"Close down" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Men, attended by the Relations, the King, old Men, and all the Nation. {Interment in the Grave.} When they come to the Sepulcre, which is about six Foot deep, and eight Foot long, having at each end (that is, at the Head and Foot) a Light-Wood, or Pitch-Pine Fork driven close down the sides of the Grave, firmly into the Ground; (these two Forks are to contain a Ridge-Pole, as you shall understand presently) before they lay the Corps into the Grave, they cover the bottom two or ...
— A New Voyage to Carolina • John Lawson
... for shooting game on Sunday in Hampshire. Sir DOUGLAS HAIG, we understand, has generously arranged to close down the War on the first Wednesday in every month, in order that the Higher Command may assist in supplying the hospitals ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 24, 1917 • Various
... annihilated the men rushing at Chester. He rolled over, deaf and unseeing. Shells were coming true and straight. An aeroplane appeared overhead so close down that Chester could see it plainly in the light of the star-shells when his sight came back. Aeroplanes were guiding the ...
— The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders • Clair W. Hayes
... visitation," said Mrs Campbell, after a pause. "Look, the whole wood is now on fire, close down to the clearing. The house must be burnt, ...
— The Settlers in Canada • Frederick Marryat
... humidity, some curse will fall on you that will prostrate and close down on your optimistical ...
— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller
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