I've been thinking about the
drains. Of course those who don't know
drains think horrible things; but under this London are miles and miles--hundreds of miles--and a few days" rain and London empty will leave them sweet and clean.
Harris said that the danger about desert islands, as far as he had heard, was that they were so damp: but George said no, not if properly
drained.
When their substance is
drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions.
'Twas ruled that he who quaffed no fancy's bowl Should
drain the "Golden Valley"* cups of wine.
The wolf did not want to be asked twice; so that very night he went to the house and crawled through the
drain into the kitchen, and then into the pantry, and ate and drank there to his heart's content.
Joe, himself in tears, gave the poor wretch the bottle, and Kennedy
drained the last drop with savage haste.
If she let the precious minutes slip away, there might be another beating in store for her at the
drain: her father was not of an indulgent disposition when his children were late in bringing his beer.
Two years did Elizabeth and I know the love that passeth all understanding, and day by day the chestnut upon her head was more and the gold less, till the day came that she had prophesied, and with the day a little child, whose hair had stolen all her mother's gold, as her heart had
drained away her mother's life.
"
Drain the blood from men's veins and put in water instead, then there will be no more war!
O Sophia, how easily could I
drain my veins to preserve one drop of that dear blood."--"I have too many obligations to you already," answered she, "for sure you meant them such." Here she looked at him tenderly almost a minute, and then bursting into an agony, cried, "Oh, Mr Jones, why did you save my life?
This theory assumes that the Great Lakes were the deep pools of one immense body of fresh water, which lay too low to be
drained by the irruption that laid bare the land.
It is for me to fill your cups again, since you have
drained them to my dear lads of the white jerkin.
We know that the bitter drops, which even you have
drained from the cup, are no incidental aggravations, no individual ills, but such as must mingle always and necessarily in the lot of every slave.
You little guessed How deep it
drained my slender store: But there's a heart within this breast, And I WILL LEND YOU FIFTY MORE!'
It became necessary to employ very powerful pumps and compressed-air engines to
drain it off, so as to close up the orifice from whence it issued; just as one stops a leak on board ship.
