| 单词 | small hours |
| 例句 | They were noisy until dark, then drunkenly noisy until the small hours. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Looking back now, it feels like we spent ages in that steamed-up kitchen after breakfast, or huddled around half-dead fires in the small hours, lost in conversation about our plans for the future. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept a vigilant watch, sometimes rising in the small hours of the night to gaze out at the moonlit lanes and hedgerows. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z His guardian returned in the small hours of the morning; he had a large plastic bag with him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In the small hours, we came upon an inn. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Desperation could be found much closer to hand—as close as the kitchen, where William stood alone in the small hours, brewing his pots of coffee. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They are the ones who stay the latest, through the small hours when most visitors have gone to seek their beds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He was drawing on it now, in a French barn, in the small hours. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I crept back into bed and lay there, contemplating the terrible sorts of fates that seem possible only in the small hours, until matins rang. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z In the small hours he got up and came to Frodo, whose turn it was to watch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was aware, in the night, of thunder and of lightning, although he did not wake; and then in the small hours of the morning he was woken by someone treading, awkwardly, on his feet. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was the small hours of the morning, when the parking lot was empty and the streetlights were still on. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Mama didn’t like the idea of me hanging out with Frank until the small hours of the morning. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She did not know how much later it was—perhaps it was in the small hours when she was sent to get fresh towels. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z That was three days after her second donation, when they finally let me in to see her in the small hours of the morning. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Gradually, in the small hours of the morning, the wind stopped flaying them and began to taper off. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Woolfson is not to be discouraged, however, and is often awake in the small hours in search of the elusive aurora borealis. Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-03-15T17:42:01Z Yet Kaplan is sharp with his next scene, as Sinatra blows off an Oscar party to walk the streets in the wee, small hours. 'Frank: The Voice': James Kaplan chronicles how Frank Sinatra went from good to great 2010-12-03T22:28:00Z She remembers staying up until the small hours talking about books with Michael "and smoking" – she laughs – and "not wanting to be anywhere else". Sarah Polley: 'Stories are our way of coping, of creating shape out of mess' 2013-06-22T23:05:32Z This year, the queue began to form 24 hours ahead of opening time, and swelled as people joined it throughout the small hours. Tussle in Toronto: get your hands on the hottest festival tickets in town 2010-09-17T11:18:00Z Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Any bleary-eyed Londoner overlooking exposed stretches of the District or Circle lines in the small hours of Sunday must have pinched themselves. Steam train back on tube track for 150-year anniversary celebrations 2012-12-16T19:00:03Z While working on previous records, Granduciel sometimes languished in the studio into the small hours of the morning. The War on Drugs Can’t Stop Searching for Answers in the Music 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z In the small hours of Monday morning, at an after-party at Garage, Das Racist reprised its set in slightly more manic form. Roughing It and Rocking It at a Mexico Festival 2010-03-23T21:28:00Z The small hours when a blanket of quiet smothers the city, but through the moth-eaten holes there’s the occasional lowing of a railroad in New Jersey, the distant Dopplered wail of an ambulance siren. Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z Couples drink, flirt, toss each other around, steal each others' partners and in the boozy wee small hours, tear off their shirts and skirts. A Broadway update, on the eve of the Tonys 2010-06-13T13:39:00Z The work often happens in the small hours when it’s coldest, and the job suits people who like isolation and quiet. Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing 2013-02-23T13:00:00Z A brief statement from the opera company said it expected talks to continue into the small hours. Met Opera in late union talks 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z There the party raged until the small hours, as snaps of Lady Gaga carousing with locals testify. Lady Gaga's entourage turned away by Australian pub 2012-07-06T10:17:12Z Bernie would often work into the small hours to produce the best performance possible, and he allowed the musicians to overrun their strictly allotted studio time. Bernie Andrews obituary 2010-07-20T17:08:00Z We found ourselves sharing the bar with a group of suited businessmen, who duetted with us into the small hours. Kyushu island, Japan: shrines and shugendo on the Kunisaki peninsula 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z That and a throbbing aggregation of electronic beats that barely relents until the small hours of Monday morning. Rockness – review 2013-06-10T17:03:53Z An independent mediator helped broker "tentative agreements" in the small hours of Monday morning after lengthy talks. New York Met Opera unions agree deal 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z But debate is sparked up and continues until the small hours when they mark Spark with a 7.5/10. This little book club went to the Hay festival 2010-05-31T18:00:00Z “The minute the Yale semester was over, he headed there, sat around in cafes and talked to people into the small hours.” John Merriman, Eminent Historian of France, Is Dead at 75 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z You can't find the blues on radio very easily these days, unless you hunt low down on the dial in the small hours of the morning. Can blues music survive the 21st Century? 2011-06-03T15:46:00Z He has not been seen since Sunday, March 23, when he was spied by a security camera leaving his apartment building in the small hours of the morning. The Search for Jay Ott, a Missing Brooklyn Designer 2014-04-02T20:02:11Z Guse's Kebabs feeds the hungry and stupefied as they tumble out on to King Street in the small hours. Wigan Pier 2011-02-20T00:04:14Z During the festival, bars can stay open until 5am, giving everyone from contemporary dance mavens to insomniacs the chance to while away the wee small hours, glass in hand. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z For this baby the world ended in the small hours of 25 August AD79. British Museum to showcase relics from Pompeii and Herculaneum 2013-02-24T15:21:57Z And if someone would sort out the public transport system, which is, by all accounts, a rather hair-raising experience in the small hours. New Europe: Poles dancing 2011-04-03T20:38:01Z Dance Lessons From Bounce Music’s Audacious Star The Bar 13 stage was tiny and crowded in the small hours of Friday morning, but Big Freedia saw plenty of room left to fill. Music Review: Dance Lessons From Big Freedia at Bar 13 2010-05-21T22:55:00Z In the small hours of Sept. 8, 1985, Mendieta plunged from the window of the couple’s Greenwich Village apartment on the 34th floor. The exhibition that has art fans in a fury: Our critic's take on MOCA's Carl Andre retrospective 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z In the old days, I used to follow the red blotches moving patchily northwards as the manufacturing cities declared in the small hours. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z Friendships have been made, arguments have carried on into the small hours and beyond. Stranded in Beirut, the Arab literary world takes wing 2010-04-19T14:25:00Z Some can’t deal with working in the small hours and the dark, and he counts on his hand the ones who’ve drifted off and not bothered to call or even resign this season. Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing 2013-02-23T13:00:00Z While he's no longer delivering babies in the small hours, he admits to being a bit unprepared for parenthood. Adam Kay: Social media hides reality of parenthood, says writer and comedian 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z A senior government source texted me in the small hours to herald what they saw as a "big win" that had been "unexpectedly smooth". Big win for ministers seeking solution to small boats problem 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Once, after a win against South Africa in Cape Town, we sung on top of Table Mountain in the small hours of the morning. 'If Australia win at Lord’s, the Ashes are done and dusted' 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In the small hours of a May morning, a camper on security heard the noise of power tools, hustled down the street to investigate and found someone trying to break into a convenience store. Love thy (homeless) neighbor: From fear to fellowship hosting Tent City 3 | Op-Ed 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Into the small hours of Monday, dozens of supporters remained at the headquarters, still celebrating. 'Sensational!' - Revelry follows Thai opposition Move Forward's lead in elections 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z You may not find yourself staying up late to finish it, but odds are, you’ll find yourself lying awake in the small hours, turning it over and over in your mind. Review | The story of Paula Cooper, who was put on death row at age 16 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Yet many lights are used in ways — unshielded and shining into the sky, blazing over empty parking lots through the wee small hours — that serve little purpose. Opinion | Artificial light harms our bodies and souls. It doesn’t have to be this way. 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z "On nights you stay in Wellington, you're probably still going to be up at daybreak and then maybe working to the wee small hours." Jacinda Ardern's burnout highlights the pressure world leaders face 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Afghan, Indian, Iranian and Pakistani nationals were aboard the dinghy, which left the French coast in the small hours of the morning, the refugee said. French authorities rescue 61 migrants including children in Channel 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Many will worship all night, traveling by foot, lit candles in hand, from one church to the next until the small hours of morning. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z On the road outside Calais, in the small hours of the morning, we met 17-year-old Sikunder and his friends, wrapped in survival blankets that glinted like pieces of silver in the dark. Calais migrants: Smugglers cause fresh problems for police 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “It was in the wee small hours of the morning, as Mr. Sinatra says,” says the 27-year-old. Hannah Einbinder still does stand-up. Here's why she expects to bomb. 