"Bruise" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the unpleasant part of that interview. At the same time, it moved him to a curious contempt of the youth. He had to conjure-up an image of the young man in person, to correct the sentiment:—and it remained as a kind of bruise only half cured. ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... varieties, may be expeditiously done by a potato hoe. If they are not intended for seed purposes, stand the heads down and stumps up until the earth on the roots is somewhat dry, when it can be mostly removed by sharp blows against the stump given with a stout stick. In loading do not bruise the heads. Select the place for keeping them in a dry, level location, and, if in the North, a southern exposure, where no water can stand and there can be no wash. To make the pit, run the plough along from two to four furrows, and throw out the soil with the shovel to ...
— Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them • James John Howard Gregory
... to the dawn, dear, We travel the dusty road, With the bruise of the battle's brawn, dear, And the weight of the labor's load; But whether we lose or conquer, And whether the rose or rue, A song on the paths we go, dear, And a smile on the face ...
— Oklahoma Sunshine • Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller
... craft, As bids him pause at each fresh outrage; friends, He needs some sterner hand to grasp his own, Some voice to ask, "Why shrink? Am I not by?" Now, one whom England loved for serving her, Found in his heart to say, "I know where best The iron heel shall bruise her, for she leans Upon me when you trample." Witness, you! So Wentworth heartened Charles, so England fell. But inasmuch as life is hard ...
— Browning's England - A Study in English Influences in Browning • Helen Archibald Clarke
... back again along the road, and I noticed the right side of his face for the first time. Under the ear was a large livid bruise. ...
— Parnassus on Wheels • Christopher Morley
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