"Extinguish" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... you extinguish the fire so soon? I think, friend Costal, you did wrong in that," ...
— The Tiger Hunter • Mayne Reid
... revolution, more than the plots which may be hatching in the dark against the security of persons or of property—is, the number, the importance, and the extent of the efforts which are making in our days to extinguish in men's souls their faith in the ...
— The Heavenly Father - Lectures on Modern Atheism • Ernest Naville
... long in coming. As soon as the generals reached the spot, they told off a number of men to endeavor to extinguish the flames; sent other parties to scour the camp, and search for the enemy; while the rest, in solid order, awaited any attack that ...
— For the Temple - A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem • G. A. Henty
... could have done who had found himself in a profitless business with a disreputable partner. There is no disguising this unvarnished truth; and though his friends did well in getting the connection ended as quickly as possible, they could not eradicate the original sin of the transaction, nor extinguish the consequences which it of necessity entailed. Let me not, however, be misunderstood: my objection to the conduct of Byron does not lie against the wish to turn his extraordinary talents to profitable account, but to the mode ...
— The Life of Lord Byron • John Galt
... unacquainted with the building, for, after two or three steps had been taken, one lighted a match. It was evident to the detective that these visitors were reading the names on the doors as they progressed along the corridor, and he was about to extinguish his lamp and prepare for the worst, when the two men stopped again, struck a match, and, after an instant's hesitation, rapped sharply ...
— Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective • Ellis Parker Butler
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