| 单词 | spinning wheel |
| 例句 | No slave had ever keeled over dead at a spinning wheel or been butchered for a tangle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Fields did concede that spinning wheels were not often used outdoors, at the foot of a slave’s cabin, but countered that while authenticity was their watchword, the dimensions of the room forced certain concessions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It seemed to Harriet that the clatter of the loom and the whirr and thump of the spinning wheel went on day and night, too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For hours on end the whir of the spinning wheel and the twang of the loom were the only sounds. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Kyle heard the whir of spinning wheels, the clink of grinding gears, and a reverberating clunk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Her attic was full of paintings and an organ and an old spinning wheel. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Reaching over, I removed a bent piece of wire that locked the machine’s spinning wheel in place. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Mercy’s spinning wheel faltered, and Rachel’s hand, lighting a pine knot, trembled so that a spark fell on the table unheeded and left a small black scar. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There was a table, a chest, a bedstead with a faded quilt, a spinning wheel, and a small loom. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Then my uncle was untangling me from the mess of screaming boy and spinning wheels. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It contained spinning wheels, moving targets, and racetracks that curved from the floor to the ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Before he found the great pot of oatmeal in the kettle over the fire, he had turned over the table and the benches and upended the spinning wheel. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He was a serious dad and everything, but he was standing in range for a spinning wheel kick without even knowing it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I quickened my pace while still maintaining control of my red case with the 360-degree spinning wheel option. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A string of gray yarn stretched across them, and the last woman was working on a large wooden spinning wheel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He stood and stared at the spinning wheel. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeks passed at Mrs. Sen’s before he found a blue aerogram, grainy to the touch, crammed with stamps showing a bald man at a spinning wheel, and blackened by postmarks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I guess the iron tire on the spinning wheel was roughed up pretty badly and maybe had chips of broken rock and gravel stuck to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have a spinning wheel, so she used a drop spindle to make thread out of the clumps of clean cotton that Grandma Charity and I pulled. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She hated being inside the house with the loom and the spinning wheel and the endless hanks of yam. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Put that on the spinning wheel!” he said proudly. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I was sorry we ended up like this, spinning wheels at a McDonald’s. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She was feeling poorly and wanted to rest at the spinning wheel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Typical Day on the Plantation allowed her to sit at a spinning wheel and rest her feet, the seat as sure as her old block of sugar maple. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It’s about seeing a stage direction that says “spinning wheel” and blindly following it without really thinking it through, because you think this is what the situation calls for. On spinning in opera (and going through the motions) 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z I know this because I happen to be among the .001 percent of the population who are both opera lovers and own spinning wheels. On spinning in opera (and going through the motions) 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z After several close calls with spinning wheels, our Toyota Corolla finally sank in a knee-deep, road-wide puddle from which there would be no easy escape. Mom and Dad, Meet My Budget 2010-08-04T03:15:00Z “The Joker’s Wild” is one of many games mixing spinning wheels of luck with trivia. Where to invest: "Black Monday," "Suits" or Snoop Dogg's "The Joker's Wild"? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z His portrait of an elderly lady at a spinning wheel gingerly eating porridge in the chiaroscuro light of a vast room is a reminder that this petit-maître trained in Rembrandt’s studio for some years. Auctions: Bring on the Old Masters 2011-02-04T12:00:05Z Their destinations will be determined by a spinning wheel designed to mirror the lunar calendar. TV highlights: ‘Sneaky Pete’ premieres on Amazon Prime streaming 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z A sorcerer with a magic spinning wheel restores the young woman, then delivers the two perpetrators to hungry wolves. Music Review: The Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-25T00:19:19Z There is nothing on Earth so still as the center of a spinning wheel. Pat Sajak Was the Center of the Wheel 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Nowadays we just see a spinning wheel on our monitors and know it’s going to be OK. First Man: Ryan Gosling's abstract Apollo mission – discuss with spoilers 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The whirling figures that evoke the spinning wheel in Schubert’s “Gretchen am Spinnrade” are pumped up by the orchestra and delivered in fitful phrases until the music reaches a hysterical pitch. Music Review: Leif Ove Andsnes’s Ojai Festival Riffs on ‘Tristan’ 2012-06-10T21:47:09Z Wade was a recluse and a collector of anything and everything: bicycles, kitchen equipment, finely carved spinning wheels, samurai armor, even elaborate figurines carved by prisoners from the bones of meat served at dinner. England’s castles and manors have a story to tell 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z The women of Senta’s village twirl these to suggest their weaving — instead of using spinning wheels as indicated in the libretto. Met opera gets visionary new “Dutchman” 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Values are higher for faces with spinning wheels, and hands and numerals that light up. Antiques: At Home With Artifacts in Their Natural Habitats 2011-04-28T19:58:24Z She’s gone to the attic, where childhood goes — there are the toys — lost hopes — there is the spinster’s spinning wheel. Heiress Plotted 19 Grisly Crimes. Investigation Underway. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Instead, upon the appointed hour, viewers were left staring at a spinning wheel to nowhere and fielding empty promises. "Love Is Blind" promised a live reunion, only to stand us up. So, what did we learn? 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z So fast, in fact, that sometimes they seem not to move at all, like a colorful spinning wheel transformed into a blur of brown: everything relevant at the same time. Is Denim in an Identity Crisis? 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z An enchanted spinning wheel of a book, it turns the world around it into gold. Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland – review 2013-06-21T16:20:00Z A young girl with waist-length golden hair entered a small room where a woman sat at a spinning wheel. Kids Don’t Just See Art at This Show. They Work With the Artists, Too. 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The curator, Whitehead writes, “did concede that spinning wheels were not often used outdoors,” but counters that “while authenticity was their watchword, the dimensions of the room forced certain concessions.” In Colson Whitehead’s Latest, the Underground Railroad Is More Than a Metaphor 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z I don’t claim that understanding the correct operation of a spinning wheel is even remotely a factor in the success of a “Dutchman” production. On spinning in opera (and going through the motions) 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z His narration tends to be blunt: “It all added up to spinning wheels, but they were wheels that needed to be spun.” Review: John Grisham and Michael Connelly, Making Their Cases in New Novels 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The tour recycles a Costello concept from 25 years ago: a giant spinning wheel, much like that on a TV game show, allowing concertgoers to pick songs by giving the wheel a spin. Brit Rock rules! Radiohead and Elvis Costello both play Seattle 2012-04-05T19:30:06Z Choi and Zhang may be racing forward — all the characters rack up miles, their spinning wheels turning this into something of an intermittent road movie — but they never seem to get far enough. Movie Review: ‘Drug War,’ Moving Fast and Furious in China 2013-07-25T23:17:51Z “It’s all driven by a wheel, a spinning wheel that chooses what our next activity will be,” Kinney said. Jeff Kinney puts on a show to launch new ‘Wimpy Kid’ book 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Schubert’s song “Gretchen am Spinnrade” famously imitates a spinning wheel in the piano: the left hand repeating the rhythm of a pedal, and the right whirling a phrase in perpetual motion. Review: The Danish String Quartet Spins Through Schubert 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Warp’s invention, Flex-O-Glass, appears near a spinning wheel that Nelson’s late mother used for 40 years for on-site demonstrations. Pioneer Village in Nebraska, a blast from a highly inventive past “I spent the first act of the show spinning wheels in my head like, ‘What musical could I write next? After 16 Years in ‘Hadestown,’ Anaïs Mitchell Emerges With a New Album 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z But 13 years ago Mr. Anastasini fell 50 feet from a spinning wheel and broke many bones. 2010-01-15T03:58:00Z Mr. Kalish began with four of Mendelssohn’s “Songs Without Words,” and their light evocations of spinning wheels and Venetian gondolas inhabit a different world than Brahms’s psychologically probing Intermezzos. Season Finale at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z He has the women carry actual spinning wheels onto the stage, and then deploy them, without having any idea how they work. On spinning in opera (and going through the motions) 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z For her sculpture “Stockpile,” the Oakland, Calif.-based artist Allison Smith created a towering stack of crates, barrels, wooden guns, a spinning wheel and other colonial-era objects. | Where Arts and Crafts Are One 2013-07-01T21:56:26Z A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death. Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans 2013-05-17T06:56:08Z They’ll learn how to use a drop spindle, and Catherine Conrad will demonstrate making wool thread with a spinning wheel. ‘Fun on the Farm’ in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z "You project it through spinning wheels, that's what creates the colour effect using a successive frame system." World's first colour film viewed 2012-09-12T17:20:51Z “The spinning wheel,” Mr. Scholz said, “is the curse of the house museum.” At Historic House Museums, Time for a Face-Lift 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z It’s a delusion, of course, but the fatter and more complicated and expensive the watch, the more the wearer may assume control of the universe, the still centre of a spinning wheel. Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Overlapping as they did with that decade’s craft mania, old-fashioned objects such as spinning wheels, flags and eagle-themed wallpaper enjoyed an uncanny moment of cultural relevance. 'Millennials aren’t minimalists.' A look at the revival of American Colonial style 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z There’s also a nod to the spinning wheel in ‘Sleeping Beauty.’ ‘Rick and Morty’ dabbles in doppelgangers, dysfunction and strange devices 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Centered around a spinning wheel, it involves contestants solving word puzzles to win prizes. Ryan Seacrest to replace Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z After a timid first round with both fighters landing leg kicks from distance, Pettis started to open up in the second, landing body-shot combinations and a flamboyant spinning wheel kick which hurt Freire. Pettis denies 'Pitbull' historic third title 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Originally devised as a TV version of popular game "Hangman", it revolves around a spinning wheel which determines the prizes to be won by solving word puzzles. Wheel of Fortune’s Pat Sajak will retire from US show next year 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The article described parents encountering error messages and frustrating spinning wheels on their screens. Perspective | So, this is how it feels to sign up for summer camp in Washington 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z They gave women spinning wheels, a much more efficient way to create yarn than the traditional spindle whorls used on the drop spindle. Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Megan Stalter was glancing at an antique spinning wheel in the guest room of her mother’s house in Ohio last June when, suddenly, inspiration struck. Megan Stalter always knew she was 'special.' The rest of us are catching up 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z For the same reason, wives and daughters on small farms continued to support the family’s independence with home manufactures long after most northern women had laid aside their looms and spinning wheels. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z And throughout our entire review process, I did not see a single spinning wheel. Apple Mac Studio review: finally 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z This machine used the waterpower from rapid streams to drive spinning wheels. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Its honey-hued interior features an antique spinning wheel, wooden high chair and stone chimney. A Refugee Crisis Runs Into a Housing Crisis 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z In a pair of braids and her signature winged eyeliner, the comedian posed stiffly in front of the spinning wheel and launched into a clumsy sales pitch for a fictional establishment called Cecily’s Butter Shop. Megan Stalter always knew she was 'special.' The rest of us are catching up 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In an incident known as the Edenton Tea Party, North Carolina ladies committed themselves to nonimportation, while their counterparts elsewhere took their spinning wheels out of storage to make homespun in public displays of patriotism. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He blazed through workloads in Avid’s Pro Tools and Adobe Audition — no slowdown, no spinning wheels. Apple Mac Studio review: finally 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Around 1764, a textile worker named James Hargreaves invented a spinning wheel he named after his daughter. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There are also more hands-on activities for babies, like spinning wheels and clicking arms, which provide a more tactile experience. The Verge’s 2021 holiday gift guide for kids 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Miami tanked in 2019, traded away as many assets as possible to get draft positioning and remain a hamster on a spinning wheel. What We Learned From Week 5 in the N.F.L. 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Those who could not afford a loom or spinning wheel bartered for homespun with neighbors and bought imported fabrics for special occasions. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Chairs are frequently flipped over with strapped-in players left looking up at their spinning wheels; or worse, with the chair on top of them. Wheelchair rugby smashes stereotypes at the Paralympics 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z They had joined other spillovers from the museum — old typewriters, a hearse on a sled, spinning wheels and looms — that have no other place to go. 'Heroes, villains, charlatans, enigmas': Why I followed the Calico story 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Footage from the scene shows fallen athletes in a heap of tangled legs and spinning wheels after a German rider, Tony Martin, crashed into the sign along the side of the road before falling. A Spectator’s Sign Felled Dozens of Tour de France Racers 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z A Yeti cooler trapped under the truck kept the spinning wheels from touching the ground and moving the truck forward, possibly saving their friend’s life and the lives of those surrounding the truck’s cab. Motorist angered by ‘yuppies with dogs’ at picnic in Chicago jumped curb, hit group 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z They also will be able to offer new games including baccarat, keno, and a spinning wheel. Jackpot! Expansion of gambling in the US wins big at polls 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The spinning wheel was championed by rocket scientist Wernher von Braun in the 1950s and featured in the classic 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Smelly, noisy and awash with dead skin cells: life on board the International Space Station 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z The series riffs on a game show, with a spinning wheel that determines which challenge El-Waylly will take on. ‘Babish’ expands as pandemic boosts YouTube cooking shows 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Imagine the frustration of knowing the answer, stabbing at your buzzer — and then getting the spinning wheel of death. Perspective | Here’s a tough question: How do you keep ‘It’s Academic’ on the air in a pandemic? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z A contestant named Paris made his way to the infamous spinning wheel during Monday’s broadcast of the popular show where host Drew Carey gave him a chance to say hello to anyone he wanted. 'Price is Right' contestant tries to win back his ex-girlfriend on-air 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z For the rest of the day, I’m thinking of hanging in my home and re-arranging things — I don’t really like where I put my spinning wheel. Why the stress-reducing 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the game for this time of coronavirus 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The women of Senta’s village twirl these to suggest their weaving - instead of using spinning wheels as indicated in the libretto. Met opera gets visionary new “Dutchman” 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “It was just the spinning wheel,” Williams said. Report: Town has fifth slowest internet speed in the nation 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Gandhi crowdsourced ideas on how to improve the lightweight spinning wheel.Credit: Mahatma Gandhi and sustainable science 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z His face appears on every denomination of the Indian rupee note, and the spinning wheel he made famous lies in the center of India’s flag. India’s 2 biggest political parties vie for Gandhi’s legacy 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Features FKA twigs working live at a spinning wheel all day, accompanied by a neon sign flashing “busy” and an accurate matchstick model of the binary architecture of the Great Firewall of China. Neo-pagan witches and prison sitcoms: what will FKA Twigs do next? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The laborious, time-consuming process of making traditional clothes involves operating a spinning wheel and stretching fibers. Llamas help Andes peoples survive, but youths are leaving 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z This procedure turned the gyro off for one second, and then restarted it before the spinning wheel inside the gyro slowed down. Nasa 'fixes' Hubble malfunction 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The gyros consist of spinning wheels that rotate 19,200 times a minute inside a cylinder that’s suspended in fluid. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope may be back in action shortly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The spinning wheels can lead to divots as well as little hills that look like frozen asphalt waves. Perspective | Why are some of the District’s asphalt streets crisscrossed by black lines? 