue’s legs don’t reach the ground, requiring an inelegant footboard to keep his shoes from dangling and earning the likeness a new nickname: “The Short Bard.” New Statue Unsettles Italian City: Is It Celebrating a Poet or a Nationalist? 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z They pried it open and found the woman “chained to the bed’s footboard by her ankle” with about 3 feet of slack. Man accused of chaining woman to bed, locked in with child 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Are there angry AIs that only understand mathematical patterns keyed into footboards at a frantic rate? We have a lot of wild theories about the Dance Dance Revolution movie 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z There’s a wheelchair mount on the back of the sidecar, and special footboards that keep my feet in place. A Paralyzed Veteran Gets Back on His Bike 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z We commiserated over footboards on beds and, most of all, airplane seats. What’s it like to be 6ft 8in tall? 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Metal headboards and footboards also were found and the DNR says the headboards are identical, so someone may recognize them. Officials investigate burned mattresses in northern Michigan 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Chest throbbing, he hid behind the footboard and covered his head with his hands. ‘Did your father die?’ For a 2nd-grader, gunfire, lockdowns, then the worst violence of all 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Also helpful for long-haul riding are the passenger backrest, wide footboards and sturdy handrails. Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra is a lumbering but luxurious 3-wheeler 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z He wriggled through, stood on the footboard, smiled again grimly through the window, and then looked down. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Crouch, agile as a panther, sprang on to the footboard, and racing to the main-deck, came on a sudden face to face with Jimmy. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The fan was to be placed under the footboard, and driven by the friction of a grooved pulley in contact with the flange of the driving-wheel. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z M. T. Bowers, fireman, Fairmill, Jan. 6, was trying to jump from the running board of engine to footboard, when he fell and was injured. Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention 2012-02-02T03:04:35.040Z The one place in London where the King's Messengers will not look to find you is the footboard of Lady Oxford's carriage,' urged Montague. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z One of them, whom Mr. Endicott vaguely remembered to have seen at meals in his house, climbed on the footboard. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Again a bound carried him over the footboard and out into the middle of the room, where he whirled to face the alcove, his eyes flashing round the place. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z On all previous engines the footboard had only been inclosed by a railing. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z In frantic haste I pushed open the carriage-door and stepped out on the footboard. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z A vacuum is practically created in the air-chamber by the exhausting power of the footboards, and a current of air thus drawn downwards passes through any reeds that are left open, setting them in vibration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z That night I sat on a dictionary with my feet against the footboard and tried to follow these injunctions, until my back seemed torn into fillets, but it would not come flat. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Then she went over to the Glory-Box and took out the kimono and laid it over the footboard so that the pink folds could catch the light. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Ash-pan, with double dampers, operated from the footboard, for wood and soft coal; and with hopper with slide in bottom, for hard coal. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z Holding tightly on to the rail by the carriage-door, I began to creep along the footboard towards the engine, hoping to find a chance of dropping safely down on the line. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z He had already turned the handle, opening the door just wide enough he stepped on to the footboard, closed the door, and dropped on to the permanent way. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z And at last Rosanna woke up with a start to find that Helen was clapping her hands furiously and stamping her feet against the footboard. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z "D-Dublin, sir," replied the driver, who, with both fists extended in front of him and both heels planted against his narrow footboard, seemed to find utterance difficult. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z She crossed the room and methodically lit the gas; then she turned and stood at the foot of Harry's bed, resting her hands lightly on the footboard. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z With these words you left me, and crept along the footboard towards the front of the train. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z He made this fact quite clear by kicking so violently that he broke two traces, cut his hocks against the footboard and lamed himself. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Dropping his rod and creel, he jumped on to the footboard as the driver cautiously took the gate, and Evelyn smiled as the car rolled up the drive. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Look at him as he passes his whip into his left hand, chafes his numbed right fingers on his granite leg, and beats those marble toes of his upon the footboard. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z The mate came flying and hung on to the footboard. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Then you knelt upon the footboard, and said, 'You are right. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z There was a rattle of hoofs against the footboard as Daylight rolled over kicking wildly to get free. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z He rang the telegraph, and when the beat of engines slackened a man stood on a footboard outside the bridge, where a broad canvas belt was fastened round his waist. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The other fairies climbed upon the bed also, some clinging to the curtain tassels, some perched among Milly's curls, and others sat at their ease on the footboard. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z They climb up the footboard, hop into a train and hop out casually when they feel like it. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z We dived from the footboard of our bed into a surf of pillows. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z It’s rather too cold to stand outside on the footboard. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z In the silence I could think; think another thought: "The Doctor is not sure—" I rose, steadying myself by holding on to the footboard. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z And then an officer came down the steps, sprang to the footboard of the machine, and looked at Stewart. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z “To give you a horsewhipping!” cried a man with a masked face, springing up on the footboard, and clutching the inquirer by the collar. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The cab had rushed up to the door with Buttons on the footboard. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z From the footboard of the carriage Anna bent down to kiss Agnes. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z It now stands at the footboard of the table in the library at Lloyd's, where other relics of the Lutine are also to be found. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z At once a sentry leaped upon the footboard; again the chauffeur produced his paper, and an officer was summoned, who glanced at it, and immediately stepped back and threw open the door of the tonneau. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z But for some reason he entirely overlooked our bags strapped on the footboard. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z As they neared the last turn which led them out to the footboard of the dam, he paused. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The shilling fell between the footboard and the platform. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z I was just going to get out, when I heard the guard coming along on the footboard, and he said, 'Another five minutes and we are off, gentlemen.' Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z The footboard was sometimes used, but was quite often omitted in the older specimens, and seems to have come into favor later on, as an additional detail. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Then the conductor would jump on the footboard, and the vehicle would start on its way again. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z This footboard is shaky and you might slip.” Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The Young Man's Face nodded perfectly politely, and smiled as he raised two strong, lean hands to the edge of the footboard, and hunched his shoulders obligingly across the sky line. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z In a couple of minutes the footboard was like a butcher’s stall, for meat enough lay there to feed the four occupants of the waggon for about a month. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z When the posts were lowered, the footboard rose into prominence, but this was not until after the first quarter of the nineteenth century had elapsed. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z On the other side, it is told in Chamber’s Book of Days that a prisoner, by the sudden collapse of a rotten footboard, was left hanging by his neck in danger of his life. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days A man was climbing up the footboard from the line. The Gay Adventure A Romance When the Sick-A-Bed Lady felt like sitting up high against her pillows, she could look out across the footboard through her opposite window. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z The next moment the man who had called out, and had now got possession of the reins, landed with a flying leap on the footboard, and was followed with no less precipitation by his mate. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z They commenced at his bedstead and deliberately razed it to the floor, leaving the headboard in one place, the footboard in another, the two sides at angles, and the bedclothes scattered about the room. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters The attic contained an old chest of drawers, the footboards of a bed, two trunks, a chair with a broken leg, and several boxes of dishes. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery The driver sits on a movable box-seat, or “dicky,” a few inches high, placed across the head of the “well,” with a footboard to which there is usually no splash-board attached. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" For days and days that followed, the Sick-A-Bed Lady was conscious of nothing except the Young Man's Face on the footboard of the bed. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z At last he came in sight of his home, and then, like a boy, he stood up on the footboard and vented his feelings in a delighted “Hurrah!” Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z With one swoop Mrs. Katzenstein flung the snowy avalanche of pillows and sheets over the footboard of the bed and opened wide both the windows. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole The engines had switched to the side tracks a block away, and, protected by armed guards on the tender, the pilot, and footboard, were coupling on to the standing trains. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 Two days ago they managed to kill a Government official of high standing between a footboard and a platform, and to-day the Japanese papers are seriously discussing the advantages of lavatories. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He rushed along the line, jumped upon the footboard of the last carriage, and then threw himself panting into the nearest seat. Round the World in Eighty Days Griggs had climbed to the footboard of an ambulance, and he faced them with contempt. Leerie About half an hour later the speed of the train slackened, and, climbing out on to the footboard, Jack and Guy jumped off in turn, alighting on the soft grassy veldt without hurting themselves. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War He had something close to pneumonia and turned and cried out on his bed, too small for his big form, and in his delirium he kicked away the footboard. Fairfax and His Pride Kirk, his search completed, sat down on the edge of the bed's footboard and totaled up what he had learned. Twelve Times Zero According to custom, they leaped on the footboards as the train proceeded, as easy as a circus-rider would mount a horse at full gallop. Round the World in Eighty Days At which the tourist peeps in again, and wonders if the long-limbed Texan was not a bit cramped by the footboard. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Climbing along the footboard, with his body held as close against the van as possible, he was not long in reaching the door and in wrenching it open. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Len flung his tie at the carved wooden pineapple on the corner of the footboard. Special Delivery The light from the window was too faint, however, to reach a section of the floor near the footboard. Twelve Times Zero A fellow jumped onto the footboard of our carriage and shouted, "Next year you will stand behind your coachman and we shall be sitting in the carriages." The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Doubling up his huge fist, he drove it into the footboard with tremendous force. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians Clinging to the rail, he made his way along the footboard, stretched across to the truck in front, and soon had the satisfaction of finding himself sitting on top of a truck-load of fine coal. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War The Marquis of Bute’s footman said he would pay the fine, or footing, and placed two shillings on the footboard of the carriage for that purpose. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign The sound of heavy shoes on the footboard told him that the robbers were making off. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales Our Diligence consisted of a Machine with 6 seats inside, a cabriolet in which sat Edward and myself, on a little seat before us the driver with his legs dangling for want of a footboard. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) Without another word Smith stood on the footboard, and Dr. Slavens slid along to his place. Claim Number One Amos glared wildly from his bloodshot eyes when a monkey seemed to leap on the footboard. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew One typical story was about a soldier, who, having met him in France, stepped out from the crowd and hopped on to the footboard of his car to say "How d'y' do?" Westward with the Prince of Wales With the pantings and gaspings of a man whose stoutness made all physical exercise irksome, the uncle lowered himself off the footboard of the tram. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales "Isn't it funny," mused Gyp as she balanced on the footboard of her bed. Highacres Ollie was fully dressed and so was her room, except for the bed, the covers of which were thrown back like a wave breaking over the footboard. In a Little Town Three Sisters of Charity stood at the footboard of his bed. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew When they could, they rushed the cars of the procession and rode in thick masses on the footboards in order to keep up with the Royal progress. Westward with the Prince of Wales They are restricted to one pulpit, they are limited to one dress; they have actually to read and preach from the same footboard; they are prohibited the glories of white muslin; liturgy have they none. Leading Articles on Various Subjects She could not let him lie on the pink-and-whiteness, so she carefully spread it over the footboard and folded her own coat for him to sleep on. Highacres Then the great engine snorted, and he sprang down from the vestibule footboard as the train rolled out. Thurston of Orchard Valley After her first involuntary cry, she remained silent, and she even smiled across the footboard at Ruth, who, gagged and held captive, was certainly in no pleasant situation. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery When policemen drove them off footboards, they waited for the next car to come along and got on to the footboards of that. Westward with the Prince of Wales Vigée Lebrun relates that on the promenade at Longchamps men of the people leaped on the footboards of the carriages, saying, "Next year you will be behind and we shall be inside." Introduction to the Science of Sociology She slid it down away from his fingers, and when he still paid no attention, she picked it up quite openly and laid it against the footboard. The Ranch at the Wolverine Fred balanced himself on the footboard of the bed, and watched his brother expectantly. Otherwise Phyllis Fire!” and interspersing his fire-alarm with brisk drummings of his crutch against the footboard. Glory and the Other Girl The people were jammed so tightly back that when the line of cars stopped, as it frequently had to, the people clambered on to the footboards for relief. Westward with the Prince of Wales With a tremendous effort he caught hold of the hand-rail and sprang upon the footboard, where, with extraordinary skill, he contrived to remain. Fantômas A record was kept of the number of passengers carried; for, as each passenger entered, a number was automatically registered by a small machine under the footboard, the exit being by another door. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story A quavering male voice—that of the guard—came down through the space between the platform and the footboard of the train. Colorado Jim But I say, old top, the footboards are deucedly low. Punch or the London Charivari, October 10, 1920 As his car neared the top of the hill, two Montreal flappers, whose extreme youth was only exceeded by their extreme daring, sprang on to the footboard and held him up with autograph books. Westward with the Prince of Wales The porter who was piloting M. Etienne Rambert, set the baggage he was carrying down on the footboard of a first-class carriage. Fantômas Suddenly he remembered the cane that his chum had leaned against the footboard a few hours earlier. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour Jim and Wally dropped lightly from the footboard of a swift motor-'bus, dodged through the traffic, and swung quickly down a quiet side-street. Captain Jim A rich banker's family, driving along in a coach and four, was blown quite out of the carriage, and could not even find a place on the footboard at the back. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales And with this he pulled Dr. Grimstone down from the footboard and mounted it himself; after which he began to rummage about under the seats with the Doctor's heavy stick. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers She fell between the platform and the footboard while getting into a train, and suffered severe abrasion of the right leg, together with a serious muscular strain which laid her up for several days. How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer I was far too weak to raise my eyes, but it occurred to me that this must be my landlady, for I recognised the footboard of my bed. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Smith gave them a hand, and they climbed upon the footboard of the ambulance, and over into the interior. Young Hilda at the Wars The car rocked with the concussion, and the fragments of the shattered wind-screen tinkled down over the bonnet and footboard. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions He hoisted Paul up the high footboard to an empty compartment, and shut the door, leaving him to sink down on the luxurious cushions in speechless and measureless content. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers Then in a moment the two slipped out of the open door of the carriage on to the footboard and disappeared. A Queen's Error The front was approached by means of several long duck-board tracks, in places more like wooden bridges than the ordinary trench footboards. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 The pain kept griping him, so that he rode leaning down with his face pointed at the footboard. Young Hilda at the Wars All along the train, in disobedience of orders, the carriage doors are open, and "Tommies" and "Jocks," and "Pats" are seated on the footboards, singing, shouting, laughing. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Bend up the points at each end for head and footboards, and there is your bed. Little Folks' Handy Book Jack could just see in the shadow the gleam of the negro's white eyes, and heard the raps upon the footboard of the bed, that imitated the drum, and was frightened. Jack 1877 He preferred the footboard, he said, and explained that as a youth it had been his ambition to be a fireman. The Book of All-Power "Ours, of course; whose did you think it was, the—" Walt gave a hysterical whoop and flung himself over the footboard upon the astonished Smith. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University They had just got the wrecking train made up, and this man, running forward after setting a switch, had flipped the tender of the backing engine and slipped from the footboard. The Daughter of a Magnate When I woke that morning, the monkey was sitting on the footboard of my bed, looking at me. Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Tiara almost fell, clutching the footboard of the bed for support. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist "You didn't shoot the soldiers who were standing on the footboard, did you?" asked Malcolm. The Book of All-Power With a groan of self-disgust, she dropped down on the footboard of Billy's chair. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen Nick quietly rested his gun on the footboard and drew stealthily back from it. Kiddie the Scout The monkey, after gravely inspecting the hand which Filipe respectfully extended to him, condescended to step from the footboard of the bed upon it, and be borne from the room. Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Four fortunates in each compartment had got the racks, otherwise the passengers stood: on the footboards, in the corridors, on the seats. No Man's Land He leapt for the footboard and made it by a miracle, and only once did they hear him cry as if in pain. The Book of All-Power Mrs. French took the large square pillows off the bed, and laid one of the silken spreads over the footboard. A Little Girl of Long Ago No devils danced on the footboard of Herbert Spencer's bed, because there were no devil-cells in his brain. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 But as he was short he found it hard to reach the footman's hanging strap, till a couple of strong fellows lifted him bodily and set him on the footboard. Stradella This movement involved not only the man behind, who was bearing a footboard, but also the remainder of the section. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916 An eerie experience this, riding through the dark, the figures of the soldier guards on either footboard gripping to the posts of the car. The Book of All-Power Like a flash Glen jumped for the footboard of the moving car and interposed his body as an obstacle to the little fellow's leap. The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow The footboard was low, and Lina insisted on showing the small double locks that joined the side pieces to the head and foot boards. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 The coach stopped again, and Cucurullo dropped from the footboard behind and came to the door. Stradella Its breadth is equal to the length of a Texan when he lies down in the bunk built into it, the headboard and footboard of which are the walls of the building itself. The Wrong Woman They expected him to jump on the footboard again, for the auto was going at a slow pace, but to their surprise he did not reappear. The Book of All-Power Suddenly, the train stopped at a little village station, and a Prussian officer jumped up with a great clatter of his saber on the double footboard of the railway-carriage. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. Sheffield, who had been wedged upon the footboard, rose unsteadily, and, supporting himself with difficulty, looked along the gleaming ribbon of road. The Sins of Séverac Bablon She made many attempts to persuade the lame footman to stand on the footboard behind, but she never could manage it. The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina A smart burly man, with acute features, stepped on the footboard of the carriage, and, moving with the train, asked what sort of rug it was. The Iron Horse Then a similar accident happened to the man on the other footboard. The Book of All-Power I had no time to take a ticket, but leaping upon the moving footboard, I wrenched open a carriage-door and sprang in. In the Track of the Troops “Good!” and each boy, putting a pillow on his footboard, took a senatorial seat—each boy arrayed in the flowing cotton nightgown. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors She wished she could push herself through the footboard, and come out at Portland. Prudy Keeping House The bed was covered with books and games, and there were two dolls leaning against the footboard, and one in Diana’s arms. Peggy in Her Blue Frock I shall always see them—on their flying footboards beneath the sky—swaying and rocking—still swaying and rocking—to Eternity. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century What did he do then but lean over the footboard and shake me by the heel. We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses You remember how Drake knocked Alfred from the footboard of his bed on the occasion of our night meeting to get up the boat-race. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors But the footboard was no sufficient protection, for I could be seen over it. Chapters from My Autobiography Beside her, as he supported himself anxiously on his elbow, the broad chest and shoulders of her young husband rose above the screening footboard. While Caroline Was Growing The stone parapet of the viaduct almost touches the footboard, and there's a drop of ninety feet below that. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers To make sure that nothing was required of me until morning, I drove past the house with the army hanging to the footboard. Lady Larkspur When the train ran into the station at Nice, he was out on the footboard, on the further side, yelling lustily. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World He offered to put me in his office, but I insisted on the footboard, and to make a long story short, was firing inside of three weeks and running inside of three years. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers Vanderlyn stepped to one side of the footboard, and waited till the door through which he had just passed swung to; then he turned the handle, securing it firmly. The Uttermost Farthing He screws the lid down and presently makes his way along the footboard to the next compartment. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers He had caught his head on the footboard in falling. The Golden Scorpion Well, she dragged past us to dead-slow, an' came to a standstill with her tail coach about thirty yards beyond where I stood, and, as you might say, with its footboard right overhangin' the pool. News from the Duchy The bed, however, was an old-fashioned wooden affair with a big solid footboard, so I concluded that in case of any one passing the doorway, I could crouch behind the foot of the bed. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Later the coachman desired his seat and asked him to sit on the footboard. Introduction to Non-Violence The excited Teutons grabbed at handles—in fact at anything protruding from the carriages—in a desperate endeavour to be first on the footboard. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben I grasped B——'s hand, and jumped on to the footboard of the moving train. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Amid a chorus of excited voices, I tossed my bag in at the window, leapt upon the footboard and turned the handle. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor This part of the mast carries three footboards and a platform for the reception of "supers." Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 He stepped softly back into the bedroom and leaned again over the curved footboard, his face quite miserable. The Stolen Singer If she goes to bed, they climb up on the footboard, hang a drooping head, and look her wistfully in the eye for sympathy. The Romance of a Christmas Card Jimmy was on the footboard; he spoke to her urgently. The Second Honeymoon He had a mat for you at his feet, and when too tired to keep awake longer you slept curled up on the footboard. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 The man kept his eyes on his horses; his heels were firmly set on the footboard. In the Roaring Fifties Doctor Thayer's massive figure was in the shadow close to the bed, and Aleck Van Camp leaned over the curved footboard. The Stolen Singer Numb with long sitting we dropped cumbrously to earth from the high footboard, and found ourselves face to face with the problem of how to spend the next three hours. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches "Come on, thin," cried the little Irishman, and when he ran back to climb to the footboard of the 956, Adair climbed with him. Empire Builders "All ready," answered Rock, who had shut off the flow of water and flung back the dangling leather arm to spring from the tender to the footboard. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 I got on the footboard and looked into the open door of one car. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 They sat, leaning against the footboard of the bed, Like a confiding child she snuggled her shoulder under his arm and drew the arm around her. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest The stranger climbed out and stood beside the step, with one hand holding on to the edge of the footboard. Corporal Sam and Other Stories The only real expense to which he went was that of buying some steps on castors, with a platform and a movable footboard. His Masterpiece Jack leaned his elbows on the high carved footboard and returned his friend's look with one of equal seriousness. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary A great piece was broken off one corner of the footboard. 'Doc.' Gordon Hamil, leaning on the footboard of the bed, laughed and straightened up. The Firing Line He would see the doctor!—upon which, with a precision quite amazing, all the green monkeys on the footboard of the bed put their thumbs to their noses at him. Love Stories Two men are carried on the machine, a coachman on the box seat and a stoker on the footboard at the rear of the engine. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 It was wide for a footboard, but narrow—too narrow—for a skirt dance. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary To stand on the steam-tram footboard is one very good way to see Holland. A Wanderer in Holland A man sprang to the footboard of the freed locomotive, jerked the throttle open, stayed at the levers long enough to hook up to the most effective cut-off for speed, and jumped for his life. The Taming of Red Butte Western He slipped out carefully, but seeing the predicament of the guard, he did not jump out into the snow, but advanced carefully along the footboards, feeling his way forward by the brass-work of the carriages. Acton's Feud A Public School Story And then he climbed down off the footboard, and I did not see him again—one piteous item of Gladstone's legacy—the ruined and abandoned loyalist in the second generation. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Granite," she asked, "do you think you could manage to do a skirt dance on the footboard? The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary Meantime the woman, who Mr. Sandy said must have been as brave a woman as ever lived, crawled over the luggage on the top of the coach and on to the footboard in front. From John O'Groats to Land's End The doctor brought his hand down on the edge of the footboard of the bed, with a gesture of impatience. Septimus And, as soon as he could crawl, the footboard of the mysterious wheeled chair became to the little man a perfect treasure-house of delight. A Noble Life Order for each single iron bed two foot boards, instead of a head and a footboard. The Art of Interior Decoration On this pad, if passengers are to be carried, a wooden seat with footboards hanging by cords from it and called a charjama is placed. The Elephant God At this the raven stood upon one leg gravely, and began to sidle along the footboard of the bed. John of the Woods Dorothy watched her as she swung herself on to the footboard and up the stair of the motor bus. The Tree of Heaven At length he stepped down, and, having carefully looked over the near-side footboard, announced that he had finished for the present. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman I kicks the footboard clean off when I has 'em bad, all along o' my losin' them three year! The Story of Patsy Gabriel silently obeyed, and then, standing on the footboard of the wagon, reached down his hand to her, as if he would ask her to follow. The Youth of the Great Elector The carved footboard of the bed on which I was lying was not new to my sight. Strange Visitors Her foot was on the footboard, and seeing the empty carriage the thought struck her, "We shall be alone; he'll be able to kiss me." Evelyn Innes It proved to be a very solidly built V-trough, alongside which ran a footboard. The Rules of the Game She stood leaning against the footboard of the bed, not even deigning to raise her eyes in reply. The Tracer of Lost Persons Over and again would he occupy the footboard between London and Bristol, and rejoice as a strong man in running his race at close to seventy miles an hour. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 At San Juan de Dios Mr. Christy climbed to the top of the Diligence, behind the conductor, who sat with a large black leather bag full of stones on the footboard before him. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern He tried to jump on to another footboard. The Teeth of the Tiger She leaned over the footboard and laughed hysterically, her head in her arms. Personality Plus Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock As she spoke she stepped backward a pace or two, resting herself for a moment against the footboard of the bed—full in the gaslight. The Tracer of Lost Persons "Well," replied Hal, "I am going to see," and, stepping out on the footboard and holding to the side of the wagon, he looked back over the top of the wagon. The Boy Allies at Liege The footboard must be cut in two to make the ends or arms of the settee. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Do you think that the first idiot who comes along can hang on to the footboard of my car without my knowing it? The Teeth of the Tiger The brasswork of the engine shines brilliantly, the footboard has been newly scrubbed, and the driver and stoker stand waiting for the signal. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 She rested a moment or two against the footboard of the bed, her big gray eyes fixed on his vague and shadowy form. The Tracer of Lost Persons Desmond was there, in his usual careless dress, hanging over the footboard of the bed, and Ann was huddled on the outside. The Morgesons When I was ready to get into bed, lo! there was Khaki on the foot of the bed, close against the footboard, fast asleep. On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes The disorder of the inside of the car, the rug hanging over the footboard, a broken window, a cushion on the floor, all bore witness to a struggle. The Teeth of the Tiger An extra blanket over the footboard, in our changeful climate, is a wise measure. Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. Aunt Phoebe was sitting up in bed still screaming at the top of her lungs, and on the footboard of the bed sat Snowy, blinking in the sudden light. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers Advancing to the footboard of the bed, he leaned his chin on its edge, looked at his father, and in a remarkably clear, ringing voice, said: "The check." The Morgesons I framed the question in German as I clambered on to the footboard at a part of the train where the trucks ended and where German officers had been given the luxury of first-class carriages. The Soul of the War A few months afterward, as I lay in my bed too weak even to stir, your father stood there, looking across the footboard at me,—the answer to that letter. People of the Whirlpool But on my unsophisticated dickey and footboard no one could doubt but that Roger and Simon were in their proper places. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829 The mulatto girl had come swiftly to the foot of the bed and was clutching the footboard, her knuckles showing white. Cheerful—By Request "Holloway Prison—main entrance," I said, as I stepped up on to the footboard. The Red Thumb Mark “Wait till you are lying flat on your back at the end of your time,” he retorted, jumping off the footboard after the other. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale As the coachman only laughed, and as Tom was curious himself, he unpacked it, and put the articles, one by one, upon the footboard. Martin Chuzzlewit She had the chicken-pox when we was about four years old, and one of the first things I can remember is climbing up and looking over mother's footboard at Lovey, all speckled. The Village Watch-Tower There was a rending as of splintered wood—the cord held, but a portion of the footboard of the bed came away. Son of Tarzan "Tell the Superintendent that it isn't here," she whispered to Aggie across the footboard. Baby Mine He drew in his breath, and his hands, gripping the bed's footboard, closed a little tighter. Stories from Everybody's Magazine By good conduct, a handsome person and calves, and a grave demeanour, Raggles rose from the knife-board to the footboard of the carriage; from the footboard to the butler's pantry. Vanity Fair I jumped on the footboard, and looked into an open window. Mr. Standfast She, inch by inch, more softly than a cat, climbed over the low footboard, was standing on the floor. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Barely had she reached the centre of the room when a terrific crash of breaking glass from the adjoining room sent her shrieking in terror over the footboard, and head first under the covers. Baby Mine Vigee Lebrun relates that on the promenade at Longchamps men of the people leaped on the footboards of the carriages, saying, ``Next year you will be behind and we shall be inside.'' The Psychology of Revolution Peace, hanging from the carriage, grasped the footboard with his hands and kept kicking the warder as hard as he could with his right foot. A Book of Remarkable Criminals I believe that if it had not been a bedstead provided with a footboard, I should have slipped out upon the floor. The Magic Egg and Other Stories I could have Bobby on the footboard of my bed as long as I wanted him, and he would crow whenever I told him to. Laddie; a true blue story There was a scraping and shuffling as of some animal or animals trying to climb up to the footboard. Beasts and Super-Beasts And the tooth, the gigantic golden molar of French gilt, enormous and ungainly, sprawled its branching prongs in one corner of the room, by the footboard of the bed. McTeague His legs, which pressed against the footboard, were clad in tight, yellow riding boots. The Indian Lily and Other Stories Sitting upright, with my feet pressed against the footboard, I listened and felt. The Magic Egg and Other Stories Shelley and May and the sewing woman were crowded between the wall and the footboard, and the others lined against the wall. Laddie; a true blue story Cautiously, with trembling legs, she stepped upon the footboard. The Happy Foreigner Trina craned her neck and looked at her husband over the footboard of the bed. McTeague The boy comprehended readily enough and, springing on the footboard of the car, brought them safely to the hotel. The Yellow Streak Emil hailed a driver who had fallen asleep, sitting on the footboard of his open carriage. Bertha Garlan Then she laughed and reaching for her kimono, which hung folded across the footboard of the bed, slipped it on, and, thrusting her feet into her bedroom slippers, went to the window. Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus She glanced down from her perch on the footboard at the olive profile bent over the next car. The Happy Foreigner He flung on his robe, trying to withdraw her from the business of looping back the bed-clothing over the footboard and pounding into the pillows. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Manderton sat next to Robin and the Dutch police officer perched himself on the footboard. The Yellow Streak Bedding flung back over the footboards, the way they'd thrown it when they jumped. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California No lackeys were behind; I mounted the footboard unobserved, and descended and hid myself when the carriage stopped. Calderon the Courtier, a Tale There he arrived on the 25th, having unfortunately fallen in mounting the imperial of the diligence, and grazed his shin against the footboard thus making a small hole in the bone. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings Nevertheless, she let him relax her to his pillow, draw the covers down from the footboard, and cover her. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It One might go through it in a great hurry without coming to grief on some chair back, or the footboard of the mother's bed, or the rocker of the father's chair. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys All at once she saw something drop from the sky on the footboard of the carriage. Revenge! According to the etiquette prescribed for the occasions when the Emperor used this state carriage, as many pages as possible got on the footboard and on the seat near the driver. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise The resulting manoeuvres are still fresh in her mind, particularly when her sister had preceded her to bed and she had to climb the footboard. Why Worry? Alexina's eyes were fixed upon an execrable print many inches above the footboard, and Gora, glancing at her, reflected that she was as beautiful as ever in spite of her loss of flesh and color. The Sisters-In-Law He unclosed them languidly, gazed at the footboard of his bed, then, around at the four shabby walls of his room. Between Friends She was an ordinary light yard engine with a footboard in place of the pilot and with a sloping tank. The Short Line War The driver was thrown on the footboard, poor Tajo hung by his chain against the horses' legs, and our situation was most critical. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain And he climbed to the driver's footboard with the doubting engineer at his heels. A Fool for Love They embraced on the footboard of the carriage. Jean-Christophe, Volume I "We've got 'em!" beginning to execute a dance on the footboard. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America I was thinking some of us would have to ride on the footboard or the luggage-carrier. Monitress Merle Very nearly did I miss the train; my foot was on the footboard when the guard blew his whistle. Memoirs of My Dead Life I followed one of the men who carried the buckets of earth to something that looked very like our family cradle with the footboard knocked out. History of California She liked driving out in her carriage with grooms in livery on the footboard. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories Once or twice she had wakened with her head to the footboard and endured agonies of confusion before she got the universe turned round right. We Can't Have Everything Slipping into the lavatory she climbed through the window there on to the footboard, and pulled herself along by the carriage rods to the next compartment where the solitary occupant, an Englishman, sat reading. Bengal Dacoits and Tigers Graham, meantime, bent against the footboard of the bed, watching with anxious eyes. The Abandoned Room His bathrobe still hung on a peg; his other pair of suspenders dangled over the footboard; and his shaving brush, with dried lather on it, was on the floor. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front I resolved never to travel on the footboard, if I could help it, again. Free from School The body consisted of a seat with sides, back, and footboard, wide enough to accommodate two persons with ease. Across the Zodiac He immediately pulled the alarm cord to stop the train, and hurried along the footboard to the assistance of the ladies. Bengal Dacoits and Tigers By that time the throbbing engine had silently moved up next the car and two grimy depot men with smoky torches had swung off the footboard to make the connections. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure With that he gave a jerk at the foot of his bunk, and the footboard came off, and there underneath were four brown canvas bags tied up with rope. The Belted Seas They entered the motor, surrounded by a crowd of noisy children who clung to the footboard and hung on the back and made themselves into a noisy escort until the tenement was reached. Drusilla with a Million Bertie was induced to abandon a life of adventure on the footboard of his bed, by the suggestion that Miss Lady had something to tell him in the dining-room. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill "You've mussed the bedspread all up; and only look at those shams!"—hanging over the footboard in extreme dismay. Five Little Peppers and their Friends He stood now, leaning against the footboard, his legs crossed, his chin on his breast, his whole attitude breathing sullen defiance. Roast Beef, Medium The girl sat on the edge of the bed, her elbow on the footboard, her cheek resting upon her hand. Viola Gwyn So Cyril Waring had toiled and moiled in that deadly atmosphere for some hours in vain, and now sat, wearied out and faint from foul vapours, by Elma's side on the damp, cold footboard. What's Bred in the Bone Propped up between the sewing machine and the uneven metal footboard of a child's crib Felicia eyed it with misgiving. Little Miss By-The-Day The people crowded the trains, hanging on to the footboards and squatting on the roofs of the carriages, and the cholera followed them, for at each station they dragged out the dead and the dying. Life's Handicap Mrs. Denham was also of a high complexion, but, having a practical turn of mind, she was wondering whether the trunks, which rose like a monument from the footboard of the vehicle, were quite secure. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel In frantic haste I pushed open the carriage door and stepped out on the footboard. Dreams and Dream Stories Elma, still sitting disconsolate on the footboard, rocking herself up and down, and moaning low and piteously, looked up as he came with a mute glance of inquiry. What's Bred in the Bone So he slipped from his seat to the footboard below, and ducked his head. Short Stories for English Courses On the backs of chairs, and across the footboard of the bed, were the odds and ends of dress she was never to wear again. The Pit Barney Bill, sitting for-ward, hunched up, on the seat of the car, just as he used to sit on the footboard of his van, twisted his head round. The Fortunate Youth Holding tightly on to the rail by the carriage door, I began to creep along the footboard towards the engine, hoping to find a chance of dropping safely down on the line. Dreams and Dream Stories At once he stepped forward, sprang on to the footboard, and—stood there looking foolish. Will Warburton But he did neither: and, when he was sitting alone in the deserted tram, he tore his ticket into shreds and stared gloomily at the corrugated footboard. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man How many a poor devil has dropped from the footboard of the train just before these electric lights were reached—to take his chance of crossing the frontier before morning—history will never tell! The Vultures Barney Bill let himself down to a sitting position on the footboard and reached to the end for a huge pork pie and a clasp knife which lay beside a tin can. The Fortunate Youth He stood up on the footboard and lashed the horses till they almost flew over the ground, while the carriage swayed and skidded in a fearful manner. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists A footboard was fixed to the machine upon which two men stood. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry Margaret, hearing the noise, rushed out hatless, and was in time to jump on the footboard. Howards End Margaret, hearing the noise, rushed out hatless, and was in time to jump on the footboard.� Howards End They sat side by side on the footboard while the old horse jogged on, whisking flies away with a scanty but persistent tail. The Fortunate Youth They complained that some one who didn't ought to, had mounted on the footboard of the carriage. The Longest Journey "What could we fasten this onto?" asked the servants, trying to fix a trunk on the narrow footboard behind a carriage. War and Peace Then he seated himself on the footboard of the car, his thin hands clasped between his knees, and looked keenly at the other. Trent's Last Case Often they had started when, with a sudden movement, his hat entered the diligence through the small window, while he clung with his other arm to the footboard, between the wheels splashing mud. Madame Bovary Barney Bill presently turned and dumped an armful of books on the footboard an inch or two below Paul's nose. The Fortunate Youth I awoke suddenly, and found that the footboard of the bedstead was much higher than our heads. Rudder Grange In most cases, the beds were too short for him and his feet would hang over the footboard, thus exposing a limited expanse of shin bone. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Trent pulled a crate opposite to Mr Bunner's place on the footboard and seated himself. Trent's Last Case Natalie's handsome bed was always covered with things, her handkerchief, a novel, her silk dressing-gown flung over the footboard, sometimes bits of dress materials and lace. Dangerous Days Barney Bill slid off the footboard, and, looking neither to right nor left, bolted like a belated crab into the cool recesses of the bar in search of ambrosia from the blue-and-white china mug. The Fortunate Youth The design is carried on from the chairs to the footboard of the bed; but in their midst upon the footboard is let in this oval, easel-picture, painted on wood. The Grey Room I courted my wife from the footboard of the cart. Doctor Marigold Why did the conductor run along the footboard, why are they shrieking, those young men in that train? why are they talking, why are they laughing? Anna Karenina He flicked his whip and climbed the incline, stepping clumsily uphill by the side of the carriage, one hand on the footboard, his eyes on the ground. Tales of Unrest See us off the footboard, and you’d add a trifle to be off your bargain. Doctor Marigold Often had I regretted that she never had heard me on the footboard, and that she never could hear me. Doctor Marigold See us on the footboard, and you’d give pretty well anything you possess to be us. Doctor Marigold I couldn’t get the dear child to lie down or leave go of me, and indeed I hadn’t the heart to try, so I stepped out on the footboard with her holding round my neck. Doctor Marigold I’ll heap ’em all on the footboard of the cart,—there they are! razors, flat watch, dinner plates, rolling-pin, and away for four shillings, and I’ll give you sixpence for your trouble!” Doctor Marigold So that, through reading a specimen or two of me on the footboard, she might form an idea of my merits there. Doctor Marigold I am on the footboard of my cart in the market-place, on a Saturday night. Doctor Marigold |
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