It is not always revenge that stimulates these kindlings.

He turned into a baker's shop and saw freshly chopped kindling piled against the oven, and dough actually on the kneading-tray.

I told him a piece of wood flew up and hit me when I was chopping kindling before breakfast and that my head ached so I didn't feel like going to church.

"I can see the log in front o' the door that I used to cut kindling on.

Such is the cry, And such the harmonious din, the soldier deems The battle kindling, and the statesman grave Forgets his weighty cares; each age, each sex In the wild transport joins; luxuriant joy, And pleasure in excess, sparkling exult 420 On every brow, and revel unrestrained.

All eyes were turned upon him, and each hearer began to feel the kindlings of a strange inspiration.

The fire had gone out, and she came up to inquire if she should make a new one, and if so, where she should find kindling?

"But," he went on, in the delight of hearing her voice in rebuttal, "the big pines give us the masts of ships and they build houses and furnish the kindling for the hardwood logs of the hearth!"

The way is strow'd with Lawrell, and ev'ry Muse Brings Incense to our Fletcher: whose Scenes infuse Such noble kindlings from her pregnant fire, As charmes her Criticke Poets in desire, And who doth read him, that parts lesse indu'd, Then with some heat of wit or Gratitude.

Well may the wars wan thought supply, And kill the kindling of the hopeful eye, Unless you do what even kings have done In leniencyunless you shun To copy Europe in her worst estate Avoid the tyranny you reprobate.

" This was the substance of Eunice's soliloquy, as she cleaned the potatoes for the morrow's breakfast, and laid the kindlings by the stove, ready for the morning fire.

Mr. Van Torp struck a match and lighted the kindling before he took off his overcoat, and in a few minutes a cheerful blaze dispelled the gathering gloom.

She turned at once to the cave, and piling up her kindling, built a fire just at the mouth of the cave.

Jones had naturally violent animal spirits, and Thwackum, resenting his speeches, only the doctor's interposition prevented wrath kindling.

She recalled the kindling of his tired eyes at her action, and smiled sadly to herself.

We could not let her get up in the mornings to help before breakfast; the winter work was growing hard; there were two or three fires to manage besides the furnace, which father attended to; and although our "chore-man" came and split up kindlings and filled the wood-boxes, yet we were all pretty well tired out, sometimes, just with keeping warm.

" He threw some kindlings from a basket upon the fire, and they leaped into flame before he could light the lamp on his table.

When the pyre is ready they lift the body from the litter, adjust it carefully, pile on wood until it is entirely concealed, then thrust a few kindlings underneath and start the blaze.

I had the tenants separate this lumber for different uses on the farm and the scrap lumber was to be taken to the cabin or the main dwelling to be used as kindling and not a negroe would use this kindling.

She had spent almost two hours running to and fro, was all in perspiration and a fluster, had done me a great deal of harm and nobody any good, had wasted all the kindlings for the evening fire, enough tea to have served a large family for a meal, and fairly illustrated a large part of the hospital service rendered by women oppressed with the nursing mission.

He arranged kindling in the fireplace and touched a match to it.

" "We canna gan withoot some kindling; when you canna keep it dry, peat is ill to light.

Bound to their respective stakes, these victims of intolerant bigotry and unlimited tyranny awaited with patience the kindling of the fagots which were piled around.

From this friction-fire they rekindled the fire on the hearth, from which all the men present carried away a kindling to their own homes.