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z But as fans attempted to access those tickets, many found only a spinning wheel or an error message and never got seats. Capitals Game 5 watch party sells out in minutes, amid massive demand 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z In a corner of his living room sit a spinning wheel, baskets of nuts and piles of corn and apples. An Australian Environmentalist’s Next Act: ‘Frugal Hedonism’ 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z “We call it the ‘spinning wheel of death,’ ” Espinoza said with a laugh. Tons of legal marijuana leave Oregon regulators awash in data 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “We call it the ‘spinning wheel of death,’” Espinoza said with a laugh. Oregon marijuana: Lots of data, few to analyze and check it 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z One of the spinning wheels kept in the fort is an antique piece, which was donated to the park. 18th Century fort gives glimpse of winters long ago 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Then there was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who empowered his countrymen to weave the fabric of independence with cotton and spinning wheel. Read the Full Transcript of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day Speech 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z I guess it’s time to prepare to watch Netflix originals with the spinning wheel of latency interrupting me every so often? Farhad’s and Mike’s and Nellie’s Week in Tech: Struggles for Snap 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Battle for the Net has been offering online firms sample messages that mimic slowdowns, including one it calls “spinning wheel of death.” Online Protest Planned Over Net Neutrality Rules’ Rollback 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z “It’s a spinning wheel, and it’s hard to get your foot in there to stop it. I just tell these girls, ‘I don’t care who else left you. Tupelo woman encourages young girls to be ‘dream achievers’ 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z ARLINGTON, Texas — The spinning wheel of relievers that the Mariners have used to fill out their long relief role in their bullpen has stopped on a new name — Max Povse. Mariners call up right-hander Max Povse to join their bullpen 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The Mavericks’ “Brand New Day” is skillfully paced for the dancefloor, straddling the southern American borders and shores with a spinning wheel of styles and rhythms. Review: The Mavericks ‘ new CD is a spinning wheel of styles 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z She remained the calm center of the spinning wheel of the trial, which lasted for months, Ms. Fairstein recalled. Judge Who Blocked Trump’s Refugee Order Praised for ‘Firm Moral Compass’ 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Lewis Colburn simulates Colonial-era artifacts such as rifles and a spinning wheel, mostly in wood, yet with some pieces molded of translucent red urethane. In the galleries: A limited number of shades of gray 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z In the next room, two village women weave fabric by hand, using a wooden spinning wheel strapped on to one of them. Designers breathe new life into China's dying folk crafts 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z “They don’t want to sit in front of a metal box with spinning wheels in a building the size of a warehouse,” Rose said. Casinos betting on arcade-style games to attract millenials 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z We can see a lot of spinning wheels at the expense of helping children in crisis. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Every morning and evening vast herds of cyclists used it, a seemingly endless whirl of spinning wheels, like wildebeest surging across the Serengeti. Bike lanes, savage squirrels and dire events . . . 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Among the spinning wheels, sculpted of finely grained wood, are one as small as a hardback book and another embellished with carved wooden moon and stars. In the galleries: A limited number of shades of gray 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The Dawn spacecraft was designed to use four spinning wheels to pivot in different directions. NASA Announces Extension of 9 Spacecraft Missions 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z While adults can sip Basque wines and learn regional cooking techniques, kids can catch a sheep-herding demonstration and learn how to throw a pot on a spinning wheel. How to watch fireworks every single night over Fourth of July weekend 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Wade instructed, helped with fiber selection, dyed fibers and even provided spinning wheels before the Bhutanese women got more traditional charka wheels to use. Refugee Bhutan women find joy, profit in spinning fiber 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s like one of those grabber sticks used to pick up trash, but with a tiny curved needle at the bottom, which rotates like a spinning wheel to sew up the tissue. A robot surgeon has passed a major milestone — sewing up pig guts 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Wheel Deal: Four spinning wheels let you pull, push and pirouette the bag. Carry-on Bags: Which Is Best for You? 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The things that people actually like about their smartwatches are precisely the things that work instantly, without waiting for a spinning wheel. Smartwatches and the three-second rule 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z In order to point the sensors very accurately, the satellite contains a high-speed spinning wheel to manoeuvre it. Bloodhound Diary: Forewarned is forearmed - BBC News 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The terminals have spinning wheels, sounds and animations that mimic slot machines. Group announces instant racing bill; hearing blocked so far 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z In the 1960s, amid his three Army tours of Vietnam, Mr. Alden built his first spinning wheel from a pattern in Popular Mechanics. Alden Amos, Whose Spinning Wheels Gave Craft a Brighter Fate, Dies at 77 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Clark says friction from its spinning wheels set brush under the car on fire. Pursuit ends in man taken into custody, car catching fire 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Customers gamble on a game requiring them to click a spinning wheel. Police battle return of Internet cafes in western Colorado 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The machines - approved by the Legislature in 2013 - have spinning wheels, sounds and animations that mimic slot machines, which are illegal in Idaho. Track officials ‘devastated’ by ban on horse racing machines 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The only moving detail: a single spinning wheel, forever loading in the centre of the page. The 16-year-old gif star who’s melting the art world 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z This will turn and churn the dried mud, and, with the help of the spinning wheels, shotblast Bloodhound's body. Bloodhound supersonic car gets tough underbelly - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The spinning wheel, and the goods for sale around it, belong to Tammie and Lester Marks, who own and operate the Heavenly Sunlight Alpaca Farm and country store in Wirt County. W.Va. couple raises alpacas, turns fleece into wares 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z Stuck in the Swamps of Jersey: That sound you hear is the spinning wheels of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential ambitions. Rating the “I’m In!” Announcements Shows Hillary Bounced But Rand Fell Flat 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The spinning wheel of foreign crises these last few weeks has landed mostly on the Islamic State group and the Middle East. A sampling of editorials from around New York 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Brazil’s latest Finance Minister, Joaquim Levy, is applying some moderate fiscal austerity to an economy that’s been stuck in the mud and spinning wheels for the past two years. Brazil Reverses Years Of Tax Breaks, Despite Weak Economy 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z This was the old field sequential spinning wheel. John Sculley On Why Billion Dollar Start-Up Opportunities Abound And Other Entrepreneurial Insights 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z There were no spinning wheels or frozen screens, Ms. Brostek said, recalling the complications that tormented consumers last fall. Some New Frustrations as Health Exchange Opens 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z There were no spinning wheels or frozen screens, Ms. Brostek said, recalling the nightmares that tormented consumers last fall. Health Exchange Users Find a Smoother Experience 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Back to dropped frames, spinning wheels, and waiting for files to copy from one place to another. Apple iMac with Retina 5K display review 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The director uses every device to raise the stakes — sequences of wartime carnage, flashbacks to a lonely and bullied boyhood, montages showing the code-breaking machine jolting to life with spinning wheels and tangled red wires. A Mathematical Thriller and an Exhibition of What Could Go Wrong 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The “spinning wheel of death” icon you may see at your favorite websites today does not mean you forgot to pay your broadband bill. “Cable companies could make this page so slow, it will still be loading” 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z An icon of a spinning wheel — intended to represent a bogged-down Internet — will greet web surfers today, part of a protest by dozens of tech companies. Your Wednesday Briefing 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Sites participating in the slowdown will display prominent messages including an infinitely spinning “site loading” icon — the so-called “spinning wheel of death” — to symbolise what surfing the web could be like without net neutrality. Pornhub and Redtube to join go-slow protest over US threat to net neutrality 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z And it does mean that a family streaming video from their various devices is unlikely to ever see those spinning wheels of delay that bug the rest of the US on a daily basis. Chattanooga's Gig: how one city's super-fast internet is driving a tech boom 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z In the living room, for example, sits an 1880s spinning wheel and restored “fainting” couch that Evelyn used to sleep on as a child. Battle Creek farm to hold 150th anniversary party 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z I approach the market's entrance past workshops where teenage boys, cigarettes drooping from their lips, carve raw lumps of jade on viciously spinning wheels. The murky world of the illicit jade trade 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z There’s also a large, strange Rube-Goldberg-like mechanical clock with huge spinning wheels and gears that appears to be ticking down to the beginning of the address. Google I/O 2014: Keynote Live Blog 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z To avenge her loss she curses her betrayer’s daughter to a life of sleep after pricking her finger on a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday. Will Maleficent Be The Next Box Office Hit? 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The feeling permeated the Washington Nationals’ clubhouse, the sensation of spinning wheels, of fighting hard and getting nowhere. Nationals slowed by Simon, rain We all get riled by technology once in a while, with all those feeble batteries, endless updates and spinning wheels of death. Bits Blog: Devices That Know How We Really Feel 2014-05-04T18:39:32Z We also know that each individual spoke of a spinning wheel is sending information to our eyes, but all we see is a blur. Could There Ever Be Movies Without "Cuts”? 