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z But in the small hours of one morning, the Brahms rang. How Margaret Thatcher's secret Brahms phone was invented 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z "And if, in the small hours, you wake thinking about that, please remember you are in no way to blame." Reid Steele: Hospital order for Bridgend mum who drowned son 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z He also recalled how Regine's name "became synonymous with the crazy nights that lasted until the small hours" and how the singer herself "hit the dance floor until closing time". Regine: Singer, actress and self-proclaimed discotheque inventor dies 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z In the small hours of the morning, days such as Friday may remind us of the cold and darkness of winter. On our 40th day of spring, Friday seemed to represent the season well 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z In the small hours of Monday, the two sides agreed to a deal, and Twitter's board met to approve it later in the day. From weed joke to agreed deal: Inside Musk's $44 bln Twitter buyout 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Then, three days later, in the small hours of the morning, guards came to his cell and told him to pack up as he was being released. The African migrants who Italy accuses of people smuggling 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Every night, she works into the small hours with international partners to try to match up the dwindling supplies of insulin and glucose meters to monitor blood sugar levels with the overwhelming demand. Medics and volunteers try to prop up Ukraine's health system 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Eating at night can lead to higher glucose levels and more fatty substances in the blood, as the body is less able to break down and metabolise nutrients in the small hours, says Dr Bonham. The surprising links between what you eat and how well you sleep 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Madeley said afterwards: "I started to feel briefly unwell in the small hours of the morning and was taken to hospital as a precaution." I'm a Celebrity: ITV removed intruders during Storm Arwen security breach 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z "God forbid they see what I did," Latham squirms, just before the drums kick in and whisk her back to the small hours of the morning. Baby Queen: Meet pop's boldest, sharpest new voice 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z They left England in the small hours of Monday morning, and landed back in Rome together with the rest of Italy’s exultant and exhausted Euro 2020 champions not long after dawn. The Slog Is Over. Now a New Slog Begins. 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z When New York City shut down its famously 24/7 subways during the small hours of the night, the announced reason was to let crews conduct rigorous cleaning of all surfaces. ‘Hygiene theater’ persists, from touchless mustard to banned ice-cream cones 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z All across the city, as the 9 p.m. curfew part of the pandemic restrictions approaches, chairs and tables at bars and cafes that usually remain open until small hours get stacked and stored. A Very Strange Version of the Paris Night 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z With most Spanish clubs not welcoming revellers until after midnight and staying open well into the small hours, the proposal got a lukewarm welcome from the sector. Spain permit limited nightlife in regions with COVID-19 under control 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z They set sail in the small hours of April 16, southeast at first down the Potomac River to get around southern Maryland. Desperate for freedom, 77 enslaved people tried to escape aboard the Pearl. They almost made it. 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Stock futures in the small hours on Friday pointed to steadier equities trade in the United States, but if that changes, investors may expect a response. Analysis: Global bond rout turns up the heat on central banks 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z But, speaking in the small hours in his home state of Delaware, Biden insisted: “I believe we are on track to win this election.” Far too close for comfort | First thing election special 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z EU leaders broke the impasse following a summit dinner in the small hours of Friday in Brussels. EU hits 40 Belarus officials with sanctions, spares Lukashenko 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Whether you're reading this with your morning coffee, just after lunch, or on the late shift in the wee small hours of the morning, it's 100 seconds to midnight. This vanishing moment and our vanishing future 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z After the ship sent a distress signal in the small hours of Wednesday morning, Japan scrambled three patrol planes and four Coast Guard boats. Cattle Ship Capsizes Off Japan, Leaving Dozens of Crew Members Missing 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z This is a companion for the wee small hours. Nina Simone: where to start in her back catalogue 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z After finishing work in the small hours, he went back to his cabin. The 'last cruise ship on Earth' finally comes home 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Once the bats were trapped, the researchers took blood and saliva samples, as well as fecal swabs, often working into the small hours. How China’s “Bat Woman” Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Often he sleeps in a chamber near the king and Henry wakes him in the small hours and asks him questions about treasury receipts, or tells him his dreams and asks what they mean. The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel – read the exclusive first extract 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z His mother broke the silence with a video post in the small hours of Friday. Virus storytellers challenge China’s official narrative 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Away from the downtown core Maxim and Lady Gaga anchored the party scene as celebrations raged into the small hours of the morning. Headaches but no hangovers as Miami gears up for Super Bowl 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The Mail front page carrying this unproven and since denied allegation dropped around 10pm, then British Twitter stayed up laughing about the #BaeOfPigs until the wee small hours. Five things Ed Sheeran has ruined (aside from music): the decade in lists 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Evening ties routinely ran into the small hours and on Wednesday Italy and the United States played until 4.07 a.m. — the second latest finish in professional tennis. Solid start but Davis Cup needs tweaks to thrive 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Barcelona suffered its fourth and worst night of violence on Thursday as pro-independence supporters clashed with police and right-wing groups in running battles well into the small hours of Friday morning. Clashes escalate in Barcelona as Catalan president blames 'infiltrators' for violent protests 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “This is Grigor’s moment and not my body’s moment,” he said in the small hours, when witnesses to the fall had long gone. Roger Federer’s talent may be immune to time but his body is not | Kevin Mitchell 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Twenty-five people have died and another nine are still missing after a scuba diving boat was engulfed in flames and sank off the coast of southern California in the small hours of Monday morning. US briefing: Hurricane Dorian, California boat fire and death penalty 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The new hourlong documentary “Nightshift” profiles a baker, a janitor and other Angelenos who ply their respective trades well into the wee small hours. What's on TV This Week: 'Secret Lives of Cheerleaders,' 'Steven Universe' and more 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z How many substandard spaghetti westerns did I watch in the small hours, with the cat my only companion? Stewart Lee book extract: ‘My work became increasingly angry, bitter and incoherent’ 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z That session, now known as the “Woodstock of Physics,” lasted until the small hours of the morning, the temperature in the room climbing as one scientist after another shared their findings. The "Woodstock of Physics" Is Finally Living Up to Its Promise 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Because we wear shoes nearly all the time, our soles are tender — any parent will attest to the pain of treading barefoot on a Lego brick in the small hours of the morning. Why callused bare feet are a better fit than cushioned shoes 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Leibowitz’s playlists were outliers, and he moved to a weekly shift in the wee, small hours. Bo Leibowitz, longtime KCRW 'Strictly Jazz' host, dies at 74 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z It all started in the early 1990s, in the wee small hours of weekend mornings, in the parking lot of Bethpage State Park. The golfers of Bethpage: How one of the most unlikely clubs in America became one of the most competitive - Golf Digest 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The European Union’s three governing institutions — the Parliament, Council and Commission — reached agreement in the small hours of 20 March on the outline of the EU’s next seven-year research-funding programme. EU’s biggest research programme yet takes shape 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The crowd swelled with anger and mourning until the small hours of the morning. Where are George Clooney and co now that Sudan needs them? | Nesrine Malik 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z The security officials said Zeinoun was dying when monks went to his cell in the small hours to fetch him for vespers. Egypt prosecutors probing monk's death in desert monastery 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z It was deep into the small hours of Wednesday morning when he arrived back at the steps of his hotel, the Hotel de Russie, around the corner from Piazza del Popolo. James Pallotta Soaks In Roma’s Stunning Win 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Today Mr Macron runs France, but it is the same urge to shine that keeps the lights on into the small hours at the Elysée. Macron’s marvellous manoeuvres 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Five and a half hours of no-frills bloviating on the air in his trademark “New Yawkese,” followed by another five hours of focused game-watching into the small hours of the night. Mike Francesa Won’t Be ‘Back After This’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z In the small hours of the morning another general announced on television that the army was in charge. How Robert Mugabe held on to power for so long 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z The Soviet dictator would often watch Westerns into the small hours, reappearing at lunchtime the next day. “The Death of Stalin” is a precarious comedic experiment 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Their football banter carried on into the small hours, and when the mother awoke, she joined in - she was Spurs, too. I'm a man and a midwife. Are you OK with that? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Phone calls with peers frequently last into the small hours of the morning, and on the rare occasions when Lonzarich goes to a conference, he invariably attracts a mass of fellow attendees. A quantum pioneer unlocks matter’s hidden secrets 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Even as a teenager, I’d be up into the small hours, practising, getting a little lick on my guitar, figuring out how it went together. Ronnie Wood: ‘Bowie’s death especially affected me – we were the same age’ 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Guest list-wise, then, I’d say Capote just about had the edge, even if he did break off from conversation with Greta Garbo to beg Sinatra not to leave in the small hours. Too much love: Nigel Farage and friends have a bad boys' ball in DC 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Fitting research alongside running the company now means saving science for the small hours of the morning, something Hassabis says he doesn’t mind. Nature’s 10 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z In a small city north of Tel Aviv, in the small hours of the night, Avrahaum Segol, a New Yorker who emigrated to Israel 15 years ago, makes call after call back to Washington. Pizzagate: From rumor, to hashtag, to gunfire in D.C. 