A terrific blast of wind parted several of the guys, collapsed the
framework, and for a moment buried them under the canvas.
Not a cousin of the batch but is amazed to hear from Sir Leicester at breakfast-time of the obliteration of landmarks, and opening of floodgates, and cracking of the
framework of society, manifested through Mrs.
Across this
framework Clayton placed other smaller branches quite close together.
The huts are dome-shaped, and built, like those of the Zulus, of a
framework of wattle, beautifully thatched with grass; but, unlike the Zulu huts, they have doorways through which men could walk.
And Cocky, only a few ounces in weight, less than half a pound, a tiny
framework of fragile bone covered with a handful of feathers and incasing a heart that was as big in pluck as any heart on the Mary Turner, became almost immediately Michael's friend and comrade, as well as ruler.
He thus made a
framework for them of the life he knew, and gave a reason for them all being told in one book.
From this
framework was suspended a wicker basket or car.
Exactly opposite to them was an erection of light
framework, obviously built around some hidden object for purposes of concealment.
The period was hardly, if at all, earlier than that of our story, when a dispute concerning the right of property in a pig not only caused a fierce and bitter contest in the legislative body of the colony, but resulted in an important modification of the
framework itself of the legislature.
It was a sight to see Queequeg seated over against Tashtego, opposing his filed teeth to the Indian's: crosswise to them, Daggoo seated on the floor, for a bench would have brought his hearse-plumed head to the low carlines; at every motion of his colossal limbs, making the low cabin
framework to shake, as when an African elephant goes passenger in a ship.
Little had been left besides the
framework of the house, but in one corner there was a stone slab laid down by way of hearth and an old rusty iron basket to contain the fire.
Only ragged vestiges of glass remained in its windows, and great sheets of the green facing had fallen away from the corroded metallic
framework. It lay very high upon a turfy down, and looking north-eastward before I entered it, I was surprised to see a large estuary, or even creek, where I judged Wandsworth and Battersea must once have been.