The light of the lantern showed her husband's sleeping form, the naked sword which always hung at his bedpost, and the bare white-washed walls of the room.

When the dishes had been washed, Mary stood over Bennington while he packed them in the bundle and strapped them on the saddle.

1. Parents are to send their children clean washed, with their hair cut short and combed, and their clothes well mended, by half-past eight o'clock in the morning, to remain till twelve.

Some people think that truth and gold are always to be washed for; but the wiser sort are of opinion, that, unless there are so many grains to the peck of sand or nonsense respectively, it does not pay to wash for either, as long as one can find anything else to do.

He thess went down to the crik, an' washed the soot off his face, though they say he didn't no more 'n smear it round, an' then he went down to Miss Phoebe's school, an' stayed there till it was out.

An' she took him out to the well, an' washed his face good for him.

When the salt water has washed some of his airs out of him he'll be good for something; and his brother ain't so bad now.

" Captain Peck, our host,and a worthy man he is, who was himself a sailor till he was washed overboard and lost his health,has just come in to say that it is time for "our chest," as he calls brother's portmanteau, to be on board; so I must say good by.

There comes one now, that has washed our floor for us, and it needed it badly enough; nor do I mind the wetting, for I am bare-footed and my duck trousers always expect it.

By dinner-time I had on the gingham dress and the hot clumpy shoes again; and I had washed my face in cold water so I had got most of the tear spots off.

This fortress is washed by the river on one side; and as it is the strongest side it is the least guardedwe must escape by it.

In the morning my master arose, washed his hands and face, dried them on his garments for want of a towel, and then carefully dressed himself, with my assistance.

Oribazius, the physician, drew out the iron lance-head, and washed and bound up the deep wound.

The morning clouds were growing red, and the first beam of the sun washed over the rim of the horizon.

Then she took me to a house at the end of a little lane, and she and another gipsy washed and dressed my wounds.

When he bought a new necktie and a smart cap and washed 'imself twice in one day they fust began to ask each other wot was up, and then they asked him.

Tawed leather, used for gloves, is made by impregnating the skin with a liquor containing alum and salt, and afterwards washed in a mixture of yolks of eggs and water; the saline and animal matters combine, and give it that peculiar softness, and such leather is afterwards coloured as may be required; having been rolled over wooden rollers, in which are grooves, it is called Morocco leather.

Separated from the mainland, and washed by the 'Torrent of Bitterness,' are the 'Rocks of Remorse.'

The building is still defended on the side of the Tarn by a wall of great height and strength, the base of which is washed by the river in time of flood.

He went his way therefore and washed, and came seeing.'

With a sudden great outrush of pity he had taken her in his arms to comfort her, feeling the selfishness strangely washed from his love, as the sobs convulsed her.

As all the dirty clothes of Athens, comprising those of the military hospital, in which there were grave cases of typhoid, were washed in that stream, the consequences were soon evident in a great outbreak of the malady in the city, the victims being estimated at 10,000 persons; and, two days before that on which the commission was to start on its work, I was taken ill.

In a large, square, old fashioned house, encircled by a neat white fence, which separated it from the street, might be seen a young girl, occupied in what New England housewives would call setting the house in order, and very carefully are all things arranged, the crockery being nicely washed and wiped to a shining brightness, stands neatly arranged in their proper places, on shelves scoured to a snowy whiteness.

"Those usurping hectors who pretend to honour without religion, think the charge of a lie a blot not to be washed out but by blood.

He swung out of his coat and washed vigorously, thrusting his fingers through his short, curly hair and shaking his head in boyish enjoyment that was refreshing to watch.