"T iron" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I won't believe it's gold till I've seen it by daylight. 'Tain't lead, or it wouldn't ring. 'Tain't iron, for it will cut. I've ...
— The Golden Magnet • George Manville Fenn
... firm. In this instance the two rails, 3 ft. apart, were not insulated from the ground, but were joined electrically by means of copper staples and formed the return circuit, the current being conveyed to the car through a T iron placed upon short standards, and insulated by means of insulate caps. For the present the power was produced by a steam engine at Portrush, giving motion to a shunt-wound dynamo of 15,000 watts20 horse power, but arrangements ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 • Various
... by the side of the dying warrior; it is no burning that ails him, though his Indian feelings made him scorn to move, unless it be the burning of mans wicked thoughts for near fourscore years; but its natur giving out in a chasm thats run too long.Down with ye, Hector! down, I say! Flesh Isnt iron, that a man can live forever, and see his kith and kin driven to a far country, and he left to mourn, with none to keep ...
— The Pioneers • James Fenimore Cooper
... everybody did they own work. De cook cooked, and the washer, she didn't iron no clothes. De ironer did that. De housemaid cleaned up, and nurse tended the chilrun. Then they was butlers and coachmen. Oh, they was a plenty of ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration
... is in just as much trouble as I am, cause they are all going to wear white dresses, and she's tore hers, and she says she can't wear it till it's ironed, cause it looks like a rope, and Maggie says she can't and won't iron it to-day, so; and mother was going to mend it this very morning, and—. Oh, fudge! it's no use talking, we've got to stay at home, Jule, so now." And the ...
— Ester Ried • Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden) |
