Which preposition to use with offs
We read of Turpin, Oliver, and Roland,the sweepers-off of twenty heads at a single blow; of Arthur, who slew Ritho, whose mantle was furred with the beards of kings; of Theodoric and Charlemagne, and of Richard of the Lion-heart.
ONCE DOWN AND UP A PINE-TREE WHEN SHOWING OFF TO
" "It's story-writin'," declared Peggy "Say, Skim, I put ye onter this deal; don't I git a rake-off on thet fifty dollars?"
The rapt and impassioned attention which she was observed to bestow on his utterances on such occasions all but gained her the reputation of a saint, and was accepted as a sufficient set-off against the unhallowed affection which she could not help manifesting for the memory of her father.
Falling Off in the Population With every allowance for the inequality in the political and economic circumstances of the different districts and for the comparatively flourishing condition of several of them, the retrogression is yet on the whole unmistakeable, and it is confirmed by the most indisputable testimonies as to the general condition of Italy.
" "A detachment, Joyce!" answered the captain, eyeing his subordinate a little curiously"What troops do you propose to tell-off for the service?"
I'll slip below, climb on top of a box-car, and get a rake-off at that bunch.
"Facing the kick-off from the Academy, and doing the light hearted and the fantastic toe with the girls.
" "Not so," said Wilder, shaking his head; "no vessel, from under the heights of Never-sink, could gain that offing with a wind like this!"
This is a handsome deciduous tree that does well in many parts of the country, and is valued for the rich profusion of white flowers produced, and which are well set-off by the finely-cut pinnate leaves.
There was a little pause while Jumbo helped the lubberly Sawed-Off through the strands that had laid hold of his big frame like fish-hooks.
You know I'm fond of seeing a race, and never miss anything in that way that comes-off within a day's drive of this place.
During all those terrible years the falling-off among the patrons of your world-famous bathing-establishment must have been a source of cruel grief to you.
I'll give the homeliest of 'em sech a send-off as" "You will not," said Ajax.
Yet he understood perfectly the man who seemed shy and recluse, who was choked-off before strangers, and who yet burned to be a democrat, to give and take, to share alien lives, to be of the moving throng of life.
What was that shining far-off between the trees, cool, and quiet, and bright, like heaven?
He even coaxed the busy Sawed-Off into postponing some of his work for a few days to help them out.
Then a last big stick came with a rush, bunted these others powerfully so that they began to slide with the momentum thus imparted, slowly at first then, gathering way and speed, they shot down to the lake and plunged to the water over the ten-foot jump-off like a school of breaching whales.
I first walked around the sea-ramparts, enjoying the glorious look-off over the blue waters.
You can not help smiling at a man who has a "vocation," and who wants to give the world a good send-off toward its "goal."
The thorn-tree beside it had burst into white flower; it shimmered far-off under the mist in the dim green field, like a magic thing, half-hidden and about to disappear, remaining only for the hour of its enchantment.