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z In the small hours, I began to bleed. Aftermath: Sixteen New Yorker Writers on Trump’s America 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z In excerpts from an interview to be broadcast by CBS on Sunday, Trump discussed the call he took from his Democratic opponent in the small hours of that morning. Hillary Clinton blames Comey letters for election defeat, reports say 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z It all seemed reminiscent of the drama that British voters had experienced when in the small hours of 24 June it became apparent that a majority had voted to leave the European Union. US election 2016: The Trump-Brexit voter revolt - BBC News 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Like so many others, I spent the small hours of Wednesday morning listening to and trying on numerous theories about what went wrong. We deserved this, America — and now we have no idea what the hell to do about it 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z While a night cap might help you nod off it is “almost guaranteed to wake you up in the small hours,” he adds. Struggling to sleep? Five tips for insomniacs 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z In the small hours of Wednesday morning, it was the turn of two hospitals to be hit in the dark. Darkness and fear in Aleppo as the bombs rain down 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Dahl found it difficult to sleep, and in the hushed semi-darkness of the wee small hours, we would chat. How family tragedy turned Roald Dahl into a medical pioneer 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The dynamite, packed into a pipe, exploded in the small hours just before dawn. Car bombs, corruption and illegal betting – how football in Cyprus spiralled out of control 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z “It was probably the best win of my career,” Evans said at a press conference in the small hours of Friday morning. Andy Murray happy to ride the storm as he prepares for US Open third round 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Rockefeller’s replacement, Bob Dole, was chosen during a small hours before the convention deadline. Why the Running-Mate Picks Matter 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The adults would celebrate my birthday by getting gloriously drunk and dancing till the small hours to the latest Boney M records. I was a refugee boy from Baghdad – don't play immigration 'fear card' 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z After the final, as German fans trolleyed pints of Happy until the small hours, residents of Brussels complained to one policeman about the noise. France ‘84, Holland ’88, Spain ’08: who are the best ever Euros team? 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z But for bankers, particularly juniors, who frequently find themselves working into the small hours on Fridays and at weekends, the diktat may bring some relief. Credit Suisse seeks to make Friday nights special for staff 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The Cairo I knew didn’t sleep, its streets traffic-choked and alive with workers, shoppers and families until the small hours. Generation revolution: how Egypt’s military state betrayed its youth | Rachel Aspden 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z There was a time when a night on the town meant dancing into the small hours in a nightclub. Calling time on nightclubs in the UK - BBC News 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The Brixworth plant is active and working 24 hours a day, with night-shift workers keeping it going through the small hours. Inside Mercedes' top-secret Formula 1 engine factory 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Ella, part of that backroom team, remembers Jones also shoving hard copies of his tactical thoughts under his hotel room door in the small hours. Eddie Jones: Meet England's new coach for Six Nations 2016 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The computer where he played games into the small hours, keeping his exasperated mother awake, was half hidden by a mound of papers. The missing: what have they done with our sons? | Lily Hyde 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Are they meant to sit with the law books in the wee small hours of the night and read the legislation and try to interpret it for themselves? Northern Ireland medics fear prison over abortion advice 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z You can’t remember everything when you get up in the small hours. South Africa v England: second Test, day one – live! 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Still, it seems an oddly lonely image: sitting in an empty building in the middle of nowhere in the small hours. Prince: ‘I was right about the internet – tell me a musician who’s got rich off it’ 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z His answer came in the small hours of the following morning when they arrived in the small village of Crosshaven, south of Cork city, where the Labardie Fisher was docked. Revealed: trafficked migrant workers abused in Irish fishing industry 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The company published the figures in the small hours of Tuesday, a week earlier than planned, to keep markets informed of its progress. License sales help SAP operating profit to beat forecasts 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z It happens during yet another flashback, in the small hours, with rain bathing the windows like floods of tears. “Steve Jobs” Loves a Genius 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z You can’t remember everything when you get up in the small hours. South Africa v England: second Test, day one – live! 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z She gassed herself in the small hours of 11 February 1963, making sure the children were safe. Sylvia Plath’s suicide note - did it name a final lover? 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Then in the small hours of the morning they’re crammed into lorries – hundreds of people in each – and driven through the desert to the Libyan border. A day on a refugee rescue ship: 'this job must be done, there must be no sinking' 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z In the small hours of tomorrow morning, there’s a fair chance that for an hour or two, the moon will turn red. Middlesbrough v Leeds United: Championship – live! 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z In the small hours of the morning, jihadist guerrillas killed three traffic policemen in Grozny and then took over the Press House, a glass-faced block that houses Chechnya’s state media. Putin’s closest ally – and his biggest liability | Oliver Bullough 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Others log on in the very small hours hoping for an early data release. Heads teachers also face results day nerves - BBC News 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z They did so with style, even in the sweltering heat that barely dropped below 90F in the small hours. In Harper Lee's town, fans wait for midnight at the Ol' Curiosities & Book Shoppe 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, the day after the state Senate approved a flag-removal bill, the House took up the matter in a contentious debate that stretched into the small hours of the morning. Bush Hits a Nerve With Workers, GOP Hits a Nerve With Trump 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z In the small hours of tomorrow morning, there’s a fair chance that for an hour or two, the moon will turn red. Middlesbrough v Leeds United: Championship – live! 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z “White smoke” it said had still not appeared despite negotiations being drawn out into the small hours. Greek crisis: No deal despite creditors' ultimatum - live updates 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The loading of the ship took several hours, and lasted until the small hours of the following morning. An extraordinary escape: survivors of migrant boat disaster tell their stories 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Crowds of New Yorkers swarmed his house, hoping to witness the swearing-in, which happened in the small hours of the morning. New York Today: Don't Get Stuck 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “As I said in the small hours of this morning, we will govern as a party of one nation, one United Kingdom.” In U.K. election’s wake, questions on E.U., Scotland 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Near the port of Vlissingen, authorities were preparing to refloat a 300 meter container ship that ran aground in the small hours near the port of Vlissingen on the Belgian border. Air and sea traffic disrupted as 120 km winds batter Netherlands 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z “White smoke” it said had still not appeared despite negotiations being drawn out into the small hours. Greek crisis: No deal despite creditors' ultimatum - live updates 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z A fine disc to just toss on the player — er, iPod — and skank along till the small hours. New rock music albums worth a listen 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z In the small hours of the morning an elderly patient, George, who is 93 years old, arrives at A&E. A&E struggles with elderly patients 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z But in the small hours, unmarked military trucks drove up filled with heavily armed men. How Russia outfoxes its enemies 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z However, despite the daytime quiet, Farish still vibrates with some nightlife thanks to F. Jones Corner, an after-hours do-drop-in that features local blues acts well into the small hours. Visit Mississippi: History, brews, blues flow in Mississippi 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The horses arrived in the small hours of the morning on Friday. The Horses in Central Park Are to Show, Not Work 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z In an interview with The Independent in 2008, Salmond fondly remembers how Hogmanay celebrations, which fell on his birthday, invariably ended in a political debate in the small hours. The Alex Salmond story 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z In the small hours of 14 April, the volcano had gone from its previous state — picturesquely spitting out lava — to violently spewing plumes of ash high into the atmosphere. Scientific advice: Crisis counsellors 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the announcement of the referendum result at the Royal Highland Centre in the small hours of Friday 19 September was a political earthquake. Scottish independence: Remember 2014, the last golden summer of the old Britain 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z In the small hours of Thursday Israeli air strikes continued to shake Gaza and rockets kept flying into Israel, each side said. Israel and Hamas agree short ceasefire 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z After several hours in a coma, he was declared dead in the small hours of the morning, as his desperate mother, Rebecca, tear-stained and confused, explained to the press waiting outside. Why I wear the education minister's watch 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z I looked after her party all evening and in the small hours, she acknowledged me with grace and gratitude. Maya Angelou's majesty, according to you: 'how can you love someone if you don't love yourself?' 