"Brick in" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ejaculated Somerset. "That brick in your bag must be instantly disposed of. But how? If we could ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... exchange, use a stocking with a stone in it to avoid arrest—just as if a hat "with a brick in it" were not enough! ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 9, May 28, 1870 • Various
... splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable, and the tenour of his dialogue; and he that tries to recommend him by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as ...
— Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books - with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations • Charles W. Eliot
... another instance of the strange things people do when their ideas are confused. The man stood for a moment or two, as if transfixed, a trowel motionless in one of his hands, and a brick in the other; at last giving a kind of gasp, he answered in very ...
— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow
... was planned by Monroe while in the presidential chair, and its construction superintended by William Benton, an Englishman, who served him in the triple capacity of steward, counselor, and friend. The dimensions are about 50 by 90 feet; it is built of brick in a most substantial manner, and handsomely finished; has three stories (including basement), a wide portico fronting south, with massive Doric columns thirty feet in height, and is surrounded by a grove ...
— History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia • James W. Head
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