"Roughly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... farther end of the grove, where still you walked a solemn death-like pace, he saw Foscario pass him unattended, and looking back saw your rencounter, saw all that happened between you, then ran to your assistance just as you parted; still you were roughly sullen, and neither took notice of his proffered service, nor that you needed it, although you bled apace; he offered you his aid to tie your wounds up——but you replied—'Be gone, and do not trouble me'——Oh, could you imagine I could live ...
— Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister • Aphra Behn
... the quantity of sugar for each lb. of fruit must be regulated by the quality and size of the fruit, some plums requiring much more sugar than others. Divide the plums, take out the stones, and put them on to large dishes, with roughly-pounded sugar sprinkled over them in the above proportion, and let them remain for one day; then put them into a preserving-pan, stand them by the side of the fire to simmer gently for about 1/2 hour, and then boil them rapidly for another 15 minutes. ...
— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton
... himself on the policeman who was aiming a stun rifle into the port. His shoulder struck the fellow waist high and his weight carried them both with a bruising crash to the concrete pavement as Rip shouted and hands clutched roughly ...
— Plague Ship • Andre Norton
... out at this point into a small subterranean chamber. It was dug out of the earth and the roof was roughly propped up, most of the weight being borne by one main wooden prop which, in the dampness, had now ...
— The Romance of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve
... of any body having a structure or line of cleavage: as fir cleaves longitudinally, slates horizontally, stones roughly, ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth
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