Do we say grate or great

grate 708 occurrences

Mrs. Wood said that she thought a fire would be pleasant; so they lighted the sticks of wood in the open grate, and all sat round the blazing fire.

The lovely white bed in the alcove, the three windows with lace curtains dropping to the floor, the grate with its soft, bright fire, the round table under the chandelier, with Miss Prudence writing letters and I always writing, studying, or mending.

I was discouraged last night and had a crying time down here on the rug before the grate.

He was now impatient as an eagle in a grate.

Near to that city, on a gentle mount, There stands a tow'rwithin its donjon grate They lock'd him up, and, dreadful to recount, With him three tender babes to share his fate!

When she had gone, Osborn frowned and getting up savagely kicked a log in the grate.

The spacious library was very cold and the end of a small log smouldered among the ashes in the grate.

The other evening you were quite sad, sitting by that fireless grate; you were thinking of I don't know what, but certainly it was not of anything very lively, so much so that it went to my heart.

Food was out of the question; drink, saving some villainous raki of Gerôme's, also; but there was plenty of firewood, and we soon had a good fire in the grate.

He did not choose the most appropriate place for this operation, for his sister-in-law rather pathetically remarked: "He melted the lead which he used over the fire in the grate of my front parlor, and, in his operation of casting the type, he spilled some of the heated metal upon the drugget, or loose carpeting, before the fireplace, and upon a flagbottomed chair upon which his mould was placed.

(And just then the paper in the grate kindling into flame, he points to it.) PARNELL.

" "Of course not," said Paul looking thoughtfully into the flickering fire of the grate.

Remove skin and seeds from 1/2 lb. firm, ripe tomatoes, and cut small; grate 4 ozs.

If flavour of rind is liked, grate that in.

Remove the rinds and grate them small, or put through a mincer.

Grate or run through mincer, add two cupfuls boiling water, and beat with a wooden spoon from ten to fifteen minutes; then squeeze through a cloth or potato masher.

"Fixtures" were in such houses practically non-existent; the grate, which consisted merely of two or three bars or ribs, the iron swey from which hung the large pot with its rudimentary feet, and, in some cases, even the window, were the property of the immigrants, and were carried about by them from farm to farm in their successive flirtings.

And seeing a scrap of note-paper stuck between the base-board and the wall, I dug it out with a hairpin, and threw it into the grate, to be burned later.

" The traveller grunted and, returning to the settle opposite the old man, fell to lazily stroking a cat which had strolled in attracted by the warmth of the small fire which smouldered in the grate.

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The air was so still, and the sea so calm, that you could hear the sides of the boat grate against the cliff.

Then there is the coffee-house Gothic, the pie-shop Perpendicular, the commercial Classic, the fender and fire-grate Transitional, the milk and cream Decorated, and various hybrid architectural styles.

No fire had burned in the grate for many a long day; of that the visitor assured himself.

There were candles lighted, and a good fire burnt in the grate; tea-things stood on a little table near the fire, and the two sisters were talking, Lady Mardykes appearing more collected, and only they two in the room.

" Here he gave a brief account of our visit and the conditions that we observed, and was proceeding to furnish a list of the articles that we had found under the grate, when Mr. Winwood started from his chair.

great 149332 occurrences

Many persons entertain a belief that cow's milk is hurtful to infants, and, consequently, refrain from giving it; but this is a very great mistake, for both sugar and milk should form a large portion of every meal an infant takes.

"Time," according to the old proverb, "is money;" and it may also, in many cases, and with equal truthfulness, be said to be life; for a few moments, in great emergencies, often turn the balance between recovery and death.

These baths are used whenever there is congestion, or accumulation of blood in the internal organs, causing pain, difficulty of breathing, or stupor, and are employed, by their stimulating property, to cause a rush of blood to the surface, and, by unloading the great organs, produce a temporary inflammation in the skin, and so equalize the circulation.

When the inside of the throat is the part stung, there is great danger of violent inflammation taking place.

The great thing is to prevent the poison getting into the blood; and, if possible, to remove the whole of it at once from the body.

The patient's friends will have to use their own judgment to a great extent in these and in many other cases, as to when leeches, fever-mixture, &c., are necessary.

The great thing for people to do in these cases isnothing; contenting themselves with putting the patient to bed, and waiting the arrival of a surgeon. 2624.

In every case, amusing the mind, and avoiding all causes of over-excitement, are of great service in bringing about a permanent cure. 2644.

There is great burning pain, extending from the mouth to the stomach; vomiting of a liquid of a dark coffee-colour, often mixed with shreds of flesh and streaks of blood; the skin inside the mouth is taken off; and the exposed surface is at first white, and after a time becomes brownish.

When the pain over the stomach is very great, the same local treatment is necessary; but if it is only slight, a good mustard poultice will be sufficient without the leeches.

When very strong fumes of smelling-salts have in any way been inhaled, there is great difficulty of breathing, and alarming pain in the mouth and nostrils.

There is a coppery taste experienced in the act of swallowing, with a burning heat, extending from the top of the throat down to the stomach; and also a feeling of great tightness round the throat.

There is also great prostration of strength.

These consist at first in giddiness and stupor, followed by insensibility, the patient, however, being roused to consciousness by a great noise, so as to be able to answer a question, but becoming insensible again almost immediately.

If he has been a great drinker, he may be allowed to take a little beer; but it is better not to do so.

When the swelling and tenderness about the joint are very great, from eight to twelve leeches may be applied.

Ye chief, for whom the whole creation smiles; At once the head, the heart, the tongue of all, Crown the great hymn!

Yet not in thoughtless slumber were they passed; For oft the heavenly fire, that lay concealed Beneath the sleeping embers, mounted fast, And all its native light anew revealed; Oft as he traversed the cerulean field, And marked the clouds that drove before the wind, Ten thousand glorious systems would he build, Ten thousand great ideas filled his mind:

be sure the best of men; Nor thought he more than thought great Origen.

the learned, the wise, The great, the busy, I despise, And pity even the gay. 'These, these are joys alone, I cry, 'Tis here, divine Philosophy, Thou deign'st to fix thy throne!

Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear: They breathe a soul to animate thy clay.

The officer had ordered a great many things of this man, promising to pay on his return to Tangier.

Now a large dark outline loomed before him; he would have to stop, to come about in a moment, orA great wave struck him, half filling his boat, but he did not seem to notice.

And it is only when there is this soul longing to reach the excellence conceived, for itself alone, that great works have been produced.

Pray, when would Sheikh Tâhâr, that eminent Koordish saint, have become convinced that he was a great sinner, if they had not carried about the contribution-boxes in the little New England churches?

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