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"Helve" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sang before me, As the axe's helve he fashioned; These were taught me by my mother, As she sat and twirled her spindle, While I on the floor was lying, At her feet, a child was rolling; Never songs of Sampo failed her. Magic songs of Lonhi ...
— The Function Of The Poet And Other Essays • James Russell Lowell
... these miscasts fell to my lot. A hatchet, sped by the clumsiest hand of all, missed its curving, turned, and the helve of it struck me fair in the stomach. Not all the parting pangs of death, as I fondly believe, will lay a heavier toll on fortitude than did this griping-stroke which I must endure standing erect. 'Tis no figure of speech to say that I would have given the reversion ...
— The Master of Appleby • Francis Lynde |
Words linked to "Helve" : file, awl, ax, hold, knife, sickle, axe, grip, reaping hook, steel, dagger, sticker, brand, reap hook, handle, blade, sword, haft, handgrip |
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