To be sure Alvord and Slater and Edgington and the rest of the "the gang" did exchange views on some matters involving the welfare of the club—and in the course of duty.
— from Double Trouble; Or, Every Hero His Own Villain by Herbert Quick
Every shade of political and religious opinion, every kind of economic doctrine, every variety of social standards we found, besides currents and cross currents not easily discerned or classified.
— from Introducing the American Spirit by Edward Alfred Steiner
[101] Roy turned back toward the wireless house, but his encounter with the captain had driven every vestige of sleepiness from his eyes.
— from The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat Or, How Roy Mercer Won His Spurs in the Merchant Marine by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
Here the space between the two corners put in a word; and, as the darkness was now becoming natural, seven or eight mattresses appeared, ranged round the room, some holding one, some two men, most of whom were sitting up on end with old caps on, displaying every variety of squalor.
— from Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne
But there are other ways of teaching people besides preaching, and the young monk who spent his time bending over the illuminated prayer-book, seeing with his dreamy eyes visions of saints and white-robed angels, was preparing to be a greater teacher than them all.
— from Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman
Did you and my friend Danny exchange views on social economics before you were married?" "We didn't have time to exchange views on anything.
— from Her Husband's Purse by Helen Reimensnyder Martin
Riveting machines of different kinds bind together the plates of monster boilers with marvellous rapidity; whilst machines for boring, for drilling, for forging, and for 300 doing every variety of smaller work, are to be seen in operation in various parts of the factory.
— from Great Facts A Popular History and Description of the Most Remarkable Inventions During the Present Century by Frederick C. (Frederick Collier) Bakewell
excite momentarily definite ethereal vibrations of some million per second, as I have explained at length; but we do not at present seem to know how to maintain this rate quite continuously.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 by Various
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