"Refilling" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... surrounded or not. It was an interesting piece of work. There was a light drizzle, and the forest of Compiegne had to be flown over at about 200 feet. The B.E. could not make the distance without refilling, and although only a short halt was made at Amiens for the purpose, it was too late to fly direct to Antwerp. Instead, a landing was made in a very sticky field under light plough, which was selected from ...
— Aviation in Peace and War • Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes
... music the Confederates were massing their artillery on Seminary Ridge, replacing their wounded horses and refilling their ammunition chests. ...
— The Southerner - A Romance of the Real Lincoln • Thomas Dixon
... my own room then. But I did not even undress, refilling my pipe and seating myself at the open window. Having looked upon the awful Chinese doctor, the memory of his face, with its filmed green eyes, could never leave me. The idea that he might be near at that moment was a ...
— The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu • Sax Rohmer
... was open and Foster asked a man if he could hire a motor bicycle. The fellow said he thought so, but the manager was out, and Foster strolled about the room. Daly's driver was refilling the lamps with carbide, and when he finished ...
— Carmen's Messenger • Harold Bindloss
... afternoon of the third day Mr. Seeders came in. There were no customers at the tables. At the back end of the restaurant Tildy was refilling the mustard pots and Aileen was quartering pies. Mr. Seeders walked back to where ...
— The Four Million • O. Henry
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