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My son was consigned to the care of my own nurse, Lydia Reed, who can at any time identify him by marks upon his right hand, but more especially by the turning up of both the thumbs, an indelible mark of identity in our family. My son was afterwards baptized by the Rev.
Japan had during the past few years planted her terror among them, persecuting the Church, arresting its most prominent members on false charges, breaking them in prison by scientific torture. Many of the men knew, in that assembly, of the meaning of police flogging, the feel of police burning, the unspeakable agony of being strung up by the thumbs under the police inquisition.
Ma Hinkle and a subordinate known to the ears as "Betty," but denied to the eyesight, presided at the range. Pa Hinkle himself, with salamandrous thumbs, served the scalding viands. During rush hours a Mexican youth, who rolled and smoked cigarettes between courses, aided him in waiting on the guests. As is customary at Parisian banquets, I place the sweets at the end of my wordy menu.
Either they underestimated our strength at first, or else it required about eight seconds to tune in their heavy generators probably the former." "But we've got to do something, man! We can't just sit here and twiddle our thumbs!" "Why, and why not? That course seems eminently wise and proper. In fact, at the present time, thumb-twiddling is distinctly indicated."
No, no, 'twas the land had taken possession of us, as the New World ever does, fusing ancient hates and rearing a new race, of which I wot no prophet may dare too much! "He who twiddles his thumbs may gnaw his gums," M. Radisson was wont to say; and I assure you there was no twiddling of thumbs that morning.
For several days all business was neglected in New Amsterdam; nothing was talked of but the diplomatic mission of Anthony the Trumpeter, nothing was to be seen but knots of politicians with their thumbs to their noses.
Also that the case is now unreservedly in my hands on that basis. Is that correct?" "Entirely", said the other, eagerly. "And I can produce the cash any time at two hours' notice." Lawyer Gooch stood up at his full height. His thin figure seemed to expand. His thumbs sought the arm-holes of his vest. Upon his face was a look of sympathetic benignity that he always wore during such undertakings.
Puckridge to put her thumb on his wound, turned the point of the syringe up and drove a little out to get rid of the air, then, with the help of a probe, inserted the nozzle into the wound, and gently forced in the blood. That done, he placed his own thumbs on the two wounds, and made the woman wash out the syringe in clean hot water.
They strike me as having one too many fingers look there that fellow is pointing why his hand hasn't too many fingers, but too many thumbs! He has one on each side of his palm! Say, that would be handy in placing nuts and bolts, and such fine work, wouldn't it?"
"D'ye know what they're for?" "Not being a demon, which you seem to be, I don't." "What?" inquired Jack, putting his head a little more to one side and revolving his thumbs in a contrary direction, by way of variety. "Torterers man-torterers! What d'ye twirl your thumbs like that for, eh?"
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