"Fire escape" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... woman, With a wig of smooth black hair Gummed about her shrunken brows, Comes sometimes on the fire escape. An old stooped mother, The left shoulder low With that uneven droopiness that women know Who have suckled many young... Yet I have seen no ...
— The Ghetto and Other Poems • Lola Ridge
... at their summits what are called craters. These are large, hollow, circular openings, from which the smoke and fire escape. ...
— New National Fourth Reader • Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes
... mind was to be there to catch her if she missed her grip, but to forestall objection he thrust his body through the opening, measured the distance with a brief glance and launched himself outward. To use that fire escape one must catch the branch, and hold it without slipping, while he swung and groped with his feet for ...
— A Pagan of the Hills • Charles Neville Buck
... the hall door, closing it tightly after them. They had far better have stayed in the apartment and have descended by the fire escape, but they thought of it too late. The hall door had locked behind them. The outer halls were black with smoke. People were rushing wildly up and down. The entrance leading to the roof was locked. The elevator boy called "last trip," and opened the iron ...
— Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl • Irene Elliott Benson
... doors on the porch, in a well-sheltered corner. A screen or a blanket protects from the wind, sleet, or rain; and if the baby's finger tips are warm, you can rest assured the feet and body are warm. Scores of babies will sleep out on the porch, on the protected fire escape, or in a room with opened windows, from one bottle or feeding to another; being aroused at the end of the three or four hour interval just enough to nurse, when back they go to their delightful, warm nest in the cool, fresh air to sleep for another period. Babies should never sleep in a room ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler |
