"That," replied Martin, "is a gentleman known in these parts as the 'Pile-driver.'

As soon as they had gotten into the shipyard, they saw before them a wide, expansive harbor separated by pile-bridges.

so little water mostly, they have to sprinkle the bed to keep it from flyin' about the landscape, as if 'twas a pile o' feathers.

He dug his toes into the velvet pile carpet with the air of a man who was trying to take anchor.

Ken slipped into the shadow of a pile-head, waiting his chance.

A typical Malay house presents the appearance of a pile-dwelling, the floor being raised several feet above the ground, and tied to the heavy upright timbers which run to the roof and form the framework of the house.

Oatlands Park is a large pile standing on the site of a magnificent palace built by Henry VIII.

Now bless'd with all the baubles of the great, The polish'd marble and the shining plate, [gg]Orgilio sees the golden pile aspire, And hopes from angry heav'n another fire.

P.-An uncut pile fabric known as "BRUSSELLETTE."

It ran: "Dere Thorn: The Infunt Fernomerner is a wunder and the pile groes every day.

Robes of gold shall feed the fire; Amber, gums, and richest pearl On his bed of glory hurl: Trophies of his conquering might, Skulls of foes, and banners bright, Shields, and splendid armour, won When the combat-day was done, On his blazing death-pile heap, Where the brave in glory sleep!

[The WHITE PILE hurls himself upon CHANTECLER.]

And he heard her brother wish that violets might spring from her grave: and he saw him leap into the grave all frantic with grief, and bid the attendants pile mountains of earth upon him, that he might be buried with her.

"Oh, I have some wood-pile relations scattered about the country!" exclaimed the French girl, her eyes sparkling.

I could see her blinking at the marble columns, at the velvet pile rugs, and the innumerable electric lights just turned on.

Sprinkle with salt, pile slices on a plate.

Kings' heads are chopped off, a whole class is guillotined, reform movements come and go, the masters fight every inch of their retreat, and pile stratagem upon stratagem, device upon device, to retain their spoils.

In certain applications, of course, the receivers may be combined with a microphone; yet on an aerial as well as on a subterranean line the transmitter produces effects which, as regards intensity and clearness, are comparable with those of a pile transmitter.

At the time when I wrote down these statements of the priest, neither of us was familiar with the discoveries made within the last few years relating to the lake dwellings (pile villages); or these notes might have been more exact, although probably they would not have been so easy and natural.

The deep, bright red band on her funnel gave her a touch of coquetry, but she had the drabness of senility; she was worn out, and working, when she should have gone to the junk pile years before.

.....I saw the living pile ascend, The mausoleum of its architects, Still dying upwards as their labors closed; Slime the material, but the slime was turned To adamant by their petrific touch: Frail were their frames, ephemeral their lives, Their masonry imperishable.

"Yes, Gianetto was hidden under the hay-pile yonder, but my little cousin showed me the trick.

Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umbered arms, by fits, thick flashes send, Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn, And ardent warriors wait the rising morn.

90 From hence he does that antique pile behold, Where royal heads receive the sacred gold; It gives them crowns, and does their ashes keep; There made like gods, like mortals there they sleep; Making the circle of their reign complete, Those suns of empire!

This is the signal for thousands of assistants, who are concealed over its vast extent, to light the great lamps, and in an instant all is motion, the whole mass is like a living thing, fire whirling and flashing over it in all directions, till the vast pile blazes as if lighted with a thousand suns.