| 单词 | pine knot |
| 例句 | Biting my lips to keep from crying, I pick up my pine knot and return to the road and the dawn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The pine knot flares and throws off so much black smoke I do not see a fourth passageway on my left. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mercy’s spinning wheel faltered, and Rachel’s hand, lighting a pine knot, trembled so that a spark fell on the table unheeded and left a small black scar. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Judith, light a pine knot for him to see by.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Tough as a pine knot,” a friend had said of him. Patagonia’s Philosopher-King 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z At the appointed time Henry was on the spot; a thick fog had settled around as evening approached, and the two guides were obliged very soon to light their pine knots. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z A large number of pine knots had been collected, and a pile of pointed splinters, the object of which was apparent to them all. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z The pine knot sputtered low and he tossed it among the coals, where it renewed its blaze. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z But we've pine knots to light us, and kin follow the trace easy. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Once on the porch of the villa they were ushered into a large, low-ceilinged room at one end of which a fire of pine knots was burning brightly. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z With a sharp word to the leaping, raging hound, he dragged the recumbent body inside, shut the door, and lighted a bundle of pine knots in the fire-place. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z A golden-haired, blue-eyed girl who really sang—not shrieked as did Miss Pelter whose top notes in the church choir rasped Hunt’s nerves like a cross-cut saw dragged through a pine knot. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z A cheery fire of pine knots blazed a greeting from the hearth, while two long boards supported on trestles and covered with a shining damask cloth, represented the table of Pioneer days. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Seems to me that we should ha' done better to sit down and wait till morning, or lit pine knots and then followed. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z It was a wooden structure, and burned like a pine knot. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z "You are to light it, mademoiselle," said Andr�, handing me the flaming pine knot. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Talapa sat where he left her, not moving except once to shy a pine knot at a rat by the cupboard—and hit it, too, though she did belong to the sex divine. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z "The hired man is out, but if one of these sailor men will bring in some wood from the yard, I'll get some pitch pine knots and have a fire in no time." Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z He gathered a stock of pine knots, and, lighting one each night, lay down by the hearth, and read, oblivious to all around him. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z When it was all done Richard sat down to write by the light of a pine knot one of those letters that Joscelyn hated. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Old as he is, he is tough as a pine knot, wiry as witch grass, with great powers of endurance, good eyesight, good teeth; he has seemed less than seventy till this year. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Well, in dem days, us uses tallow candles for light and pine knots when candles am short. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z She am up way befo' daylight fixin' breakfast and supper after dark, with de pine knot torch to make de light. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z But ere his victim had time to strike, the furious, flaming, bristling face of the Honorable Pulaski was between them, and his elbows, hard as pine knots, drove them apart with wicked thrustings. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z He had a table of slate to eat from, handy by a bed filled with moss and dry grass, also pine knots for needed light. The Girl From Tim's Place Ted staggered after with a flaming pine knot flickering in his almost nerveless hand. Unexplored! They are certainly as tough as pine knots. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy Jean flung some pine knots on their fire, kissed her hand to Frieda and marched off, smiling wickedly at Jack, who was drawing as though her life depended on it. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series There isn’t any more gratitude in that sculch than there is in a pine knot. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Jack was studying the red, gleaming eyes of the pine knots, and the moccasin prints in the snow on the high divide seemed to gather again in the ashes. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter The next day when they went to see who had made them, they found a pine knot on which blood was still fresh. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia The brightness of the pine knots in the vast fireplace lighted up the room vividly. A Daughter of the Union Exclamations of horror and dismay were uttered; then pine knots were sought and lighted, and everybody crowded around the ruins. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" They carried pine knots and a lighted torch, by which they made their way for some distance, but the torch was accidentally extinguished and they groped their way in darkness and missed the entrance. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place The blazing pine knots sent a cheerful light into every nook and corner of the big room; the ponderous presses, and quaint old desk and bookcase, reflecting the warm glow from their polished surfaces. The Practical Joke The Christmas Story of Uncle Ned And there were great coal barges, filled with fat pine knots. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read The October air was chilly and the warmth of the pine knots was very acceptable. A Daughter of the Union As they come close to the surface, toward the fire of pine knots, the fisherman deftly slips beneath them a net shaped like those used for crabbing. When the Cock Crows All about the clearing the great pine knots flared and the lanterns burned steadily, making the entire place a glow of light. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest Two were carrying pine knots, and the third, walking behind, had a stick of blazing pine, which he was trying to shield from observation with his hat. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys He ran on before, waving the flaring pine knots over his head, and shouting. Cudjo's Cave He studied by the kitchen fire, not by pine knots, I fancy—that probably was the formula of a time just earlier. Old Crow President Van Buren was so poor, when a boy, that he was obliged to study his books by the light of pine knots which he gathered in the woods. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls "I saw a big heap of pine knots and thick chunks of wood piled in a heap back there," Dot yawned. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest Into this he thrust a pine knot heavy with pitch, and, carrying a bunch of matches in his hand, he led the way back of the fodder. The Eye of Dread A huge fire of fragrant pine knots blazed up a crude boulder chimney. Slaves of Mercury The Indians collected an enormous pile of pine knots and the resinous boughs of the fir-tree. King Philip Makers of History But while two of them were engaged in procuring pine knots, from which to make wax for shoemaking, they were discovered, and shot at by the Indians. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State There was a spicy fragrance of pine knots and hemlock. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia It was a pine knot, half burned, and he lighted it easily, advancing toward the spot where he had flung the shots he knew had silenced whoever had fired at the first match. Rimrock Trail I kindled up the fire and lighted a pine knot. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 In collecting pine knots go to fallen trees that are almost rotted away. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts His weather-beaten face looks hard as a pine knot; but a child would run to him at once, recognizing, with its own unerring instinct, the tender heart hidden beneath that rough outside. Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The kitchen was all aglow with the most splendid fire of pine knots it was ever my lot to see. Daisy After supper I lit a big pine knot and placed it in the side of the fireplace, so that the smoke from it would go up the chimney. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 “You wouldn’t take fire from a pine knot,” he said unsteadily. Mountain Blood A Novel "There's his hat on a big pine knot for a head, with his pocket handkerchief tied round it for a face, and great daubs of wheel grease for mouth, eyes and nose." When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine “Might be a heap worse,” Dud said while he was smoking afterward before the glowing pine knots. The Fighting Edge "I would take a pine knot," he said, "put it on the back log, pile my books around me, and lie down and read all through the long winter evenings." True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin I grabbed a pine knot that was handy and hit the beast on the head, and over it rolled. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 As soon as she woke up in the morning it was: "Oh, Li'l' Hannibal, fetch a pine knot and light the kitchen fire." The Book of Stories for the Story-teller The wind had ceased, the night turned chilly, and they let him lie down before the fire of pine knots. Frank of Freedom Hill Blazing pine knots stuck in the ground helped to show this maddened whirl, the very opposite of the peaceful, floating calumet dance. Heroes of the Middle West The French I take it for granted you didn't wave those pine knots to the stars. An Undivided Union They woke me up hunting me with pine knot torches. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Others built up little chimneys of pine every few feet, lined with pine knots and loose cotton, to burn more quickly. A Confederate Girl's Diary He shook Constance's hand until it ached, threw more pine knots in the fire and told her he wished it would rain every night if it rained down a nice little girl like her. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Taking a torch of pitch pine knots, he began searching round in the forest for the plant he desired, which he succeeded in finding very soon. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West At the foot of the wooden stairs she tied her boat, and offered to relight the pine knot, but he would not have it and made her grope up the ascent before him. Special Messenger By that time he must have known every pine knot in the varnished ceiling. Laramie Holds the Range Dem old pine knots would burn for a long time and throw a fine bright light. