"Heft" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... baby er my own, an' couldn' be roun' ter look after 'im. An' dis chile is a rale quality chile, he is,—I never seed a baby wid sech fine hair fer his age, ner sech blue eyes, ner sech a grip, ner sech a heft. W'y, dat chile mus' weigh 'bout twenty-fo' poun's, an' he not but six mont's ole. Does dat gal w'at does de nussin' w'iles I'm gone ten' ter dis chile ...
— The Marrow of Tradition • Charles W. Chesnutt
... roused himself—"Hech, sir!" he cried, "I wish you had been wi' us last night. It was just a joy to feel the clouds laying their cheeks to the floods, and the sea laying its shouther to the shore; I sat a' night wi' the helm-heft in my hand, singing o'er and o'er again King David's grand ...
— A Daughter of Fife • Amelia Edith Barr
... Die Entstehung des Geschlechtscharakters (The Origin of Sexual Differentiation), Archiv fuer Gynaekologie, vol. lxx., Heft 2. p. 268. ...
— The Sexual Life of the Child • Albert Moll
... I don't care," said Sam. "It was all that dirty little sneak that made the trouble; but never mind, it's all right. The only thing that worries me is how you sent me flying. I'm bigger an' stronger an' older, I can heft more an' work harder, but you throwed me like a bag o' shavings, I only wish I ...
— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton
... pairs, All bodin in feir of weir;[122] In jacks, and scryppis, and bonnets of steel, Their legs were chainit to the heel,[123] Frawart was their affeir:[124] Some upon other with brands beft,[125] Some jaggit others to the heft, With knives that sharp ...
— English Satires • Various
... again. "Heft along the tall ladder half a dozen yards to the s'yth'ard, and stand by to help. I'm bringin' down this plaguy rose-bush, and I'll take some catchin' if I slip ...
— Hocken and Hunken • A. T. Quiller-Couch
... B C Buechlein fuer junge Schueler so sich taglich fleissig ueben in der Schule des H. Geistes ... Von einem Bruder der Fraternitet CHRISTI des Rosenkreuzes P. F.—Auf dem Titelblatt der ersten beiden Hefte heisst es: "Aus einem alten Mscpt zum erstenmal ans Licht gestellt." In jedem Heft folgt dem Text eine Reihe ...
— Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts • Herbert Silberer
... Wentworth," he said. "I've got a thousand dollars in dust right here in this sack. I'm a rich man in this country, and I can afford it. I think I'm getting touched. Put a raw potato in my hand and the dust is yours. Here, heft it." ...
— Smoke Bellew • Jack London
... Jimmy. "The only thing that's been helping me keep up is the picture I've been drawing of a feller about my heft, squattin' amidships in that bully canoe, and bucking up against the current of the old Harricanaw. How far do you think we ought to go, before making our first camp, Ned; and will we be able to cook any supper, before turning in under ...
— Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay - The Disappearing Fleet • G. Harvey Ralphson
... soger has hab his chance," he reasoned. "Ef he want de box he mus' 'a' com arter it las' night. I'se done bin fa'r wid him, an' now ter-night, ef dat ar box ain' 'sturbed, I'se a-gwine ter see de 'scription an' heft on it. Toder night I was so 'fuscated dat I ...
— Taken Alive • E. P. Roe
... six thousands pounds of freight to Los Angeles, little woman," answered Steffins, promptly, "and I wouldn't guess you to heft over one twenty-eight or thirty at the outside. I'll have the box filled in with spruce boughs and a lot of nice bunch-grass, and put some comforts over that, and you'll be all snug and tidy. You won't starve, either, not while there's ...
— The Lions of the Lord - A Tale of the Old West • Harry Leon Wilson
... family were composing themselves round the fireside for supper, we were startled by the sound of a galloping horse coming to the door; and before any one had time to open it, there was a dreadful knocking with the heft of the rider's whip. It was Nahum Chapelrig, who being that day at Kilmarnock, had heard, as he was leaving the town, the cry get up there that the Aggressor was coming from York with all the English power, ...
— Ringan Gilhaize - or The Covenanters • John Galt
... like th' real stuff!" and the big hand of Ham reached out and picked up the nugget and hefted it critically. "Solid gold!" he declared, his eyes shining. "Jest heft it, Con," and he passed the nugget to Conroyal. "Wal, I reckon you yunks have made good. Now, let's see what's on that thar piece of skin," and, picking up the map, he smoothed it out on the table and stared down on it, while as many heads as possible ...
— The Cave of Gold - A Tale of California in '49 • Everett McNeil
... were left across the tracks, showing that the apex had at these spots been lifted up. This latter fact was especially apt to occur * 'Ueber das Wachsthum der Wurzeln: Arbeiten des bot. Instituts in Wrzburg,' Heft iii. 1873, p. 460. This memoir, besides its intrinsic and great interest, deserves to be studied as a model of careful investigation, and we shall have occasion to refer to it repeatedly. Dr. Frank had previously ...
— The Power of Movement in Plants • Charles Darwin
... second pail. "I don't feel right peart to-day," he said, shambling off down the path. "And there's a deal of heft to a pail of water—uphill, too. An' by-me-by I got ter go down to the dock, I s'pose, when the boat comes in, to meet Broxton's gal. I 'xpect she'll be ...
— Janice Day at Poketown • Helen Beecher Long
... above three and a half inches long, by one and a quarter wide, at its broadest part. The heft, where it had been hollowed to hold the ...
— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England
... heft, Br'er Fox." Then Br'er Rabbit make like talking to himself. "Tut, tut, tut! To be sure, to be sure! Many and many's the times I see my old grand-daddy kick and cuff Cousin Wildcat. If you want some fun, ...
— Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) - Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales • Various
... is your offspring, as the preacher says, are they, Chester? I knowed you'd have a lot of 'em when I recommended the match. Here's the suckin' kid; let Uncle Byle heft him once. Gosh, baby, you want to grab uncle's nose, do you? Well, then, pull away till the cows come home. ...
— A Dream of Empire - Or, The House of Blennerhassett • William Henry Venable |
