| 单词 | pickaxe |
| 例句 | I spent a week with a pickaxe and shovel digging postholes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And they don't look like people who would want to swing a pickaxe. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z So here, isolated, are 10 of the 26 ways death will occur in The ABCs of Death … Death one – lying on the ground and letting someone stab you fatally with a pickaxe. The ABCs of Death: 26 ways to meet your maker 2012-12-14T12:38:58Z With her deep, sardonic voice, her blazing eyes and pickaxe cheekbones, Neal was a most imposing leading lady. Patricia Neal: a career in clips 2010-08-09T11:06:00Z The earliest picture in the festschrift, dating from 1986, when Pinder was only 20, shows an unemployed man with a pickaxe, scavenging for scrap metal on industrial wasteland at Stockton. A sharp eye in the north east of England 2012-06-04T14:07:00Z They were trying to attack us with pickaxe handles. Top Gear crew 'chased by thousands' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z There is consolation for the president outside the theatre: his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which was defaced with a pickaxe and sledgehammer in October, has been repaired. #OscarsSoOrange? Hollywood on edge as politically charged ceremony looms 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z A 21-year-old man was accused of killing his grandparents, his brother and a family friend with a handgun and pickaxe. A list of mass killings in the United States since January 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Tylee’s body had been burned, Blake said, and leaving behind only “a mass of bone and tissue” and some DNA on a pickaxe and shovel. Attorneys outline complex plot in trial of slain kids’ mom 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The work “was perforated in seven places using rocks taken from the square with a pickaxe. Which is to say, there is a movement of intolerance toward what this palace represents.” Brazil reckons with artistic treasures ruined in riot 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The women quietly passed around words of sympathy and encouragement, while Abdiwali's father took turns with the other men, swinging a pickaxe into the hard, dry earth. Somalia drought: The moment a two-year-old dies from hunger 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z He took a pickaxe to every critical and commercial assumption about what movies could and should be, broke them wide open and reassembled the fragments into something radically strange and new. Appreciation: Jean-Luc Godard, a master of cinema who changed the medium forever 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z "Netflix's Resident Evil is proof it's time to bury a pickaxe in the franchise." Netflix's Resident Evil: 'Dead impressive' or 'a shonky adaptation'? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z You explore the world to find tools like a pickaxe or shovel that you use to gather materials for your crafting. Disney Dreamlight Valley looks like Animal Crossing with a Kingdom Hearts twist 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z But one day, some civic notable will stand on a concrete riverbank with a gold-painted pickaxe, and take a mighty and symbolic swing at L.A.’s environmental Berlin Wall. Why we turned the L.A. River into a freeway (for water) 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z LOS ANGELES--A woman with a pickaxe walked into a Los Angeles Rite Aid on Wednesday and took off with a basket full of liquor, police told Fox News. Los Angeles: Suspect with pickaxe walks out of Rite Aid with basket of liquor, cops 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Epic is also planning to sell other Balenciaga-themed accessories, including a pickaxe based on the Speed Sneaker and Balenciaga backpack back blings. Epic’s high-fashion collaboration with Balenciaga in Fortnite includes a hoodie for a walking dog 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Some have pneumatic drills, but most chase the purple veins with only muscle and a pickaxe. In Brazil, an indigenous woman joins Bolsonaro in fight for mining 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z The Civil Guard doesn’t shoot unless shot or aimed at, and they retreated soon after the pickaxe came out. New Mexico militia refusing to stand down amid protests 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Since the reality TV host became US president in 2016, there have been a number of attempts to vandalise his star including, most successfully, a pickaxe attack in 2018. Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star defaced in support of Black Lives Matter 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Sweeney did not, but he did post a “congratulations” tweet so thick with schadenfreude you could wedge a Fortnite pickaxe into it. Why Amazon got out of the Apple App Store tax, and why other developers won’t 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Players who place in the top 25 percent earn an exclusive pickaxe, while players in the top 50% percent earn an exclusive weapon wrap. Fortnite players can compete for the first tournament-exclusive skin this weekend 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Then one night in 2013, he and his friends got into a fight with some older, richer guys, and someone drove a pickaxe into his waist. China has pain pill addicts too, but no one’s counting them 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Stacy Rowe, the wife of a miner named Chris, was at the camp, wearing a red T-shirt printed with a crossed pickaxe and shovel and the words “No Pay, No Coal.” The Battle for a Paycheck in Kentucky Coal Country 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z In 2016, James Lambert Otis, 53, was also recorded using a jackhammer and a pickaxe to remove Trump’s name. Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star defaced in support of Black Lives Matter 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Police were investigating a leaked police report on May 10 when officers armed with a sledgehammer and pickaxe raided Carmody’s home and office. Group seeks more details about raid on California reporter 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Bidding guidelines called from them to withstand at least an hour of punishment from a sledgehammer, pickaxe, torch, chisel or battery-operated tools and to prevent use of climbing aids such as grappling hooks. US to demolish Trump's border wall prototypes in San Diego 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z And the ground is where we find him, in 1939, hacking out ruts in the stubborn soil with a pickaxe, as he helps to lay pipe for the Bison Oil company. The Grim Rapacity of “The Iron Orchard” 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z It was a fitting backdrop for the longtime consumer advocate to advance her platform of taking a pickaxe to Wall Street. Warren suggests Trump may be behind bars during 2020 election: "He may not even be a free person" 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Then, Epic released a Marshmello skin, glider, and emote, alongside a special three-challenge quest for players to earn a matching pickaxe and other items. Fortnite’s Marshmello concert was a bizarre and exciting glimpse of the future 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Warren's swift rise — from a struggling childhood, to a Harvard professor to the Senate — is "built off her brand of taking a pickaxe to Wall Street," Salon's Sophia Tesfaye wrote. Warren: Trump is a "grifter and a scammer" who gives "giant tax giveaways to the billionaires" 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Warren’s rise, from Harvard professor to Washington politician, is built off her brand of taking a pickaxe to Wall Street. Elizabeth Warren announces likely 2020 presidential bid 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z A California man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest to an act of vandalism to President Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star, which was damaged with a pickaxe earlier this year, officials said. Suspect in Trump Walk of Fame vandalism pleaded no contest, officials say 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The more rewarding aspects of the bundle, however, are the exclusive skin, pickaxe, and glider. Exclusive Fortnite skin for new Xbox bundle makes makes you look like an Xbox 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Last month, a man was arrested in Hollywood for all but demolishing the president’s star with a pickaxe. Fallen stars: the dark history of Hollywood's Walk of Fame 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Clay is one of two anti-Trump activists who have taken a pickaxe to Trump’s star since he started running for president. West Hollywood votes to remove Trump's Walk of Fame star – but there's a snag 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say Clay took a pickaxe to Trump’s star on Hollywood Boulevard on July 25. Man charged with destroying Trump’s Hollywood star 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z “On July 25, Clay used a pickaxe to smash the star located on Hollywood Boulevard,” the office wrote, adding that he surrendered to authorities the next day. Suspect in Trump Walk of Fame vandalism pleaded no contest, officials say 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z “In cryptomining, the pickaxe is an algorithm. The more complex the calculations it performs, the more processing power and energy it uses and the more money it earns.” How Cryptojacking Can Corrupt the Internet of Things 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Witnesses told police that the culprit concealed the pickaxe used to destroy the star in a guitar case, according to NBC's Los Angeles affiliate KNBC. President Donald Trump’s star on California’s Hollywood Walk of Fame has been demolished —... 