| 单词 | matchbox |
| 例句 | It was about the size of a matchbox and it fit in the palm of his hand. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He held up the matchbox and looked in. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I scraped it against the matchbox and it sputtered into flame. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He reached into the bag and pulled out a matchbox. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The part of me that was upset about that was matchbox—small compared to the part of me that wanted everything Styx had promised us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Not looking at Mo and Elinor either, he put a hand in his pants pocket and brought out a matchbox. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Laloo Chiba, who once trained as a tailor, wrote out minuscule coded messages that would be placed in the converted matchbox. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying in her palm was a tiny golden volume the size of a matchbox. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The cricket poked his head out of the matchbox. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z After the war young men from tenant farms all over the county flocked to Maycomb and erected matchbox wooden houses and started families. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Chester was leaning up against the matchbox when suddenly two fingers began to work their way through the bars of the cage toward the little silver bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Without wiping off the mantelpiece at all, Uncle Camp had painted around a tin matchbox and right over a cockroach, a pencil stub, and a shirt button. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As soon as the Bellinis went home, he hopped out of the matchbox and began to clean up. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mario had cleaned off the cricket as much as he could, he hunted around the floor of the station for a matchbox. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the matchbox with the lion picture on it, and the magic burned bones inside, I put it under my pillow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He held the matchbox up at the level of his chest so the cricket could see out. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe Gqabi, another MK soldier who was with us, would carry the matchboxes on our walks to the quarry and drop them at a strategic crossing where we knew the general prisoners would pass. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Wherever there were a few vacant square inches, something Christmassy appeared: a matchbox creche, a porcelain Santa, a partridge in a pear tree. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In his matchbox Chester Cricket had listened carefully. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had gone down to the station and Chester was in the matchbox again, he thought about that star. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He could almost feel the cricket, snugged away in his matchbox bed, in the darkness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Mo put the matchbox back on the desk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He trapped fireflies in matchboxes so he would not inhale them in his sleep. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Designated prisoners from F and G would pick up the matchboxes on their walks, and we retrieved messages in the same fashion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Children make paper boats or float matchboxes with little sails on the greasy water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He scooped Chester into the matchbox, shouted “Goodbye, Mr. Smedley,” over his shoulder, and headed for the stairway leading to the downtown subway trains. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened it and found a tiny matchbox. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mo picked up a matchbox lying on Fenoglio’s writing desk, opened it, and slowly closed it again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It got so bad that when the concerts were over, he took to crawling into the matchbox and pushing up a piece of Kleenex to block the entrance. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers were barely working by then, but I got the matchbox open and dumped a few out and managed to pinch one between my thumb and a numb finger. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One of the first techniques was engineered by Kathy and Mac, who had noticed that on our walks to the quarry, the warders often tossed away empty matchboxes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, we could see the little matchbox houses of the Cape Flats, the gleaming towers of downtown, and the horizontal top of Table Mountain. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My cellmate was among at least a hundred nutmeg men who, for money or cigarettes, bought from kitchen-worker inmates penny matchboxes full of stolen nutmeg. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, Mother found a whole shelf of matchboxes in his closet, stacked by year. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The rest of the African areas were municipal townships containing matchbox houses for which the residents paid rent to the Johannesburg City Council. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, him,” said Tucker, chucking the cat under the chin with his right front paw, “he’s my best friend. Come out from the matchbox.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He tipped the matchbox up and Chester fell out in Mr. Smedley’s hand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He slipped his hand into his pocket and produced a matchbox which he handed to the other man, who took it but did not strike a light. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z There was talk of applying for a permit to move to decent matchbox houses the government was building for blacks in Tembisa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he slipped the cricket back inside the matchbox and took him over to one of the lunch counters. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry Cat was lying on the shelf with his tail drooping over the edge, and Chester himself was relaxing in the matchbox. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The rent was high for this matchbox and Blanca and I’d had our tuition raised last semester because of the new governor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He said no more, just shook his head and kicked an empty matchbox that was lying on the paving stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She opened the matchbox compartment successfully, but one inept scratch of a match sent the box to the floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Dustfinger bent, picked up the spent matches, and put them back in the matchbox. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A postcard arrives from Venice and they set about creating canals in the mud and building palazzos from matchboxes. Summer readings: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 2011-08-12T14:28:16Z There were, of course, exceptions: “I’m going up the boohai in a matchbox to shoot pukekos” was an idiom lost on me no matter how many times Bob explained it. Discovering Auckland’s Charms (and Idioms) 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The nonprofit museum memorializes the history of the San Fernando Valley through local artifacts that range from matchboxes to neon signs. From neon to knickknacks, ‘the Smithsonian of the Valley’ puts San Fernando Valley history on display 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Langa is a densely packed community of matchbox houses and shacks of tin, wood and plastic sheeting crammed into every available space. Next Time You're in ... Cape Town 2010-03-17T15:20:00Z And you tend to wake up with a matchbox stuck on the end of your nose and/or a potty on your head. Mal Peet's top 10 books to read aloud 2011-08-03T13:08:37Z Pamuk’s 2008 novel, “The Museum of Innocence,” traces a doomed love affair set in the 1970s through the detritus of regular life: cigarette butts, matchboxes, sneakers, stockings, billboard advertisements of the day, etc. | Sentimental Journey 2014-03-21T21:21:20Z The style of stretching two pieces of fabric tiny enough to be stuffed into a matchbox over the breasts and groin was a national scandal before it became a source of national pride. A Separate Beach 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z She finds matchboxes with the name of his favorite club written on them — the first bread crumb in a trail that leads Katherine to suspect her husband’s death was a conspiracy. ‘State Like Sleep’ Review: A Suspicious Suicide Drives This Suffocating Thriller 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “Delightful Dining in Madison” is printed on the matchbox. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z This is because in the middle of the book’s most horrifying passages, Wilde suddenly forgot about the plot and started to describe nearby objects — a pair of lemon-yellow gloves, for example, or a gold-latten matchbox. T Magazine: Small Museums 2014-03-20T22:06:31Z By contrast, the cheerful borrowers, in their home beneath the floorboards, built from outsize bobbins and matchboxes, are bright with colour. The Borrowers; The Mouse and His Child; Robin and His Merry Mam!; Dial M for Murgatroyd 2012-12-23T00:04:15Z The ICD was matchbox sized and clearly visible below my collarbone; a bad look when all I wanted was to wear spaghetti straps to the local discos. Experience: I have sudden death syndrome 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Your vision was impaired in your left eye while shooting the film because of a severe cataract related to your condition — which means the scene where you catch a matchbox must have been pretty difficult. Kodi Smit-McPhee on Quiet Confidence, Chronic Pain and ‘The Power of the Dog’ 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z He checks pending online auctions and discovers that tonight, for $3.50, he bought a vintage matchbox. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z One morning, he came on set shaking this matchbox at people. 'Performance? I still don't fully understand it' – behind the scenes photos from the cult classic 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Frequently their publications stretch the definition of "book" to the limit, with gatefold pamphlets, tiny chapbooks, CDs, poster poems and even poems folded into matchboxes featuring on their lists. Poetry is not drowning, but swimming into new territory 2013-05-30T12:16:35Z He started selling objects at the peewee age of 5 — matchboxes provided by his Aunt Erna, fish he peddled on his mother’s bicycle. Grab your jammies for an Ikea sleepover in Sweden 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Inside was a matchbox wrapped in a plastic bag that contained a primer cap, which ignites gunpowder in illegal muzzle loaders used for poaching. Meet Ruger: the American dog who put 150 African poachers out of business 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z One small one was made with wood from the Holy Land; another one so tiny you can hold it in your hand is made in Colombia from a matchbox. Fox News' Martha MacCallum on Advent and anticipating Christ's birth 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Scattered among the studio’s canvases are a tennis cap, an empty bottle of Cava sparkling wine, matchboxes and copies of the local newspaper covered in the artist’s scribblings, among many other objects and curiosities. Seeing Miró’s Majorca Studio, Just the Way He Kept It 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z He demonstrates this viscerally, shaking a matchbox at various points around a binaural microphone; wearing headphones, the listener can detect the clattering matches moving around in space. ‘32 Sounds,’ a Film Performed Live, Probes the Power of Listening 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z It includes photographs from private collections and the archive of the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation as well as memorabilia — like a commemorative spoon from 1939 and matchbox covers from both fairs. Spare Times for Aug. 22-28 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The church is a 'wow' space," she says, "but the scale of my work is smaller than a matchbox. T Magazine: Small World 2012-10-19T18:45:43Z In 1984, after doing some doodles on the interior of a discarded matchbox, he decided that art might be for him after all. ‘Here and Elsewhere,’ Contemporary Work From the Middle East 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z He recognized the opera house’s shortcomings, including acoustics that reminded one British critic of being “shut up in a matchbox with a bumblebee.” George Christie, heir to Glyndebourne opera, dies at 79 But before you prise the matchbox from my cold, still hand, please let me know if there are any more "novelty" books from publishers' seasonal campaigns you would like to join the jolly conflagration. The most offensive novelty books yet 2010-10-26T11:30:00Z That he never could quite shake off Dylan McKay merely proves how neatly he filled the role, giving meat to a character that was probably sketched out on the back of a matchbox. Luke Perry: forever the thrillingly cool teen pinup 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z They still decide which matchboxes will be featured, choosing from the thousands they have collected, bought and been sent by patrons over the years. Could Matchbox become the next Cheesecake Factory? 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z This is what we call a major plot twist, one that will continue to bear fruit if the green matchbox from Sam’s restaurant is to be believed. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: Zava Superstar 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Instead, we noticed that the miniature farms and matchbox cars were gradually returning to full size. Lighter than air in the Shenandoah Valley: Lifting off in a hot-air balloon 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The Levensons at first collected prints and then, through dealers including Kagedo Japanese Art in Seattle and the Floating World Gallery in Chicago, branched out into clocks, rugs, matchboxes, pens and sports medals. Antiques: The Case for a 17th-Century Female British Architect 2012-03-08T23:47:52Z I took photos of a family celebrating a birthday, which I later sent to them by e-mail, and discussed the Nascar model matchbox cars, displayed in mint condition, still in their boxes. Frugal Traveler Blog: Texas Road Trip, Part I: Barbecue, Dr Pepper and Tortilla-Tossing 2012-02-07T19:59:19Z Cover a matchbox in decorative paper—like wrapping paper scraps or craft paper. 7 Mother’s Day Crafts for Kids to Make From Family Photos 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Apparently, he’d got into a fight, bitten some guy’s finger off and put it in the matchbox. 'Performance? I still don't fully understand it' – behind the scenes photos from the cult classic 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The floor is littered with spent matches and matchboxes. Go ahead, light a fire: Thomas Wachholz invites viewers to be the spark of this art show 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z They go on to document her youth in Wellesley, a quaint town outside Boston where she grew up in a “cozy little ‘matchbox.’ Review | What Sylvia Plath’s letters reveal about the poet we thought we knew 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The ship on the matchbox is nearly being overtaken by a spreading stars and stripes. Why we're all flying the union flag 2012-06-21T18:31:56Z “So of course, it just went up like a matchbox.” Mourning the catastrophic loss of Hawaiian culture and history in Lahaina 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z It passed people selling sculptures and paintings and bouquets and sunglasses and multicolored matchbox cars. The baseball world converges in Seattle for the MLB All-Star Game 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z He has lost interest in the matchbox cars he used to love, his father said. Scarred by War, Ukraine’s Children Face Years of Trauma 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z One exhibit asks visitors to draw something they miss from homes that many cannot return to on a tiny piece of paper and slide it into a matchbox painted with the Ukrainian flag. In Lviv, displaced artists create antiwar work to tell the story of Ukraine 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z His sculptures can be tiny enough to fit into a matchbox or so tall they threaten to scrape the ceilings of large galleries. Review | America may finally be ready for Alberto Giacometti’s uncompromising art 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “Who is kidnapped? Who has no father? I remember, my first toy was four or five matchboxes, to make a train. There was no money.” Sergei Tolstoy, ‘bohemian’ descendant of Leo Tolstoy, dies at 99 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z With just 30 squares and three colors, Wordle’s emoji results convey narratives of luck, frustration, perseverance, and failure; each grid a miniature story, like a landscape painted in a matchbox. The real beauty of Wordle is how its emoji results tell a story 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Every three-year-old in the English-speaking world put down their little matchbox cars and listened in rapt attention. Biden caught with his rusty drawbridges down 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z A third shows the Photoshopped image of another Black Democrat on the cover of a matchbox, his face between two flickering flames. In Virginia, Democrats rebuke GOP over ‘racist, anti-Semitic’ campaign mailings 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Tools, clothes, vintage glassware, boxes of old matchbox cars and “junktiques” abound. America’s 690-mile-long yard sale entices a nation of deal hunters 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr Kennell said he remembered doing such a trip, with girls placing a song request and a stone in a matchbox before tossing it on deck for a DJ to find. Clacton: The seaside resort that began life as farmland 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z People overflow from thin, corrugated metal houses, stacked on top of each other like matchboxes, onto crowded, mostly unpaved lanes strung with loose electrical wire. India Battles a Second COVID-19 Wave and Vaccine Skepticism 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z The baby chevrotain, born on Nov. 10, is the size of a large matchbox and weighs around 100 grams. The size of a matchbox, a rare mouse deer is born on camera in Poland 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Nelson wrote “Good luck with your songs in Nashville” on a matchbox, and in 1966, Mr. Shaver left his wife and son behind for the music city. Billy Joe Shaver, singer-songwriter who inspired outlaw country, dies at 81 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The little book, dated 19 August 1830 which is about the size of a matchbox, is packed with spoof stories and advertisements in tiny handwriting. Charlotte Bronte's 'little book' returns home 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The narrow alleys and matchbox houses in his neighborhood of Kandahar City, in southern Afghanistan, were dark. His Mother Worked to Find Him Love Despite War, Blindness and Loss 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z "It was just normal to be using dirty needles. It was normal to sharpen them on a matchbox." How Edinburgh became the Aids capital of Europe 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z In addition, the Mattel company donated bikes, dolls, matchbox cars and other new toys. Alcatraz occupation was ‘total freedom’ for a kid 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Kids will also love the vintage metal lunchboxes stuffed with matchbox cars, mini magnetic drawing boards and more. From Othello to Ballard, here are some Seattle happy-hour places for the whole family 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z What once took a tall cylindrical speaker, or at least a chunky hockey puck, now fits into the space of a couple matchboxes or perhaps a small chocolate-covered toffee slab. Amazon Echo Auto review: So... how dumb is your car? 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z I fully inhabit this fragile character I loved playing all those years ago, telling her story of what she wants for her life: a matchbox of our own, somewhere that’s green. I told my girls to take risks. Then I had to practice what I preached. | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “The museum in Rio was a matchbox,” says population geneticist Kelly Zamudio at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, who grew up in São Paulo and typically travels to collections around Brazil for her research. The battle to rebuild centuries of science after an epic inferno 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z There are teensy-weensy bags of potato chips, a stamp-sized portrait of Charles and Diana, a vanity made of matchboxes, even a “cute little syringe.” Amy Sedaris channels her vintage aesthetic in her Trump-free analog show ‘At Home’ 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Once lit, he said, “It is like throwing a match in a matchbox, it’s impossible to put out.” Notre-Dame’s Safety Planners Underestimated the Risk, With Devastating Results 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Let your star sign shine bright with this gold-foil and navy matchbox that strikes just the right note of practical and personal. Happy, hygge décor to light up the winter darkness | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Okung considered both penalties to be dubious and introduced the notion that the NFL wasn’t interested in the Chargers hosting a playoff game in their matchbox home in Carson. Chargers to visit Patriots with a determination of bringing home another victory 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z In Switzerland, the harder he worked to mold heads and figures, the more they crumbled and shrank, to the point that, when he returned to Paris, he could transport many of the works in matchboxes. Giacometti’s Skinny Sublimity 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z After previously collecting things like baseball caps and matchboxes, his attention turned to bricks after a chance encounter in 1987. Minden man shares journey from bricklayer to brick collector 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z They are also, being about the size of a matchbox, a tenth as big and heavy as the conventional variety. A better way to transmit messages underwater 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z "If he'd been inside he would have been killed - the chalet came down like a matchbox." Morning campers! The inside story of 80s sitcom Hi-de-Hi! 