Lifts

Examples

• The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Mahomet stands there and lifts them out by the hair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Snagsby lifts his hat and returns to his little woman and his tea. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then he stops, and with more of those inarticulate sounds, lifts up his eyes and seems to stare at something. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He appears to be very strong and lifts heavy benches about as if he had no idea what weight was. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As they go upstairs, Mr. Guppy lifts his eyebrows inquiringly and looks at Tony. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As the arm lifts upward, the pin moves along the under side of the lower arm of the rocking-lever, thus causing it to cant and shift the type-wheels to the right or left, as desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But the fact that the stop-valve had to be opened and closed by hand to obtain the desired number of lifts rendered the machine ineffective. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I shall say you're old-fashioned, and prefer walking up the five flights because you don't like lifts. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The tube was raised by successive lifts of 6 feet each, and, as it was lifted, the space was built in with masonry for its ultimate bearing. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It rows, it pumps, it excavates, it carries, it draws, it lifts, it hammers, it spins, it weaves, it prints. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Van Elvean, also of England, in 1858 invented counterbalance weights for such lifts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• After two or three such adjurations, Jo lifts up his head again, looks round the court again, and says in a low voice, Well, I'll tell you something. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• One side is higher than the other and the sweep it makes lifts you back and down to where you started. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Moulded in their Maker's image, the minutest spark of His spirit lifts them almost above mortality. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The woman hastily lifts up her eyes as if she would deny that her injury is referable to such a cause. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She lifts up her eyes and looks at him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It lifts a curtain upon the Balkan country behind Greece about which we have said nothing hitherto; it carries us to and over the Danube. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This trolley carries the axle to an elevator, which lifts it to a conveyor baking oven, located in a section of the roof. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She makes a slight objection, saying, It's nothing; but he has scarcely laid his fingers on the wounded place when she lifts it up to the light. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Editor: Sidney