10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCISSORWISE»
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scissorwise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scissorwise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Depths of the Sea: An Account of the General Results of ...
... during the famous sounding voyage of H.M.S. ' Bulldog' in the year 1860, and
Sir Leopold M'Clintock gives the chief credit of its invention to the
assistantengineer on board, Mr. Steil.2 A pair of scoops A close upon one
another scissorwise ...
Charles Wyville Thomson, 1873
To snuff a candle with a pair of swords held scissorwise is a feat to be
accomplished only by an expert. Interest in the sport was always high; and to-
night individual wagers as to the outcome sprang up around the table. "Saumaise
," said the ...
I vaulted over the oyster bar, slipped into the next booth, and leaning over the
pair of them brought the edges of my hands scissorwise, and with everything I
had, down on the back of his neck. He stayed where he was, and Gay and I went
back ...
Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams, 1998
4
Streaking! the Collected Poems of Gary Botting
And I knelt playing Nebuchadnezzar munching grasses a ruminant until my jaws
ached and my belly revolted cramping scissorwise. The old man grunted
satisfaction at my contorted face. “You've cleared that patch of grass,” he said. “
Now eat ...
5
COMPLETE HUMOR ANTHOLOGIES OF P. G. WODEHOUSE - Adventures ...
... after he had doneafew minutes trapdrumming, to rise from his seatand make a
circulartour of the tableson the edge of the dancingfloor, whimsically
pretendingtoclip the locks ofthe male patronswith apairof drumsticksheld
scissorwise.
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The Catholic Collection: 734 Catholic Essays and Novels on ...
The two candles are placed scissorwise to the neck by the priest as he says:
Through the intercession ofStBlaise, bishop andmartyr, may God free you from
alldisease of the throat,and from allotherevil; in the name ofthe Father, andof the
Son, ...
Catholic Way Publishing, 2014
7
Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and English ...
The central latitudinal line of the bay becomes a diagonal from one corner to the
other, "open and shut...scissorwise," as described by Pevsner; the resulting
vaulting, as he says, is "overwhelmingly lopsided." Which direction the diagonal
goes ...
S. ' Bulldog' in the year 1860, and Sir Leopold M'Clintock gives the chief credit of
its invention to the assistantengineer on board, Mr. Steih A pair of scoops A close
upon one another scissorwise on a hinge, and have two pairs of appendages B ...
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The Adventures of Sally:
... after hehad done afewminutes trapdrumming, to rise from his seat andmakea
circular tour ofthe tableson the edge ofthe dancingfloor, whimsically pretending to
clip the locks of the male patrons withapairof drumsticks held scissorwise.
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, 2014
Again, if two narrow and longish slips or pencils of charcoal (tbrmiug the
terminals of the circuit, or, in other words, the electrodes) be placed parallel, and
close together, and be made to revolve on an axis in contrary directions,
scissorwise, ...
