Chimneys

Examples

• Young boys have been smothered in chimneys before now,' said another gentleman. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The fourth side was the house, a quaint, low-roofed, old-fashioned place, with deep diamond-paned lattices, and stacks of curiously-twisted chimneys. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Why, he sees those chimneys--the tallest ones! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So strange to turn from the chimneys to the birds. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• How could you think of writing to me about chimneys and fires in such weather as this! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The climate is mild; they never have snow or ice, and I saw no chimneys in the town. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The drawn blinds and the smokeless chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look, as though the weight of this horror still lay heavy upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The illumination from a shaded oil lamp is soft and agreeable, but the trimming of the wicks, the refilling of bowls, and the cleaning of chimneys require time and labor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In this blue clay or Kimberlite in these chimneys, is found nature’s most wonderful creation, the diamond crystallized from pure carbon, in intense heat, and under titanic pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• You could see a high gable, then a long front, then a low gable, then a thick, lofty stack of chimneys. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This is seen in narrow stove chimneys, when a _sacheverell_ or blower is used, which still more contracts the narrow opening. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• During his rounds in the night Swanson would find time to collect from the chimneys the soot that the lamps gave. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There are no windows to a Syrian hut, and no chimneys. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There were the piles of city roofs and chimneys, more free from smoke than on week-days; and there were the distant masts and steeples. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• From a grove upon our left I could already see the high chimneys and the flag-staff which marked the squire's dwelling. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The trader searched the boat from stem to stern, among boxes, bales and barrels, around the machinery, by the chimneys, in vain. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Howls the shrill wind round Chesney Wold; the sharp rain beats, the windows rattle, and the chimneys growl. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You don't mean chimneys? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It seems to have been common in some parts of Europe during the seventeenth century to use a blast of steam to improve the draft of chimneys and of blast furnaces. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Meanwhile, at Milton the chimneys smoked, the ceaseless roar and mighty beat, and dizzying whirl of machinery, struggled and strove perpetually. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Domestic fires were not yet lighted, and the high chimneys had the sky to themselves. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I believe smoke never issues from the chimneys. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The first we hear of chimneys, for the escape of the smoke from a fire or furnace, is in the middle ages. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Though I did think it might shake down some of those tall chimneys. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• When it thundered very loudly, he glanced towards Coketown, having it in his mind that some of the tall chimneys might be struck by lightning. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

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