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z In 2016, James Lambert Otis, 53, was recorded using a jackhammer and a pickaxe to remove Trump’s name. Donald Trump's Walk of Fame star destroyed in Hollywood 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The pickaxe, for example, which players use to demolish walls and buildings, causes almost no damage to other players as a weapon. How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and Minds 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z I leap from the battle bus and land in the middle of what appears to be a deserted island, carrying only a pickaxe as a weapon. My fortnight playing Fortnite 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z “That is why we scaled a 125-metre-tall cliff with a pickaxe.” Mozambique: the secret rainforest at the heart of an African volcano 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Now he plays Fortnite, his avatar bounding through shipping crates with a pickaxe. Do you remember the student who was shot at FSU? 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Ms Andem did her research well, and “Skam” didn’t so much strike a nerve as drive a pickaxe into a particular teen psyche. “Skam Austin” aims to bring Nordic angst to suburban America 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z “Quick! We only get one shot at this ...” She was talking to Ellen, but the young man was already lifting the pickaxe. Geode : Nature : Nature Research 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The court found that Yang killed his parents with a pickaxe last September after they scolded him for racking up gambling debts in the provincial capital. China gives villager death sentence over massacre of 19 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z A turning point came when Derby Museum staff informed him that the murder weapon - a pickaxe handle - was on display there. Don Hale: One man's fight for justice - BBC News 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Perhaps the most distinctive moment in his political life came in 1995 when, he was fined £200 for waving a pickaxe at demonstrators protesting against the M77 motorway in Glasgow. The ex-MPs who died in 2016 - part three - BBC News 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Such was his talent for verbally destroying political opponents, he became known as “the talking pickaxe”. Will António Guterres be the UN's best ever secretary general? 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Overnight, Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed by a vandal with a sledgehammer and pickaxe. Donald Trump lends name to new hotel so near – and so far from – White House 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z A video shows that the perpetrator, dressed as a city construction worker, used a sledgehammer and pickaxe to carry out the deed. Donald Trump's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Has Been Totally Wrecked 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The man went to work vandalizing the star around 5:45 AM with a sledgehammer and pickaxe, according to Deadline Hollywood. Someone Destroyed Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z "I picked up the pickaxe, first of all to avoid anybody else picking it up and secondly in possible self-defence," The Herald reported. The ex-MPs who died in 2016 - part three - BBC News 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z A forensic soil scientist found there was "strong scientific support" that soil from a fork and pickaxe connected with the murder came from Halliwell's garden. How Becky Godden's murderer was caught, lost, and caught again - BBC News 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Standing waist-deep in a hole, South African maize farmer Tom van Rooyen digs at the side with a small pickaxe. African crops, economies at risk as El Nino threatens to scorch and soak 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Republicans didn’t, haven’t coalesced around another and this year will take a pickaxe to the president’s signature law, like Hatch’s amendment to repeal a medical device tax that helps fund it. 10 Members of Congress to Watch in 2015 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Maz collaborated with three other super-rich players, fixing markets to get incredibly wealthy off the back of the server's miners, without having to lift a pickaxe. The problems with capitalism, as explained by a Minecraft hedge fund manager 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Police found a crowbar, a tyre lever and a pickaxe handle at the house, which the men had used to smash windows, furniture and a car. Violent party gatecrashers jailed 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z I don’t know if such a law will ever pass, but I told my son to keep his Minecraft pickaxe handy just in case. What Is Public Anymore and Other Fascinating News on the Web 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z A Pakistani man was knocked unconscious in the melee and the windows of a nearby pub were shattered with a pickaxe handle. The secret double life of a gay neo-Nazi 2013-12-05T06:51:10Z In May, a Ghanaian immigrant in Milan who reportedly suffered from mental problems killed three people and injured two others in a rampage with a pickaxe. Italian rightists target black minister with bloody mannequins 2013-09-04T15:05:24Z Two people were seriously hurt in the attack, which broke the handle of the pickaxe, while the other two injured were less badly hurt. Pickaxe attacker kills one, injures four others in Milan 2013-05-11T15:58:24Z Chuck had the pickaxe in his hands and was preparing to take a swing. The 86-Year-Old Startup Guru 2012-11-13T15:28:37Z And right now, the world is going to need a lot more pickaxe salesmen — advisers, consultants, gallerists, buyers. It’s the Economy: How the Art Market Thrives on Inequality 2012-06-02T03:36:03Z The skinhead gang marched in military formation down the High Street clutching iron bars, knives, staves, pickaxe handles and clubs. The secret double life of a gay neo-Nazi 2013-12-05T06:51:10Z The pickaxe and the shovel and the dynamite would disturb their slumbers, and, filled with passion and mad with anger, they would hurl plague and sickness and calamities upon the unfortunate dwellers on the land. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z There were some tin and sheet iron dishes and utensils, some food, and the head of a pickaxe. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z When I began work with a pickaxe on some hot slag, on my first night, I was reproached at once: "Tak' it eas', lotza time before seven o'clock." Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z Women were driving the plough, swinging the pickaxe in the quarries, mending the railway tracks. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The second print has two figures of Death and a young man, whom he threatens with a sort of mace in his right hand, whilst he holds a pickaxe with his left. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z There was silence for a few minutes, and then the children began to hear the welcome sound of a pickaxe, and Father's voice every now and then, shouting a word of encouragement to them. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z I've got to get some other supplies, too—blasting powder, a new handle for my lucky pickaxe, and some grub. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z The undaunted clergyman took a pickaxe, and went to work himself. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Kelley then unlocked the door of the charnel, and brought out a pickaxe and mattock. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z If any were constructed they must have been levelled by the natives; every doubtful appearance was examined with the pickaxe. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z So the negro struck his pickaxe into the soil, which gave signs of not having been disturbed for many a long day. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z After this he uses a small pickaxe to cut still deeper, until the walls are from four to six inches in thickness; finally he smooths the surface with a chisel. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z Jim picked up a long stout ash-pole, and thrust one end, as directed, into a cavity the pickaxe had made under a large sarsen boulder, the earth above which had been previously dug away. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z When my time came to take the pickaxe and draw the wheelbarrow, I arranged with Carabin, the wood-sawyer, to take my place for thirty sous. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z Beside a small cairn, about three miles north of Point Victory, was a pickaxe, with broken handle; brought away an empty tea or coffee canister. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z These shadows came from a man who was wielding a 212 pickaxe against a spot in the stone wall. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z The pickaxe, the shovel, and the cunning of fraud were the weapons employed. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z He stood up, lifted his pickaxe, and threw the hammer end over his shoulder: he was going to have a fight for his life! The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z According to the stories of the men, one soldier knocked two Germans down with a pickaxe before they could make a successful bayonet thrust. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z A fortnight's work with the pickaxe and gunpowder razed to the ground the two admirable monuments with which the Genoese and the Turks had adorned the town. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z He leaned lightly against the bank and supported himself by thrusting Gabriel's pickaxe against the bank, as he waited a reply. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z So saying, the Jew drew a long iron pickaxe from beneath his dirty brown tunic, and began to break up the ground around the feet of Yousouf. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z He dropped his pickaxe, and held out his hand. The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z There's a pickaxe in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming, one of the world's richest deposits of coal. Obama strikes out on global warming 2011-06-02T18:01:00Z It was a hand pickaxe with a point like a stiletto; a touch, and the steel lay buried. