A large stone had served as a wedge; flints and pebbles had been
inserted around it, so as to conceal the orifice; this species of masonry had been covered with earth, and grass and weeds had grown there, moss had clung to the stones, myrtle-bushes had taken root, and the old rock seemed fixed to the earth.
"If no other provisions have been
inserted in the document -- or if, being
inserted, those other provisions should be discovered to have failed also -- I believe it to be impossible (especially if evidence can be found that the admiral himself considered the Trust binding on him) for the executors to deal with your husband's fortune as legally forming part of Admiral Bartram's estate.
This restriction implies an admission that, if it were not
inserted, the States would possess the power it excludes; and it implies a further admission, that as to all other taxes, the authority of the States remains undiminished.
I have also
inserted portions of several letters written for the New York Tribune and the New York Herald.
But with the whale, these two sashes are separately
inserted, making two distinct windows, but sadly impairing the view.
He was playing at 'puff the dart,' which is played with a long needle
inserted in some worsted, and blown at a target through a tin tube.
This seemed to me too profound a joke to be
inserted in the body of this book or I should have restored it to Conversation Kenge or to Mr.
He noted, also, the end of fuse, split properly, into which had been
inserted the head of a wax match.
But high above the flying scud and dark-rolling clouds, there floated a little isle of sunlight, from which beamed forth an angel's face; and this bright face shed a distinct spot of radiance upon the ship's tossed deck, something like that silver plate now
inserted into the Victory's plank where Nelson fell.
