"Full-size" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sub-varieties.[448] A great winner of prizes at the Pigeon-shows,[449] in describing the Short-faced Almond Tumbler, says, "There are many first-rate fanciers who are particularly partial to what is called the goldfinch-beak, which is very beautiful; others say, take a full-size round cherry, then take a barley-corn, and judiciously placing and thrusting it into the cherry, form as it were your beak; and that is not all, for it will form a good head and beak, provided, as I said before, it is judiciously ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) • Charles Darwin
... came to pass Within those magic walls of glass (Though William, like a silly ass, Had lost my bag of bull's-eyes). The wonders of that wonder-hall! The—all the things I can't recall, And, dominating over all, The statues, more than full-size. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 26, 1919 • Various
... beautifully illustrated and accompanied by large full-size design Supplements and exquisite facsimiles of oil ...
— Wholesale Price List of Newspapers and Periodicals • D. D. Cottrell's Subscription Agency
... charge of our crew. They gave me a full-size Telstar satellite for my lab, and I ...
— The Trouble with Telstar • John Berryman
... it was which came to pass Within those magic walls of glass (Though William, like a silly ass, Had lost my bag of bull's-eyes). The wonders of that wonder-hall! The—all the things I can't recall, And, dominating over all, The statues, more than full-size. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 26, 1919 • Various
... arches, perfect proportions, and that aesthetic satisfaction that often attends the cruciform shape. An interesting monument of the Cowper and Coles families is preserved in the south transept—three full-size coloured figures. In the north transept is a spiral staircase leading to the tower, and elsewhere are memorials of the Fords and Featherstonhaughs of Up-Park, a superb domain over the brow of Harting's Down, and of the Carylls of Lady Holt, ...
— Highways & Byways in Sussex • E.V. Lucas
... saddle, took the blanket and unfolded it until Lorraine saw that it was a full-size bed blanket of heavy gray wool. The man's ingenuity seemed endless. Without seeming to have any extra luggage, he had nevertheless carried a very efficient camp outfit with him. He took his hunting knife, went to the spruce grove and cut many small, green branches, returning with all ...
— The Quirt • B.M. Bower
... full-size working drawing of a particular form of mounting for galvanometer coils. The objects sought to be attained are: (1) ...
— On Laboratory Arts • Richard Threlfall |