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Such vassals gave themselves utterly to the lord who guarded them, working for him sword 812 or pickaxe in hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z The women encouraged the men; the delicate hand of the young girl raised the heavy pickaxe that fell with a sharp sound, emitting fiery sparks. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z "What do you break my window for, you rascal, with your pickaxe?" The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z Their graves were dug with pickaxe and shovel, in the hard ground not far from the tents. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z Foundations are usually executed by excavators or navvies, and the tools and implements used are boning rods, level pegs, lines, spirit level, pickaxe, various shovels, wheel-barrow, rammer or punner, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Formerly a monastery, afterwards a hospital, and then a poor-house, it was now one of those melancholy ruins that only await the pickaxe of demolition. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z I worked among them with the pickaxe till my arms were nearly broken, and the only thanks I got was to be shot at like a popinjay.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z “Woe to thee!” cried he, rushing at one of the Greeks with his pickaxe. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The muscular impetuosity of the one who was leading his trumps with a flourish that suggested swinging a pickaxe amused David more than it offended by its uncouthness. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z I wanted to break up the idol with my pickaxe, but M. de Peyrehorade would not let me. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z A girl of sixteen coming back one evening from the fields threw her pickaxe on her threshold, and cried out in tears: "I won't work any longer for those barbarians!" Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z They set the fashion, those great men of the pickaxe and the pistol, and a fine, fire-eating, antediluvian, reckless fashion it was.”—W. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Meanwhile from the depth of the ravine came a man with a pickaxe shaped like a stork’s neck with the bill on it. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Lime Grove and Englefield Grange, however, were at least a mile from the station, and for the present, therefore, safe from the invasion of the pickaxe and the hod. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z A labourer lifted his pickaxe to strike a friend of Dewi’s, which the saint seeing from afar off, raised his hand and willed that the labourer’s hand should become stiff—which it did. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Photograph: Andrew Lloyd/Wales News Service/Wales News Service She drops her teenage daughter off at school before donning her miner's helmet, grabbing her pickaxe and heading off for a shift 100 metres underground. Woman wins right to hold 'free miner' title 2010-10-06T18:57:00Z There are few spots which do not yield some profit to the pickaxe and cradle of the miner. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas I myself took a pickaxe and commenced to hack away at the ice which held the stern fast. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The next moment she sent the pickaxe flying out of his hands, leaving him quite at her mercy. Left on the Prairie "But don't you know, my dear fellow," they exclaimed, "that it is only by means of a pickaxe that you can get a joke into the skull of a Scotchman?" Friend Mac Donald And only to think," interposed Jean Ren�, in a fit of virtuous indignation, "only think, now, of there coming two heartless vagabonds, who drank their soup and walked off with the pickaxe and shovel. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 On his shoulder he carries his pickaxe, on his back his bedding, and round his neck his saucepan and miner's cradle. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas They laid him down in the little garden behind the house, and, with shovel and pickaxe, dug a deep grave, into which they lowered the huge animal. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Behind it, busy with pickaxe and shovel, the victorious troops of Mother England were making ready to “finish” the Americans on the morrow. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution He collected all his remaining strength, rose with difficulty and took up his pickaxe again. Peasant Tales of Russia When Wolfgang shook hands with him at parting, he said, "He has a soft hand; he cannot swing the pickaxe as you did when you were building your first road." Waldfried A Novel He therefore took a horn, a shovel, a pickaxe, and a dark lantern, and early in a long winter’s evening he swam to the Mount. Favorite Fairy Tales The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and Women Even the little peninsula on which his house stood has vanished, levelled by the pickaxe of the quarryman, and carried away, cart-load by cart-load, by dealers in rock and granite. Toilers of the Sea He grabbed pickaxe and shovel and slithered in, with the confidence of a man who knew every inch of the ground. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The dark rocks, when his pickaxe laid their sides open, were as inanimate as the damp masses of ore. Peasant Tales of Russia On getting pretty close to these "cavalry on horseback," my attention was drawn off from the soldier, who, on turning round, I found was close at my elbow, with a pickaxe on his shoulder. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment He came immediately after to tell me all this, and I, knowing that he had never handled a weapon more warlike than a pickaxe, could not help trembling for him. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 The quarrying of stone and the fashioning of timber go on all day long; here the labourer with the pickaxe, there the workman with the mallet. Toilers of the Sea "He would be better with a pickaxe in his hand, and more useful to his country," returned the Pensioner crossly. The Grandee After two hours' work the pickaxe fell from the old man's hand. Peasant Tales of Russia With a roar of anger Buck Barry raised his pickaxe and charged into the bush. Gold I told him vaguely; and in the sweltering heat and closeness, and dim twilight of the jungle, he began to wield the pickaxe, swinging it overhead with the vigour of a healthy man. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) So saying, he struck him on the head so terrible blow with his pickaxe that the Giant fell dead to the bottom. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Stone Chisels.—I saw recently an oviform stone implement which had been found on the granite moors of North Cornwall, and apparently had been used as a pickaxe in mining. Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The elder, goaded to fury by the jeers of the younger, had raised his pickaxe and struck his brother with the point. Peasant Tales of Russia Before the man could get up again Buck Barry was upon him, and the pickaxe descended. Gold In the vaulted crypt beneath the castle the old man found a lantern and a pickaxe. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales The doctor,224 with the pickaxe, demolished one of them, and then we all got aboard the other and set out to go round by sea for North Inlet. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) About noon a procession was formed in the Bull Ring, to meet the Directors of the G.N.R., by Mr. F. Harwood, master of the ceremonies, in the following order: Navvy bearing bronzed pickaxe and shovel. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time His pickaxe had escaped from his hand and fallen through to the other side. Peasant Tales of Russia Don Gaspar, still in his embroidered boots, his crimson velvet breeches, his white linen, and his sombrero, but without the blue and silver jacket, was busily wielding a pickaxe a hundred feet or so away. Gold I could distinctly hear the impact of the pickaxe wielded by the Bosche upon the clay and chalk, and the falling of the débris. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. And the Arab who spoke stooped and picked up a rock-like clod, that he had hewn with his pickaxe from the trench at his feet. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Of course in such a soil the plough is unknown, its substitutes being the pickaxe and crowbar. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Another miner approached and touched something with his pickaxe which he quickly withdrew. Peasant Tales of Russia However, we unlimbered the pickaxe and went deeper; to the extent of two feet or more. Gold One of them, a tall man, of suffering mien, laboured hard with gasping breath, but the strokes of his pickaxe were not heavy and firm enough to loosen the rock. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 “Many long years I have been waiting for you, my son,” answered the pickaxe. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine On the right a gunner is standing on what was once a house roof, hacking away at the beams with a pickaxe; he is getting firewood, no doubt. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Ivan stooped down, looked for his pickaxe, found it, and sat down to break pieces from a block of ore which projected from the wall. Peasant Tales of Russia We set to work with a will, taking turns with the pickaxe and the two shovels. Gold As well might the brainless and heartless conspirators against human progress and human liberty endeavor to arrest the rotation of a planet by the stroke of a pickaxe. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 “It was a pickaxe that we heard,” answered Thumbling, slyly; and he plodded along, without any more words. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine You might a-knocked me down with a pickaxe," said Beale later, "so help me three men and a boy you might. Harding's luck At other times, when his pickaxe penetrated deeply the heart of the rock, he fancied he heard a stifled sigh as if the tool had pierced the breast of a living creature. Peasant Tales of Russia These evidently had not assisted the gang to any great extent, as they found it necessary to use a heavy pickaxe. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time No one knows what might be the consequence of another day's labour with the pickaxe on any part of it. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot But, alas! the laborer dug a little further, and struck his pickaxe against an old rybat that lay deeper still. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland It is of the shape of a pickaxe, with only one pick. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Then the pickaxe men went back and began again on the part that had been scooped, but the horses had to wait for the dirt to be loosened, and they stood outside of the cellar. The Doers This light apparently disturbed the thieves, for they departed with their burden and the pickaxe and retraced their steps. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time The pickaxe of the ditcher, and of the canal and railway navvies, have often also, by their accidental strokes, uncovered rich antiquarian treasures. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 We had brought a pickaxe with us; and the dry and dusty floor, composed mainly of a gritty conglomerate, formed the scene of our labors. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The convict, then, with a pickaxe, loosened a brick from the covering of the drain close to the wall of the house, while I stirred up the bamboo rod. Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 And the first man struck his pickaxe down hard into the ground, and it made the ground grunt, Mnh! The Doers Every time that wonderful pickaxe struck a blow it went more than a foot into the rock. The Magic Soap Bubble She heard the girls shout for her, but instead of complying she went straight across to the Stone Face and picked up the heavy pickaxe. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers Our reserves suffered, for in this upturned earth, where every blow from the pickaxe would disinter a body, one can prepare but slowly the deep shelters which the situation demands. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 In the case of the Thugs this was a pickaxe, but with the Dacoits it was an axe with a highly-tempered edge. Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 When the pickaxe was in the ground, each man gave a kind of a pry that loosened the dirt. The Doers Ned picked up the pickaxe and placing it in his knapsack, again went on. The Magic Soap Bubble There was a pickaxe—perhaps the very one she had seen there in the winter—and a shovel. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers Jack took the pickaxe from his other pocket. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller But there was no help for it; down they must go, and live like the rest at the bottom of the gloomy mine, whilst Martin, with a pickaxe, wrought for gold. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The huge pile of pulp, at which men were picking and prying with pickaxe and canthook, ought to be a gold mine in these days of high prices of paper. At Plattsburg They asked him to bring a ladder, axe, and pickaxe. The Peterkin Papers There certainly was something below the surface—not very far down—— Dropping the pickaxe, Ruth gained possession of the shovel and threw aside the loose earth. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers He found a bright steel pickaxe working all alone. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller I could see his eyeglass swinging on the end of its black cord, and in his hand he carried a pickaxe. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France If there was a spoon or a knife missing, Abner often found it in the ploughed field, where I had been using it as a kind of pickaxe to dig my way through to China. Aunt Madge's Story She was startled from her reverie by dull and heavy sounds near her, as though a pickaxe were employed by invisible hands in disturbing the ground close to where she stood. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Really, her swinging of the pickaxe had been idly done. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers "Ah, my master," answered the pickaxe, "I have been waiting for you a long time." The Book of Stories for the Story-teller He has a toy shovel and a pickaxe and a little axe that will cut. The Nursery, November 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 5 These cones, composed of agglutinated sand and earth, are frequently so stoutly put together that it requires a pickaxe or crowbar to break them open. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon If a vein of coal cropped out on a man's farm, he broke some of it up with his pickaxe, shoveled it into his wheelbarrow, and wheeled it home. Diggers in the Earth A new page in the history of the world is here opened, and new ruins pointed out, which would reward the pickaxe of a Layard. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion "Well, here I am," said Jack; and he took the pickaxe and put it into his other pocket. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller After we had planted all the roots and taken a little rest, Simile and I took a hoe and pickaxe and finished the afternoon sowing Indian corn. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson It looked something like a pickaxe with only one arm, the end of which was fashioned like a mortising chisel, and was used as an axe. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics In this form it can easily be loosened with a pickaxe, and shoveled into cars to be carried to the mill. Diggers in the Earth Under his eye and partly by his own pickaxe, the little flight of embryo steps, with a very steep gradient, had been laid bare. There was a King in Egypt "It was really a pickaxe that we heard," answered Jack. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Then Ponny shifts his ground, and complains that many clever fellows who are workers with the pen are now hardly earning more than many workers with the pickaxe. The History of "Punch" I rapidly removed the loose earth, and then with the pickaxe I heaved the plank up bodily. Our Pirate Hoard 1891 Any blow of the pickaxe may break into a vein of water which will burst out and flood the mine. Diggers in the Earth I think they had been chopping something with a pickaxe and had got through. The Dew of Their Youth Look at that broad youth with the pickaxe; at the slight one with the sword. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The pickaxe dropped from my hands, I knelt down before him, and I, as ye see me, said these words: 'O lord! is it thy pleasure to eat me? The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt The crash of falling trees, the clank of the lever and the pickaxe, the rattle of paving stones—these were the significant sounds that broke the stillness. Edmond Dantès It is always bubbling out from the coal, and at any moment a pickaxe may break into a hole that is full of it. Diggers in the Earth So with pickaxe and shovel I went to the bottom of the pit and set myself to work. My Terminal Moraine 1892 This done, the American seized a pickaxe and began to dig into the face of the cliff, pausing at intervals to take a rest while Cavendish shovelled away the débris. In Search of El Dorado Meanwhile from the depth of the ravine came a man with a pickaxe shaped like a stork's neck with the bill on it. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Like the beating of a pulse, the still water in the pan vibrates in harmony with the stroke of the pickaxe far underneath, and the old miner rises exultant.' Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts The miner then had to lie down on his side near the wall of coal in his "room" and cut into it, close to the floor, as far as his pickaxe would reach. Diggers in the Earth Upon this cloth was placed the consecrated pickaxe and a piece of silver as an offering to the goddess. Tales of the Caliph Every sea is as good as a pickaxe. The Frozen Pirate "Woe to thee!" cried he, rushing at one of the Greeks with his pickaxe. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt As they passed by the entrance to the grotto, Haydee noticed that Bertuccio was making a hole in the rock with his pickaxe. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Be this as it may, this character in the comedy is called the "geometrician," and does his best to make himself unbearable to those who are toiling with pickaxe and shovel. The Devil's Pool These four ablutions being finished, the fakir replaced in the brass dish the pickaxe together with a cocoa-nut, some cloves, white sandal-wood, and sugar. Tales of the Caliph In the meantime, Randal was digging a long trench with his pickaxe, above the place where the old woman had knelt, as far as he could remember it. The Gold Of Fairnilee The solitude was presently broken by the approach of an old man laden with pickaxe and shovel. The Daughters of Danaus "Back, sir," cried Bertuccio in a rage, as he swung his pickaxe, "I will crush the viper's skull." The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I “Surely it can’t be tea!” said the smith with a smile, as he turned the end of a pickaxe in the fire, “it’s too soon after dinner for that.” The Lighthouse Then kindling a fire of dried cow-dung and mango-wood, the fakir taking the pickaxe, and holding it in both hands, passed it seven times through the fire. Tales of the Caliph He worked very hard, and when he was in the trench up to his knees, his pickaxe struck against a stone. The Gold Of Fairnilee The old gravedigger paused at last in his toil, leaning on his pickaxe, and bringing a red cotton handkerchief out of his hat to wipe his brow. The Daughters of Danaus At the farther extremity of it crouches a man with a pickaxe in his hands, and a candle beside him. The Lifeboat “Just half a minute more,” said the smith, examining a pickaxe, which he was getting up to that delicate point of heat which is requisite to give it proper temper. The Lighthouse This was the consecration of the holy pickaxe, the implement always used by these men for burying those whom they have slain. Tales of the Caliph With the point of his pickaxe he raised the lid. The Gold Of Fairnilee Gratified by this appeal to his judgment, Dodge scratched his head, and leant both brawny arms upon his pickaxe. The Daughters of Danaus Not a moment was there for rest; every man was employed either in fighting or toiling with pickaxe or shovel. Hurricane Hurry “He has been in and driven a pickaxe into each of the boilers,” cried Joe. