Boots

Examples

• I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon them, and have people walking over them with heavy boots? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was riding a big gray gelding and he wore a khaki beret, a blanket cape like a poncho, and heavy black boots. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Catherine wore hobnailed boots and a cape and carried a stick with a sharp steel point. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Dear me,' said the prim man in the cloth boots, 'it is a very extraordinary circumstance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Gradually there arose before me the hat, head, neckcloth, waistcoat, trousers, boots, of a member of society of about my own standing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She looked at him as he stood waiting, his black coat buttoned to the chin, his cap pulled down, his boots in his hand. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Look at his boots and yellow jacket--ain't he a rum one? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A universal shriek arose as the russet boots waved wildly from the wreck and a golden head emerged, exclaiming, I told you so! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He left the smoky, gossip-filled room and went into the back bedroom and sat down on the bed and pulled his boots off. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Pin it round your neck, and then it will be useful, said Laurie, looking down at the little blue boots, which he evidently approved of. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Boots had then run down the lane, and another little smudge of blood showed that it was he who had been hurt. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Pickwick acknowledged the compliment, and cordially shook hands with the stout gentleman in the top-boots. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Very true, replied Mr. Merriman, looking down thoughtfully at his boots. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He had his top-boots in his room, in which he used to hunt in the holidays. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Upon that, I turned down the long passage which I had first trodden in my thick boots, and he made his bell sound. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The greatest of all applications of rubber are to be found in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Beside him were the leggings, thick boots, leather gloves, and sleeve-waistcoat in which he worked. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• His boots, too, might be told from their traces. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Fifty-five Million Pairs of Boots and Shoes then Annually Pegged. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I won't beat you if you have got a pair of killing boots. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Bucket thoughtfully came and warmed the soles of his boots, first one and then the other, at the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His slippers, too, were gone, but his boots were left behind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He pulled on his boots, put on his coat, and set out to walk in the night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Revived by soup, Twemlow discourses mildly of the Court Circular with Boots and Brewer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Look at that infernal sly-boots of a Tapeworm, Fipps whispered, examining his chief from the stalls. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The diamonds were sewed into her habit, and secreted in my Lord's padding and boots. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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