2014-04-29T19:24:16Z Monday night, there also was a repeat of a document-loading problem that caused many students to stare at images of endlessly spinning wheels on their computer monitors. Common App glitches lead to deadline extensions for applicants to 42 colleges 2013-10-30T21:50:00Z They say that trying to control Kepler with only two spinning wheels is like a shopper trying to push a supermarket trolley with a jammed wheel. The 'broken trolley' space telescope 2013-08-16T14:53:53Z The technique requires precise pointing, which was accomplished by three spinning wheels to control the telescope's motion up and down, left and right and side to side. NASA calls off attempts to fix Kepler space telescope 2013-08-15T20:48:21Z The telescope, the cornerstone of a $650 million mission, lost that ability on Tuesday when a second steadying spinning wheel stopped working. NASA telescope's planet-hunting days may be over 2013-05-15T23:34:41Z A game-show spinning wheel, with markers for words like leadership, trust and desire, follows the Astros to all road games, with a larger version in the home clubhouse. On Baseball: Victories Still Slow to Come, Astros Learn to Celebrate Little Things 2013-04-27T17:30:03Z A lot of time gets spent spinning wheels. Federal workers feel unease over potential layoffs, furloughs unleashed by ‘fiscal cliff’ 2012-12-25T01:03:00Z The telescope uses a set of four special spinning wheels to hold it steady in space, to allow it to look billions of miles into the universe. The 'broken trolley' space telescope 2013-08-16T14:53:53Z On a riderless bike, the gyroscopic effect of the spinning wheel is significant. The physics of cycling makes it easier to stay upright when you’re going faster 2012-10-01T19:20:00Z The spinning wheel landed next on Drew Storen, the fourth reliever of the inning, in case you lost count. Henry Rodriguez creates another mess, and Drew Storen gets out of it 2012-07-25T23:29:02Z The spinning wheel landed next on Drew Storen, the fourth reliever of the inning. Nationals vs. Mets: Washington sweeps New York with gem from Stephen Strasburg 2012-07-25T19:39:00Z But Monte Carlo is now the hub in the spinning wheel of Azarenka’s peripatetic life. French Open: Top Seed Azarenka Dodges a Bullet in First Round 2012-05-28T20:43:37Z There are girls, demure or wistful or laughing, fresh from their spinning wheels or from church; there are also bustling wives, in fine well-woven wimples and moist new shoes, arm in arm with their gossips. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z In Dr. Gaunsaulus's book, "The Man of Galilee," well-known pictures were altered substantially and artistically, as by the omission of a spinning wheel from a picture of the Nativity. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The have yet to find that perfect fit, and so for now the spinning wheel has landed on Rick Ankiel. Nationals seeking long-term center fielder, but happy to have Rick Ankiel for now 2012-03-02T11:00:00Z I recognize that so many of you spent hours in front of your computer watching a spinning wheel--or watching the page go blank…. CEO Responds to Kraftwerk Nightmare 2012-02-24T17:27:00Z Poppy was seated before a spinning wheel, in a soft gray dress and cap and kerchief. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z It foamed across her forward, and when it went seething aft as she swung her bows up there was a crash, and Tom Wheelock loosed the spinning wheel. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Here is a spinning wheel, and here is a chair, and here is some flax. The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 2011-12-28T03:00:37.303Z She carried it to the top of the house and perched it on the ridge of the roof before a spinning wheel. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z ‘Once I was fair as your Pepita, but I sat so long at my spinning wheel, that all my comeliness left me.’ The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z Scattered about were all sorts of odds and ends of antiquated furniture, chests of drawers, hair trunks, carved boxes and spinning wheels. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z "And also a chance for all the Gulick tribe to parade around in colonial clothes with spinning wheels under their arms," put in Mr. Pottle. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z This old woman did as the others had done, and lent her another horse and gave her the golden spinning wheel. The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 2011-12-28T03:00:37.303Z The figure at the spinning wheel made no answer. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z So are the old spinning wheel and hand loom, “And e’en the old hoopskirt which hung on the wall, The old hoopskirt The steel-ribbed shirt, The old hoopskirt which hung on the wall.” The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z In the corner stood Luckard's old spinning wheel silent and still, and the empty disordered bed confronted it sadly. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Then the spinning wheel was introduced, which is said to have also been long in use in India. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The girl got on the horse and rode till she came to another old woman spinning on a golden spinning wheel. The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 2011-12-28T03:00:37.303Z When he came near home he saw the spinning wheel still on the roof and the figure still seated before it. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z It is beautiful material, spun with an old-fashioned spinning wheel and woven on a hand loom by Melissa’s grandmother. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z The old grandmother sits at the top of the load, and holds her spinning wheel, which complete the pyramid. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Dis is her spinning wheel, an' it can still be used. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z So she said she would let the girl come in and see the prince once more if she would give her the spinning wheel. The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 2011-12-28T03:00:37.303Z As a spinning wheel leans, it should naturally swivel in the direction of the lean, guiding the bicycle into a curve that keeps it upright. How Bicycles Keep the Rubber on the Road 2011-04-15T15:35:00Z In every cottage there was a loom and a big spinning wheel. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z They had a spinning wheel and a loom made by Uncle Dave himself, and they made all the cloth needed by the family, dying it with the bark of blackoak, cherry or other trees. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z She got out her old spinning wheel; sat down before it and beamed. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z In the evenings the slave women and girls seeded the cotton, carded it, made thread of it on the spinning wheel. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z De looms an' spinning wheels was in a big room down in de basement. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z A giant spinning wheel shows how many stops occurred for the calendar year 2009. City Room: Stop-Question-and-Frisk Numbers Go on Display 2011-02-24T19:47:52Z But, on the other hand, the spinning wheel and looms means creative activity in supplying the people with indigenous cloth. Freedom Through Disobedience 2011-02-23T03:00:32.987Z A green taxicab, turning in the street to pick up a fare, shot a fountain of muddy water from its spinning wheels. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z The spinning wheels only drove deeper and deeper into the sand. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z Den dey up and bought spinning wheels and cards, so us women could spin it to make cloth, and make clothes at home, and would not have to go to de factory to buy clothes. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z Books occupied me so much that but little carpentering was done, yet I made a yoke for the oxen, a pair of cotton wool carders, and a spinning wheel for my wife. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z His mother had taught him to read and count as she sat with her spinning wheel in the little garden in front of the house, or stitching by the fire indoors on winter evenings. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z “We want to ship a spinning wheel by freight to Riverview.” Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z Some things in life are circular – but here's a giant spinning wheel. Should the BBC Trust do so much polling? Please tick 'yes' or 'no' 2010-12-19T00:06:31Z Inside are paintings and artifacts — musket balls, bayonets, hand-wrought horseshoes, a spinning wheel, etc. Our Towns: With a Veto, the Miller House Is Left Unprotected 2010-07-05T01:00:00Z Could that be what she lacks—a spinning wheel? Sarah Shun-lien Bynum: “The Erlking.” 2010-06-28T04:00:00Z When she had a slender thread of yarn going and the spinning wheel began its familiar, communicative little click-clatter, her mind was set to old themes. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z After chatting a bit longer, Penny broached the matter of the spinning wheel. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z When Clement returned once again at Easter, and Mary arose from her spinning wheel, he was astonished to see how tall and stately she had grown since the autumn. Four Phases of Love So it was in the evening too when they silently sat at their spinning wheels. Barbarossa and Other Tales Against the wall leaned a rickety spinning wheel. The Tempering He had caught up her spinning wheel and she was clutching her bundle and the other blue vase. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The advertisement, long and awkwardly worded, offered for sale an old spinning wheel, an ancient loom and a set of wool carders. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z But I must confess that the spinning wheel got me guessing, as our American cousins say. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel She couldn’t operate soap kettles and candle molds and looms and smokehouses and salting tubs and spinning wheels for him. The Women of Tomorrow At one end of the room were great spinning wheels with the thread still hanging. A Daughter of the Union She rose and lifted the spinning wheel from its place by the fire. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z “You’ve wanted an old spinning wheel for months,” Penny reminded her. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z He looked down at the spinning wheel standing there in the recess of the window, and tried to link the thing up with it. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel The croupier, with all bets placed, spun the little ivory ball into the already spinning wheel, and all watched. Mask of Death She transforms the main room of the house into a factory in spring, and on her looms turns into crashes and homespuns the result of a winter's work at the spinning wheel. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The tune of it went flying through his brain with the tap-tap of the spinning wheel. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Penny had intended to ask Old Silas if he still had a spinning wheel for sale. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z I haven't seen a spinning wheel like that since I was in Wales and one stood in the corner of the room where I slept at the village inn. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel During the long winter evenings the lady of the house sat with her maidens at the spinning wheel in the great hall. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series They really did creak," said the crow, "yet he went boldly up to the princess herself, who was sitting on a pearl as large as a spinning wheel. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Then, remembering the spinning wheel which stood in its muffling cloths against the wall in the hut, she brought it into the sunshine and laid Davey down on a shawl at her feet. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z I want to stop there to see about a spinning wheel.” Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z And this is the lady's spinning wheel, I take it? The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel My maid Mary She minds her dairy, While I go a hoing and mowing each morn, Merrily run the reel And the little spinning wheel Whilst I am singing and mowing my corn. The Nursery Rhymes of England The wheels I speak of are the old spinning wheels, with which our great-grandmothers spun flax into thread. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read He remembered how she had sung to him once, how she had sung over her spinning wheel and the quaint little song it was. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z From the gold of the flaxen reel Threads of bliss have been spun to thee; By the whirl of the spinning wheel Cruel grief shall be done to thee. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers And you say that you heard the sound of the spinning wheel 'humming' in the darkness? The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel The boy took the spinning wheel and carried it to town as the hermit directed. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales The spinning wheel was put in front of the chair steamboat, and then Jan got on "board," as it is called. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds Whilst Barbelle was occupied at her spinning wheel, Albert remarked that she was not so cheerful as usual, that there was a cast of seriousness on her countenance, which he had never observed before. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. As we entered the house, the child was sitting at a spinning wheel, she was pale and thin, and seemed half silly, she complained of hunger and pain. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. Over by the window, where it had stood upon the previous day, when Maud Duggan had shown it to him, stood the spinning wheel, innocently incongruous indeed in this room of Death. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel The longer Zloboha looked at the spinning wheel the more beautiful it seemed to her and the more she wanted it. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales This was a game in which one of them would think of something in the attic—the old spinning wheel, the steamboat chair or maybe a string of sleigh bells. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds And, day by day, as their fond love grew, Her spinning wheel stood with its threads askew; It stood.—It stood.—It stood with its threads askew. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Jeeps, trucks, and private cars were moving out of the area, haste evident in their spinning wheels and hunched drivers. The Scarlet Lake Mystery And it was just this spinning wheel which gave it to you. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel “My old spinning wheel got broken, so I bought a new one, a lovely golden one.” Czechoslovak Fairy Tales The chair will be the ship, and you can take the old spinning wheel to steer with, and maybe there's a piece of stovepipe up there that you can use for a smokestack. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds And, day by day, as their vows renew, Her spinning wheel purrs and the threads weave through; It purrs. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia He stood looking round just inside the door; Ditte had taken refuge behind Granny's spinning wheel. Ditte: Girl Alive! Mumbling away like a lunatic, of laundry-bills and spinning wheels and 'crowns and anchors' which are 'inmates of village post-offices,' and I don't know what all! The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel He went with her to her chamber where she had the golden spinning wheel and she took it out and showed it to him. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Up in the attic, among many other things, was an old spinning wheel, that used to belong to Mrs. Martin's mother's mother—that is the great-grandmother of the Curlytops. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds And, day by day, as her sorrow grew, Her spinning wheel groaned and the threads wove through; It groaned.—It groaned.—It groaned and the threads wove through. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Grandmother sat at her spinning wheel In the dust of the long ago, And listened, with scarlet dyeing her cheeks, For the step she had learned to know. Threads of Grey and Gold He purred louder and louder, like a spinning wheel--the wheel was whirring in her own head. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 So Zloboha got the eyes and gave them to the boy for the spinning wheel. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales And he used to make spinning wheels and parts of looms. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 And, day by day, as her sorrow grew, Her spinning wheel groaned and the threads wove through. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Frill, and ruffle, and curl are gone, But the “knickers” are with us still— And so is love and the spinning wheel, But we ride it now—if you will! Threads of Grey and Gold Go to thy chamber; attend to thy work; turn the spinning wheel; weave the linen; see that thy servants do their tasks. The Truth About Woman “What have you heard about my sister?” asked Dobrunka, who as yet knew nothing of the magic spinning wheel. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales It has become socialized and the spinning wheel is in the attic and millions of women are standing at the great looms of this country. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V And, day by day, as their fond love grew, Her spinning wheel stood with its threads askew; It stood.—It stood.—It stood with its threads askew. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Is it, then, consistent to hold the developed woman of this day within the same narrow political limits as the dame with the spinning wheel and knitting needle occupied in the past? The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV We cannot drive them back to the spinning wheel and the mathook, for they will not go. In Times Like These He returned in a short time with a golden spinning wheel in his arms. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales When waiting maids were needed not, and morning brought along The music of the spinning wheel, the milkmaid's careless song. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. And, day by day, as their vows renew, Her spinning wheel purrs and the threads weave through; It purrs.—It purrs.—It purrs and the threads weave through. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia The old-time spinning wheel and the hand loom, the quaint old cobbler's bench with its handmade lasts and shoe pegs, the heavy iron mush pot on the crane in the chimney corner,—all have gone. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail He sat promptly down at the spinning wheel, and in a jiffy the golden straws were flying through his hands, and turning into threads of pure gold. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales It would go well with the spinning wheel and would be something to be proud of. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Mrs. Glass rose up from her spinning wheel, ran to the door, and was met by an Indian with his gun presented. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State Evenings we would spin on the old spinning wheel, quilt make clothes, talk, tell jokes, and a few had learned to weave a little bit from Missus. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives Up in our attic are my great-grandmother’s wool carders, her spinning wheel, her loom, all sorts of things; she spun, wove, made all the clothing, did everything. Counsel for the Defense A spinning wheel, you know, is an old-fashioned machine for making flax and cotton into yarn and thread. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales My son, take this spinning wheel to town to the king’s palace. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales I see my mother at the spinning wheel, I help her fill the candle molds. A Son of the Middle Border On the table a lamp was burning and there were a couple of spinning wheels to be seen. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Even Mrs. Washington had ordered that her spinning wheels at Mount Vernon should fly as briskly as if she were there, and sixteen were kept going all the time. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia She felt even surer of it when he took her into a great room full of straw with a spinning wheel in one corner. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Dobrunka always began the day by feeding the goats, then she prepared the breakfast, swept the kitchen, and when everything else was done she sat down at her spinning wheel and spun. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales We card and spin and weave our own clothes on mistress's spinning wheels. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Comfortably I'd sit with them and sew, With one or two mayhap at the spinning wheel. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Faith was sitting at her knee and answering her aimless talk, and Rachel had her spinning wheel on the porch. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The poor little miller’s daughter sat down in front of the spinning wheel and cried and cried. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales She went over to the boy and asked him would he sell the spinning wheel. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales The charm of the singing in the open air, the people dressed in the old costumes, the scene really correct, old spinning wheels, etc., having been borrowed from the museum for the purpose. Through Finland in Carts Trella had opened the door of the car, but it was wrenched from her hand as Blessing stepped on the accelerator and it leaped into the driveway with spinning wheels. The Jupiter Weapon He dragged after him a little trail of fragments of spinning wheels and spindles. The Fifth Queen Crowned Then she tapped a tiny wand twice on the flower stem, and a spinning-wheel stood before her—such a tiny little spinning wheel! Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Let us exchange them for the golden spinning wheel. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Just as often as the boy in the little room turned the spinning wheel had the great wheel murmured, before the age could again call forth marble gods equal to those he afterwards formed. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen A surveyor's compass and staff, a spinning wheel; old blue dishes covered with hair-like lines. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life Our cities are a wilderness of spinning wheels instead of palaces; yet the people have not clothes. