Blankets

Examples

• The printing ink is applied with large rollers, and the damped paper having been placed carefully upon the stone, with blankets at the back, it is passed through the press. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But tomorrow, he thought, the beasts will come out of their hole and these that are now so comfortable will die warm in their blankets. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• And even if you exchanged blankets for the child--or books and firing--it would be impossible to prevent their being turned into liquor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Shivering, dripping, and crying, they got Amy home, and after an exciting time of it, she fell asleep, rolled in blankets before a hot fire. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Trabb had sliced his hot roll into three feather-beds, and was slipping butter in between the blankets, and covering it up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Hang some blankets to the fire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The doctor had her put between blankets, for she was almost as wet as they that had been in the river, poor young thing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Some clothes are got together for him to wear, his own being saturated with water, and his present dress being composed of blankets. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Expecting to be back in their tents by that time and to be engaged in battle while out, they took with them neither overcoats nor blankets. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There are patents for belts without number, for electric gloves, rings, bracelets, necklaces, trusses, corsets, shoes, hats, combs, brushes, chairs, couches, and blankets. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• When completed he had a rather snug little nest, to which he carried their blankets and some of the lighter luggage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As it was now pitch dark within their tiny aerie they lay down upon their blankets to try to gain, through sleep, a brief respite of forgetfulness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Neither said a word, but they hugged one another close, in spite of the blankets, and everything was forgiven and forgotten in one hearty kiss. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• As soon as he shewed signs of life, we wrapped him up in blankets, and placed him near the chimney of the kitchen-stove. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The damped paper was put into a frame, at the back of which blankets were placed, and was laid lightly on the inked types. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In the march over from Fort Henry numbers of the men had thrown away their blankets and overcoats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• By the same computation, they provided me with sheets, blankets, and coverlets, tolerable enough for one who had been so long inured to hardships. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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