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Let me whittle the bark off the sapling, so it will not hurt your hands.
HOW PRIVATE GEORGE W. PECK PUT DOWN THE REBELLIONGEORGE W. PECK
Mrs. Whittle cautiously wiped the dust from her hard red cheeks.
AN ALABASTER BOXMARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN AND FLORENCE MORSE KINGSLEY
Dalton springs, Denham springs, and the well-known Whittle springs are in the neighbourhood, and one hamlet is named Manysprings.
ON SOME ANCIENT BATTLE-FIELDS IN LANCASHIRECHARLES HARDWICK
That was a proficiency that tempted me; and I practised to acquire it, as men learn to whittle, in a wager with myself.
MEMORIES AND PORTRAITSROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
And no other than Lydia was to furnish Mrs. Whittle's empty parlor.
AN ALABASTER BOXMARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN AND FLORENCE MORSE KINGSLEY
When they cut with a Knife, the Edge is towards them, whereas we always cut and whittle from us.
A NEW VOYAGE TO CAROLINAJOHN LAWSON
After supper Rabbit began to whittle a stick, shaving it down to a paddle.
Mr. Whittle ended his career in a public-house, of which he became proprietor after marrying the widow who kept it.
JOHN LEECH, HIS LIFE AND WORK. VOL. 1WILLIAM POWELL FRITH
The end is not yet; soon we shall have engines that will whittle granite, as a gang of saws cleaves logs into broad smooth boards.
SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, AND OCCASIONAL SERMONS, VOLUME 1 (OF 3)THEODORE PARKER
Wal, Capm, fust thing is to fish up a bit 'f driftwood 'n' whittle out 'nother paddle.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST
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