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing She could find everything else in the world—old clocks, spindle-legged chairs, a high-backed, mahogany sofa, and a spinning wheel. The Windy Hill A large spinning wheel stood in the corner between the window and the fireplace, and before it 111 stood a negro girl, spinning. Her Mother's Secret He felt so sorry, that he promised himself never again to do anything wrong, never to cut the thread on the spinning wheel, nor let the goats out, nor go down to the sea alone. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Had the volume been less, it would have called to mind the crooning of the housewife by her spinning wheel or over the cradle of the infant she was lulling to sleep. Footprints in the Forest And they carded the thread, and turned their spinning wheels, and wound and wove. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes For he could hear old Shep dog bark, Hear the hum of the spinning wheel. Blue Ridge Country Chinese vases, thin as egg shells, most of them broken, lay in a tumbled pile beside ancient cradles and spinning wheels. Hunters Out of Space The grandmothers of the women of this generation carded wool and used spinning wheels within the memory of workers of less than middle age. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance William and Robert were gone a moment and returned, bearing under heavy head-way, tumbling and pitching on one side constantly, two ancient spinning wheels, Mopsey following with snowy flocks of wool and spinning sticks. Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family You are privileged, too, to peep into one of the thatched cottages, and see the mother turning the old-fashioned spinning wheel. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide In every cabin could be heard the hum of the spinning wheel, and the thump of the old hand loom. Stories Of Georgia She said that in her house there were always sixteen spinning wheels at work. Stories of New Jersey All day in the frontier cabin could be heard the hum of the spinning wheel, the clack of the loom, or the click of knitting needles. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them One of the daughters invented the small ten-stringed harp, and the other the spinning wheel. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology But before her husband came home she took the spinning wheel out of the corner and put it near the light of the doorway. The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said After being further doubled and twisted, the yarn, or roll, is ready for the mule spinner, which accomplishes by means of hundreds of spindles and wheels what the housewife once did with her spinning wheel. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades She was like Benjamin Franklin, who gave his sister Jane a spinning wheel on her wedding day: she gave me that. A Little Girl in Old Boston A moment more, and the solid approach would be under our spinning wheels. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Afterward people improved on the idea and made spinning wheels. Carl and the Cotton Gin “There are my men,” he said, proudly, as they came to an open space, where a dozen or more123 sailors, of all ages, sat at spinning wheels, working industriously. Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo The improvement on the distaff and spindle was the spinning wheel. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The articles most in demand were axes, hoes, cotton cards, hatchels for cleaning flax, hemp and cotton, spinning wheels, knives, and ammunition, guns, and bar shears for plows. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Mrs. Darling is a hale, comely old lady, bordering on threescore, and may be found engaged three parts of the day at her spinning wheel. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands To judge from the book they weren't any great shakes of spinning wheels; still they were better than nothing. Carl and the Cotton Gin But, not all the wishes in the world could produce a spinning wheel, so I kept my desires secret until I saw some hope of accomplishment. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Females were constantly busy over their cotton and spinning wheels when not engaged in household occupations; and often have I seen an elderly dame quietly crouched in her hovel at sunset reading the Koran. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Even spinning wheels, soap barrels and other articles were recovered. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Aside from references to furniture such as spinning wheels, bureaus, tables, and chairs, and these not too regularly, it is quite evident that material possessions were few. The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography Mary and I, for example, hadn't read about England and the early spinning wheels. Carl and the Cotton Gin Our ears are seldom greeted now a days in the farmer's cottage with the flying of the shuttle, or the deep base of the spinning wheel. The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts He remembered sadly the old spinning wheel he had seen at his grandmother's house. An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls The old-fashioned washboard has been turned into a steam laundry and the old spinning wheel has given place to the American cotton mills. Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child. Each family was given a spinning wheel and loom. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Now the spinning wheels only turned out single thread. Carl and the Cotton Gin So it happened that she was left alone in the world, and all she possessed was a dog, some fowls, and her mother's spinning wheel. A Child's Book of Saints The spinning wheel, big and little, was to be found in every household. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. "Why can't you for once let me delude myself into the belief that I'm like a lily of the field, without a spinning wheel in sight?" The Brentons Until midnight, the spinning wheels could be heard humming in the slave cabins. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 The process in effect is precisely the same as the spinning done by our grandmothers, only the spinning wheel did the twisting and reduced the time required for the operation. Textiles and Clothing We made our clothes out of cotton and wool mixed, made dem at home wid our own cards and spinning wheels. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 “Well said, doctor,” cried the miller; “less o’ the clapper, my lads, and more of the spinning wheels and stones.” The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias In 1768, the first year in which any disbursements are mentioned in the Royston parish books, the first item was the granting of a spinning wheel to Nan Dodkin by the Vestry. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King She could not clearly relate the construction of a spinning wheel. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 "A spinning wheel is just the thing to steer a make-believe steamer with!" The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection Her one idea was: "If only grandmother still sits in her corner by her spinning wheel!—Oh, if she should have died!" Heidi (Gift Edition) She ran down to see Marie at the new spinning wheel. A Little Girl in Old Detroit Then, the Overseer provided the needed article.—Had widow Jones broken her spinning wheel or her patten ring? Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King There was a spinning wheel and a loom, and all the cotton cloth for clothing was woven and then made into clothes for all the slaves. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 "But I could have the spinning wheel, couldn't I?" asked Janet. The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection Thank goodness for that, for we were getting drunk on the spinning wheel. Fantasia of the Unconscious She was leaning a little over the table and her eyes were fixed with humorous intentness upon the spinning wheel. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo She just seesawed her car with three rapid back-and-forth jerks that sent showers of stones from her spinning wheels. Highways in Hiding "I can remember the cloth that was made on the spinning wheel", she said. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 MY maid Mary she minds the dairy, While I go a-hoeing and mowing each morn; Gaily run the reel and the little spinning wheel, While I am singing and mowing my corn. The Little Mother Goose The sound of spinning wheels on the drive startled her to fresh hope, and sent her hurrying down the stair. The Coast of Chance The thread dropped from the spinning wheel as Elizabeth earnestly leaned forward in the firelight, that late afternoon of May in 1643. Some Three Hundred Years Ago But in the changing economies of a fast-growing republic, the warehouse plan was to take its place with the ox yoke, the spinning wheel, the mustache cup, and the Prince Albert coat. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story As Mr. Hammond remarked, "You couldn't hear your ears at night on some plantations, for the old spinning wheels". Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 She would sit by the spinning wheel and count the turns the slave women made. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Submit flew to her spinning wheel in the corner. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Mistress Endicott had risen from her spinning wheel, that stood by the fireplace, to let in Peregrine and Patience, and a dozen other small boys and girls of Plymouth. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs And there was a spinning wheel, like the one in Mother Brown's attic, only it was larger. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm Bending over the spinning wheel, the bird pulled from her own breast the silky down, and by twining and twisting made it into the finest thread which mortals ever beheld. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Sometimes they would have five and six spinning wheels running before they would get to the weaving. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 But now all yarn is spun in factories by machinery, and spinning wheels are out of fashion. The Story of a Stuffed Elephant After tea the Princess sat down in the straightest chair, and although she had never in her life touched a spinning wheel before, she began to spin. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs Well, a lot of Terrans in the Year Zero had never seen a suit of armor, or an harquebus, or even a tinder box or a spinning wheel. Naudsonce It was hard to believe that the big, spinning wheels were on the ground at all; the machine seemed more like an aeroplane content with skimming the earth but hungry for speed. Man to Man De old spinning wheel was used lots of times and dey made all de clothes everybody on de place wore. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 There is the mellow brown spinning wheel, and armchairs nearly two hundred years old and a walnut table that was mixed up in countless weddings and a beautifully carved old chest and a brocade-covered settee. Green Valley In front of the fire stood a straight-backed chair and a little spinning wheel. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs She had lifted the lid of the coffer and had taken out the best half of her scarlet mantle, leaving the worn and faded half hanging Over the spinning wheel. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead "If he had bullets enough in his gun, he'd shoot a ring round the bull's-eye big as a spinning wheel," said a fifth. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Had a loom to weave on and a spinning wheel. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 In front of one of the great chests stood a spinning wheel. The Poor Plutocrats The fire danced, and the tea kettle sang, and the spinning wheel whirred merrily. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs The room they stepped into was empty save for an old spinning wheel, thick with dust and cobwebs, which stood in the corner. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping One day when Marcella was up in the attic and had played with the old spinning wheel until she had grown tired of it, she curled up on an old horse-hair sofa to rest. Raggedy Ann Stories He made his own meal and flour from the mill on the creek; made home-made clothes with cards and spinning wheels. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 They did not even have spinning wheels in those days, so a spinner took a handful of wool on the end of a stick called a distaff, which she held in her left hand. Hebrew Life and Times A spinning wheel is very convenient it must be allowed, but the distaff and spindle are much more picturesque. The Diary of an Ennuyée But he could look right through the spokes of the spinning wheel, near which Mun Bun was standing, and see no one except his little brother. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's She sat at a spinning wheel, and the wheel went round and round without making any noise. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old They got their clothes to wear which they made on old spinning wheels, and wove them themselves. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 In another corner was a spinning wheel, and hanging here and there from the attic beams were strings of sleigh bells, that sent out a merry jingle when one's head hit them. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods All this time Sara had been struggling with a plan that had been shaping itself in her mind as she looked at basket after basket full of shimmering, shining dimples, sitting beside the spinning wheels. The Garden of the Plynck And then, as he moved a little to one side, Laddie saw the spinning wheel turn and he cried: "I know what it is!" Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's The Masked Lady had put aside her spinning wheel, and Father Time had become very grave. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old Keziah was at her spinning wheel, which hummed merrily in the red firelight; and Cherry was seizing advantage of her aunt's absence to chatter instead of work. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot A few metal parts from spinning wheels and looms have been excavated—reminders that the pioneer housewife who spun the thread and yarn, and wove the cloth for her large family, was seldom idle. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America In exchange for his soul, the devil offers him youth, beauty, and love, and, as an earnest of what is to come, shows him a vision of the gentle Margaret sitting at her spinning wheel. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Leaving the spinning wheels, with a number of strings and cords still fast to them, the two older boys began to make believe they were soldiers with the candle-moulds for guns. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Fritz would sit beside Susanna's spinning wheel in the evening, telling her stories to which she listened in open-eyed amaze, and giving eager heed to the discussion of politics amongst the other men. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America "You speak truly; young sir," answered Mistress Devenish, who had now sat down to her spinning wheel in the inglenook, whilst her daughter still hovered about restlessly, and waited assiduously upon their disabled guest. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young This was so full of straw that there was hardly room for her to sit at the spinning wheel. The Beacon Second Reader Her husband had died in battle long ago, and she had from year to year supported herself by her spinning wheel and the little relief she had from the parish. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories By pulling on these strings the spinning wheels could be made to go around. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Sarah Bache, for example, might please at a ball, but the next morning might find her industriously working at the spinning wheel. Woman's Life in Colonial Days Cotton appears to have forced itself to the front because cotton spinning could be carried on by machinery whilst the linen weavers were still dependent on the spinning wheel for their yarn. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union There, in the middle of the room, stood a spinning wheel, and near it was a great heap of straw. The Beacon Second Reader Where my great-grandmother once sang over her spinning wheel there has been installed a modern shower bath. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life "We thought it was a ghost made Mun Bun's hair stick out and be pulled," confessed Rose, "but it was only the spinning wheel." Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Indeed, it became a matter of genuine pride to many a patriotic dame that she could thus use the spinning wheel in behalf of her country. Woman's Life in Colonial Days How fast the spinning wheels turned, singing all the time. The Child's World Third Reader There is your spinning wheel, and here is the straw. The Beacon Second Reader The small yellow spinning wheel of Madame Ursule, as I found afterwards Madame Grignon was commonly called, stood ready to revolve its golden disk wherever she sat. Lazarre They found some string and made a belt of it, putting it around each of the two big spinning wheels. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's The spinning wheels and carding and weaving machines were set to work with fresh spirit at Mt. Woman's Life in Colonial Days After the flax had been cut and steeped and roasted, it was put on a spinning wheel. The Child's World Third Reader There is your spinning wheel, and here is the straw. The Beacon Second Reader The men should work in the fields, while the women and children stayed at home at their spinning wheels, making homespun for the family garments. Recent Developments in European Thought There is a spinning wheel and candle-moulds, there are strings of old sleigh bells. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Some years later, in New Jersey, Mrs. Washington told a friend that she often kept sixteen spinning wheels in constant operation, and at one time Lund Washington spoke of a larger number. Woman's Life in Colonial Days Aunt Dilsey," she said, "the spinning wheel sings a song, and I know what it says. The Child's World Third Reader The little man took the ring, and seating himself before the spinning wheel, began to spin. The Beacon Second Reader All life was but a struggle to keep from under those myriad spinning wheels that dashed so close behind. Vandover and the Brute The golden hair of the little boy had become tangled in the slender spokes of the spinning wheel, some of which were a bit splintery. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Rock, sb. a loom, spinning wheel, spinning distaff. Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch She had been sitting at the spinning wheel all day and had just stopped to rest for a moment, when she heard the rattle of a team down the road. The Emperor of Portugalia There is your spinning wheel, and here is the straw. The Beacon Second Reader It was the vast fearful engine riding him down beneath its myriad spinning wheels, remorselessly, irresistibly. Vandover and the Brute He and Laddie were trying the spinning wheels, whirling them around, when there came a sudden cry from Margy. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Beneath the cloud, at one side, sat the wise virgins, good Flemings, with their lighted lamps, and sang canticles as they turned the spinning wheel. Là-bas In the inner room I could see old Grace Drever seated with her gray cat beside the peat fire, busily twirling her spinning wheel. The Pilots of Pomona They used to have spinning wheels and looms. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 Aunt Sarah, may I have the old spinning wheel in the attic? Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" "Let's go up to the attic and make something with the old spinning wheels," said Russ to Laddie. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Now there was only the whirring as of a spinning wheel; a few crumbs were slow about falling. Là-bas In the cabin, by the fireplace, stands the old-fashioned spinning wheel; and the old-fashioned body who manipulates the wool so skillfully is the light of our little household. In the Footprints of the Padres She worked the loom and the spinning wheel. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 Grandmother was glad to give up the fatiguing spinning wheel. The Story of Crisco "What's the matter?" asked Russ, who was whirling one of the spinning wheels, while Laddie spun the other. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's The spinning wheel is a mere pretext, chosen from the point of view of rhythm and the general atmosphere of the piece. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies The great spinning wheels stand at the other end of the room, and Mrs. W. and her black satellites, the heads of the elderly women in bright bandanas, are hard at work. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Every parish had spinning wheels and handlooms in some of its homes on which the women turned out the heavy druggets or étoffes du pays from which most of the men's clothing was made. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 There are chairs, tables, spinning wheel, etc., similar to those that were in the Burns cottage. Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition Only it was the spinning wheel, and not a ghost or any person. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's After the loading of linen, the flax, and the various pieces of wearing apparel, the bride, with the three bridesmaids and the spinning wheel, which she carried herself, took a seat in the carriage. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Now George's mother was very handy at the spinning wheel and loom. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives One of Mr. Gandhi's slogans is "a spinning wheel in every home," that India may revive its ancient arts and crafts and no longer be clothed by the machine looms of a distant country. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India He saw girls at spinning wheels or looms working full eight hours a day and earning only $1.25 to $1.50 a week. What's the Matter with Ireland? "Can I make the spinning wheels go 'round?" asked Mun Bun, who wanted to have some fun after his trouble. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Has the spinning wheel's soft whirring Hummed a cradle song to thee? Russian Lyrics I did not need to spin but I used to play with the spinning wheels. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives But I am being disappointed about the music and the spinning wheel. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India She got on no better than before, and could only explain it by saying that the spinning wheel had forgotten her. Folklore of the Santal Parganas She carded the wool and spun yarn on the old spinning wheel. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives Serve the ice-cream on wooden plates covered with lace paper doilies, and give as favors tiny wooden household articles such as dolls' rolling-pins, clothespins, barrels, washtubs, spinning wheels, and the like. Entertaining Made Easy Every house of any note could boast of a spinning wheel and loom. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Not one student was willing to undergo the toilsome practice of learning an instrument, and though the spinning wheel was received with enthusiasm the pound of cotton has hardly diminished at all. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India The shettle, the carding machine, the spinning wheel and all, they made em. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Guns, you will become a spinet and a spinning wheel respectively, and Moon, you'll turn into a table. The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos The loom was in that room and the spinning wheels; an old churn and many other things, too numerous to mention. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Cards with teeth were arranged on the spinning wheel and the mass of cotton was combed through it to separate it into fibers. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives We made our own clothes, had spinning wheels and raised and combed our own cotton, clipped the wool from our sheep's backs, combed and spun it into cotton and wool clothes. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kansas Narratives She had a spinning wheel and you know how to spin?—you can make ropes for plow lines too. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Steel and iron, and sometimes salt, are purchased for them, and plows and other farming utensils, domestic animals, looms, spinning wheels, cards, etc., are presented to them. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) The widow, who had been at her spinning wheel, rose up with a cry of alarm. Robin Hood The fibers were rolled between the fingers and then put upon the spinning wheel to be spun into thread. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives He knew - though he knew not how - that the scissors, thread, and spinning wheel of his mother would not serve. The Tarn of Eternity They kept her locked up and I have heard mother say that she used whale bone, card bats and a spinning wheel. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 And then, half wailing, half humming, Dame Brinker would sit down and fill the low cottage with the whirr of her spinning wheel. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates As he hesitated, he heard the noise of a spinning wheel. The Princess and Curdie The dream of the second was that the King had brought her a spinning wheel and a distaff, that she might spin him some shirts. The Blue Fairy Book A young queen may saw wood for the sake of exercise, but a queen of eighty-two stays at home with her cat and her spinning wheel. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations She loved to spin, and no spider ever spun so fine a thread as she on her spinning wheel. Classic Myths Then, putting her neglected spinning wheel away, she drew forth her knitting from some invisible pocket and seated herself by the bedside. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates He knew it at once, because his mother's spinning wheel had been his governess long ago, and still taught him things. The Princess and Curdie From most of the houses the sound of the shuttle told that hand weaving was carried on within, and when the weather was warm women sat at the doors with their spinning wheels. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots I have no spinning wheel or carding comb, nor should I care to worry myself with cutting, and shaping, and sewing clothes. East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon Then I was famed for knitting, And in long winter nights my spinning wheel Seldom stood still. Poems, 1799 At the very threshold he turned to say, "Your spinning wheel wants a new treadle, Mother." Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates It was the spinning wheel that first taught him to make verses, and to sing, and to think whether all was right inside him; or at least it had helped him in all these things. The Princess and Curdie In fact, even the most perfect of French and Italian reels bear about the same relation to automatic machinery that an old-fashioned spinning wheel does to our modern spinning machines. Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Through the open door and windows came the hum of spinning wheels and the low, sweet singing of the dark spinners, spinning wool for the winter clothing of the estate. The Man in Gray There was nothing else in the room except a wooden footstool and a spinning wheel, the broken thread hanging upon it. The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories There stood the big spinning wheel, just as she had set it aside; the hanks of dyed yarn suspended from the rafters, the basket filled with the carded wool ready for her work. Canadian Crusoes No sooner was he in than he saw that the great revolving wheel in the sky was the princess's spinning wheel, near the other end of the room, turning very fast. The Princess and Curdie The girl, in her grief, remembered other poor fishermen, and when night came on she set a candle in the window, and watched it as she sat at her spinning wheel. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation He remembered sadly the old spinning wheel we had seen at his grandmother's house. An American Robinson Crusoe I well remember the old loom and spinning wheel and the little wheel on which I used to quill for my sister while she wove. Trials and Triumphs of Faith The spinning jenny replaced the spinning wheel, and famine stalked through English villages. Equality Oh, the sweet sounds of that spinning wheel! The Princess and Curdie But now for more than sixty years the music of the spinning wheel has not been heard in the land. My Boyhood What fair Infantas would ye not have expected to behold, condemned to spinning wheels, and solitude?” Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents "I see a Puritan maiden, seated at a spinning wheel," she commenced. The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin Or, Paddles Down We are trying to throw off foreign tinsel splendour and by reverting to the spinning wheel reviving the ancient and the poetic simplicity of life. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation It revealed a bare garret room, nothing in it but one chair and one spinning wheel. The Princess and Curdie He remembered to have lived in another place a short time before, near to London, too, amongst looms and spinning wheels, and a great deal of psalm-singing and church-going, and a whole colony of Frenchmen. Boys and girls from Thackeray The spinning wheel came again into use, and homespun clothing, dyed with the extract of black-walnut bark, or with wild indigo, was generally worn. A Brief History of the United States She has had the servants brushing off the cobwebs for a week," replied the Major, "and to-day I actually found Car'line at a spinning wheel on the back flagstones. The Battle Ground In response to our entreaties, she shows us the loom, and brings out her spinning wheel to instruct us in that housewifely accomplishment. Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline" At length he calls his little daughter Diliana from the spinning wheel where she sat. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 There, in a little room, sat an old woman, busily twisting thread upon a spinning wheel. Story Hour Readers — Book Three The spinning wheel came into existence to replace the hand-held spindle. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III What a wonderful lotus it is, that blooms at the heart of the spinning wheel of the universe! Songs of Kabir The surface of the land melted and spinning wheels churned it; traffic halted, vehicles sank, horses drowned. Flowing Gold She sat at her spinning wheel, with her door wide open. Warlock o' Glenwarlock She lay upon the floor beside the spinning wheel, fast asleep. Story Hour Readers — Book Three It produced a much stronger thread than could have been made with a spinning wheel. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III No, it's the garret at your house, Alan, with all the old spinning wheels and warming pans. Half a Dozen Girls Nothing which cannot be told rapidly must be dropped in, lest it clog the smoothly spinning wheels. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism An envelope of dust sealed itself around the spinning wheels of the big machine as he took the road after the balloon. The Perils of Pauline There, beside the spinning wheel, lay the beautiful princess, fast asleep. Story Hour Readers — Book Three Steadfast visited his hoard and took from thence enough to purchase churn, spinning wheel, and the few tools that he most needed; but it was not soon that Patience could sit down to spin. Under the Storm There was a big spinning wheel up in the attic. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue "And do they have old-fashioned things there, like spinning wheels, and old guns and things like those in Washington's headquarters that we went to once?" The Bobbsey Twins in Washington Will you leave that spinning wheel be, you young devils? Seven Icelandic Short Stories And next morning when the King had his twelve huntsmen summoned, they went through the ante-chamber, and never once looked at the spinning wheels. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm In the cabin on Lonesome Cove was a crane swinging in the big stone fireplace, and he saw the old step-mother and June putting the spinning wheel and the loom to actual use. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine It had belonged to Mrs. Brown's grandmother, and in the olden days, before yarn for socks and mittens was made by machinery, it was spun on a spinning wheel. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue My maid Mary, she minds her dairy, While I go hoeing and mowing each morn; Merrily run the reel and the little spinning wheel, Whilst I am singing and mowing my corn. Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes There now, those infernal brats were at the spinning wheel. Seven Icelandic Short Stories They are the stick in the spinning wheel of the modern marketplace. After the Rain : how the West lost the East I was a singer myself once during the short time when I was connected with one of dame spinning wheel's relatives. The Talkative Wig But when the young woman at the spinning wheel turned round he saw that she was not Fedelma at all. The King of Ireland's Son |
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