| 单词 | saw wood |
| 例句 | She watched a carpenter in his shop across the street sawing wood, sending chips flying. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I sawed wood and made a gable for the millhouse roof and shingles to cover it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The shelves on which they stood smelled of freshly sawn wood. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But he also described machines for pumping water, sawing wood and performing other industrial tasks. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If "Twin Peaks" is the sound of sawing wood, then Julee Cruise is the sound of a breaking heart. There's no more music in the air — "Twin Peaks" mourns the loss of Julee Cruise 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z The colors of the afternoon are brighter in a scene of two men sawing wood in a field. Books of The Times: New and Old Worlds Clash in James Sturm?s ?Market Day? 2010-04-25T22:23:00Z In my small town in Texas, most boys took shop class, where they sawed wood and bent metal. Sea of Love: A Father, His Daughter and the Boat He Made for Her 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z "I sawed wood, mowed the lawn, did some other work around house". In his basement, son designs prosthetic arm for father in Belarus 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Ancient humans used their versatile, improved tools for a variety of tasks, including butchering animals, scraping hides, sawing wood, and digging up edible tubers. How climate disruptions revolutionized ancient human toolmaking 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z He explained to his father-in-law, “They are two jobs, which I have done for money—being forced to it, as other men are to sawing wood.” Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The shipyard was lonesome throughout winter, but he was usually in the hull of the schooner drinking beer and sawing wood by lamplight, classical music echoing from a radio in his cabin. Redemption of a Lost Prodigy 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z By the end of the eleventh century, water power was being used across Western Europe to mill grain, process cloth, tan leather, saw wood and crush ore. Power through the ages At his prison, Tony said, prisoners are forced to work for no pay, sometimes in unsafe conditions – handling chemicals or sawing wood without goggles or the correct masks. Inside America's biggest prison strike: 'The 13th amendment didn't end slavery' 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The first course was served on a slab of sawed wood. The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z At a Malaysian-owned factory in the special economic zone, huge piles of sawn wood are being turned into doors and tables. Trying to get past oil 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z When oil prices started to bubble up, more people in the forest states saw wood as a desirable, locally sourced, cleaner and cheaper alternative. For New Englanders wondering why firewood costs so much this year, one word: fracking 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z “One of my most recent favorite quotes is, ‘If you want to build a ship, don’t gather people together and put half of them sawing wood and half of them measuring,’” Nettleman said. USD medical school dean brings calm to daily conflicts 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Blocks of sawn wood are scattered around it. Brutal Murder of Activists Raises the Stakes for Amazonian Tribes "We always say keep sawing wood, keep rowing the boat." Kansas State makes unscheduled arrival among college football elite 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z If the engineers need to weld metal or saw wood, they can do that in a giant machine shop. Silicon Valley's Most Hated Patent Troll Stops Suing and Starts Making 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z All morning I sawed wood for props; all afternoon I practiced lines; all evening I rehearsed. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z I saw wood in the house when I cannot go out, and eat grapes, of which I have always a basket by me.... Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z I’m going to lie low and saw wood. Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z I have already spoken about the two peasants with whom I sawed wood three years ago. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z I kin dig ’taters an’ saw wood a darn sight better’n I kin act!” Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Lyman Beecher could not preach his best on any day when he did not work hard at sawing wood or shovelling sand in his cellar. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z He had said nothing and he was devoutly hopeful that he would have a chance to saw wood. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z From that time on I made a few dimes each day sawing wood or shoveling coal and therefore got along splendid. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z By his power of imitation, he may learn to dig in the field, or to saw wood, or blow glass, or do other such mechanical work. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z I do not think this article will be much concerned with the great art of sawing wood; but the theme of it came to me while I was engaged in that task. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z You just shut up and saw wood, kid, and you'll see. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Would it not be better to set pupils at sawing wood? The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z There was an athletic carpenter industriously sawing wood. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z A labourer was sawing wood in the back-shed, and I saw through the windows of the little cottage by the gate a family at dinner. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The trick of sawing wood is to work within your strength. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z He belonged to the boy species that has learned to "shut up and saw wood," whatever that expression may mean. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z If you see him, don't speak to him; but just drive ahead and 'saw wood.' Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z After the "messieurs" who bow, come the "demoiselles" who curtsey; the workwomen who sew, the carpenters who saw wood, the washerwomen who wash linen, and a host of other folks intent on their different callings. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z And sawing wood at Amerongen all He thought of was of brains and monstrous hearts Which sent the phagocytes from America, England and France to eat him up at last. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z Many of the labors of human beings, common mechanics, such as cooperage, the work of the farmer, that of the miller, trundling the wheelbarrow, sawing wood, &c., were put into form by simple rhymes. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z The police may catch you and send you down to Dawson; and put you sawing wood for Queen Victoria. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z We sawed wood, we dug in the garden. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The doctor tells me I must live out of doors and saw wood.” The Idyl of Twin Fires Come along, young blowhard,' said he, 'as the first leaftennan has trusted your edicashun to me, we must saw wood at once, and see what we can make of that block of yourn. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 If he doesn't know the difference then, he had better get a job clerking in a hotel or sawing wood. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The Wood-pile was the prison, called so because the inmates, given hard labour, worked out their debt to society by sawing wood. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z "You don't mean you go around from house to house sawing wood?" Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck In addition to all this, he imitates many noises, such as the sounds of sawing wood, the slam of a door, and the whistling of the wind. The Speech of Monkeys The woodpecker pounded as if he would knock the house down, and the mice rasped at their old boots and rattled away like men sawing wood. First Fam'lies of the Sierras Gordon doesn't want to talk while he paints, pretending that in order to do his best work a man must bend all his energies to it, whether he is sawing wood or writing elegies. A Top-Floor Idyl In one part of the premises there is a steam-engine at work, sawing wood and turning machinery. Here and There in London Others raked up lawns, tended furnaces, cleaned cellars, sawed wood, and did a score of other varied chores. Under Boy Scout Colors Throughout his long career it has been his plan to "say nothing and saw wood." The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Then, from an old spinning-wheel which he found in the attic of the house, he made a machine that sawed wood and saved labor in the cabinet-shop. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 It was then that his kind master obtained for him the situation of lamplighter; and he frequently earned considerable sums by sawing wood, shovelling snow, and other jobs. The Lamplighter At the Asylum I saw wood, and pick peas, and pull out grass and weeds from the strawberry vines, and sometimes I sweep the yards. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part One was once known to write the inspector as follows: "Dear Sir,—I could make more money sawing wood than I can banking." A Canadian Bankclerk In fact, he worked a long while with these "ex-men;" like them, he sawed wood, and carried heavy burdens. Contemporary Russian Novelists Various raps, some objects brought in, and a noise rather like sawing wood. Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research Mr. Flint does them many a good turn—saws wood, and so on. The Lamplighter "I must tell you all about it some day," said Michael; and yet he never told her how he became rich, so as to be able to spend weeks on the island sawing wood. Timar's Two Worlds Those who commanded me during the war sawed wood for me, put on tiles, were my carpenters and masons. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 There followed days in which he sawed wood and enjoyed his afternoon refreshment, alternating with days in which he was idle and did without it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 During the months of strained relationship between our country and Germany, the Schwarz family had to keep their mouths shut and saw wood. Aces Up A little saw-whet owl, seeking, as I was, supper, swooped by on muffled wings, and sawed wood, saying nothing. A Mountain Boyhood In the language of the farm, Jim was simply sawing wood. The Spoilers of the Valley Soon after that the chiropodist and the manicure and the hair-dresser begin to saw wood; 21 then the grooms and second footmen. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry Gerhardt, now better, searched for work at the various mills, and finding nothing, procured a saw-buck and saw, and going from door to door, sought for the privilege of sawing wood. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel I had to bring up the rear of the column to-day—result: I didn't get in until early in the morning, only to find the other subalterns “sawing wood.” “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Could some beneficent creature of the night be out there sawing wood for her? The Backwoodsmen The occupants of this odorous place were sawing wood in an unsynchronous chorus. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Others made them split kindling and carry in wood, and even saw wood. A Boy's Town She was ashamed to own that he was sawing wood. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel You’ll be sawing wood yet!” he shouted to the driver, and strode up to help him back a horse. Red Men and White In the centre two broad-shouldered workmen were sawing wood for the winter, and in the soft sawdust several cleanly-dressed children were playing. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story It would also imitate the squeaks of the saw when the men were sawing wood. Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Not many of the boys really had to saw wood, though a good many of the fellows' fathers had saws and bucks in their wood-sheds. A Boy's Town These windmills are not only used to pump water, but they saw wood, grind corn, crush seeds, make paper, and do about everything else. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Besides drawing water, the windmills do a little of everything: they grind grain, pound rags, crumble lime, crush stones, saw wood, press olives, and pulverize tobacco. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) "He worked with us like a common man, and sawed wood!" An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Then as if a forgotten activity had come to her mind as an afterthought, she added gaily: “And sawing wood, I guess.” The Wall Between In virtue, in intelligence, in real worth, this half compare favorably with the other half who saw wood, and shovel sand, and pull throttles, and prepare briefs, and write sermons. Chapters in Rural Progress A man was sawing wood in the back yard and to him Jack addressed himself. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code August 25: Not much time to write diary on race like this, it's just saw wood all the time or lose. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Freshly sawn wood, placed in close piles during warm, damp weather in the months of July and August, presents especially favorable conditions for mould and stain. Seasoning of Wood "Listen to that old man sawing wood," one gaily-dressed young fop laughingly jested to his companion. The Unknown Wrestler "It is quite easy work, certainly,—much more to my liking than sawing wood, and some other things I could name." The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. He sawed wood in every spare hour with desperate energy to make up for the sinful extravagance of his new fifteen dollar suit of clothes. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West A protuberance on the surface of sawn wood. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "We do not talk much," he murmurs sardonically; "we saw wood." American Sketches 1908 As he was at work sawing wood from day to day, he laid aside small specimens of the different kinds; as oak, maple, beech, ash, fir, cedar, &c. Rollo's Museum The dog that digs out the woodchuck does not drift; he digs and barks, and saws wood, and by and by he has the woodchuck by the pants, and shakes the daylights out of him. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 He was sawing wood in an alley one Saturday morning where he could hear a girl singing in a bird-like way that was very charming. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West And then there is the play of “Two men sawing wood—one little boy picking up chips.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk "Hide your head and saw wood, you snake-eyed imitation of a man." The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility They prepared plots that would be sown in the spring, cleared and rolled paths, planted bulbs, and divided roots of perennials; they sawed wood, lifted rhubarb, and helped to prepare a mushroom bed. A harum-scarum schoolgirl I kept my mouth shut and sawed wood. Still Jim If you want 'o try it, I'll make an arrangement with you, that will be better than sawing wood anyhow, this winter, and you can keep right on with your studies. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Joe and the Highlander sawed wood, but the boy Lincoln in his bunk lay with wide eyes. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands I should have been on my guard, for the Forepaugh bunch just kept sawing wood and saying nothing, but whenever I met their press agent he gave me the quiet laugh. Side Show Studies Men of girth have been advised to saw wood; I wonder that they never have been advised to shine their own shoes—twenty-five times in the morning and twenty-five times just before going to bed. The Perfect Gentleman All right," said Mr. Snell; "I don't doubt you know; but as for me, I for one never happened to hear of anything that Uncle Capen did but whitewash and saw wood. The New Minister's Great Opportunity First published in the "Century Magazine" He thought, as he sawed wood in the back alleys of the town, and at night he toiled at his books. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Hearing this I assumed the American attitude and "sawed wood." As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home If they would but put me in prison for a year, and make me saw wood in the courtyard of the County Court, and clean the boots of the Lieutenant Governor. Debts of Honor We chopped and sawed wood every spare moment in winter and summer in order to keep the booming fires which were necessary all winter long. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The minister might narrate," said Mr. Blood, "what Uncle Capen said to Issachar, when Issachar told him that he charged high for sawing wood. The New Minister's Great Opportunity First published in the "Century Magazine" The trader opened a door which led to the back part of his premises, and shouted to a stout negro who was sawing wood there, and who came forward with alacrity. The Red Eric “Never heard of the chap—never mind—here’s saw wood.” The Pacha of Many Tales Cardboard images were made to saw wood, fiddle, or dance for hours together, the motive power being obtained from sand running through an inverted cone. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories “Be quiet; you are snoring away as if you were sawing wood.” Fitz the Filibuster Lumber is a general term for all kinds of sawn wood. Handwork in Wood The poor and friendless lad, George Peabody, weary, footsore and hungry, called at a tavern in Concord, N. H., and asked to be allowed to saw wood for lodging and breakfast. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune When they went there they found the old man sawing wood and apparently very busy. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Within a week, the men were all at work sawing wood from door to door at a dollar and a half a cord the women out by the day washing at a dollar a day. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom But you can fell and saw wood, and erect cottages that will suffice for present use, and serve as sheds when better times return. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS Bangs's, and Mr. Randolph's new secretary was sawing wood in Madam Bartlett's cellar. Quin Then he invented a wood-sawing machine and patched it together himself, and he really sawed wood with it. Chapters from My Autobiography "Nobody wants you to saw wood; you can do that afterwards." Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls It was a rig used for sawing wood for the locomotives. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Get some wood, then, and a buck saw, and saw wood for your own benefit. How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" Gladstone and Horace Greeley sawed wood or chopped down trees for recreation. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Oh, yes, you could, if you'd side-track some of your own theories and come down to sawing wood like the rest of us. The Price “I been plowin’ all my life and in the hot days I cuts and saws wood. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 The regularity with which he was "sawing wood" showed that he was as sound asleep as it is possible for a man to be. The Border Boys Across the Frontier But they do no good work that I know of; never saw wood, grind corn, cook, feed the hungry, or go to the help of poor anxious mothers at the bedsides of their sick children. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth The men sawed wood at a dollar and a half a day. The Canadian Commonwealth Some men were clearing at the back of my house, some were putting up a cook-house, and the teachers were sawing wood. Adventures in New Guinea He sawed wood in his shed by the light of a lantern hung on a peg. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel Everybody was represented, down to the man sawing wood in the basement for the furnaces. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Our part, since Colonel Duxbury saw fit to freeze us out, is to say nothing and saw wood. The Quickening A man's a tramp if he doesn't saw wood for his breakfast. The Big-Town Round-Up They grind corn, they saw wood, they pulverize rocks, and they are yoked to the inconstant winds and forced to contend with the water, the great enemy of the Dutch. The Harris-Ingram Experiment One side decides upon some action it will represent, such as sawing wood, washing clothes, etc., and thereupon represents the action. School, Church, and Home Games Jack's been sawing wood without resting for ten years. Mrs. Red Pepper Everybody, I mean, except Joe Lambert, and he had been so busy ever since daylight, sawing wood in Squire Grisard's woodshed, that he had neither seen nor heard anything at all. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors While the bankrupt tradesman rides in his carriage, his honest competitor is in the back yard sawing wood. Wise or Otherwise He shovelled snow and carried coal, sawed wood and helped the servants at whose homes he was employed. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays It was on his return from this visit that he spent a night at a tavern in Concord, N.H., and paid for his entertainment by sawing wood the next morning. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made The Count d'Artois says he would rather saw wood for a living than be king after the English fashion. Lazarre At Boston I went to work at sawing wood, sawing with the whip-saw, laboring in the coal-yards, loading and unloading vessels, &c. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America “I was at your place and you gave me a job, sawing wood, this summer.” The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play This Indian had come to her door while she was engaged in the very hard work of sawing wood. The Log School-House on the Columbia It is coming down a good deal, from a drug clerk to sawing wood, but I will get on top yet, and don’t you forget it.” Peck's Compendium of Fun They were also taught to know the different kinds of wood, bark, grain, and method of cutting and sawing wood for building and furniture purposes, etc. Camping For Boys It makes labor a lottery; it makes even sawing wood a species of gambling. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy With these windmills the people pump up water, and grind corn, and saw wood. Big People and Little People of Other Lands I'm clearin' three dollars a pair on the moccasins I cornered, to say nothing but saw wood on the boots. A Daughter of the Snows Townshead discovered that sawing wood was especially unsuited to his constitution. Alton of Somasco Adown highways unnumbered he had sawed wood, when necessary; received handouts, worn hand-me-downs; furnished infinite material for the wags of the comic press. V. V.'s Eyes Here Rutherford went into the service of the British consul, by whom he was employed in sawing wood. John Rutherford, the White Chief The gable ends of cottages often exhibit a very primitive windmill for sawing wood within doors. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 "Never heard of the chap—never mind—here's saw wood." The Pacha of Many Tales They seldom refuse; if they do, they are sent to the military post, where they are made to saw wood. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands The poor and friendless lad, George Peabody, weary, footsore, and hungry, called at a tavern in Concord, N.H., and asked to be allowed to saw wood for lodging and breakfast. An Iron Will Then he would resume "sawing wood" for his "Sharps and Flats." Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 "It is easier and quicker than sawing wood." Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake The rest of his financial necessities he was supposed to meet by sawing wood, mowing lawns, attending furnaces, and other such odd jobs. Analyzing Character But now, when I got warmed up from riding or walking or sawing wood, the pain left me altogether and I forgot it. Tales of lonely trails "Well," was the response, "I don't think that I could plow corn, but I could saw wood, hoe in the garden, do chores, or feed stock." The Mystery of Monastery Farm Circumstances, however, were ripening that would soon leave him no excuse on that score for not buckling down to "sawing wood," as for twenty-three years he was wont to consider his daily work. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 He sawed wood, and she took in washing. Isaac T. Hopper The field for the use of wind mills is almost unlimited, and embraces pumping water, drainage, irrigation, elevating, grinding, shelling, and cleaning grain, ginning cotton, sawing wood, churning, running stamp mills, and charging electrical accumulators. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 I was sawing wood one morning in the saddle house, and Umslumpogaas and his wives were sitting round about the door, dusting themselves. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 "Oh, he's just saying nothing and sawing wood," said Miss Jones, knowingly. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store "That's well enough to say, but don't you consider yourself above a man that goes round sawing wood for a living?" Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes He remained undisturbed for ten years, during which time he supported himself and family comfortably by sawing wood. Isaac T. Hopper A few days after this Squinty heard the noise of hammering and sawing wood outside the pig pen. Squinty the Comical Pig His Many Adventures Hence, if one shouted: 'Mary had a little lamb,' etc., the paper man would start sawing wood. Edison, His Life and Inventions The young brother's education—well, an extinguishing blight fell upon that happy dream, and he had to go to sawing wood to support the old father, or something like that? What Is Man? and Other Essays "And have to saw wood for a living," said Sophia, with another brilliant idea. Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes She took in washing, and he supported himself by sawing wood. Isaac T. Hopper He simply sawed wood—didn't care a continental whether there was a law prohibiting bruising bouts or not. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 This pulley was connected by a cord to a little paper toy representing a man sawing wood. Edison, His Life and Inventions They found the farm owner at work by his wood pile, sawing wood. Joe the Hotel Boy He had been sawing wood, and there was sawdust in his sleeves. Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes Soon after Daniel Benson became a free man, he gave up sawing wood, and opened a shop for the sale of second-hand clothing. Isaac T. Hopper I'd rather exercise sawing wood, making one pile grow little and the other big than to cast all day and catch nothing because there is not a fish to take. A Girl of the Limberlost A young queen may saw wood for the sake of exercise, but a queen of eighty-two stays at home with her cat and her spinning wheel. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations These articles were purchased in many instances by money received for sawing wood on the school holiday of Saturday. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Small kerosene or hot-air engines may be employed for the power at very slight cost, and will prove useful for other purposes, such as sawing wood or even operating the sewing-machines. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife In families that I know, some little girls like to saw wood, others to use carpenters' tools. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Jumping rope, playing handball, tossing the medicine ball and sawing wood are good forms of exercise and great fun. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency I remember the first money I ever earned was by sawing wood. Remarks There are also wax figures of Joseph sawing wood, and Jesus as a child, picking up the chips. Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published "But say nothing, only saw wood and come on." Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range "This smell of new sawn wood that fills the air, my lady." The Marquis of Lossie When I went back to that college as its president it was not remembered against me that I had sawed wood or driven a plough. The French in the Heart of America Dear Kid, shut your mouth and saw wood. The City of Fire In several instances, we saw horses in like manner made to saw wood, and admired the ingenuity of our cousins in turning to account every particle of power they possess. