"Liquid" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sheet and he sat down and, taking the Hunchback's head in his lap, looked at his face and laughed and guffaw'd[FN697] till he fell upon his back and said, "There is wonder in every death,[FN698] but the death of this Hunchback is worthy to be written and recorded in letters of liquid gold!" The bystanders were astounded at his words and the King marvelled and said to him, "What ails thee, O Silent Man? Explain to us thy words !" "O King of the age," said the Barber, "I swear by thy beneficence that ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton
... food and liquid, the negro speedily revived, and, drawing his finger across his throat, with the addition of other signs, he intimated that his master was about to kill him, when he made his escape; and it was evident that he must have swum a distance of two miles or more ...
— The Three Commanders • W.H.G. Kingston
... consists essentially of a cylindrical reservoir, in the interior of which revolves a system formed of seven pipes, with radiating disks, affixed to plate iron disks, EE. The reservoir is mounted upon a cast-iron frame, and is provided at its lower part with a cock, B, which permits of the liquid being drawn off when it has been sufficiently concentrated. It is surmounted with a cover, which is bolted to lateral flanges, so that the two parts as a whole constitute a complete cylinder. This shape, however, is not essential, and the inventors reserve the right of giving it the arrangement ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883 • Various
... in her low, liquid tones; but I could not understand her, and then she pointed toward the north and started away. I followed her, for my way was north too; but had it been south I still should have followed, so hungry was I for human companionship in this world of ...
— The People that Time Forgot • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... through my desk and found a tiny bottle of some cordial a colleague had once brought me as a jest, knowing I do not drink. While Mr. Rumplestein, or O'Grady, gulped down the liquid I inspected the wound. "A doctor should look ...
— "To Invade New York...." • Irwin Lewis
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