A scrupulous cleanliness reigned everywhere, a gloomy silencebroken from time to time by footsteps and the noise of keys.

He appeared, indeed, to be preoccupied with a sense of his exquisite cleanliness, clapped his hands together and rubbed them frequently, straightened his back, and even opened his mouth and closed it again with a slight snap, apparently for no other purpose than the confirmation to himself of his own powers in that line.

And this extreme cleanliness of theirs the next plague struck at; they were covered with boils and diseases of skin, and the magicians could not stand before Pharaoh by reason of the boils.

The furniture is of the very richest, and kept with the most fastidious cleanliness.

The first thing required for making wholesome bread is the utmost cleanliness; the next is the soundness and sweetness of all the ingredients used for it; and, in addition to these, there must be attention and care through the whole process. 1694.

All other crops are luxuriant, and the plantations in a high state of agricultural cleanliness.

Absolute cleanliness, cleanliness as exacting as that proper nurses prescribe for babies, is the first and most important factor in making old age attractive.

Strict cleanliness must be observed in pastry-making; all the utensils used should be perfectly free from dust and dirt, and the things required for pastry, kept entirely for that purpose.

The foreman picked his way over the wet floor, in deference to its comparative cleanliness stepping long so that he might leave as few disfiguring tracks as possible, and unbuttoned his fur coat before the heat of the stove.

They should be placed upon casters so as to be easily moved, as they, are thus not only more convenient, but admit of more thorough cleanliness.

What strikes one so forcibly about this part of England, after a sojourn in some smoky town, is its extraordinary cleanliness.

Although Jane's fanatical cleanliness had been far-reaching, the professor's study was nearly immune.

That look of fragrant cleanliness was her chief charm.

More sanitary appliances are demanded, more expense for fundamental cleanliness is incurred, and for that tidiness and trimness of aspect inside and outside the house which adds both to the labor and to the cost of living, especially in old-style houses.

And seeing it's serious enough to start yuh on the godly trail uh cleanliness, I'm naturally taking a friendly interest in her, and" "Awgo to hell!"

Almost the only other complaints I now hear are traceable to over-exposure or lack of intelligent cleanliness in the handling of the paper.

If people would but cover the outside walls of their houses with plain or encaustic tiles, what an incalculable improvement would there be in light, cleanliness, dryness, warmth, and consequently economy.

Washing, however, with a large quantity of water has quite other effects than those of mere cleanliness.

In the omnibus cleanliness was nigh to godliness.

The painful cleanliness of the white-washed cottages makes a pleasant contrast to the homes of the Walloons.

At this time I was tearing my bear's-meat just like a bear; I was washing my hands in walrus-blood to produce a glairy sort of pink cleanliness, in place of the black grease which chronically coated them.

She was conscious of the drowsy sweet perfume of the flowers, the pleasant sense of powdered cleanliness.

The room of the dead woman, in accordance with her last desire, was kept firmly locked, its dirty windows forming a strange contrast to the prim cleanliness of the others.

The "Burnet House" is the principal hotel here, and afforded me every comfort I could have expected, not the least being the satisfaction I derived from the sight of the proprietor, who, in the spotless cleanliness of his person and his "dimity," and surrounded by hosts of his travelling inmatesmyself among the numberstood forth in bold relief, like a snowball in a coal-hole.

The house had still, within and without, the same sunshiny cleanliness, and the garden was still famous over all other gardens.