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There was nought but a circle scratched on the stone with a point of nail or knife, and in the circle two dots. I said so Then said he, 'Bon Bec, that square was a warning. Some good Truand left it, that came through this village faring west; that means "dangerous."
They not only wound but they take pleasure in wounding, and in making their victim see that he is wounded. A man of the world would never have allowed himself to be scratched twice; the good abbe, on the contrary, had taken several blows from those sharp claws before he could be brought to believe in any evil intention.
"They are bad beasts to fool with," said Nikol. "My brother had both eyes scratched out in an encounter with a single wildcat. And you killed three." "There wasn't much chance of your eyes being scratched out, was there, Mr. Stubbs?" said Chester. "And why not?" demanded the little man, "Come now, Mr.
Here we'll make a great arched door, so that the knights can ride right in without dismounting when they're hard pressed by the enemy. Here's the drawbridge " Roger hastily whittled off a piece of bark "and this line I've scratched inside the outer wall is for the wall round the inner bailey. We'll have a watch-tower here and here and here.
Miles away just enough to make a good "Sabbath day's journey" was a wonderful region called the "Ledges," where glaciers had once resided, and left huge boulders, scratched and scarred. As Jumbo put it, it seemed, from the chasms and caves and curious distortions of stone and soil, that "nature must have once had a fit there.".
The half-breed looked out of the corners of his eyes at the young man, but he did not raise the peak of his fur cap in doing so, and his glances askance were not seen. Young Aleck had been writing something with his finger-nail on the frost of the pane, over and over again. When Pierre spoke to him thus he scratched out the word he had written, with what seemed unnecessary force.
It may be worth while to add here the account which Krustenstern has given of the mode adopted in Nukahiwa, one of the Washington Islands: "As soon as a Nukahiewer arrives at the age of puberty, his whole body is tatooed; an art carried to a much greater perfection in this island than in any other, as they paint, in fact, their bodies with different figures, rubbing a pleasing colour into the skin, which is first scratched until it bleeds.
I've cut and scratched every single solitary finger I possess!" "Poor little girl! But, you see, I offer you my hand, both hands, in fact, there's ten extra fingers at your disposal, if you want them. And all willing and eager to work for you." "Mr. Farnsworth, how do you suppose I can make croquettes if you talk to me like that? One tablespoonful of flour, two of butter, three eggs "
Macandrew, but he did not summon a messenger to go for them. Instead he raised his eyebrows in a manner that expressed the necessity of making the best of it, and humourously scratched his head. "We have four hundred pounds of new type coming out in the Almora she's due on Thursday," he said. "Entirely for the advertisements. We'll have a fine display next week.
"You don't look well, however." "I'm feeling fine!" Mr. Slater hunched his shoulders as if the contact of his shirt was irksome to the flesh. "You'd better let me rub you. Why are you scratching yourself?" "I ain't scratching." "You were!" The doctor was sternly curious; he had assumed his coldest and most professional air. "Well, if I scratched, I probably itched.
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