Pots

Examples

• The pint-pots were great strokes of genius: but the milk-can was a perfect masterpiece. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It is said that in 1664 Sir John Winter of England made coke by burning sea coal in closed pots. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such things ye do. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Spects they's gwine to trade ye off with a lot o' cracked tea-pots and sich like! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Pots are used containing the materials to be melted and not heated in the presence of the burning fuel, but by the heated gases in separate compartments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Beats the chimbley-pots, Sir,' replied Mr. Weller, touching his hat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He'll brak his shins agean some o' yer pots, and tables, and stuff. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Home came four dozen delightful little pots, half a barrel of sugar, and a small boy to pick the currants for her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was full of flowers, in boxes and pots. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The pots I took off airy railings, and the milk-can was standing by itself outside a public-house. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Lotty reported that they had eaten a much, and greatly laughed, and the master bid her throw away all the sweet stuff, and hide the pots. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Three pint pots of half-and-half are superadded. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Their grain they roasted, ground between stones and stored in pots, to be eaten when needed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The _Noria_, a chain of pots, and the screw of Archimedes were other forms of ancient pumps. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It was better to brush close by the wall than to risk striking my feet against the flower-pots within a few inches of me, on the other side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Some of the pots and pans hung by rope loops to the walls. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I suppose you have hardly seen anything but chimney-pots and bricks and mortar all your life, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, smiling. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The pots hung over the ashes, but they were empty. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Jeames will tell Chawles his notions about you over their pipes and pewter beer-pots. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Many cooking pots were now in evidence about the village. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Nor by reason of a knowledge which advises about brazen pots, I said, nor as possessing any other similar knowledge? Plato. The Republic.
• What pepper pots you are! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was too bad to laugh at the poor little jelly pots. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A gloomy wood, according to the one playbill, was represented by a few shrubs in pots, green baize on the floor, and a cave in the distance. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Who could continue to exist where there are no cows but the cows on the chimney-pots; nothing redolent of Pan but pan-tiles; no crop but stone crop? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was composed of three 12-inch ordinary flower pots. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The women were now preparing the prisoner for their cooking pots, while the men stood about resting after the fatigue of their mad revel. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It was poured from caldrons and ladles, vomited through long copper tubes, or flung in pots, phials and barrels. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Don't you forget to add three pint-pots and a milk-can,' said Mr. Bolter. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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