"Roll off" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... men and women sat on the west bank of the river, waiting impatiently for the return of the ferryboat, they saw, from minute to minute, carriages drive up the lawn avenue, discharge the occupants at the main entrance of the house, and then roll off to the stable yard ...
— For Woman's Love • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
... so arranged, that if he should fall from the plank, he would inevitably hang by his neck. Lying in this position all night, he was more likely than not to fall asleep, and then there were ninety-nine chances to one that he would roll off his narrow bed and be killed before he could awake, or have time to extricate himself. Peradventure this is the explanation of the anxiety Mr. —— of ——, used to feel, when he had confined one of his slaves in the dungeon. He stated that he would frequently ...
— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society
... concerning the suburbs as suitable localities for such as he. He was not convinced. "There!" he said, slapping the shelf above his bench. "That's where I'd like ter sleep. All yer gotter do at six o'clock is roll off and turn to!" Well, that is just what he would get at sea. In most steamers the engineer walks out of the mess-room, bathroom, or berth, into an alley-way on either side of the engine platform. The beat of the engines becomes part of his environment. ...
— An Ocean Tramp • William McFee
... she admonished her mother. "Keep the backs of them so level that a lead pencil wouldn't roll off. I'll get a ...
— Marjorie at Seacote • Carolyn Wells
... Providence is a humbug. You believe in the honor of your friend, and you trust it. You believe in the honesty and ability of your creditor, and you trust him. You trust every thing and everybody that you firmly believe in; and the only reason under heaven why you do not roll off the burden that oppresses you, every day and every hour of your life, and commit it to the care of Providence, is, that you do not believe ...
— Lessons in Life - A Series of Familiar Essays • Timothy Titcomb
... Copple. "An' we never fetched him!... He ain't hurt. Did you see him pile down an' roll off that slope?... Let's see. I got twenty-three shots at him. How ...
— Tales of lonely trails • Zane Grey
... we row neath a tamarind, one'll Roll off with a gesture of fright, Bobbing up like a cork at our gunwale ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, February 11, 1920 • Various |
