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Louis to this potato, which is Slouchburg: "Then with this carving knife we'll continue the railroad from Slouchburg to Doodleville, shown by the black pepper: "Then we run along the yes the comb to the tumbler that's Brimstone: "Thence by the pipe to Belshazzar, which is the salt-cellar: "Thence to, to that quill Catfish hand me the pincushion, Marie Antoinette: "Thence right along these shears to this horse, Babylon: "Then by the spoon to Bloody Run thank you, the ink: "Thence to Hail Columbia snuffers, Polly, please move that cup and saucer close up, that's Hail Columbia: "Then let me open my knife to Hark-from-the-Tomb, where we'll put the candle-stick only a little distance from Hail Columbia to Hark-from-the-Tomb down-grade all the way.
The effect was beautiful, and as she stood watching them she wondered why there were just seven. "You like them?" the man asked. "I do," Jean acknowledged. "But I am curious to know why there are just seven." "Oh, that is a perfect number," the man explained. "It is according to the Bible, you know. Now, take the snuffers and put out six."
"And may the devil go with you," said Stefanone, under his breath, as the doctor disappeared. "Why?" inquired Dalrymple, who had caught the words. "I said nothing," answered the peasant, thoughtfully trimming one wick of the lamp with the bent brass wire which, with the snuffers, hung by a chain from the ring by which the lamp was carried. "I thought you spoke," said the Scotchman.
As who should say, they must use the snuffers of the temple to trim their lights withal, if they burn not well. These snuffers therefore are of great use in the temple of God; only, as I said, they must be used wisely. It is not for every fool to handle snuffers at or about the candles, lest perhaps, instead of mending the light, they put the candle out.
Skratdj had not been a wife and a mother for fifteen years, to be snuffed out at one snap of the marital snuffers. As Mr. Skratdj leaned forward in his chair, she leaned forward in hers, and defended herself across the intervening couples. "Why, my dear Mr. Skratdj, you said yourself the weather had not been so promising for a week."
I cannot imagine the infinite Creator of all the shining worlds giving a recipe for hair-oil. Do you believe that the real God came down to Mount Sinai with a lot of patterns for making a tabernacle-patterns for tongs, for snuffers, and such things? Do you believe that God came down on that mountain and told Moses how to cut a coat, and how it should be trimmed?
Finding, that even this sagacious interpretation failed, he threw down the snuffers in a rage, and reproaching their stupidity, walked away. It was observed, that a soft gentle tone of voice, which we had taught him to use, was forgotten, and his native vociferation returned in full force.
I should cut a fine figure, metaphorically, if not arithmetically speaking; whereas my farthing rush-light is now sputtering, clinkering, and guttering to waste, and all because I have not a pair of silver snuffers. If you wish me to move the world, produce your lever! Your wealthy bard has at least audience; and if he cannot sing, he may thank his own hoarse throat, and not the Destinies.
Daniel Burgess published a curious sermon, in 1697, on the golden snuffers, showing that they are a type or emblem of spiritual snuffing or reproving; and of pure gold, to show that reprovers should be holy and unblameable. His directions and cautions are valuable, but Bunyan says much more in his few lines than Burgess does in his eighty pages. Ed.
In front of her was a book, propped up against the rim of a tin candlestick shaped like a small basin. In it was a dip candle and a pair of snuffers. That was how nursery light was provided in the later 'sixties and even in the early 'seventies.
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