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The former prison guard, known as “Mr. Hector” to students, keeps a collection of matchbox cars at this station to help put children at ease. Sandy Hook’s legacy: More security in elementary schools 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z “If Neptune were a Chevy Impala parked at the curb, ask yourself what car would Pluto be? … It would be a matchbox car,” Tyson said in an interview with TV host and comedian Stephen Colbert. Scientist leads effort to restore Pluto’s planetary stature 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “About 42% of the forest fires are in plantation forests, which are like matchboxes,” said Mary Kalin Arroyo of the University of Chile. Deadly wildfire razes entire town in Chile: 'Literally like Dante's Inferno' 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z What’s new about these new matchbox developments, though, is the fact that they are new housing projects built from scratch. Move Over, New Yorkers: Here's How Small Apartments Can Get 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z He met with the state agency, using matchbox cars to outline how everything would be staged and requesting 10 California Highway Patrol officers to secure the area. To turn L.A. into an aspirational dreamland, the 'La La Land' crew shut down a busy freeway — twice 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “They talk about this like they talk about matchbox cars and Pokemon,” she says. D.C. charity donates bras and feminine products to homeless women 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Many Bollywood films were promoted on matchboxes in the 1950s. How I collected 25,000 vintage Indian matchboxes - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The hashtag was also emblazoned on the matchboxes and the printouts from the photo booth. The Digital Wedding Crashers 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The cardiologist placed a device about the size of a matchbox under the skin on my chest, with wires running down into my heart to tell it when to beat. The night my heart stopped beating 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z With the Ocean in constant motion, landing the plane was like being “a matchbox floating in a bath,” he told BBC Radio 4 in 2013. Eric Brown, unflappable British test pilot who set world records, dies at 97 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Soon, much of the hillside was covered with the rectangular three-story buildings that looked from the sky like matchboxes scattered across the hill. How the neighborhood that OJ Simpson forgot is trying to forget him back 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Actors and film posters continue to be featured on matchboxes today. How I collected 25,000 vintage Indian matchboxes - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z This is extremely large equipment, and it’s whipped around like empty matchboxes. The Wreck of Amtrak 188 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z In the photograph I am looking at, a dozen houses on the coast of Pacifica perch right on the very edge of the cliff, like fragile matchboxes, with their undersides hanging over the precipice. Here's a Profound Contradiction of Human Existence 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In addition, a coroner’s jury inquiry found that the pockets of some of the miners had matches, matchboxes and a pipe - all in violation of state mining laws. Ravensdale marks 100 years since mine disaster killed 31 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z It shared its view from a camera about the size of a matchbox to an iPhone screen below. Photographers and Filmmakers Using Drones to Reach New Heights 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The accumulation, as I like to call it, includes all kinds of material related to the Indian matchbox industry. How I collected 25,000 vintage Indian matchboxes - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z I carried the book back to my matchbox apartment and started reading it. Garth Risk Hallberg on how fiction can ‘make it new’ 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z "It's not fair that this community ... got little matchboxes like this," Chisanga said. Women pay the price for Zambia mining expansion 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Under apartheid blacks were forced to live in grey “matchbox” homes in segregated areas far from city centres, with dire public services and woeful transport links to where the jobs were. Trendy townships 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z "Fix, fix," yelled scores in the sparse crowd in the matchbox arena. AP Was There: Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston heavyweight rematch 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z It's believed that this matchbox was commissioned by the royal family of Bhavnagar in western Gujarat state for their personal use during British rule. How I collected 25,000 vintage Indian matchboxes - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z “Fix, fix,” yelled scores in the sparse crowd in the matchbox arena. AP Was There: Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston heavyweight rematch 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z His brain was a continent, an iceberg stuffed into a matchbox. My Dad, the Pornographer 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Although this paradise on earth hardly seems like ground zero for a tsunami, the omnipresence of the new matchbox houses is a reminder of the tragedy. Photos: 10 Years After Indian Ocean Tsunami, the Coast, and Its People Have Bounced Back In the 1965 book, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” the activist describes purchasing it from inmates in a South Carolina prison, concealed in matchboxes, and stirring it into water. A Warning on Nutmeg 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Little is known about such matchboxes because records were not kept at the time and little research is possible today. How I collected 25,000 vintage Indian matchboxes - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The boy was traveling all alone, carrying only a few pesos in a matchbox, trying to reach his mother “in the state of Los Angeles.” Setting Times stories to music: From Interpol to Bruce Springsteen 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z I didn't carry anything else but my little matchbox. Looking back on a child migrant's journey north on 'The Beast' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Her reconstructed matchbox house is near the skeleton of what used to be a beautiful two-storey-villa, adorned with columns and decorated with white-and-green tiles. Photos: 10 Years After Indian Ocean Tsunami, the Coast, and Its People Have Bounced Back Most towns start with a collection of shacks, or perhaps rows of tiny matchbox houses, inevitably inhabited by blacks. Still worlds apart 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z My recent exhibition, titled "Matchbox Labels And The Stories They Tell", features some prominent trends and themes spanning the entire history of the matchbox industry. How I collected 25,000 vintage Indian matchboxes - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Now six weeks old, the creature weighs just half an ounce and is the size of a matchbox. Rare turtle hatches at British zoo 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Researcher Ken Endo is testing prototype prosthetic legs, powered by a rechargeable battery the size of a matchbox, that he hopes will one day propel a person faster than natural limbs. Sony Bets It Can Find the Next Big Thing 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z But the car is so much more than an exalted go-kart, or a “moving matchbox,” as I’ve heard some call it. India Ink: A Farewell to the Maruti 800, Humble King of India’s Roads 2014-02-10T11:04:54Z Eventually we lost our fear of matchboxes and electric outlets after many subsequent experiences with them that were harmless. How to Erase Bad Memories 2013-11-26T12:45:04.947Z The company exported its matchboxes to Arab countries. How I collected 25,000 vintage Indian matchboxes - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z I loved to sit him on the sofa next to the little girl doll and a pig or a goat and have them watch my matchbox TV. Lara Vapnyar: “Katania.” 2013-10-07T04:00:00Z A great Husky team could play in a matchbox and entertain the fans. It’s time for the Husky team to match its stadium in grandeur 2013-09-01T03:37:23Z Her school only allowed toys that could fit inside a matchbox, so Odell crafted a scaled version of a green and red road roller. BMW Z4: car review 2013-07-21T09:29:00Z The size of a large matchbox, it features an ARM processor and HD video capabilities, and will run a variety of software applications, including coding languages. David Braben on Elite, Kickstarter and Raspberry Pi 2013-07-12T14:28:14Z "As kids, they stuck labels on matchboxes, mixed sand and cement at construction sites with their little hands… But today, they are doctors and engineers," the paper says. Indian media: Flood's toddler survivor 2013-06-28T08:03:19Z He put a cigarette to his lips and slid open a matchbox. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z At one point, to monitor my sleep at home, doctors lent me a cumbersome wristband, the size of a matchbox. Jawbone's UP wristband could affect healthcare for all of us Wristband Could Change Healthcare 2013-04-29T09:45:10Z He described the moment like being a "matchbox floating in a bath". Captain 'Winkle' Brown: Is he the greatest pilot ever? 2013-04-23T10:46:22Z Its cells were plastered to the bottom of a plastic case, 20 million tiny cancers crowded into a space the size of a large matchbox. Is the Cure for Cancer Inside You? 2012-12-23T17:19:03Z He marvels at the state of technology, where microfilm compression would soon allow for the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica to fit in the volume of a matchbox. How to avoid information overload 2012-11-21T00:01:10Z Vernon, the Vietnamese box turtle, was born at Bristol Zoo in July and is now about the size of a matchbox. Rare box turtle bred in UK first 2012-09-05T15:31:01Z A baby Vietnamese box turtle, which is one of the world's rarest turtles, was born at Bristol Zoo in July and is now roughly the size of a matchbox. Rare turtle birth 'UK zoo first' 2012-09-05T02:02:40Z He reportedly grumbled: "All that noise from this little matchbox?" How Qatar is taking on the world 2012-07-07T16:24:26Z My dad, a very decent representative table tennis player in his day, once played against Johnny Leach, the world champion, who beat him using a matchbox instead of a bat. Guardian Sport Network: Talent and Tom Maynard 2012-06-24T15:33:49Z We can fit 4,000 songs into something the size of a matchbox! If you think sexism's OK in games, you may be in the wrong century 2012-06-14T17:39:50Z Forward coaches will wonder about the lineout and I admit that what I know about that area of the game you could write on a matchbox, but they "feel" right as a partnership. Shaun Edwards: My team of the 2011-12 season 2012-05-24T14:06:00Z "A perfectly ordinary matchbox," Mr. Grant used to say. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z He produced a matchbox from the sleeve of his coat, struck a match, and lighted a small spirit-lamp. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The Englishman had a bust of Shakespeare from Stratford-on-Avon, the Irishman a matchbox of bog oak. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z The fellow was drunk last night, and openly displayed a handsome matchbox; gold with a turquoise set in the spring knob. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z "Drunk as a fly," remarked the match-seller to the public at large, indicating me with a handful of matchboxes. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z One pocket-handkerchief; one pair of gloves; one tobacco-pouch; one pipe, a horrid, smelling thing which I had boiled in soapy water, but which still smells; one matchbox--empty. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z The fire began early Tuesday morning and engulfed the cottage and another nearby “like matchboxes with lighter fluid,” said Gregory Schmieg, the executive director of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute. A Retreat for Roosevelt in Georgia Burns Down 2011-08-12T02:01:28Z Nor was any matchbox material being given out. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The matchbox nearly dropped from my shaking hands, but I struck the light. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z A match was drawn across a matchbox, and I saw the boy bending over a candle waiting for the wick to catch. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z To Pass a Coin into an Ordinary Matchbox held by One of the Spectators.—Prepare a matchbox as follows:—Push open the sliding portion about one inch. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z Is this, or is it not, the same matchbox which you saw in the prisoner’s possession?” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z But his chief distress was to see that little Em cried not like a child, but silently, as she strove to thread needles or to smear matchbox labels. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The artist copied the image from a matchbox that Mr. Sloan had kept in his pocket. City Room: A Stork Rises From Its Ashes 2011-06-16T11:30:01Z Pemmican accepted, and finding a ready match in his pocket, struck it on the heel of his boot and lighted the cigar before the slow-moving Murgatroyd could pass him his matchbox. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z "What have you done with the matchbox?" he at length asked impatiently. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z “Don’t you think we might drop the matchbox now?” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z He had a matchbox in his hand, and he turned away from the party as he struck a light and read one after the other, tossing them aside with an angry exclamation. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z Perhaps ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said it best during a visit to Al Jazeera's Qatar headquarters seven years ago: "All that trouble from this little matchbox?" Special Report: Al Jazeera's news revolution 2011-02-17T04:13:31Z She gave him a cigarette, took his matchbox out of his pocket, and lit it for him. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z "There isn't as much meat on her as 'd fatten a jackdaw," said Flurry, clinking the silver in his pockets as he searched for a matchbox. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z There was a visible cloud on Eustace’s face as he held the silver matchbox in his hand, as if it would burn him. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Then, as I drew a matchbox from my pocket, he threw his reins over the splashboard, and removing his large, iron-shod boots he descended on to the road. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z “Why, yes,” admitted the sergeant, producing a matchbox from his pocket. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z All around lay the reality of modern Irish life: not folk music and piebald ponies but hatchback cars, convenience stores and matchbox brick houses worth half what they were before the bust. Dublin's great reckoning 2010-12-08T21:30:00Z Using the aged drawing, Thuy and I fashioned a matchbox monument and offered a prayer to Lady Buddha that just one man in this hall of spirits was still alive. From the archives: In Search of Tiger Phong 2010-09-13T04:00:00Z “Now, what did you do with this little matchbox?” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z He calls the new houses that are being built all over the country an insult because they are significantly smaller than the old matchbox homes that the apartheid government built in the townships. Home truths 2010-05-29T11:12:00Z "We have started distributing shelter kits in both districts which include tarpaulin sheets, plastic mats, rope, matchboxes and candles, but the need is great and much, much more is required." Tornado leaves almost one million homeless in India 2010-04-22T14:53:00Z He extracted a cigar from his case and reached out a hand to take his subordinate's proffered matchbox. H.M.S. —— The candles were lighted in the sitting-room, and at the master's place lay a plate of tobacco and a matchbox beside the newspaper. A Sister's Love A Novel “Had you ever seen that matchbox before you found it at the bottom of—er—Smugglers’ Ladder,” asked Mr Benham impressively. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The names of familiar villages upon the signposts lost their intimations of sane humanity, and turned to horrible abstractions of the dead life of the misshapen boot or empty matchbox at their foot. Sinister Street, vol. 2 To which Buckley would retort: "Cambridge, rowing on and on for ever; Oxford in a matchbox floating down the river." Sinister Street, vol. 1 In his life on the long range, Allen had found a watertight matchbox very useful. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West It was so dark, that she groped about some time before she could find her matchbox, which was not in its proper place. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Trick With Matchboxes Get two outside covers of any sort of the ordinary matchboxes, large size. