Oh, this is a shame!" And he flung the watch down, and sprang out of bed, and had a cold bath, and washed himself, and dressed himself, and shaved himself in
cold water because there was not time to wait for the hot, and then rushed and had another look at the watch.
The speeches, judging from the little I could hear of them, were certainly adapted to the occasion, as having that degree of relationship to
cold water which wet blankets may claim: but the main thing was the conduct and appearance of the audience throughout the day; and that was admirable and full of promise.
Plenty of sun, fresh air, and
cold water; also cheerful surroundings, and some work; for Phebe is to show you how to take care of this room, and be your little maid as well as friend and teacher.
She had him out at daylight every morning, stood him up in the wood- shed and drowned him with a deluge of
cold water; then she scrubbed him down with a towel like a file, and so brought him to; then she rolled him up in a wet sheet and put him away under blank- ets till she sweated his soul clean and "the yel- low stains of it came through his pores" -- as Tom said.
Sometimes after having been roasted in the fire, the natives snatch it briskly from the embers, and permitting it to slip out of the yielding rind into a vessel of
cold water, stir up the mixture, which they call 'bo-a-sho'.
Dummling asked him what he was taking to heart so sorely, and he answered: 'I have such a great thirst and cannot quench it;
cold water I cannot stand, a barrel of wine I have just emptied, but that to me is like a drop on a hot stone!'
Shuan being dead) were now shut in the fore-part of the ship and condemned to what they hated most --
cold water.
My girl's words fell upon me like a splash of
cold water. I was savage with myself, for feeling uneasy in myself the moment she had spoken them--but so it was.
As for my mother, when we had carried her up to the hamlet, a little
cold water and salts and that soon brought her back again, and she was none the worse for her terror, though she still continued to deplore the balance of the money.
The niece said the same, and, more: "You must know, Master Nicholas"- for that was the name of the barber- "it was often my uncle's way to stay two days and nights together poring over these unholy books of misventures, after which he would fling the book away and snatch up his sword and fall to slashing the walls; and when he was tired out he would say he had killed four giants like four towers; and the sweat that flowed from him when he was weary he said was the blood of the wounds he had received in battle; and then he would drink a great jug of
cold water and become calm and quiet, saying that this water was a most precious potion which the sage Esquife, a great magician and friend of his, had brought him.
By this time, he is exasperated to such frenzy, that they are sometimes obliged to throw
cold water on him, to moderate his fury; and dangerous would it be, for horse and rider, were he, while in this paroxysm, to break his bonds.
"I am going to douse my head in some
cold water. That must have been the strongest brandy and soda that was ever brewed, to send me off like that."
Sowerberry: speaking as well as she could, through a deficiency of breath, and a sufficiency of
cold water, which Noah had poured over her head and shoulders.
In reality, the water temperature of quarry lakes (both active and disused) and reservoirs can be well below 15 degrees, the temperature at which
cold water shock can occur.
Cold water shock is when you enter water that is too cold - below 15C - and your body's instinctive reaction is to fight and gasp for air which can cause water to enter the lungs and the person to drown.
