The other gun was depressed so as to sweep the Stairs and, on examination, it was found that its shot had raked the path most effectually for a distance exceeding a hundred yards.

We were in the midst of a grove of chestnuts, and the leaves beneath them for rods around had been turned over and the earth freshly raked up.

He rose and going to the piano raked heavily off of the top of it a glass jar and brought it over to her and resumed his seat with a speaking countenance.

A vast deal of trouble,' she repeated in an odd tone of raillery, while her eyes, grown hard and mocking, raked him mercilessly.

They said rather: "We will not content ourselves with merely raking the yard and sweeping the floors, we will use mop and brush, water and soap.

Fred saved them, raked the border neatly, tied up the plants, and restored all to order again; and who can tell but those who thus act, the pleasure, the comfort of Fred's heart?

To one like myself who had read of the Continental gambling-houses with the clink of gold pieces on the table, and the croupier with his wooden rake noisily raking in the winnings of the bank, the comparative silence of the American game comes as a surprise.

Well, go thy way: oft have I raked hell To get a wife, yet never found her like.

" "I don't know, sir," repeated Swan, still raking peaceably.

In the first place, I believe that rakes very seldom do reform while their fortunes and constitutions enable them to pursue their licentious pleasures.

Several of the enemy's proas, filled with people, were severely raked by a brisk fire from the six pounder, as they were sailing up the river to the south of the town, and numbers of the natives were killed.

Near the middle of the field was two women working together, raking as steadily as if they had been brought up to it.

Dick rushed toward the hut with all his speed, raking the strings more violently at every jump, till they rang again.

Her voice proclaimed triumph, and she led the way down one of the damp, moss-grown paths to a sunny spot where a long strip of freshly raked earth showed that somebody had lately been at work.

They were the admiration of the whole family, so neatly raked, so free from stones or weeds, so gay with flowers of the best kind.