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them He had lost his tin matchbox and the stock box was in the "cache," which was by that time under two feet of snow. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter To move, to go up, to batter at the door and clamour to be let out—that one could have done if one had had a lantern, or even a full matchbox. Man and Maid Inside, I pulled the shades together and closed the door, the matchbox still in my hand. Micro-Man The hollow egg is vested, and the second flag rolled up and placed in matchbox ready for production from flame of candle. Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic Play a hard shot with the ball on the table into the pocket through the matchboxes, which should fly off the table, and the two balls will occupy the places where the matchboxes stood. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them And look there—the pile of burnt paper beside the fused instrument and the cinder of a matchbox against it. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories She had not even to fetch the favourite pipe of the moment, as it and a couple of matchboxes lay handy at the doctor's elbow. Leonore Stubbs Little mining hamlets composed of matchbox houses cling to the face of the precipice like cardboards stuck on a nail. Through Our Unknown Southwest She made an excursion into her bedroom for the matchbox and felt her way to it. When Ghost Meets Ghost These I put into a tin matchbox and sent them by you to Blythe at the station. The Count's Chauffeur It was dark and cold and as he groped for his matchbox his hand encountered a strange package. Shadow Mountain How could I make her understand I was so ignorant of Christian custom as to mistake a font for a matchbox? Dreamers of the Ghetto You see the little square adobe matchbox houses of Papago Indians, with the red chile hanging against the wall, and the women coming from the spring, and the men husking the corn. Through Our Unknown Southwest The futility of an empty matchbox is as the effrontery of the celebrated misplaced milestone. When Ghost Meets Ghost Among the jetsam of those restless Fundy tides almost anything that will float may appear, from a matchbox to a barn. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories “What have you got up your sleeve, Tom?” she asked abruptly, handing Duke her silver matchbox in response to a gestured request for it. Rim o' the World Beside each mat was what looked like a mummy, and beside each mummy was a matchbox and a small bundle of rags. Lotus Buds Little silver bonbonni�res are nice for women, and silver matchboxes for men. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society We accordingly all entered; he replaced the board, and soon procured a light from a German matchbox that he always carried with him. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago "That," said Amzi, feeling in his pocket for his matchbox, "is a safe general principle." Otherwise Phyllis His decks are as bare as the back of my hand; there is not enough bulwark left standing to make a matchbox out of—nothing but the stumps of a few staunchions here and there. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure She bent forward, gripped a matchbox, and lit the cigarette for him. The Rough Road The same second my hand stumbled upon the matchbox, and I struck a light. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories With an air of unutterable contempt, Betty lighted a cigarette and then hurled the matchbox at her unsuspecting spouse. Anthony Lyveden She fell into her childhood's habit of daydreams, if one can have daydreams of the past, and sat such a long time absorbed that Annie came in at last with her matchbox. The Third Miss Symons He dived into his pocket, produced a matchbox which he had long been fingering turn about with his pipe and tobacco-pouch, struck a light, and looked at his watch. The Mistress of Shenstone Doggie lit another cigarette, chiefly in order to gain time for thought; but an odd instinct made him secure the matchbox before he picked out the cigarette. The Rough Road He stood in the middle of the stone floor, matchbox in hand, trying to decide what he must do next. The Secret Witness But Davy had brought out his matchbox, and was striking a light. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon He caught at himself desperately to save himself from screaming, and found the matchbox was in his hand. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories He produced the lock of hair from a matchbox. No Man's Land I walked into the dark hall, closed the outer door, shutting out the dull murmur of the night, and felt in my pocket for my matchbox. The Return Of The Soul 1896 She hastened to hand him the matchbox from the table. Laramie Holds the Range "By Jove," said I aloud, recovering from my surprise, "that draft's a strong one;" and taking the matchbox from^he table, I walked across the room in a leisurely manner to relight the corner again. The Red Room He walked across the room, his limp decidedly less in evidence through the passage of the years, reclaimed the matchbox, and seated himself on the edge of the couch. The Love Affairs of Pixie Then, as I drew a matchbox from my pocket, he threw his reins over the splashboard, and removing his large, iron-shod boots he descended on to the road. Danger! and Other Stories Out went the gas, and Paul, matchbox in hand, sped stealthily to the office, the summer dews falling and the weeds smelling sweet. Despair's Last Journey About five minutes before the hour I whispered to Wetherell to make ready, and in answer the old gentleman took a matchbox from his pocket. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta The gentleman growled again and lit his cigar from his own matchbox. Priscilla's Spies He wriggled to the edge of the sofa, and made another unsuccessful stretch for the matchbox, but those baffling two inches refused to be mastered. The Love Affairs of Pixie Then a thought striking him, he got out his matchbox, struck a light, lit several, waited till the splints were well ablaze, and let them fall down burning brightly, but revealing nothing. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track For a while he poked about the tent and its neighbourhood, and, having satisfied his curiosity, drew out a cigar-case from one pocket, a silver matchbox from another, and a paper-clad novel from a third. Despair's Last Journey “No,” said Mr Gregory, taking out a little silver matchbox; “I’ve plenty of lights, quite dry.” Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle On the mantelpiece reposed a ball of string, a dogskin glove, a matchbox, and a photograph of an elderly gentleman, whose pike-like aspect sufficiently proclaimed his relationship. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story Biscuit after biscuit was hurled with increasing violence, as temper suffered from the strain of failure, and each time the matchbox jumped still farther away, while another shower of biscuit crumbs bespattered the carpet. The Love Affairs of Pixie The mouse-trap was guiltless of bait, the spice-box empty as when it left the shop, but the matchbox felt strangely heavy. More About Peggy An American coin, a matchbox, and several other articles, which were apparently the relics of stickpins, were all that had any appreciable value. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen He started up in bed and began to grope for the matchbox. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories And the Italian architect who was designing the Russian Legation replied, more truly than he was perhaps aware: "Because Montenegro is the matchbox upon which the next European war will be lighted!" Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle Feeling that I was in a sanctuary, I was a little surprised that such a matchbox should have been tolerated. