"Gold-beater" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... comparison with the large flies, what the ox is to the deer; but when you contrast the weight of his thick body with the delicacy and narrow dimensions of the two membranes which sustain him in the air, you may well ask yourself how those little morsels of wings, thin as gold-beater's skin, can carry such a mass along. In fact, they only accomplish this feat of strength by dint of an excess of activity almost startling to think of. When you run as fast as you can, how many times, think you, do you move your legs in one second? You would ...
— The History of a Mouthful of Bread - And its effect on the organization of men and animals • Jean Mace
... youth itself is golden ore, And health the best gold-beater: Without a sigh for two pence more, We passed the gates ...
— Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse • Richard Doddridge Blackmore
... stalwart first-form lad, who, from sheer love, purposely cut his hands with his penknife so as to get an opportunity of seeing and speaking to her while she dressed his self-inflicted injuries with gold-beater's skin. ...
— His Masterpiece • Emile Zola
... senior members of the company was forthwith held, presided over by the Mem Sahib, "Old Party," and "Syl" Dignam. After a good deal of anxious thought and discussion as to how the disfigurements could be temporarily obliterated some one suggested gold-beater skin, which was finally adopted and proved eminently successful. Not one of the audience ever had the slightest suspicion that his (or her) arms were not as they should have been, and such as any ordinary young lady would not ...
— Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century • Montague Massey |
