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Meanings of empty cask in inglês

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Usage of empty cask in inglês
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I woke, my face slick with tears, my chest an empty cask.
The heretic's daughter: a novel
2
It no easy matter to sit on an empty cask in de water.
The South Sea Whaler
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A corner of the place was not occupied; a small empty cask stood there.
The Fallen Leaves
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An empty cask the size of a cathedral could excite but little emotion in me.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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It now came pouring out quickly, and we got up an empty cask to contain it.
Peter Biddulph: The Story of an Australian Settler
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And, to hide, they had climbed into that empty cask, where they continued their devout exercise.
The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes: His Fortunes and Misfortunes as...
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Do it neatly, and put the three bottles on the empty cask which stands by the cellar door.
An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
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Mr. Christopher Burley I came upon seated astride of an empty cask, with his musket across his knees.
The Cryptogram: A Story of Northwest Canada
9
Then he mounted on the top of the empty cask and thrust the saturated cushion into the hole above.
The Day of Wrath
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You'll find a couple of bottles on the empty cask near the door, and a bottle of white wine.
An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
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An empty cask was given to the dog as a place of retreat, to enable him to recover breath.
A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals
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Then came Two Eyes, quite comforted, from the empty cask, and the knight was astonished to find her so beautiful.
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
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They had on board an empty cask, in which some of the articles left with the savages had been brought off.
Washed Ashore; Or, The Tower of Stormount Bay
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One of the yawls was on shore at the time, and the long boat was landing near her with an empty cask.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora / Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of...
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Presently she spoke, and her voice sounded as if she were in a great empty cask, with her mouth at the bunghole.
The Girl at Cobhurst
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Jack, their latest recruit since Tom Ozzard had shoved off one night, was rolling an empty cask carefully toward the cellar door.
Heart of oak
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