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States Anything by which I can earn a little; I don't care if it's only sawing wood. Jack's Ward Educated automobiles have been trained to shell corn, saw wood, pump water, churn, plow, and, in short, do anything required of them except figure out where the consumer gets off under the new tariff law. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) It was simply impossible for him to imagine that he was pulling in fish, or having any other kind of fun, while he was sawing wood, or even while splitting it. Dab Kinzer A Story of a Growing Boy How queer for Billy to go off sawing wood just now! The City of Fire He looked again at Gloria, at the fire; he saw wood piled near by. The Everlasting Whisper I wondered whether the laboring man worked eight or ten hours under my window; it seemed to me that he was sawing wood the whole twenty-four! Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals We never know how much we are valued until it is too late to fix our price, as the Irishman said, when he lost both arms and could no longer saw wood for his family. The Old Stone House Any honest work—even sawing wood—well done, is better than childish efforts to perform what, to us, is impossible. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century "There, mother, I guess I've sawed wood enough to last you, unless you are very extravagant," said Herbert, reentering the kitchen, and taking off his cap. Herbert Carter's Legacy Looking about for a confederate, his attention was drawn to a boy of sixteen who was sawing wood in front of a humble cottage half a mile from the village. Walter Sherwood's Probation Just then Sammy looked over to Farmer Brown's house, and there was Farmer Brown's boy getting ready to saw wood. The Adventures of Johnny Chuck When he came near he heard the farmer again sawing wood in the woodshed, and so he went softly up to the pig-sty and reached over and grabbed the little pig by the ears. Mother Goose in Prose Anything by which I can earn a little, I don't care if it's only sawing wood. Timothy Crump's Ward A Story of American Life He could also draw corks, saw wood, do a bee in a handkerchief, Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Certainly I ought to be able to earn five dollars a week, if it is at sawing wood. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life An orchestra of three pieces sawed wood steadily; and at intervals, to prove that these were gay and blithesome revels, somebody connected with the establishment threw small, party-colored balls of celluloid about. Europe Revised The farmer was in his woodshed, sawing wood, so he did not hear the pipes; and the farmer's wife was deaf, and could not hear them. Mother Goose in Prose A boy, for example, is sawing wood alone: this is work. Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success Can you chop wood or saw wood or play golf or do aught else that doth become a man of muscle, energy, life, vim, go, pep? Letters of Franklin K. Lane It was made of sawn wood and had a high-pitched roof of corrugated zinc, turned to gold by the sunset rays upon it. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life There was a family who had given leave to two poor men to come and saw wood, do chores, &c. True Stories about Dogs and Cats Her grandfather had sawed wood for the Hornsbys and an aunt on her mother's side had married a man who had been kicked by General Lee's mule. Rolling Stones Then he led the others away to fell trees and saw wood. This Country of Ours He had worked as a boy at every kind of range-work, and of all that humdrum waste of effort he had liked sawing wood best. The Man of the Forest But, anyhow, you saw wood, or bones, or whatever you have to do, and leave the rest to me. Cap'n Warren's Wards Furthermore, friends embarrass you when you get into public office, and try to make you conspicuous when you'd infinitely prefer to saw wood and say nothing. Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica I hope you will set type till you complete that invention, for surely government pap must be nauseating food for a man—a man whom God has enabled to saw wood and be independent. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) He "sawed wood" with a rapidity and uninterruptedness which gave alarm. Main-Travelled Roads "I could saw wood for you, Aunt Jo!" said Demi, feeling as if a new means of earning money for his mother was suggested by the story. Little Men In the name of all lunatics, Red, why sawing wood? Red Pepper Burns "Say nothing and saw wood," Palford had once been a trifle puzzled by hearing him remark casually, and he remembered it later, as he remembered the comments of Joseph Hutchinson. T. Tembarom Mr. Evarts once told me when I was visiting him at his country place that an old man whom he pointed out, and who was sawing wood, was the most sensible philosopher in the neighborhood. My Memories of Eighty Years Grant stops still and saws wood," said Lincoln "He don't talk a great deal, but he fights. The Path of the King In the early spring the Obrutchanovo peasants were sawing wood near the station. The Witch and other stories Many of those who happened to be seated when the attack commenced bent their bodies rapidly backwards and forwards during its continuance, making a corresponding motion with their arms, like persons sawing wood. The Black Death The Dancing Mania During all these wintry apostrophes, Barbara, cold at heart, sawed wood—the only appropriate thing she could think of to do. Options Experience in wood-chopping makes one a better chopper but does not necessarily increase his skill in sawing wood. Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business A man goes down cellar and saws wood, which he keeps for such occasions. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 |
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