"Packing case" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... He swept. "Always prepare at least one hot thing for supper." He shook the gasoline tank to the little stove. It sounded full enough, so he went to the cupboard his mother had made from a small packing case. There were half a loaf of bread wrapped in its oiled paper, with two bananas discarded by Joe of the fruit stand. He examined his pocket, although he knew perfectly what it contained. Laying back enough ...
— Michael O'Halloran • Gene Stratton-Porter
... If you want to heave over an empty packing case or something, I could waste a few rounds seeing if I could come anywhere ...
— Four-Day Planet • Henry Beam Piper
... for his servants. It broke down going to Waterloo, and I advised him to return it, as it seemed to be a crazy machine; but as he had made a deposit of forty Napoleons (certainly double its value), the honest Fleming would not consent to restore the cash, or take back his packing case, except under a forfeiture of thirty Napoleons. As his Lordship was to set out the following day, he begged me to make the best arrangement I could in the affair. He had no sooner taken his departure, than the worthy sellier inserted a paragraph in ...
— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. III - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore
... were smooth enough, but his eyes gleamed like coals of fire. He was bending again and fumbling with the straps of the great packing case. Field, watching everything intently, asked Berrington what he thought of ...
— The Slave of Silence • Fred M. White |
