 | International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 558 pages
...knows him laughs loudest of all. 8. Boston State- House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. TABLE OF VERBS. ' 1. ACTION Verbs as to . 2. FORM 18. USE Transitive... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1900 - 256 pages
...Autocrat.' " They all did, of course, but Christine got in her quotation first: " ' Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system. You could n't pry...of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar.' " THE OLD AND THE NEW. The old State-house, Boston, and the modem... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1900 - 792 pages
...BAILEY. Seventh regular toast: — The City of Boston. Boston is the hub of the universe. You could not pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar and untold strength to use it. The COMMANDER. Comrades, we had expected... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...Americans when they die go to Paris." Tire Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. vi. Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system. You could n't pry...of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crow-bar. ibid. The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1902 - 532 pages
...elbows are in our way. — OW HOLMES. Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. — OW HOLMES. The two sections [of the Liberal party] may call themselves... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D. - 1905 - 778 pages
...quaint touch of his own humor. He makes one of his characters in the Autocrat say: 'Boston State House is the hub of the Solar System. You could n't pry that out of a Boston man if yon had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar." He says it in satire, but he has... | |
 | 1905 - 644 pages
...knows him laughs loudest of all. (h) Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. (i) I have very frequently regretted having spoken; never, having kept... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1905 - 330 pages
...said, — this was what I heard: — " Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man, if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar." Sir, — said I, — I am gratified with your remark. It expresses... | |
 | Harriet Louise Keeler, Mary Elizabeth Adams - 1906 - 300 pages
...Romeo and Juliet, Act in, Scene 5. Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man, if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. — HOLMES : The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Chapter vi. The rank... | |
 | Leon Henry Vincent - 1906 - 548 pages
...State House was Hub of the Solar System. By his testimony (and who should know better?) you could not pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. The Autocrat was followed by the Professor and the Poet. The critical... | |
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Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man, if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. 
