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"Cushion" Quotes from Famous Books

... Viscount pointed, Barnabas espied the touzled head of Captain Slingsby of the Guards protruding from beneath the settee, and reposing upon a cushion. The Captain's features were serene, and his breathing soft and regular, albeit deepening, ever and ...

— The Amateur Gentleman • Jeffery Farnol et al

... was then busy with his masterpiece "The Dream Journey," his cushion seat placed in the south verandah, a low desk before him. Cousin Gunendra would come and sit there for a time every morning. His immense capacity for enjoyment, like the breezes of spring, helped poetry to sprout. My eldest brother ...

— My Reminiscences • Rabindranath Tagore

... the hoof, unbraced by the sole and bars, begins to contract, the action of the frog upon the ground, which in the natural foot is threefold—acting as a cushion to receive the force of the blow and thus relieve the nerves and joints of the leg from concussion, opening and expanding the hoof by its upward pressure, quickening the circulation and thereby stimulating the natural secretions,—this all important part of the organization, ...

— Rational Horse-Shoeing • John E. Russell

... are going to run under water?" pondered Eph, sliding into the engine room and seating himself on the cushion opposite Andrews. ...

— The Submarine Boys on Duty - Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat • Victor G. Durham

... however, he lay down on a sofa in Letty's sitting-room, obliged to confess himself worn out. She made him comfortable, and after she had given him a cushion, she suddenly bent over him ...

— Sir George Tressady, Vol. II • Mrs. Humphry Ward

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