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z One entry in the small hours of the morning describes some of the problems he's tried to help people with in his weekly surgery in Bristol. Standout moments from Tony Benn's diaries 2014-03-18T04:27:54Z But the discussion went on into the small hours, and Prof Higgs went to bed early. Early night cost Higgs physics glory 2014-02-18T00:52:33Z Over the ensuing years, until Jackson's death in 2009, Lane met regularly with the star, usually slipping into his mansion in the small hours to avoid the press pack parked outside. Been and Gone: Smokey and the Bandit director and the world's tallest dog 2013-11-01T00:25:11Z The former president once started a speech on a Thursday evening and finished in the small hours of Friday. Egypt TV satirist returns to the military 2013-10-27T21:56:39Z In the small hours of Tuesday, the mall was quiet after a day in which the flow of survivors escaping the complex slowed to trickle. Militants hold out as Kenya forces try to crush cross-border jihad 2013-09-24T00:27:19Z Years later, after Labour's fourth consecutive defeat in 1992, he muses in the small hours of the morning on his alienation from Westminster politics and the need to reconnect, campaign and influence people for change. Standout moments from Tony Benn's diaries 2014-03-18T04:27:54Z Even before the final results were known, in the small hours of the morning, police and troops were on the streets to forestall demonstrations. Is war with Iran inevitable? 2013-09-15T12:30:00Z It was just two months old when Joseph Gallo’s sedan pulled up in the small hours of April 7. Crime Scene: After 4 Decades, Memory of a Mob Killing Still Draws Gawkers 2013-09-07T02:43:41Z She has always been “a night person,” she said, but she has worked even later into the small hours since her husband, Martin D. Ginsburg, a tax lawyer, chef and wit, died in 2010. Court Is ‘One of Most Activist,’ Ginsburg Says, Vowing to Stay 2013-08-25T03:01:30Z She wrote the books in the evenings, persevering well into the small hours. Mum's erotic novel outsells Dan Brown 2013-07-26T01:19:22Z The magnet began its long journey in the small hours of Sunday night. A precision particle physics experiment is moving home 2013-06-25T13:21:21Z We eat lunch in the small hours, in a break room where the reading material runs to day-old sports pages and a dog-eared copy of “God’s Plan for You.” Essay: Cleveland Sports: Disappointing Fans Since 1964 2013-05-13T17:35:10Z It seems unlikely that Martin Caceres will be ready to return that soon, however, after he was involved in a serious car accident while driving home in the small hours of Sunday morning. Serie A: Rome's original Papa Francesco thrills his congregation 2013-03-18T10:14:35Z In the small hours of the morning after the game, he was with a group that became involved in a fight outside the club. Baltimore's Ray Lewis has one last chance of glory in Super Bowl XLVII 2013-02-01T17:06:00Z I even leave the blind up, so that when I wake in the small hours I can contemplate the Shard under different light and weather conditions. Staring at the Shard 2013-01-18T18:13:13Z The European champions had hoped to return to London immediately after Sunday's final of the Club World Cup against Corinthians, arriving back at Heathrow in the small hours of morning. Chelsea's preparation for Leeds game hampered by delayed flight 2012-12-15T23:00:08Z Once again, the climate talks dragged on into the small hours, way past their scheduled finish time, and descended into acrimony — even with so little of substance on the negotiating table. Words are not enough 2012-12-12T18:20:01.647Z And to cap it all, in the wee small hours of the very next morning I got my very own personal tour of the Radio 2 studios. Readers' cultural picks of 2012 2012-12-09T19:30:01Z There was no music in his life in the small hours of Sunday morning. Juan Manuel Márquez looks to future after knocking out Manny Pacquiao 2012-12-09T12:14:21Z There is a simple reason they have to endure such a cruel farewell, as Hatton acknowledged in the small hours of Sunday morning. Ricky Hatton can be ranked among the best of British boxers 2012-11-25T13:00:15Z Only after protracted talks at the Mercedes headquarters in Stuttgart did word come in the small hours of Sunday morning that their remaining cars should be withdrawn. John Fitch 2012-11-22T17:55:07Z He recalled hearing the gallows opened as fellow prisoners were executed in the small hours of the morning, and alleged being tortured himself. Cypriots seek recompense over British 'torture' 2012-11-20T00:03:36Z In the small hours of Monday morning, he left the O Arena a loser. Andy Murray's dignified exit amid the boorish detractors 2012-11-12T16:26:28Z In the small hours of the morning, I was driven home in a battered blue and white taxi. Addis Ababa's 'cupcake divide' 2012-11-10T11:26:20Z In the small hours of Friday, an extraordinary final journey on the ground on the US West Coast began for retired space shuttle Endeavour. In pictures: Space Shuttle's final journey 2012-10-14T09:19:10Z Otherwise, I might have been deprived of Nelson's interesting view that "fifty per cent of boxing is 90% mental", a calculation that, in the wee small hours, made me buckle, much like Amir. Sky gives the full gun to feast of worm drowning 2012-07-15T21:58:01Z He had gone into central Birmingham in the small hours of 10 August to film the desolation after a night of rioting. Rioters reflect on 'daftest mistake' 2012-06-29T22:57:51Z When Poland started at pace, the atmosphere was feverish but the scene in the small hours told its own story: empty glasses littered the deserted fan-zone; the locals were subdued. Euro 2012: Petr Cech keeps the beard after close shave against Poland 2012-06-17T23:06:06Z You may criticise him as a singing bird, and he is rather monotonous along in the small hours of the morning. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The small hours begin to lengthen and it would seem time for the women at least to be in their homes. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z In the small hours of the morning, sheer fatigue brought me to a halt by the side of a spring of clear water, bubbling forth from the earth. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z The police had made sundry inquiries among the fishing people in the poorer part of the town, and had learnt that the smack "Marigold" had put to sea in the small hours of the morning. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z But to wake on the downs in the small hours is a trifle compared with waking in a cathedral any time between dew and dawn. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But the old tavern loft rang with merriment until the small hours of the night. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z We shall have to wait till night falls before our regular customers will begin to drop in, and then we shall be busy until the small hours of the morning. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z He went up the stairs three at a time to catch up his baby, who had a way of wandering, with half-awake wailings, out of her crib in the small hours. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z The thing that he had foreseen and feared, that had haunted him in the small hours and been as it were a death's-head at his feast, was taking shape. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z No people in the world work harder by day, and no people in the world are more inclined to talk, laugh, quarrel and gamble throughout the night, into the small hours of the morning. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z There are not many books written nowadays that will keep a tired man up till the small hours of the morning. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z It was in the small hours that he awoke to a realisation that he had made up his mind in the matter. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z On the 27th the retreat was resumed, the troops starting as usual in the small hours of the morning. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z There was an end of uneasiness, of anxiety, of the alarm that assailed him in the small hours, of the forebodings that showed him stripped of title and income and consequence. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z They arrived at Kwang-Chin in the small hours of the morning, and Frank could not persuade the fisherman to take him any farther. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z In the former case the patient, who has gone to bed apparently in perfect health, awakes suddenly from a sound sleep about the small hours of the night to find himself in a severe chill. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Troubles had been gathering upon him for days, there had been a sort of concentration of these hosts of Midian overnight, and in the grey small hours Kipps had held his review. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Captain Dove grinned spitefully at him through the gloom of the small hours. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Sometimes they would chatter till the small hours, but to-night they were silent, sleeping heavily after their toil. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z He was living like an anchorite, fasting and working hard, surrounded by books and manuscripts all day and night, and far into the small hours of the morning. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Few Northern New York folk along the road went to bed until it returned, which was always well into the wee small hours of Monday morning. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z In the small hours Kipps lay awake at the nadir of unhappiness and came near groaning. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z It is not as a rule for good that men whisper at dead of night, nor to say their prayers that they steal from their beds in the small hours. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z They passed the night on the canoes, and in the small hours, when the natives were asleep, Mr. Martindale insisted on continuing the story broken off the night before. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Reaching my room I sat into the small hours looking over my notes, jotting down new ones, smoking and thinking. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Nor did anyone, it would seem, gain speech with him, until the small hours were well advanced. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Why, even his mother might have taken to gin-drinking in the small hours of the morning! Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z To have the best introduction to London I should like to think of the visitor coming upon it, as I did for the first time, in the "small hours" of a clear May morning. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z When the small hours come in, the company may adjourn to the sala for dancing and music, but conversation under cover of these gushes on more impetuously than ever—the Castilian art of arts. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z To-night, or perhaps in the 'small hours,' we will talk over matters again, and I will explain myself further. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Ibrahim allowed his animals to finish their interrupted rest during the small hours, and the travellers started again at dawn. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z As she went up to her room she heard his voice through the door, and once she waked up from her sleep and in the small hours she again heard his voice. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z His staff were lucky if, after a long day spent in the saddle, he could be persuaded not to dance into the small hours. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z It was in the small hours when Austin wakened, and, listening a moment, stretched his aching limbs with a little sigh of content. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Into the small hours, professional dancers in exotic clothing gyrated atop platforms. In a Romney Believer, Private Equity?s Risks and Rewards 2012-01-21T21:38:34Z In many a talk into the small hours and even into the dawn, Fiske did most of the talking; and yet in such a way that nobody thought of his monopoly of it until afterwards. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z All that week the House had been sitting into the small hours. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z It was during the small hours of the morning that the barber, loaded with the heavy treasure, knocked at the door of his house. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z I have known these story-telling jousts to continue long after midnight—in some cases till the very small hours of the morning. