"Warm to" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was too warm to have a roaring fire upon the hearth, man devised other means for obtaining light without undue warmth. He placed glowing embers upon ledges in the walls, upon stone slabs, or even upon suspended devices of non-inflammable material. Later he split long splinters of wood from pieces selected for ...
— Artificial Light - Its Influence upon Civilization • M. Luckiesh
... the eggs still feel warm to the hand," I said as I knelt in deep contrition beside the ...
— The Golden Bird • Maria Thompson Daviess
... brothers clasped hands eagerly and lovingly. Then Walter continued: "So Harry took the old mare, and I took my pony, and we set off soon after breakfast, and got in a little time to Marley Heath; and I can't say I felt very warm to the place, and certainly it didn't look very warm to me. 'What's to come next?' I said to Harry. 'Well,' he said, 'we must make inquiries.' That was all easy enough to say, but who were we to make inquiries of? The only living thing about was an old donkey who had strayed ...
— Amos Huntingdon • T.P. Wilson
... gentleman has just been telling me that May is the worst month in the year, here; so pleasant! but the air is soft and warm to-day, and I look out over the foliage to the ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 2 • Leonard Huxley
... in it, Master Landlord," he said pleasantly. "Nay, man! ye are not giving milk to children, but something warm to cheer ...
— The Nest of the Sparrowhawk • Baroness Orczy
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