Placing

Examples

• Placing one end of my harness strap in his hands I lowered him quickly to the ground below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The only independent one among them, he warned her that she was doing too much for this man, and was placing herself too unreservedly in his power. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Byllesby and the late Luther Stieringer, was completed and in operation within six weeks after the placing of the order. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The draught is maintained by placing the apparatus on a couple of bricks, and regulated by closing the intervening space with mud, leaving only a sufficient aperture to keep the fire burning. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Then placing the boat at one end of the trough, the weight would draw it through the water to the other. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Hor Vastus, I said, placing my hand upon his shoulder, you know best the promptings of your own heart. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Artificial floating islands have been formed by placing lake mud on rafts of wicker-work covered with reeds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Cut the camomile in pieces and rub fine with the sal-ammoniac; add the lavender water and vinegar by placing all in a glass flask and let it digest for twelve hours and filter. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• I will begin by placing faculties in a class by themselves: they are powers in us, and in all other things, by which we do as we do. Plato. The Republic.
• An image of a coin was obtained by placing it between uranic salts and a photographic plate. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The rails were insulated from the ties by giving them two coats of japan, baking them in the oven, and then placing them on pads of tar-impregnated muslin laid on the ties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Placing Helena, Zoe, and all their bundles in the best boat they could select in their hurry, Dick and Argyropoulos pushed it off into deep water. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Let me see; he'll be back in twenty minutes, at the longest,' said Mr. Brownlow, pulling out his watch, and placing it on the table. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Use by placing a little of the mixture on a wad of cotton and apply to the glass. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Ah,' said the red-haired man, placing the card in his pocket-book, 'Pickwick; very good. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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