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Well, one can’t catch these with a shovel and a pickaxe. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales Either left unguarded for a single instant, and the beak of the bird, playing about like a pickaxe, would be struck into his skull, or buried deep in the sockets of his eyes. The Castaways David further suggested that a sack would be useful to bear home the treasure, laid a deep plan for the capture of Andrew’s pickaxe, and threw himself by degrees heart and soul into the project. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children It is as when an excavator strikes his pickaxe unwittingly into a hidden reservoir and the blow is followed by a rush of water, which carries away workmen and tools. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. "If we had a pickaxe we could chop some more off one of those sharp ledges down there." The Skylark of Space Without saying a word, the magicians each drew from beneath his cloak a pickaxe, and they cut a hole in the wall in a few minutes. Ting-a-ling He took a horn, a shovel, a pickaxe, and a dark lantern, and one winter's evening swam over the sea to the Mount. Favorite Fairy Tales However that must be risked, although it would be most undesirable to meet him with the pickaxe in their possession. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children Their trade implements consist of a pickaxe, a basket, and a thin wooden hod to fill the earth into the basket. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala O, my lord the basket, my lord the pickaxe shaped like a snake, and my lady the hod! The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) How awfully grand; with a pickaxe, digging, dump, dump, dump!' Art in England Notes and Studies Then he struck the giant such a blow on the head with a pickaxe that he killed him. Favorite Fairy Tales Ambrose dropped the pickaxe off his shoulder with a sigh of relief and sat down by it on the ground. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children A pit was dug in the ground and over it the pickaxe was washed successively with water, sugar and water, sour milk, and alcoholic liquor, all of which were poured over it into the pit. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala A place was selected for the grave within the cemetery, but the mob, at the first blow of the pickaxe, rushed forward with a savage yell. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. He therefore took a horn, a shovel, a pickaxe, and a dark lantern, and, early in a long winter's evening, he swam to the Mount. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew His golden tail droops far below his perch, and, running downward along the tree-trunk, it flashes in the air like a sceptre over the wood-lice he devours with his pickaxe bill. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times A little roused by this example Ambrose took up the heavy pickaxe again and went over to David’s side. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children A cocoanut was placed on the ground, and the priest, holding the pickaxe by the point in his right hand, said, ‘Shall I strike?’ The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala For to her devout worshippers, the thugs, did she not give one of her teeth for a pickaxe, a rib for a knife, and the hem of her lower garment for a noose? Tales of Destiny Page 198 You may believe it or not, as you please, but along this new road score upon score of young women and mere girls toiled and slaved with pickaxe and shovel. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There His formidable bill, very sharp, three or three and a half inches long, and shaped like a pickaxe, was held perfectly level. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth “I say, Andrew,” said Ambrose in a careless manner, “I wish you’d just lend me your pickaxe, please; just to break up some hard ground.” Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children They said that formerly the pickaxe was thrown into a well and would come up of itself when summoned with due ceremonies; but since they disregarded the ordinances of Kāli it had lost that virtue. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala When once we have sworn on the sacred pickaxe, it is impossible to speak words of treachery.' Tales of Destiny The bee-eater utilises the bill as pickaxe and the feet as ejectors. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Gibulum, in working with a pickaxe among the rubbish, discovered a large iron ring fixed in a cubic stone. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge He raised up the pickaxe with all his strength, down it came, and stuck so fast that he and David together could hardly get it out again. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children The pickaxe was also worshipped on every seventh day during an expedition, and it was believed that the sound made by it in digging a grave was never heard by any one but a Thug. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala That night the paint-bedaubed pickaxe, sacred emblem of Kali's worship, lay on the table in my sleeping chamber. Tales of Destiny The sexton tells the merrymakers how a chance blow of his pickaxe has opened a decayed coffin, in which are discovered several papers. The Spinster Book We had waited not without some impatience for the first sound of the pickaxe; and its echoes were welcomed as promising an end to our exile. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth The place was examined; the body and the pickaxe found; and a warrant was granted against Walker and Sharp. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural In prison, when administering an oath to each other in cases of dispute, they sometimes made an image of the pickaxe out of a piece of cloth and consecrated it for the purpose. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Staggering over the frantic employment of a pickaxe, Vandy was inflicting grievous injury upon the turf about the very spot at which the terrier had been digging. Berry And Co. Not till Nero took a pickaxe and began to work himself, to encourage the men, was any real progress made. Greek and Roman Ghost Stories And with that he up with his pickaxe and dealt the giant Cormoran such a most weighty knock on the very crown of his head, that he killed him on the spot. English Fairy Tales Blasting, or blowing up with gunpowder; the force of which detaches pieces from the rock, which are hewn roughly into forms on the spot by a small pickaxe. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. The bride’s parents then present him with a pickaxe and a crooked knife, saying that these are the implements of their trade, and will suffice him for a livelihood. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala "There's no joke to it," returned the Cap'n, viciously, seizing a pickaxe. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul We dug a little below, bored a bole, and the father slipped through a pickaxe handle, and fainted away as he felt the little one slide down again but rest on the handle. The Voyage of the Rattletrap The offer was gladly accepted; and Clarissa, a merry little romp, about twelve years old, soon made her appearance, armed with a pickaxe, hoe, and basket. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Shallow soil ought to be thoroughly dug down to the last inch, and it will be an advantage to break up the subsoil by pickaxe and fork. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition The Thugs called it their sikka or ‘ensign,’ but it was not held sacred like the pickaxe. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala I took a firm stance and the hockey stick and let drive for the hole with a tremendous pickaxe stroke. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 Our pickaxe and shovel remained where we had left them, although I could not help fancying that they had been handled since I had thrown them down. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The pickaxe, in the sinewy arms of its owner, soon dislodged great cakes of the upper deposit and laid bare a stratum of olive-green clay, which was announced to be a fossil-bed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Ha! very good; 'nothing but a pickaxe and shovel.' Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches He was deprived of his office and the gang either returned home or chose a fresh route and consecrated the pickaxe anew. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Poor Truth has had a hard work of it, with her little pickaxe. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) Mr. Brown seized the pickaxe and struck it into the ground, and as he did so I thought that I heard a low groan. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia "The clashing of my armor in my ears Sounds like a passing bell; my buckler puts me In mind of a bier; this, my broadsword, a pickaxe To dig my grave." The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood "I see nothing but a pickaxe and shovel." Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches Over his shoulder he carries a pickaxe as the representative implement of husbandry with one or two wheaten cakes tied to it. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Several antlers of deer were found, one of which had been worn down by use as a pickaxe. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders A dozen blows with the pickaxe removed the dead grass, and exposed a soil such as two thirds of Australia is composed of, a light sand, soft, and not suitable for agricultural purposes. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia She was coming along in the dull glow of the dying fire, the pickaxe over her shoulder. Captivity A sacred pickaxe was the emblem of their faith: its fashioning was wrought with quaint rites and its custody was a matter of great moment. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official "Surely it can't be tea!" said the smith with a smile, as he turned the end of a pickaxe in the fire, "it's too soon after dinner for that." The Lighthouse He sprang up, dragged the huge tarpaulin from its former location, and propped it on the handle of the pickaxe, driven by one mighty stroke deep into a crevice of the rock. The Wings of the Morning All thoughts of ghosts and spirits were fast passing away in the excitement of my occupation, when suddenly Mr. Brown dropped his pickaxe and uttered an exclamation. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia She stumbled a few steps and fell heavily against the blunt end of the pickaxe. Captivity He therefore took a horn, a shovel, pickaxe, and a dark lantern, and early in a long winter's evening he swam to the mount. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know "Just half a minute more," said the smith, examining a pickaxe, which he was getting up to that delicate point of heat which is requisite to give it proper temper. The Lighthouse "Yes; pickaxe, mattocks, and a crowbar; a lantern, and so forth," said the doctor. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood During the brief period, I heard, with awful distinctness, the sound of the pickaxe, as it was struck against the rocks upon the island, worked, I had no doubt, by supernatural hands. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia He hated the unconscious reproach she gave him as she came along, stumbling a little, carrying the pickaxe. Captivity Every one of these half-clad men, armed with pickaxe and shovel, rose two hours before the sun this morning, and went forth to weed a little field, or to dig round a few olive-trees. The Roman Question I at once called his party of men, told them to get their chain and pins, put the stakes, pickaxe and shovel on the line animal, and follow me. Christopher Carson "Then let us begin instanter," said Henry, as he seized hold of the pickaxe, and began to loosen the earth by means of the sharp end. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood But to return to the day when our wealth was increased by a lucky stroke of the pickaxe, and when we began to think seriously of mining claims as means of making fortunes. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The Snake beheld in front the danger of the fire, and heard above the sound of the pickaxe. The Talking Beasts The Emperor Alexander First visited the mines of the Ural in 1824, and personally wielded the shovel and pickaxe nearly two hours. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Somewhere in a grave close at hand a digger, whom they could not see, was wielding his pickaxe with regular strokes. A Love Episode To some rocks the boys were obliged to take the pickaxe and crowbar. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. "Dig away," yelled Smith, who was wielding a pickaxe with great effort. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The general lowered his light and stepped back and Yussuf reared the pickaxe in his powerful arms and sent it dexterously at the wall, between two broken bits of brick. The Fortieth Door It was currently believed that the mines were filled with broken-down "divines," as if it were but a step from the pulpit to the pickaxe. In the Footprints of the Padres I flung the pickaxe down with a clatter on the boards, and exclaimed in my haste: "I wish to heaven I'd never bought the island!" McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 Once I asked the Cautious Captain and the Doubting Doctor "if they had seen anything of my pickaxe and the sack of diamonds." Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 Then take hold of this pickaxe, and see how you like it. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia Then all goes wrong: the old foundations rock; One scorns at him of old who gazed unshod; One striking with a pickaxe thinks the shock Shall move the seat of God. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. The few strokes with the pickaxe which I gave it just now were merely intended for a warning. The Teeth of the Tiger A dwarf behind his steam-engine may remove mountains; but no dwarf will hew them down with a pickaxe; and he must be a Titan that hurls them abroad with his arms. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations On the contrary, the least details of the enterprise, every blow of the pickaxe, interested them. The Moon-Voyage With these words, he stripped off his coat, seized the pickaxe and shovel and stepped over the side of the boat onto the landing ledge. The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands A trench must be dug and a palisade erected round the camp, and for that purpose every soldier on the march has carried a couple of sharpened stakes and a sort of small pickaxe. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul His eyes filled with blood as he inserted the bar of the pickaxe between the two blocks of granite, at the spot where the brick was wedged in. The Teeth of the Tiger But he ran on those gawky legs of his faster than a racehorse, and kept landing out at me with sledge hammer kicks, and bringing his pickaxe down on the back of my head. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents The strokes of the pickaxe on the monument produce their counter-strokes on customs and charters. The Man Who Laughs The roots are so matted and interlocked jes beneath the surface that you can't make any impression on 'em with a pickaxe. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot Occasionally the pickaxe uncovered peat deposits of unsuspected depth and value. Hero Tales of the Far North His pickaxe stuck in it, and he extricated it with difficulty. A Perilous Secret In the background is the entrance to a mine, lighted dimly by a miner's lamp, while a pickaxe lies at the feet of the woman; this picture was accorded a bronze medal. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. They consented, and each having provided himself with a shovel or a pickaxe, we repaired in a body to the spot. A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 They broke off some with a pickaxe to give to each of us. Elizabeth Visits America First, having lit another lantern which was kept there, he removed with the sharp end of the pickaxe a large patch of the encaustic tiles exactly in the centre of the depression. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life But he ran on those gawky legs of his faster than a racehorse, and kept landing out at me with sledgehammer kicks, and bringing his pickaxe down on the back of my head. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories No man saw the building of the New Jerusalem, the workmen crowded together, the unfinished walls and unpaved streets; no man heard the chink of trowel and pickaxe; it descended out of heaven from God. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 "Twibil; an instrument with two bills, or with a point and a blade; a pickaxe, a mattock, a halberd, a battle-axe." The Grammar of English Grammars See if you can get a pickaxe, a trenching tool, anything, and break down that grating and knock a bigger hole in the window. Action Front It would be easy to get ladder and pickaxe and break open the rock until the nest was reached, but why disturb these lovely birds? A Cotswold Village Inside and outside alike; bricklayers, painters, carpenters, masons; hammer, hod, brush, pickaxe, saw, trowel: all at work together, in full chorus. Ten Girls from Dickens It was their roads, as well as their legions, that made them masters of the world; and the pickaxe, not less than the sword, was the ensign of their dominion. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain To dream of a pickaxe, denotes a relentless enemy is working to overthrow you socially. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition When the revolt takes place, Tom must keep rushing in on one side and out on the other, with a pickaxe, as fast as he can. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people When a fox was marked to ground the church bell was rung as a signal, summoning every man who owned a pickaxe, a gun, or a terrier dog, to lend a hand in destroying him. A Cotswold Village The pickaxe first struck upon a kind of black earth, six inches in thickness, which was speedily disposed of. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Inside and outside alike: bricklayers, painters, carpenters, masons: hammer, hod, brush, pickaxe, saw, and trowel: all at work together, in full chorus! Dombey and Son He darted to her side, forgetting neither the queen's shoe nor his pickaxe, and caught hold of her hand, as she sped fearlessly where her thread guided her. The Princess and the Goblin The day after to-morrow the moon is full, and at midnight you must go to the spot and get the stone out of the wall with a pickaxe. The Violet Fairy Book The pickaxe is again placed upon the brass dish, along with a cocoa-nut, some sugar, cloves, white sandal-wood, and other articles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 "I wish we were at the first stroke of the pickaxe," said the president. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon And, as he was trying to force an entrance with a few blows of a pickaxe, the loud voice of a guard demanded suddenly: "Who goes there?" Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant He crawled back to where he had been lying, in the faint hope of finding his pickaxe, But after a vain search he was at last compelled to acknowledge himself in an evil plight. The Princess and the Goblin The first night of the full moon, when the whole village was asleep, he stole out, armed with a pickaxe, and with much difficulty succeeded in dislodging the stone from its place. The Violet Fairy Book A fire of the mango tree, mixed with dried cow-dung, is then kindled; and the officiating Thug, taking the pickaxe with both hands, passes it seven times through the flames. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 He had just finished, when, taking one step further, he tumbled headlong into the pit, and Jack struck him a blow on the head with his pickaxe which killed him. The Blue Fairy Book The slum novelist is content with pointing out that to the eye of his particular class a pickaxe looks dirty and a pewter pot looks dirty. Heretics He tied his clue to a stone just inside the channel of the stream, and took his pickaxe with him. The Princess and the Goblin And his heart was filled with rage against the dog who had played him this trick, and he seized a pickaxe and killed it on the spot, before he knew what he was doing. The Violet Fairy Book He then sprinkles water upon the pickaxe, and puts a little of the goor upon the head of every one who has obtained a seat beside him on the cloth. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 I borrowed a pickaxe and shovel and announced myself as ready to start. The Mountains This was done so that if a pickaxe was about to come through a wall in that room, all the brass basins would clang together and make a great noise. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc She had already begun to follow it over the fallen slab into the hole, while Curdie was searching the floor of the cavern for his pickaxe. The Princess and the Goblin The wide-reaching definition of the Russian writer has the effect of a vigorous blow from a pickaxe at the foundations of a shaky and too elaborate edifice. The Ways of Men With his left, he holds upon his breast the sacred pickaxe, wrapped carefully in a white cloth, along with five knots of turmeric, two copper, and one silver coin. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 One after the other each of the troop dropped his pickaxe or shovel from his listless hands, and lay fast asleep by his work. At the Back of the North Wind Upon a sign from Captain Nemo one of the men advanced; and at some feet from the cross he began to dig a hole with a pickaxe that he took from his belt. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Curdie drew his pickaxe carefully away, and as he did so spied one of her feet, projecting from under the skins. The Princess and the Goblin With the pickaxe he at once began to destroy the empty sepulchre in the middle of the tomb. The Arabian Nights The pickaxe is looked upon with the utmost veneration by the tribe. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 The excavation had been made, however, not with powder and dynamite, but with chisel and pickaxe; the caves must therefore have been the work of thousands of years. Freeland A Social Anticipation "I will add," he continued, "that, being as handy with the pickaxe as with the harpoon, if I can be useful to the Captain, he can command my services." Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea As he did so it flashed upon his pickaxe, lying by the side of the queen, whose hand lay close by the handle of it. The Princess and the Goblin We had barely reached it when he joined us himself, carrying a small vessel of water, a pickaxe, and a little bag containing plaster. The Arabian Nights Another lucky day is chosen for this ceremony, care being had in the mean time that the shadow of no earthly thing fall upon the pickaxe, as its efficacy would be for ever destroyed. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 He had a pickaxe and shovel, together with a deer's hide hanging over his shoulder. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Despair seized me for an instant; my pickaxe nearly fell from my hands. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea At last they came to hard granite close in grain, and containing garnets and felspar crystals, which flew out with every stroke of the pickaxe. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras One carried a rope, another a pickaxe, the third a trowel and hod of mortar. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger A learned Thug then sits down; and turning his face to the west, receives the pickaxe in a brass dish. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 He now set himself seriously to work with the pickaxe of the steady-going labourer. Birds of Prey Presently the pickaxe attacked this compact matter vigorously, and large blocks were detached from the mass. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea There is the song of the pickaxe brandished in revolution when mobs cry "Peace, labor bread," and in mines of industry beneath the earth. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene To attempt to make a sufficient excavation in such a massive wall even with pickaxe and powder was not to be thought of. The Mysterious Island Before taking a final leave of her devotees, she presented them with one of her teeth for a pickaxe, one of her ribs for a knife, and the hem of her garment for a noose. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Some tools had been left in the house, and Kellet, one of the carpenter’s men, remembered leaving his pickaxe in the kitchen. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude The water seemed singularly cold, but I soon got warm handling the pickaxe. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea And then his glasses get all misty, and there he is, temporarily blind, with a full-size desperado backing away and measuring the distance in order to hand him one with a pickaxe. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories But the pickaxe was at a disadvantage among these hard rocks, and Smith again had recourse to the nitro-glycerine, which, used in small quantities, had the desired effect. The Mysterious Island Beside it is deposited the sacred pickaxe, and a piece of silver for an offering. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 At three o’clock in the morning Kellet’s pickaxe struck against something hard, which gave out a ringing sound. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude The wind blew sharply from all parts of the compass, and the snow lay in such hard heaps that we had to break it with blows of a pickaxe. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Last week, while digging a very deep canal, some workman struck his pickaxe against timbers that were black with age, and nearly as hard as stone. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks I asked Mr. Sawyer to examine the tools and implements in the mill workshop and he found a pickaxe, one point of which had been subjected to rather rough treatment. Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks Then having tantalised the giant for a while, he gave him a most weighty knock with his pickaxe on the very crown of his head, and killed him on the spot. English Fairy Tales Before them, on the ground, lay a pair of shovels and a pickaxe. Equality On this day for several hours I used my pickaxe vigorously. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The horse seemed quite ready, like a Roman, to leap down it, seeing nothing less desirable than his present mode of life, till a man with a pickaxe stopped him. Erema — My Father's Sin I naturally connected that pickaxe with the ledge of rock that had been found in the pond. Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks The Indian plough, so like a big misshapen wooden pickaxe, has often been described. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter He listened, and he heard quite clearly underneath the ground below him the dull shock of a pickaxe. The Broken Road The man ventured no further remonstrance; he took off his jacket, and struck his pickaxe into the hard, dry soil near the point where the cane rested. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 According to some, the name Fas, which signifies in Arabia a pickaxe, was given to it because one was found in digging its foundations. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. So he left his pickaxe with one point fast between two stones, and ran to the shop. Gutta-Percha Willie For some weeks before the coal strike of 1920 was declared, a pickaxe was seen on several occasions in the cups of two persons, both of whom read their tea-leaves regularly. Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves After going carefully through the gear, we discarded a pickaxe, one pair of big spiked boots and some odd clothing. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 At last, Daspry's pickaxe unearthed some bones—the remains of a skeleton to which some scraps of clothing still hung. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Again the blows of the pickaxe rang out from the rear of the house. Stories by English Authors: Ireland At length Sandy's pickaxe got hold of a stone which he could not move, do what he would. Gutta-Percha Willie Then Mr. Mole pressed a little bell, and in came a mole with overalls on and a little pickaxe. Billy Bunny and Uncle Bull Frog As he approached near to Gortnaclough, he came upon one of those gangs of road-destroyers who were now at work everywhere, earning their pittance of "yellow meal" with a pickaxe and a wheelbarrow. Castle Richmond Malipieri gave her the lantern and took up the crowbar and pickaxe which lay near the hole in the vault. The Heart of Rome While the attacks with the pickaxe were not relaxed for a moment, a score of men had brought the trunk of a young larch from the saw-pit at the back of the house. Stories by English Authors: Ireland I suggest that you loosen the soil with the pickaxe, then I can throw it out rapidly. Taken Alive The old man thought, "Can it be Cinderella?" and they had to bring him an axe and a pickaxe that he might hew the pigeon-house to pieces, but no one was inside it. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Had he knocked me over the head with a pickaxe, or burned the house down, I should have had a right to be angry. The Way We Live Now He knew his trade, and recognized the steady hammering on the end of a stone drill, very unlike the irregular blows of a pickaxe or a crowbar. The Heart of Rome Outside, on the landing, they could hear the blows of the pickaxe more distinctly. Stories by English Authors: Ireland Robin was sadly frightened, but at last they agreed to carry it into the wood, and bury it there; so they came home for a pickaxe and shovel. The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story We rested the horses while we dug a tank, and drained all the water into it; not having a pickaxe, we could not get down deep enough. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, For eleven long years, with snow-shoe and canoe, pickaxe and gold-pan, he wrote out his life on the face of the land. Revolution, and Other Essays Quiet! ah! quiet—wait till the point of the pickaxe be through! Evolution of Expression — Volume 1 With a pealing crash the pickaxe bit into the stout oaken door, and the young lovers sprang apart, terrified at this rude interruption of dreams. Stories by English Authors: Ireland Says Andrew, 'Go you, Robin, and borrow a pickaxe at neighbour Styles's.' The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story As each lad leaps, an eager attendant marks his distance with a line drawn by the pickaxe. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life In digging the foundation they came to a green stone, like a camel’s hunch, which, struck with a pickaxe, sent forth blinding lightning, and prevented further excavation. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 And his wife engagement in the country valise, voice like a pickaxe. Ulysses The count sent for a pickaxe and Beautrelet attacked the altar. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin But I could not but understand, and applaud and cheer him on, when I saw him lay hold of the pickaxe to make an attack upon the rock. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth There were a number of people belonging to the monastery, including some young embryo priests, that we might accept as deacons; these I set to work with the pickaxe at one shilling a day wages. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 We now found two clean holes punched through the iron as though driven by a sharp pickaxe. Ismailia Anxiously the garrison within listened to the sounds of work, which became louder and louder as the walls crumbled before the stroke of pickaxe and crowbar. St. George for England And, suddenly, his pickaxe, which, until then, had encountered no resistance, struck against a harder material and rebounded. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin The work of the auger follows that of the pickaxe. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Get me the pickaxe and the crowbar, show me the place where we must make the hole, and I will take charge of Trumence. Within an Inch of His Life Poor truth has had a hard work of it with her little pickaxe. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke He had just finished, when, taking one step farther, he tumbled headlong into the pit, and Jack struck him a blow on the head with his pickaxe which killed him. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 There was a sound of something falling in; and all that remained of the altar went tumbling into the gap after the block of stone which had been struck by the pickaxe. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin So I hope that, under natural conditions, the pupa does not give quite so many blows with the pickaxe and prefers to work with the drill. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography A few minutes later the point of the pickaxe clicks upon a stony substance. A Changed Man; and other tales Then there was Christopher Runt wi' his pickaxe and shovel. Desperate Remedies While they were doing this a Man went by carrying hoes and a pickaxe, and he stopped and asked her why she was crying so hard. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 They asked him to bring a ladder, axes and pickaxe. The Peterkin papers You shall shoulder one pickaxe, señor, and dig for the liberty and prosperity of Guatemala. Cabbages and Kings Make them understand that every burden they lift, every time they wield the pickaxe, every blow they strike in their daily work, helps. The Devil's Paw At last in sheer annoyance I struck the sharp end of the pickaxe down into the soil, which was of a very hard nature. The Tale of Three Lions A small pickaxe and crowbar were lying upon a mound of freshly turned earth beside the chimney, where the rotten flooring had been torn up. Sally Dows He was closely followed by two peons, whom she recognized as his servants at the Mission, and they each carried a pickaxe. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories I looked again, and saw it was my general man—De Vega, the great revolutionist, mule-rider and pickaxe importer. Cabbages and Kings I long to give him a pickaxe, and set him on upon the roads. Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife Two of them, after some rummaging, which not a little alarmed Brown, produced a mattock and shovel, another took a pickaxe from behind the straw on which the dead body was extended. Guy Mannering With a hoarse cry to his followers, he crashed his pickaxe into the brain of Marshall, who stood near him, and sprang forward. The Three Partners Twenty paces from me was an inn, a frightful hovel, whose sign was a wreath of dried herbs hung upon a pickaxe. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Yes, 'twas that country I sailed against, single-handed, and endeavoured to liberate it from a tyrannical government with a single-barreled pickaxe, unloaded at that. Cabbages and Kings When Jones drops his pickaxe, and Thompson says "Shoo!" Complete Poetical Works This perilous labour so disheartened our workmen that some of them left us; to encourage the rest, I was slung up like them, and like them handled the pickaxe. Samuel Brohl and Company And on this understanding, Staines and Falcon were equipped with rifles, pickaxe, shovels, waterproofs, and full saddle-bags, and started, with many shakings of the hand, and many tears from Phoebe, for the diamond washings. A Simpleton All this falling carelessly from the unshaven lips of a dusty, roughly dressed man, with a long-handled shovel and pickaxe strapped on his back, and a frying-pan depending from his saddle. A Waif of the Plains These two emotions seemed to have made crevices in that solidly constructed face which the pickaxe of poverty was daily enlarging. The Brotherhood of Consolation The pickaxe of his criticism demolishes, it never constructs. Beatrix I renewed the operation in other burrows, always with the same want of success; I really wanted a pickaxe to achieve my object, but I was too far from any kind of house. The Life of the Spider From that moment he renewed his connection with the minister's enemies; he joined the party who were working for the fall of the Government; and as soon as his pickaxe had free play, it fell. Z. Marcas Have no fear," replied Monsieur Maleine, "his pickaxe may demolish the pavilion, perhaps, but it will leave our case intact. Mystery of the Yellow Room Michu, armed with his plan, verified the spots; each gentleman had brought a pickaxe, and the money was soon found. An Historical Mystery He went into the second room whither he had sent the men after they had completed their task, and said: "I wish one of you would get me a pickaxe." The Mystery of Orcival But to pursue the search systematically he would have needed a pickaxe, and reluctantly he gave it up and turned his attention to the lean-to and the buried stove. The Breaking Point That good man would think himself disgraced if he went into the poorhouse or begged for his bread; he would choose to die pickaxe in hand, out in the open, in the sunlight. The Country Doctor It was a provoking circumstance, and as to attacking this cliff, either with pickaxe or with powder, so as to effect a sufficient excavation, it was not to be thought of. The Mysterious Island One fine night he came to the place armed with a pickaxe, and by the sweat of his brow uncovered a succession of cellars, which were entered by a flight of stone steps. An Historical Mystery When the pickaxe was brought, he gave a single blow with it; the stones gaped apart, and betrayed a wide and deep hole between them. The Mystery of Orcival The pickaxe struck for a moment with a dull sound that drew out of Dantes' forehead large drops of perspiration. The Count of Monte Cristo Under the engineer's directions, Pencroft, armed with a pickaxe, which he handled skillfully and vigorously, attacked the granite. The Mysterious Island I have my pickaxe, and I shall soon make my way through this wall. The Mysterious Island He was one of those engineers who began by handling the hammer and pickaxe, like generals who first act as common soldiers. The Mysterious Island The pickaxe that had seemed so heavy, was now like a feather in his grasp; he seized it, and attacked the wall. The Count of Monte Cristo He approached the hole he had dug, and now, with the aid of the torch, saw that his pickaxe had in reality struck against iron and wood. The Count of Monte Cristo He advanced towards the angle, and summoning all his resolution, attacked the ground with the pickaxe. The Count of Monte Cristo The pickaxe was easily found, and the hole could be seen in a perpendicular line above the spot where it was stuck in the sand. The Mysterious Island At the fifth or sixth blow the pickaxe struck against an iron substance. The Count of Monte Cristo He attacked this wall, cemented by the hand of time, with his pickaxe. The Count of Monte Cristo Dantes inserted the sharp end of the pickaxe between the coffer and the lid, and pressing with all his force on the handle, burst open the fastenings. The Count of Monte Cristo Dantes struck with the sharp end of his pickaxe, which entered someway between the interstices. The Count of Monte Cristo This would have taken too long with the pickaxe alone, and it is known that Harding was an ingenious man. The Mysterious Island He had nothing more to do now, but with the iron tooth of the pickaxe to draw the stones towards him one by one. The Count of Monte Cristo He again struck his pickaxe into the earth, and encountered the same resistance, but not the same sound. The Count of Monte Cristo |
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