Beginning with Weems's "Life of Washington" when a mere lad, he perseveringly read, through all his fortunes, all manner of books,not only during leisure hours by day, when tending mill or store, but for long months by the light of pine shavings from the cooper's shop at night, and in later times when traversing the country in his various callings.

When he came in I was busy whittling my axe-helve, it being my pleasure at that moment to make long, thin, curly shavings so light that many of them were caught on the hearth and bowled by the draught straight to fiery destruction.

For one thing, they knew nothing of what was said and done in the Sixth Form studies, and even the prefects themselves never thought for a moment that this little bit of friction in the machinery of Ronleigh College would, figuratively speaking, lead to "hot bearings" and a narrow shave of a general breakdown.

And even after Peaches does float in will he know me after I've changed my shirt, dirtied my hat, and got me a clean shave twice over?

The youth scrambled to a seat as the door slammed behind him; remarked that it was "a near shave"; and laughed nervously as if to assure me that he found it a joke.

Under and about it were great quantities of dry shavings, and short bits of wood, the hearts and saps of shingle blocks.

But it was not the mesmeric shave of 1914.

" "The next step must be to snip the rind into these long, narrow shavings.

"My pretty shaving," said Martin proudly.

A poor hen of ours did not escape so well; she, poor thing, ventured to form a nest, and actually hatched a fine family of chickens amongst these sacred shavings!

It was a terribly close shave, wasn't it?" "An awful close shave, Johnny.

"Why haven't you fired when you were ordered?" Sweeny was a little wizened shaving of an Irishman.

SOUP.Simmer together two pints of sliced potatoes and one third as much of the thin brown shavings (not thicker than a silver dime) from the top of a loaf of whole-wheat bread, in one quart of water.

Wrinkles of stagnation had began to creep into forehead and cheekswrinkles that no amount of gymnasium, of club life, of careful shaving, of strict hygiene could banish.

It was a chin that obviously required constant shaving.

When he came in I was busy whittling my axe-helve, it being my pleasure at that moment to make long, thin, curly shavings so light that many of them were caught on the hearth and bowled by the draught straight to fiery destruction.

It was at its best on Sunday, for then the tailorwho also did a little shaving between whileshad put on his fine braided official coat, as well as his sword and best képi.