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals He fumbled desperately in his pocket for his matchbox. A Maker of History Then I went with your dog for a walk and we found your matchbox. The Prelude to Adventure Thady made for it at once with knife and matchbox, and in a few minutes crackling flames were crunching up the twigs and gnawing at a log. Strangers at Lisconnel An I'd come home some night an' break my neck before I could find the matchbox. The Challenge of the North I should myself select a matchbox with the Nativity or the Flight into Egypt upon it, if I were going to stay a week or so at Graglia. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals I threw a matchbox at them, but without effect. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter Curious, too, that the matchbox had not been discovered; they must have searched pretty thoroughly by now—perhaps after all it had not been dropped there. The Prelude to Adventure In the dark, he saw Edward-Frederick-George playing with his matchbox cars in one corner; Davey leaned up against their mother, sucking his thumb. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town First was a shaded reading lamp, then a candle and a matchbox; there was a plate of thin bread and butter carefully folded in a napkin. The Butterfly House The forest, the rock wall, the foundations of the universe gave way; the huge hemlocks were tossing and bending like feathers; the upper forests toppled and spilled like an inverted matchbox. The Freebooters of the Wilderness She took a book, two cigarettes, a small silver matchbox and a Japanese fan, and went out into the garden. None Other Gods You remember the day that you came last? when Rupert came in and had found your matchbox. The Prelude to Adventure I can remember drawing a matchbox by the light of nature, and very queer it contrived to become. The Book of Art for Young People As he talks on in his breezy New York accent, fidgeting with a gold matchbox on the antique table beside him, Maas seems barely able to restrain himself from getting up and pacing the room. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s In a vague, aimless way, I sought for my matchbox, and struck a light. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy My clients did try to get a note through to Johannesburg concealed in a matchbox. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs "You were dreaming about a road—and something about a wood . . . and a matchbox." The Prelude to Adventure He fumbled in his pocket and she heard the rattle of a matchbox, and an instant later a flame spurted out in the gloom as he lit a bundle of matches together. The Splendid Folly Inside the matchbox were matches and a scrap of paper. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s At the end of another was a gold matchbox. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy He reached for his matchbox and struck a light. Nicky-Nan, Reservist Well, finding your matchbox like that—there in Sannet Wood—and I know you must have lost it just about then because I remember your looking for it here. The Prelude to Adventure Luckily for me and the driver, we were flung right over the smash into the gutter, for the big, heavy van ran into the fallen hansom, crushed it like a matchbox, and killed the horse. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate The boy nodded and, drawing a gold matchbox from his waistcoat pocket, lighted his cigarette. The Younger Set "Sure," he said smilingly, and picked up the matchbox lying on his table. The Man in the Twilight And I'm going to-morrow to her daughter's upstairs—she makes matchboxes, you know—and I don't see why I shouldn't try—I could earn nearly a shilling a day. Five Little Plays The sudden discovery of the loss of the matchbox had clanged the facts about his ears with the discordant scream of closing gates. The Prelude to Adventure He pushed through the willows growing beside the creek, but dropped his matchbox, and Pete came to help him in the search. Carmen's Messenger He burnished his metal matchbox to the very highest polish it was capable of taking, and then heliographed by means of sun-flashes on the Morse code. The Great Taboo Few of us, I think, would care to manufacture 144 matchboxes for 2-1/2_d_. Regeneration Before we can earn any money at making matchboxes we'll have to spend some weeks learning. Five Little Plays What had Craven meant when he said that Bunker had found the matchbox? The Prelude to Adventure She smiled in answer, and picked up the matchbox. The Top of the World To be brief, they were pelted by odds and ends of wood, about the size of a common matchbox. The Making of Religion With dashes of terror shooting through him like spears of ice, he grabbed the matchbox, and after a frenzied entanglement again with sheets and pillow-case, succeeded in breaking four matches in quick succession. The Human Chord "By the way, Doctor, have you seen anything of a little plaid-pattern matchbox?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Stooping down behind the others, he pulled out a matchbox from his pocket, struck a light, and applied it to the muslin curtains which hung before the window. Jack Archer He was about to throw away the matchbox too, but checked the movement of his hand and put the box in his pocket instead. Master and Man Also, he was warmly clad and had a full matchbox. The Red One As he fumbled hurriedly for the matchbox, his fingers caught in the folds of pillowcase and sheet, and he struggled violently to get them clear again. The Human Chord The Doctor put his hand to his pocket, and, to his own huge surprise and my great gratification, pulled out two matchboxes exactly alike, both printed with the Macpherson plaid. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 But directly he added with an appearance of simplicity, "The side of your iron ship would have been crushed in like—like this matchbox." Falk A Reminiscence "Exactly so," said Miss Broadwood sharply, as she snapped the lid of her matchbox. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories Then he fumbled in his bag, and taking out a matchbox and a piece of candle, proceeded to make a light. Dracula He climbed again into bed, blew the candle out, put the matchbox under his pillow within easy reach, and so once more curled himself up into a ball and composed himself to sleep. The Human Chord He would fetch a man a mile to ring a bell a yard off—if it would summon another man three miles to fetch a matchbox three yards off. The Wisdom of Father Brown Picking up his pipe and matchbox, and grumbling "It's always the way," he hurried out of the room. The Haunted Bookshop This matchbox," she went on meditatively, "once belonged to a Prussian officer. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories He emptied the chamois-skin bag and the matchbox into the pockets of his trousers. McTeague With writing it seems to me there's so much"—she paused for an expression, and rubbed her fingers in the earth—"scratching on the matchbox. The Voyage Out There was a gold watch, for one thing, with a chain and locket; there was a silver pencil, and a matchbox, and a handful of small change, and finally a card-case. The Jungle He was offered iron crosses worked on matchboxes, on cigarette lighters, on ladies' chains. The Happy Foreigner The matchbox lay outside, where it had fallen, and though they could hear his watch ticking in his pocket, they were unable to look at it. A Chair on the Boulevard A penknife, a small gold matchbox, a gold-mounted pencil-case, some silver coins, a handkerchief, and conspicuous among the rest, a farthing. The Middle of Things Its side went in like a matchbox pressed by a strong thumb, and it zigzagged quickly below the surface. Harrigan My matchbox was out in a moment and I struck a match, holding it high over my head. An Amiable Charlatan She remembered children sometimes to have brought her moths shut up in matchboxes. The Trespasser A rat darted across their feet as they lit the lamp, and he dropped the matchbox. A Chair on the Boulevard The blue end of a matchbox stuck up out of the saucer. Mary Olivier: a Life Robin shut the door and took out a matchbox. The Woman with the Fan One of his prized possessions in the after-months was the gold matchbox they gave him, inscribed with the badge of the Trade-Union Congress and the word "Labour." The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Near him lay a broken pot, and a matchbox was shimming in a pool of petroleum, which as flowing down the wheel ruts as in a gutter. Dame Care After a few throws, the cigar flew into his mouth, the matchbox fell into the opened pocket of his dinner jacket and the waste-paper basket descended over his head. The Mountebank The empty space on the left, so characteristic of Degas's compositions, admirably balances the composition, and it is only relieved by the stone matchbox, and the newspaper thrown across the opening between the tables. Modern Painting I landed at Tilbury, England, then got into a string of matchbox cars and proceeded to London, arriving there about 10 P.M. Over the Top Without making any reply he took out his matchbox. Blind Love He looks at it, seems to make a decision, blows out the match, throws the matchbox on the table, takes MRS. Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts “No way out this time, O’ Man,” said Mr. Polly; and he went slowly downstairs, matchbox in hand. The History of Mr. Polly I put my hand into my pocket and drew out a cigar, and bit the end off; but when about to strike a vesta on my matchbox, I shuddered and dropped my hand. The Purple Land The boy searched for a matchbox and lighted these candles, not because he needed more light than he already had; but because he thought that this was one way to honour the dead. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Then I heard him fumbling for his matchbox, and then, when he discovered that it was empty, he made some more remarks not flattering to himself or me. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch Sam was feeling in his pocket for a matchbox, and presently he brought the article forth and made a light. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong The stout timbers might as well have been a matchbox, so far as resistance to the terrific onslaught was concerned. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic Take the matchbox trade; before the sweating days, the people who worked at it received two and three-fourths pence a gross. White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor At last his hand, groping over the table, closed on the matchbox. Three Soldiers He turned to the table where the matchbox stood at his elbow, took it up, rattled it, and laid it down. In Kedar's Tents They always put the matchbox in some other place. Sketches New and Old, Part 6. The lettering on the matchbox could be seen in the silvered mirror, enlarged to such a point that the letters were plainly visible! The War Terror Now, standing beneath its black shade, he drew forth a matchbox he had taken from the smoking table after dinner. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Both women enter the hut, and coarse hands unused to dealing with small articles tremblingly lift the lid of a matchbox, which is a rarity in the Caucasus. The Cossacks I later presented Ferguson with a gold matchbox as a reminder of that eventful night. San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906 After he had carefully filled his pipe, rejoicing in the fact that the tobacco was not at all wet, he took out his matchbox and struck a light. The Sea Fairies In the battle of life every girl who could work a sewing-machine or make a matchbox was of more account than she. In the Year of Jubilee Messenger took out his matchbox thoughtfully and lit his cigar. Ulysses Summoning all his powers, he once more pulled out his matchbox, rubbed his birch bark fine and, kneeling down, placed it between his knees under the shelter of his hunting jacket. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Very deliberately she extracted her cigarette-case from her bag and selected a cigarette, only to discover that she had not supplied herself with a matchbox. The Hermit of Far End Without waking his companions he found a matchbox and lit the cigarette. A Spirit in Prison At last the huts look like little matchboxes—from the valley, no doubt, it must seem as if the people up here were living among the clouds. The Great Hunger I wish I had a moustache, because my top lip feels just like a matchbox, but it's rather ripping having breakfast in bed. Five Tales Kneeling there with the matchbox in his hand, there fell upon his spirit a great calm. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Sara flushed, and, having lit her cigarette, tendered him his matchbox with an icy little word of thanks. The Hermit of Far End I should myself select a matchbox with the Nativity, or the Flight into Egypt upon it, if I were going to stay a week or so at Graglia. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino Thankful sprang out of bed and hunted for the matchbox. Thankful's Inheritance Entering the other, he felt all over his table for the matchbox. Under Western Eyes He drew forth his steel matchbox with numb and shaking fingers, opened it and stood stricken dumb. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail With no show of alacrity, and with complete indifference of manner, he produced a matchbox and handed it to her, immediately reverting to his newspaper as though considerably bored by the interruption. The Hermit of Far End Feeling that I was in a sanctuary, I was a little surprised that such a matchbox should have been tolerated. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino To the pile he added his watch, a jackknife, a bunch of keys and a silver matchbox. The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show Rosario took a match from a little leaf-shaped matchbox, which the Spaniards ironically call a wagon, and the engineer and the canon were soon puffing their smoke over each other. Dona Perfecta He opened the matchbox, took out the match, struck it carefully and laid it among the birch bark. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Then he fumbled about in the darkness for a lamp and matchbox. Shavings I fumbled around in the tin matchbox and lit the kerosene lamp in the bracket on the wall. The Depot Master A pipe being indispensable to the occasion, I took out my matchbox, only to find that it contained but a solitary vesta. My Lady Caprice Then, unseen by her, he stepped noiselessly over to the table, took the matchbox there off its holder and slipped it into his pocket. The Bat But the wooden matchbox was still the most valued of his possessions. A Charmed Life I found the matchbox, and got a light. Little Novels I knew he was a myth, and I did not want a cop to see me conversing with vacancy, for I might land in Bellevue minus my silver matchbox and diamond ring. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million As she sits and listens her hands are making matchboxes and throwing them over her shoulder, one, two, three, four! right, left! they go to the imaginary heaps upon the imaginary beds. London's Underworld "I don't seem to be able to find any matches—" he said with assumed carelessness, fiddling with the matchbox holder. The Bat As he raised the matchbox it slipped from his fingers and fell noiselessly in the trail. A Charmed Life Balls, concerts, dinners, matchboxes, ladies' dresses, beer, restaurants— everything testified to sympathy with the Slavonic peoples. Anna Karenina To my exceeding joy he stamped his little foot, and was so naughty that, in gratitude, I gave him five minutes with a matchbox. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens "Bless my matchbox, Tom, but I'm glad to see you!" cried Mr. Damon, as he hastened forward with outstretched hand. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic I was composed enough to perceive after some considerable time the matchbox lying there on the mantelpiece right under my nose. Some Reminiscences Chesterton pounced upon the half-buried matchbox, and in a panic lest he might again lose it, thrust it inside his tunic. A Charmed Life On a cameo he saw the conquests of Alexander, the massacres of Pizarro in a matchbox, and religious wars disorderly, fanatical, and cruel, in the shadows of a helmet. The Magic Skin He extended his hand to put back the matchbox in its corner of the shelf. Typhoon |
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