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z The small hours of the morning came, and went. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z In the silence of his bedroom, far from mankind, influenced by the lonely mystery of the small hours of the night, which puts a certain vagueness in things and ideas, he felt an enormous self-aggrandizement. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z That night the boys sang college songs far into the wee small hours of the morning. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z That is a useful skill when the world is hanging on summit outcomes, but often over the past year an agreement forged in the small hours leaves loose threads that quickly unravel, undermining confidence. Europe's Leaders and the 'March of Folly' 2011-12-29T22:18:41Z His spooning ran into the small hours of the morning, night after night. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z The largest carriage was used that evening, as Don Rosendo and Pablito, who were dining in town, were to return with them in the small hours of the morning. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z In the small hours of the night he wandered about the house, making invocations to the moon, and praying it might watch over the dreams of his love. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z In the small hours of the morning after Ananda's interview with Dorama, the usual routine had been observed, while scarcely a word passed between the two. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z It was not until the small hours of the morning that I sought my couch, for my mind kept working on the thoughts which agitated me after witnessing the death of Corte's daughter. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z There are so many more people than tubs that there is no rest for the attendants even in the small hours of the morning. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z Owing to the intense heat which prevails in those countries, the marches always take place in the small hours of the morning, and midnight seems to have been the usual hour for the start. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z They allowed for the possibility of a change of position, and that very night, some time in the small hours, a hoarse command awakened them. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z In the small hours of the following night he would quietly slip away, and thus cut himself adrift for ever from the home of his birth. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Towards the small hours of the next morning I was aroused from a deep sleep by Jacopo. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z Long he sat in the February small hours. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The small hours passed into daybreak, but with the lightening of the atmosphere there came no light from without. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Then, after more eating and drinking, the guests dance until the small hours. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z By the small hours of the morning every one was tired out and ready for sleep. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z So alternately reproaching myself, and praying for aid, prayers that brought no relief, I passed the night, and in the small hours of the morning stole back into the castle. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z As he lay awake through the small hours, the sinister truth grew clear that grim forces were closing upon him again. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z But with the small hours of the morning came a change, and with it anxiety. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z In the small hours of Monday morning, the Jets left MetLife Stadium as a humbled team, humiliated at home, on national television, with the A.F.C. On Football: Jets Face Tough Path After Losing to Broncos and Patriots 2011-11-19T02:56:13Z But the night wanes and the small hours are literally upon me—their smallness even diminishes. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z It was after eight o'clock when Mollie finally awoke again, and feeling, somewhat to her surprise, not one whit the worse for her exciting adventure during the small hours of the morning. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z Philip spent his time at the Alc�zar in his usual daily labours, writing like a clerk in his private room until the small hours of the morning. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z In the small hours of the morning, Ms. Brickman and her staff pull on aprons and start their day, amid clouds of flour and bursts of yeast. | Baguettes on the Hudson: Cafe Le Perche and Its Oven From Rural France 2011-11-12T06:19:34Z They often spent an hour or two in this way before going to bed, since the se�orita was accustomed of old to read till the small hours of the night. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z But you always will.—I find myself so glad to be writing to you, however, that I only now become aware that the small hours of the a.m. are getting larger ... The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z The evenings were generally spent at Diodati, when the whole party would sit up into the small hours of the morning, discussing all possible and impossible things in earth and heaven. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z "I've come to the conclusion that it's bad for the digestion to talk bribery and corruption night after night till the small hours." The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z It is in the small hours that the vigil becomes hardest. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z I go there nearly every night until the small hours. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z So the night dragged into the small hours; and about three o'clock, after a longer interval than before, she determined to take one more peep and then get into bed. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Stubbs and Llewellyn had sat up with him till the small hours. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z It was the measure of a born leader; the doctor had not broken his fast since lunch; and in the small hours he once dozed for some minutes in his chair. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Gay was the revelry, which lasted well into the small hours; and I was glad that I was on leave and no early parade could claim me in the morning. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z A friend and I used to laugh for hours sometimes over weak and washy stories that would hardly pass muster, even in the small hours of the morning. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z And Dr. Ware went home in the wee small hours with his mind in a tumult of thought. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z They talked into the small hours of the morning, formulating plans by which to defeat Quelch, who, they knew, would stick at nothing. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z In Maida Vale he suddenly announced his intention of having the life-preserver identified in those very small hours by the pawnbroker who had sold it on the morning of the autumn raid. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z During the winter it becomes a headquarters for duck hunting parties, and all summer long the restaurant stays packed into the small hours. In Coinjock, N.C., Watching Boats and Waiting Out the Storm 2011-08-29T01:18:49Z It was far on in the small hours, and he had not yet slept, although he had come up-stairs at twelve o’clock with the firm intention of undressing and going to bed at once. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Could I not intimate to Agneta where her Right Honorable lord and master spent the small hours last night, when popularly supposed to be nodding on the Treasury benches in the service of the state? Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z He preferred to "go out with the boys" and to come home in the small hours—as he had to-night. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Lady Vera had made her efficient little fuss too late, and the result was not apparent before the small hours and Modane. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z The shoes he will black for you in the still small hours of the morning, when he has time to think, will give him any other points he requires. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z Now and again they went out for a few hours, but in the small hours when the morning frost set the grass in the meadows crackling with rime, they grunted disgustedly and returned to bed. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z When in the wee small hours, he sought his room, he asked her grouchily if she had slept, or if he could do anything for her. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z It was the fact that I had, during the small hours of the morning, stood alone on London Bridge. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z We had marched many hours in the darkness—from eight or nine of the evening till the small hours were passing one by one with infinite weariness. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z In the small hours of the morning a messenger arrived begging him to take the sacrament to the smithy, since Marko had not many minutes to live. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z In the small hours of the morning Halifax and two other lords arrived from Windsor with a recommendation to James to retire to Ham. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z That night, in the small hours, Noll screamed in a way that woke the ship; he had come out of drunken slumber, desperate with a vivid hallucination that appalled him.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z He had been up and working since the small hours, but instead of going back to his lodgings to rest, he hurried to a station and took train for Beverbridge. Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z Our midnight surprises had not been without their lesson, and now the Boers conceived the brilliant, the desperate idea of emulating British example, and bringing Ladysmith to her knees by assault in the small hours. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z It was not till the small hours of the morning that each returned to his bed. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z They all laughed at this, and the conversation dropped, while all hands—the girls excepted—set to at a night of pretty deep gambling, which lasted well into the small hours. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Then the girl went on to tell her story, how she and Hubert Dorrien had been fellow-passengers on board the homeward-bound Australian liner which had arrived in the small hours of that morning. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z "Phebe, is thee awake?" the old gentleman softly called to his daughter, about the small hours. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z On the 28th of November grand preparations were made for an evening attack, and these were quietly inspected by Colonel Baden-Powell in the small hours of the morning. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z He doesn’t sleep, for I hear him moving in his rooms far into the small hours. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z That very night, or rather morning, for it was in the small hours, I was awoke by something moving in the cabin. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z And he did use the chance so gladly given him, secretly departing from Rochester in the small hours of a December morning, and making for Ambleteuse on the French coast in a fishing-smack. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z "Billy," I said, as we lay wakeful in the small hours of the next morning, "come and stay with us next holidays, and I will show you something." All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z It will disarm suspicion; and besides, we will be able to let ourselves in when we roll home in the small hours of the morning. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z "At anyrate, several months before the Paris trip Mr. Collingwood was sitting up in your room into the small hours of the morning making passionate love to you?" A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z After this, neither felt much inclined to sleep, so they sat up chatting in a low tone far into the small hours. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Not infrequently during times when rehearsals are on, chorus girls are kept until the wee small hours. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z For the first time she found herself watching through the small hours in the company of a wounded lad who had come through that Hell which is not always left behind on the battlefield. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Or in her whose maid has to sit up for her till the small hours, and yet has to fetch her her cup of tea bright and early the next morning? A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z In the small hours of the following morning, when we separated, I went to the station and thence returned to St. Louis. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z It was not until the small hours of the morning that the two Rovers and Grace returned to the hotel in Larkinburg. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z Alone in her own apartments in the dormitory that night, Dr. Beulah sat down with books and maps and plans and worked away until the small hours of the morning. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z His lust was for poker and his fellow-men—which meant the Club and small hours. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z But midnight passed, and the small hours of the morning came on, with no tidings of Ethel. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z I was called out in the wee small hours this morning to help her cross the Styx. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z More than a dozen US television channels were broadcasting the event in the small hours, with their top talent, including familiar British names like Piers Morgan and Cat Deeley, holed up in London all week. Breakfast parties 2011-04-30T00:29:11Z Opposite the bed, which was surrounded by four great candles, stood an altar, where from the small hours of the morning Mass succeeded Mass; two Noble Guard were on duty beside the dead pontiff. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z One sees that bright solitude of the Leas stretching white and blank—deserted as only a seaside front in the small hours can be deserted—and all its electric light ablaze. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z In the small hours of morning Nan Ellis had crawled to the seat by Grant. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z In the small hours, indeed, she wanders a little; and would be up, and walk after the postman to take her letter from him. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Nor, in the small hours of the night, when conversation flags in the little circle about the fires in fishing camps, shall the sleepy-eyed be roused to merriment by stories of Ochori meekness. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z The doctor's aged mother did not understand why their lodger kept his light burning into the small hours, and besought her son to investigate. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The claims were staked in the small hours of July 12 in the year 1898—the day of the great Dominion Creek stampede. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z He was at headquarters, awake but sleepy, in the small hours of morning. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z He woke in the small hours and smiled at me—his distant, dreamy smile. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z There was no difficulty in rising early the next morning, for at some time in the small hours the spindle-legged porter was seized with terrible cramp. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z What’s the good of working day and night, toiling into the small hours of the morning for a lot of other people? The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Not until the small hours of Friday morning did the first British reinforcements arrive in the gap. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Each lay awake far into the small hours thinking of this purpose and of one another, with a strange sense of renewed association. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z This waiting up became a serious matter when Sidney Hinchford remained in the drawing-room till the small hours of the morning, and brooded over his papers, with which one table or another was invariably strewn. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z In the small hours of the morning we got under weigh. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z At her own request she had previously forgone an introduction to "the circus rider from Vienna"; and now in these tragic December small hours she deemed such a formality to be unnecessary. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z And do you call playing cards into the small hours and shattering your nerves—not to speak of losing your money—enjoyment? A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z One is not at one's best in the small hours. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z During the small hours there came an ominous hush of expectant dread, which lasted until the twittering birds brought in the dawn. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Why he was carousing thus in the small hours was not evident. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z The longer this goes on," he said to me in the small hours of the morning, "the more clearly I realise that Sonia's place is with her own people. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z But it was still too early to use the telephone to the elderly lady who, if she were in town, had probably listened to music into the small hours. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z In the small hours of the morning one's vitality is low. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Why should any of them wish to live on until the sea rose again in the small hours of the morning? His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Little by little sleepiness and the fumes of the wine overpowered each single man, so that in the small hours almost all the guests were stretched on the mats that strewed the floor, fast asleep. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Then you climb back on the coach and do the same dull journey, in reverse, in the dark, and get home in the wee small hours, tired, and quite possibly, emotional. Torquay United 1-0 Carlisle United 2011-01-08T19:27:46Z Then she sat at the piano frozen, with heavy eyes, striking out in all directions until the small hours of the morning. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The highwayman, who had ridden away in the small hours of the morning, had insisted unknown to us in giving at least some token of his gratitude. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Lampeter town was illuminated, and nobody went to bed till the small hours. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z So the easy response to the heavy smoke and the flickering strobe lights during Salem’s show at Ramiken Crucible in the small hours of Thursday morning would be this: what a relief. ArtsBeat: Distracted With Salem at CMJ 2010-10-21T19:49:00Z But, having been admitted to hospital in the small hours of Tuesday complaining of continued discomfort, tests showed the problems were being caused by scar tissue from a previous and, as yet, unspecified operation. Giovanni Trapattoni 'will be fine' for Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifiers 2010-08-12T22:00:00Z A further post promised Ivy would return to tweeting this Monday, but the message proved premature, and Twitter's oldest user passed away in the small hours of this morning. Twitter's oldest user dies at 104 2010-07-28T12:15:00Z The execution of a man named Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, for murdering a lawyer in an escape attempt, is set for the small hours of Friday morning. In Utah, Execution Evokes Eras Past 2010-06-17T02:11:00Z Heavy rains sent the normally placid river careening far over its banks in the small hours of Friday with little warning. One Person Still Missing After Flood 2010-06-14T16:09:00Z This revealed hedgehogs are more active after midnight than before, perhaps in response to the marked reduction in human activity during the small hours of the morning. How hedgehogs live the town life 2010-06-02T07:33:00Z You need stirring music to recharge your brain in the small hours. How to play a 26-hour poker tournament 2010-05-11T23:05:00Z Upon their return to London, many of the players sat up into the small hours, buzzing with the sense of achievement but struggling to comprehend it. Harry Redknapp prepares Tottenham for their Champions League challenge 2010-05-06T17:52:00Z But as if that were not bad enough, Terry was then questioned and breathalysed by police in the small hours after accidentally running over a Chelsea steward as he left Stamford Bridge. Terry runs over security guard at Bridge 2010-03-17T21:58:00Z If you enjoy staying up into the small hours to watch sport from North America, don't forget the Winter Olympics start in the wee hours of Saturday morning UK time. 2010-02-08T02:56:00Z In the small hours of Wednesday morning, the military spokesman said he knew nothing of the enhanced security at the Lakeside. 2010-01-27T23:05:00Z When it was introduced to a conference plenary in the small hours of Saturday morning, a few countries—notably Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua—tried to thwart any such benediction. 2009-12-30T10:39:00Z That evening’s reunion, with its two life histories to be exchanged, did not close until the tall clock had ticked time into the wee, small hours. The Girl From Tim's Place A second counterattack broke in the small hours of July 3, 1918, accompanied by a heavy bombardment. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. By this time the small hours were gradually becoming larger, and daylight was beginning to creep through the crevices in the diminutive window. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 In his room that night he sat under his student's lamp into the small hours, writing—writing.... To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 I preferred not to talk about it on the road to Richmond, which we took on foot in the small hours of the afternoon. Witching Hill Towards the small hours he grew delirious, then sank gradually; with the dawn he died. Beggars on Horseback Midnight passed towards the small hours of the morning, and the small hours slipped on towards the dawn before he put away the parcel of tissue-paper, closed the drawer and locked it. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath And then Dolly turned consoler, and there was a long, long talk, despite the fact that it was in the wee small hours, and that they were all to take a railroad journey that day. Dolly's College Experiences We heard H. C.'s receding echoes through the labyrinthine passages; the closing of a door; then a voice gently elevated in song, utterly oblivious of small hours and unconscious neighbours. Glories of Spain A crush of fashionable people who ate, drank, danced, simpered, and smirked until the wee small hours and then went home to curry one another's reputation and conduct. Rockhaven Some excellent fishing can be had on the sly in the small hours of the morning by dodging the local Middle-man to whom it has been let. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. August 6, 1887. In the small hours of the morning he woke up, hearing a sound close beside him in the room. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath He took her nowhere—his own evenings, without exception now, were spent in Boston, the smallest of the small hours his universal hours for coming home. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Rain had fallen heavily during the night, as the watchmen reported through the small hours. Glories of Spain During the small hours of the night it held a locust flight of German cavalry. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 In the small hours, one morning, two men who had been having rather too good a time were navigating from street corner to street corner. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse Then, too, in those conversations of the small hours, to which O’Leary had so much objected, whenever we did not speak of art and letters, we spoke of Parnell. The Trembling of the Veil Mr. Gilbert went to bed again, and, somewhere in the small hours, to sleep. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir But a lady on the telephone at 12.30 at night was a novel experience, considering that the common or garden species has not access to telephonic communication in the small hours. A Traitor's Wooing Hearn, then a struggling almost destitute newspaper writer, used to return from work in the dead of winter in the small hours of the morning. Lafcadio Hearn The small hours of night came at last, and the grand people in the hall began to yawn, one after another. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands Why keep on rehearsing them over and over again and sitting down in the wee small hours to make confidants of heartless sheets of paper? A Top-Floor Idyl Reveille sounded in the small hours of the night, and with the first rays of the morn we descended the hill and were on the way. An Artilleryman's Diary The Salvation Army, which plays the same tune and one or two others all through the small hours on the trombone and the cornet-à-piston, is a severer test of endurance. The Book of This and That The habit of excitement holds them even in their leisure, and many a sturdy riveter has danced away the small hours and been on his swing at the tower-top betimes the next morning. Careers of Danger and Daring Njal consented to this transfer, but in the small hours homesickness again swept his soul and he jumped up beside the Dryad, to whom he nestled close. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road It is possible that in the wee small hours I dozed a little, though I never reclined on the sofa. A Top-Floor Idyl At night the tide of life flows fast and furious until the small hours, the town and its environs being ablaze with gas and electric lights. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia In the small hours of the morning the man with the shattered kneebone sank and died. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising There was their resting-place, just as it had been left in the small hours of the morning. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The family went snugly to bed, while the furnace fire burned lower and lower and the chill of the small hours stole through the house. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Towards the small hours Barend was up and wide awake, hot and feverish, and clamouring, poor little soul, for something to quench his thirst with. Tales of South Africa And then it occurred to Lamont that nocturnal perambulation with no external, and therefore legitimate, object, especially during the small hours, was an unpopular form of exercise among natives. In the Whirl of the Rising That they were much better for all their drinking and worship of the small hours, I more than doubt. The Night Side of London In the small hours no patriots, smelling strongly of whisky-and-water and cigars, expatiate to a p. 33wearied assembly on that ever fertile theme, the wrongs and woes of the Green Isle. Here and There in London He sat up till the small hours of the morning, awaiting the return of that carriage. The Intriguers But they made no fire here yet, because their wood was running short, and all that they had would be needed against the small hours of the night. The Three Mulla-mulgars Dances can be enjoyed only by those who can begin them at eleven o'clock at night, and end in the small hours of the morning. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 They have a nasty ticket-of-leave look, and I would fain dispense with their company in quiet back streets during the small hours. The Night Side of London A thick mist, which had come down during the small hours, blotting out everything, had delayed their morning start. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Not a word was spoken between the two as they held on through the night—and towards the small hours came upon the spot where the horse had been left concealed. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland The entertainment lasted three days, and dancing, singing, music and drinking went on till the small hours of the morning. Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant Pray do see that Arthur gets home before the small hours. Gertrude's Marriage The men and women are of the kind usually met with in this locality during the small hours. The Night Side of London In the wee small hours the sound of sizzling ashes waked us, and we roused to discover the fragrant juices of our precious mulligan oozing into the hungry ground. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making I am of the same opinion," observed the compass-maker; "for if they mean us any harm, there is certainly no time so well adapted to their purpose as the small hours. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Waking up in the dead of the small hours to find men or ghosts with her, her heart beat horribly. The Bartlett Mystery I fancy it was pretty well turned, and that made the wrench during the small hours the more severe. Ancestors A Novel The small hours have now come, yet the place is redolent with life. The Night Side of London But the small hours found her, in spite of all, awake and staring into the dark, with her troubled mind harping upon the same chords. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 I–almost–feel as if, some day, we might be inviting the Man in the Moon to supper with us here on the Pinnacle, to shoot himself back in the small hours. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl He did not see the car again; some drunken sailors required attention during the small hours. The Bartlett Mystery I too walk the floor till the small hours, repeating pages aloud. Ancestors A Novel Yet the gas burns brightly by night, and there is dancing, and wine, and songs, and in the small hours you may hear a hollow laughter, sadder even than cries and tears. The Night Side of London Thanks to you, George,—I'll get to Vancouver in the small hours of the morning and I will be able to pull out for Sydney in the afternoon of to-morrow. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia He liked wine, women and song, and many a time came home in the wee small hours, completely paralyzed. Their Son; The Necklace Something like fear chilled me as I sat there in the small hours alone—I say alone, for one who sits by a sleeper is indeed alone; perhaps more alone than he can realize. The Shunned House The emigrants' train started in the small hours, and the emigrants were to rendezvous at a common lodging-house close by the big terminus. An Isle in the Water I found him restless and feverish, and at his request I stayed with him until the small hours of the night. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 From the office he did not usually return until the small hours of the morning; and then, as Miss Brooke explained, he often sat up writing or reading for an hour or two longer. Brooke's Daughter A Novel It was deep in the small hours, and de Coetlogon had been 114 long asleep, when he was wakened to receive his colleague; but he started up with an old soldier’s readiness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) To lose money in the small hours to pale intoxicated youth has always appeared to me a pleasure overrated. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) She got to sleep and slept awhile; then awoke to the worst solitude a vexed soul knows—those terrible "small hours" of the morning. When Ghost Meets Ghost It needed the chill veracities of the small hours to bring him to that. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman I started at night, and in the small hours of the morning I had to change trains at Genoa. Memoirs of Life and Literature The night fell extraordinary dark, clouds coming up with sundown and overspreading all; not a star showed; there was only an end of a moon, and that not due before the small hours. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) This was pretty frightful, to be roused in the dead dark time of the small hours by this horrible outcry. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Sometimes in the small hours of morning I heard her voice pleading for me. Sowing and Reaping In the small hours he woke to one of his habitual revulsions. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman After which they tripped the light fantastic toe until the wee small hours of the morning, when all repaired to their beds of rest and wrapt themselves in the arms of Morpheus. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Although a fog rolled over the city in the small hours, the early part of the night was cloudless, and the lane, which the maid’s window overlooked, was brilliantly lit by the full moon. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) And where Nyarlathotep went, rest vanished; for the small hours were rent with the screams of nightmare. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Since the small hours, the part of the train in which Sam had travelled had been lying in a siding, close to a little mountain station. Finn The Wolfhound In the small hours when he ought to have been fast asleep he decided she would certainly take the house, and that he would see her again quite a number of times. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Life runs in Piccadilly Circus, say, from nine to one, and then, there also, ebbs into the small hours of the echoing policeman and the lamps and stars. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) One morning, in the small hours, I saw you driving past; a delicate experiment miscarried; and I cannot acquit myself of having startled either your driver or the horse that drew you.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) He will see her home from the theatre, concert, or lecture, but he will not go and smoke in her flat till the small hours. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements The first rays of the sun penetrated into the chamber and fell upon the sleeper,—his position was unchanged since the small hours of the night. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts Before midnight it is like a new-lit censer; in the small hours the smell of old camp fires comes trailing, and the scent of rain upon embers. The Rustler of Wind River However, in the small hours, some of my courage returned. Letters from my Windmill It must, if report be true, be like a long-deserted city in the small hours of the night. Dickens' London The dawn was just beginning to break up the featureless blackness of the small hours. The Passionate Friends In the small hours of the morning there were several heads tossing in stubborn wakefulness on their pillows in various New York mansions. Carmen Ariza She kept them in a state of uproarious mirth till the small hours. The Benefactress This is the story that Richard Temple told to his friend in the small hours of that night's morning. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Everybody joined in the spirit of goodfellowship, and the dance continued until the small hours of the morning. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew They wake you up in the small hours and rout over your bags.... The Passionate Friends Hansom to Paddington in the small hours; creep, creep, creep, through the raw morning mist, puff, whistle, broad gauge, and they had vanished. Amaryllis at the Fair None of them, except Manske, liked ladies; and ladies in the small hours of the morning were a special weariness to the flesh. The Benefactress The suffrage lobby worked into the small hours of the night making plans to frustrate this scheme. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI Thus, when the small hours crept on, only a trifling gathering of his regular patrons still remained behind. The Law-Breakers I rather hoped by leading questions to get Bowman to express the opinion that Thomas Gilbert had been killed in the small hours of the morning. The Million-Dollar Suitcase He could scarcely retain his tears even now at the memory of the martyred patriots, whose ignominiously gibbeted bodies the police had only dared remove in the secrecy of the small hours. Dreamers of the Ghetto Dellwig had sent him an urgent message in the small hours; there had been a brawl among the labourers about a woman, and a man had been stabbed. The Benefactress The week before election in New York, Buffalo, Rochester and other large cities Marathon speeches were made continuously throughout the twenty-four hours, with listening crowds even during the small hours of the night. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI Billiard balls kept up their peculiar music until the wee small hours of the morning, and all day on the Sabbath. Aztec Land The day and night had been trying to the old man, and already it was the small hours of a new day. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine In vain Sally searched her memory for anything to warrant an assumption that her mistress had been in any way ignorant of that black business of the small hours. Nobody As the small hours began once more to grow long, and I had reached at last some definite conclusions, I had fallen asleep, but not for long. Against Odds A Detective Story We had been running along like this for I don't know how long, when one night, toward the small hours, a singular thing happened. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas As to the result––well, if you hear a serenade in the wee small hours of the night, don’t let it disturb you. The Bondwoman Gil Perez "played the bear," as they call it, from dusk till the small hours—perfectly happy, in a rapture of adoration which the Squire of Somerset could never have realised. The Spanish Jade I've got two big guns from Broadway putting licks on the production of 'The Purple Slipper' until the small hours to-night, right here in the office. Blue-grass and Broadway In the small hours of the morning the meeting broke up, and Villiers, the Major, Tommy, and a few more of the choicer spirits adjourned to Wyck's rooms to finish with a few hours' card-playing. Australia Revenged I by no means recommend them as reading for the small hours of the morning. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The great place for luxurious entertainments, it opens its doors at twilight, and does not close them till the small hours are well advanced. A Nest of Spies Her bedroom commanded Blake’s house and grounds, and every night she sat at her darkened window till the small hours and watched for possible suspicious visitors, or possible suspicious movements on the part of Blake. Counsel for the Defense Well, say—he was so anxious to buy it that he wanted to pass over the cash when he saw me counting up my takings in the small hours of the morning. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer Far in the small hours of the night, he lay still awake, sending up his prayer to the only eye that saw him, and to the only one that could assist him. The Ranger or The Fugitives of the Border It is published at night, in the smallest of the small hours, and I am its sole subscriber, for it is the paper of my dreams. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 She was tired out, for the day had been full of excitement, but it was quite into the small hours before her tired eyes were closed in heavy slumber. Good Luck The ball was not over at twelve o’clock, as the invitations had intimated it would be, but had gone on into the wee small hours of morning. The Comings of Cousin Ann Her father frequently accompanied her to balls, and in the wee small hours of the night, as he became weary, I have often been amused at his summons to depart—"Addie, allons." As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century So she took matters easily, and was at rest about her husband, in spite of the episode of the previous evening—rather, we should have said, of the small hours of that morning. Somehow Good "If you are man enough to reveal your whereabouts until the small hours of the morning, you can tell where your wife was." Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. The wife, unable to rest, arose and paced the house in the small hours. The Scarlet Feather During the small hours of the morning the 7th Battalion slipped quietly past us, also a company of the Buffs. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Throughout the small hours of Saturday morning I was at work near Romford as one of the volunteer bearers attached to Constance Grey's nursing corps. The Message In that, his identification of himself with his past grew and grew, and as his fever increased through the small hours of the morning, got more and more the force of a waking dream. Somehow Good People prate about appreciation of artists of various kinds and of their work, grow maudlin over it by artificial light in the small hours of the night. The Dominant Dollar Fire drives out fire: a third report swore positively that Clark and the Dustman were in Portsmouth, in hiding, and would run the cordon in the small hours of the morning. Merry-Garden and Other Stories In the small hours of the morning our hutch collapsed again, and with the blanket on my side supported mainly on my nose, I heedlessly slumbered on. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition The letter to Mrs Denvil was written in the small hours. Captain Desmond, V.C. This is being written, to tell you the truth, in the small hours of the morning, in secrecy with a guttering candle. Somehow Good But although he was first to turn in, it was along in the wee small hours of morning before slumber crept in on his tired brain. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Better, anyway, than scattering one's brains on that hearth-rug some morning in the small hours out of sheer disgust with the dead hopelessness of life. The Sign of the Spider Even at night, and in the small hours, frisky masques and dominoes walked the moonlit streets, and made loud old Flemish mediæval love, à la Teniers. The Martian It was some time in the small hours that he entered his house burglariously by forcing open the window of a room that had once been called a den. If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson In the small hours, as Elizabeth lay awake, Denton started up beside her suddenly—he had been lying as still as a dead man. Tales of Space and Time As we said "Good-bye" in the small hours of the morning he pressed into our hands copies of his speeches and addresses. Appearances Being Notes of Travel When night comes, the heat is apparently just as intense, and he lies awake, saying bad words about the mosquitoes which buzz around him, until the small hours of the morning. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore Where did the Conjuror go, at the end of the Third Act, in the small hours of the morning? G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study The gambling places, which occupied long halls on the ground floor of tall buildings—nearly always on the business street of the city—kept open until the small hours of morning. Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events Denton went home, to fall asleep exhausted and wake in the small hours with aching limbs and all his bruises tingling. Tales of Space and Time He wistfully recalled those beautiful summer nights when they used to sit until the small hours watching the stars tremble in the dark sky beyond the black border of the portico. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan The fugitives were demented, babbling of black shapes that swept down out of the dark forest upon the little town in the small hours of the morning. Hellhounds of the Cosmos As exciting debates are usually conducted in the small hours, it was cruel to disturb their infant slumbers. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice There was little sleep on Tarpaulin, either for rescuers or rescued, until the small hours of the morning. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good She lay in bed until the small hours of the morning, unable to sleep, and worrying over all her affairs, which seemed, since she had arrived in New York, to go altogether wrong. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Our friend had stuck up Jumping Creek barracks in the small hours, put a bullet through Bowen's leg, and come away in his uniform. Stingaree She awoke in the small hours, and moonlight was streaming into the room. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 He sat far into the small hours, ploughing through "The Sceptic Soul." Vixen, Volume III. In the small hours the men were thankful for the single blanket which was allowed each of them, and which was carried in mule and bullock waggons for their use. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 It was bitterly cold in the small hours. A Poor Man's House The interviews always took place about midnight, and Willow, who seemed to pass with freedom through closed doors or the stoutest walls, invariably vanished during the small hours of the morning. Chinese Folk-Lore Tales He began to fear going to bed, and would sit up talking to Toffy till the small hours of the morning, or playing picquet with Dunbar. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir I spent last night with him; in fact, it was only in the small hours of this morning that I left him still dancing at the Covent Garden Fancy Ball. The Prodigal Father A pathetic incident was witnessed in the grey gloom of the small hours. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 He would see them home in the small hours, taking no mean advantage over them, never scorning them because they "couldn't carry it," only laughing at their daft vagaries. The House with the Green Shutters Now, my dear Bulwer, I have come to the small hours, and am writing alone here, as if I were writing something to do what your comedy will. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 Moreover, he has to be at "the bar" every night, and to "liquor up with all creation" in the small hours. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 If you could have seen but one gleam of the bright fires by which we sat in the big rooms of ancient inns at night, until long after the small hours had come and gone. . . . The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete In the grim blackness of the small hours the Grenadiers lost direction, and Lord Methuen was committed to a frontal attack. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 I flatter myself the title is a nice, weird, ghostly one, calculated to make people feel uncomfortable about the small hours of the morning. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Frederickstadt was reached in the small hours of the morning, and the stream crossed to its left bank. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland As the small hours grew larger this split in the Progressive ranks developed into a yawning chasm, and the Government got a third Bill passed before the weary House adjourned at six o’clock. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-19 There was no big roll of wounded to test the enemy's intent by, and a later incipient alarm caused in another part of the camp in the small hours was possibly all a mistake. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan She left her candles unlighted—she sat up till the small hours, in the glow of the fire. A London Life and Other Tales But there must be an end even to the merriest meetings; and when they had kept it up until the night had got among the small hours, they began to drop off. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 In the small hours of the night, the twain drowsed upon their frail platform which floated as a speck on the shrouded ocean. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Herapath occasionally had notions about things in the small hours, and he was one of those active, restless persons who, if they get a new idea, like to figure on it at once. The Herapath Property |
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