There was just one circumstance that kept us from throwing up the sponge; we had a man in camp.

sweep away infancy and youth, manhood and old age; wipe out old memories, and pass the sponge over cherished recollections.

To make the dough without setting a sponge, merely mix the yeast with the greater part of the warm milk-and-water, and wet up the whole of the flour at once after a little salt has been stirred in, proceeding exactly, in every other respect, as in the directions just given.

And, applying a sponge dipped in some liquid to a small part of the hoop, the jeweller disclosed the dull hue of the baser metal so evidently that Otto could hardly doubt longer.

" "Work for more strategy," whispered Page, as he held a sponge to Dave's battered nose, while Farley rubbed the muscles of his right arm.

Polly, you will find a small sponge in the, second drawer . . ."

From time to time he stretched his right arm towards a basin full of water in which a sponge was soaking; he took the sponge, carried it to his face, and himself moistened his bandages.

I filled the sponge.

He gave him besides a little square phial, and sent him to fill it with water, so that he might have water always at hand to wet his sponge with.

He seized his insensible adversary, dragged him out into the centre of he room, loosened his collar, and squeezed the surgery sponge over his face.

The roots of this immense tree fill the ground, forming a thick sponge that absorbs and holds back the rains and melting snows, only allowing them to ooze and flow gently.

That doesn't sound like you, sir; and I don't understand why you should chuck up the sponge so quickly.

Upon this reef the storms had cast up many remains of marine animals, and a quantity of fungi, amongst which I noticed some exactly resembling the common sponge of the Mediterranean.

I am not saying, mind you, that had the opportunity presented itself of dropping a wet sponge on Tuppy from some high spot or of putting an eel in his bed or finding some other form of self-expression of a like nature, I would not have embraced it eagerly; but that let me out.

When the monitor passed the basin, she dipped her sponge soppin'-wet.

When you buy a sponge, it is round, flat, or cone-shaped.

Then old Reinhardt, gravely pontifical, rapped with his bow on his rack, lifted his violin to his chin, andan obliterating sponge was passed over Sylvia's memory.

That encouragement she gave, for, simultaneously she was penetrating Turkey as water penetrates a sponge, and reducing it to the position of a vassal state.

East can't help shouting challenges to two or three of the other side, though he never leaves Tom for a moment, and plies the sponges as fast as ever.

Day after day, the clouds condensed, grew water, and poured like a squeezed sponge.

There will be some variation in the amount required, dependent upon the brands of flour used, but in general, two and one half pints of the flour will be enough for preparing the sponge and kneading the dough.

Against his left shoulder the doctor pressed a tiny sponge which quickly darkened.

UTENSILS.For bread-making purposes, earthen or china ware is preferable to either tin or wooden utensils: being a poor conductor, it protects the sponge from the cold air much more effectually than tin, and is much more easily kept clean and sweet than wood.

"And they, putting a sponge full of vinegar about hyssop, put it to His mouth" (St. John, c. 19).

Perhaps a dozen men removed their helmets, and, extracting a sponge from the inside, made signs to the woman to pour water on it; then, replacing the sponge in the helmet, marched on refreshed and rejoicing.