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 In her own room Judith laid pine knots upon the brands. The Long Roll "If I could find his flint and steel; there are pine knots, I know, in the corner—God in Heaven!" Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia He was a short, thick-set, scrubby, wiry nag, tough as a pine knot, and self-willed as a pig. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Sometimes dey'd drop dat hot rosin from pine knots on dose blisters. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives "That sounds good enough for me," remarked Giraffe, taking advantage of Thad's attention being diverted to softly toss another pine knot upon the fire. The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol While Landy brought in some pine knots and lighted a fire against the charred backlog, Davy wrestled the dufflebag open and began to take out the contents. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Landless rushed to the fireplace where he knew the tinder-box to be kept, and then groped for and found the heap of pine knots. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia In the meantime, the guide had searched for and found several pine knots. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Two hundred warriors sat motionless as bronze idols about their chief; two hundred naked bodies glinted back the pine knot's fitful glow. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV However, study like that of Webster, by New Hampshire pine knots; and like Garfield's, by a wood-pile; generally proves valuable. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Harry bent to the ground, and finding a pitchy pine knot, lighted it. The Cross-Cut I was as wild as a mustang and as tough as a pine knot, and the scrapes that I managed to get into were too numerous to mention. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson Suddenly, Hippy bent forward and when he rose his hand held a pine knot fully five feet long, the limb ablaze almost from end to end. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods He took a pine knot and killed the lead dog, hit him in the head and put him in a rotten knot hole of a hollow tree been burned out and just flew. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 He saw a large pine knot as he ran along, and paused to grasp it up. The She Boss A Western Story He cut a long pole, fastened a pine knot to the end of it and set it afire. Sergeant York And His People Entering the house, we saw, by the light of a blazing pile of pine knots, which roared and crackled on the hearth, that it contained only a single apartment, about twenty feet square. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The pine knots flickered, then flamed up, snapping and shooting out little streamers of reddish fire. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods When it returned the little face at the cab window was tense and somewhat pale beneath its tan, but the hand upon the throttle beside the engineer's lay steady as a little pine knot. Then I'll Come Back to You Hiram bounded to his feet and confronted the man into whose face he had thrown the pine knot, and who now was rushing him, brandishing a revolver. The She Boss A Western Story The kitchen was all aglow with the most splendid of fire of pine knots it was ever my lot to see. Daisy "That beats pine knots, don't it?" he asked, while Ralph noted with a new wonder the ease and rapidity with which Mr. Quigg managed everything. Ralph Granger's Fortunes Grace grabbed what was nearest to her hand, a pine knot, and hurled it at the ruffian. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods How marvelous the light of its clear flame, after "tallow dips" and "pine knots"! Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul “I had a pine knot, but I flung it away when I heard the noises.” The Green Door Several times around a bonfire of pine knots I entertained the men of the camp with stories of travel, history and romance. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Thus approaching, I discovered the flaring beacon to be a huge pine knot stuck into the earth wall, blazing right merrily. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France The young woman took her seat on the inside, while the old man, who was hardy and tough as a pine knot, took his place on the outside, right where you are sittin' now. The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives I stirred the dying embers, throwing on a pine knot for better light. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady From the pine knot of primitive man to the wonderfully convenient light-sources of to-day there is a great interval, consisting, as appears retrospectively, of small and simple steps long periods apart. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Thus this merchant vessel, now as inflammable as a pine knot, was made to resemble a somewhat formidable pirate ship. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts His reading was mostly done by the light of pine knots. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Omitting pine knots, which are rather out of vogue, modern home lighting includes four forms—candles, oil lamps, gas, and electricity. The Complete Home He got one fleeting glimpse at the man who was driving—a man with a face as hard as a pine knot. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Nevertheless, pine knots and similar resinous pieces of wood eventually were favored as torches and their use has persisted until the present time. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Señor Quiero had fires of blazing pine knots at the door. In Indian Mexico (1908) Yes, and as hard as a pine knot! For Woman's Love The air was foul, and the smoke from the blazing pine knots, having no direct outlet, rolled and curled and sank. The Grey Cloak The light from a little fire of pine knots, built on the ground outside, while illuminating the rough depot and platform, left the country beyond in deeper darkness. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War It was the duty of the watchman to keep these baskets supplied with pine knots. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Poor people often made light by burning pine knots, or bits of pitch pine chopped out of old stumps. Stories of American Life and Adventure They decided at once that the dining-room also was charming, with its cheery open fire of snapping pine knots, for the air outside was chilly. What Two Children Did The pine knots caught and blazed up, and I went back comfortably into my chair and laughed at him. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World Through the open door streamed the cheery light of a wood-fire, upon which pine knots had been freshly thrown. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Two centuries ago in a city like London a smoking grease-lamp, a candle, or a basket of pine knots here and there afforded the only street-lighting, and these were extinguished by eleven o'clock. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization This country was full of pine timber, and every slave had to prepare a light wood torch, over night, made of pine knots, to meet the overseer with, before daylight in the morning. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself Now, the next time one of those disturber fellows ties a blazing pine knot to your tail, you sit right down and gnaw the string in two before you start to run. The Ramrodders A Novel Jim had been busy during the day in picking up pine knots, and digging out old stumps whose roots were charged with pitch. Sevenoaks Some were furnished with iron pots containing sulphur, others with torches of pine knots, many with poles, and the rest with guns. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader The other blew the flames beneath the pine knots. Lewis Rand Pitch pine knots brilliantly illumined the hut in the evening. Christopher Carson Only the glowing, flickering pine knots stayed awake to watch the tired sleepers. Buffalo Roost When a light was needed a tallow candle or a pine knot was lighted. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Soon we saw it plainly, glowing among the trees; and, following its guidance, soon came to a cleared space, where stood a rude log cabin, in front of which burned a fire of pine knots. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir If boys, instead of going to bed after dark, wanted to read, they supplied themselves with pine knots, by the light of which, in a horizontal position, they pursued their studies. An Iron Will He's an old man, you know, even if he is tough as a pine knot. The Lady of Big Shanty After a great pine knot had been placed for the night log, the boys slipped into bed between at least a dozen blankets. Buffalo Roost At night pine knots or candles gave light. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 But then we come to a clearing, where the men are just lighting a fire of pine knots. The Song of the Blood-Red Flower The horseman that precedes, bears on his shoulder what is called a fire pan, full of blazing pine knots, which casts a bright and flickering glare far through the forest. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. The night was raw and a brisk fire of pine knots burning in an old-fashioned hall fireplace, made the place very comfortable. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator We had plenty litard—pine knots—they was rich to burn. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 For lighting purposes, pine knots and candles were used. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 When I was a child I picked up pine knots for torches to quilt and knit by. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 And in that weird, dark instant a light far more bright than that the flickering pine knots cast so dim and strange over the scene beamed forth from the altar flame of her own soul. The Sky Line of Spruce When they had finished their daily toil, they must hurry to eat their little morsels, and be ready to extinguish their pine knots before nine o'clock, when the overseer went his patrol rounds. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself We burned nothing but pine knots in the hearth. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 Then she led the way into the dense shadows of the castle, lighting their advance with a flickering pine knot. The Outlaw of Torn You'll find a fire already laid, in the fireplace, with fat pine knots that will blaze up at the touch of a match. Fanny Herself She was already wet to the skin, and her pine knots were nearly spent. The Sky Line of Spruce And he was as tough as a pine knot, and with the appetite of a wolf. The Jungle People talked as if, instead of ivory ring or coral rattle to develop their infantile teeth, they had bitten upon pine knots. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 "Yes ma'am, and I feel he has saved me from a lame arm—those pine knots are so heavy." Queechy Because, if it shouldn't be true—— But there was a fire laid with fat pine knots. Fanny Herself Then she hunted for pine knots taken from the scrub pines that grew in scattering clumps among the spruce, and which were laden with pitch. The Sky Line of Spruce The night was intensely cold, although in midsummer, and we were huddled around a little fire of pine knots, more than seven thousand feet above the level of the sea, close to the snow limit. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway She hastened upon the wings of the wind to her infallible resort, the wood-shed, and filled her arms up to the chin with pine knots. Men, Women, and Ghosts Although the day was hot, a small fire of paper and pine knots blazed on the hearth, crackling a cheery welcome to the newcomers as they entered. The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin Or, Paddles Down The fire's laid in the fireplace with fat pine knots that will blaze up at the touch of a match. Fanny Herself The pine knots flickered feebly; and by their light she looked about for Ben's axe. The Sky Line of Spruce Squatted beside the fire of pine knots and smoking silently in one of the tepees was Red Dog, a man of no mean quality among the little tribe. The Wolf's Long Howl But the pine knot that will burn is not so easily found. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Hastily seizing an axe in one hand and carrying a lighted pitch pine knot in the other, she hurried to the scene of action, and found Grimalkin feasting sumptuously on her plumpest pullet. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" "Really!" was all Anne said, as she turned to place another pine knot on the fire. Polly of Pebbly Pit After I had wakened my companions and we had broiled and eaten venison for a time, Johnnie and I rolled some logs together and gathered pine knots and made a good fire. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West Lanterns and blazing torches made of fat pine knots lit up the weird scene; and taking it in all, they would not have missed it for considerable. The House Boat Boys Jack struck a match, and with this lighted a pine knot. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Six of the lads at once started with flaming pine knots, while Archie returned to the entrance. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce A fire of pine knots blazes in the centre of a mound, and over it hangs an iron kettle, on a straddle, filled with corn-grits. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter He gathered a stock of pine knots," she says, "and, lighting one each night, lay down by the hearth and read, oblivious to all around him. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life And to crown all, when they were finally induced to resume their line of march, it was impossible to persuade them to extinguish the pine knots which they had lighted to serve as torches. The Honor of the Name The blaze of the pine knot flared from side to side as the sighing breeze arose from the brackish pools, protesting the vitality of even this moribund hades. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Two of their number, with blazing pine knots, led the way. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce He blew at the coals, threw on dry pine knots, and in a few minutes the flames roared up the chimney. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve After reading from it late into the night by the light of pine knots, Abraham carried it to his bedroom in the loft. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life There were no pine knots and no attempts at conversation till the leader asked: "Buckeye Pete, have you anything to say before you join your Maker?" Down the Mother Lode The Modoc rips and tears around out doors, most of the time, and consequently is as hard as a pine knot and as brown as an Indian. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) By the time supper was ended, the only light in the upper room came from the flickering flames of the fire of pine knots on the hearth. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest Old man, you look as hardy as a pine knot. Sixes and Sevens The fire upon the hearth seized on a pine knot and blazed up brightly, filling the room with light. To Have and to Hold In a huge corner fireplace, pine knots burn cheerily when the air is chilly. The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it "Oh, I'm a pine knot; you needn't worry." The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields One of the gleaming pine knots disengaged itself from the dark circle and moved to the centre, as Preble Key, cool and confident, stepped beside it. In a Hollow of the Hills "Sound as a pine knot," agreed the storekeeper, still reflective. Hiram the Young Farmer From over my shoulder came a sudden bright gleam of light from the house above, and I knew that Mistress Percy was as usual wasting good pine knots. To Have and to Hold He threw a large pine knot on the fire, which burned up brightly, and there the children saw a shadow on the sheet, a little bent figure with a broom over its shoulder. Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Very likely; but he's sent you a message by a boy who was gathering pine knots at the foot of his hill. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields A chill mist came inland, and Ruth kept pine knots burning in the fireplace. Lavender and Old Lace He sat down at his table and by the aid of the dim light from a pine knot he wrote a hurried letter to Betty. Betty Zane Next he made a bow of a stiff, curved stick, and a buckskin thong: a small pine knot was selected and a little pit made in it with the point of a knife. Rolf in the Woods Numerous blazing pine knots, fastened on sticks which were stuck into the walls, lighted up a scene, which for color and animation could not have been surpassed. Betty Zane The big room was brilliantly lighted with pine knots. Betty Zane Quonab put the bow thong once around the long stick, then held its point in the pit of the flat stick, and the pine knot on the top to steady it. Rolf in the Woods |
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