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...r. Eglantine, the celebrated perruquier and perfumer of Bond Street, whose soaps, ra- zors, and patent ventilating scalps are know throughout Eu- rope... ...s Wives Diddlesex Association (W estern Branch), the British and For- eign Soap Company, the celebrated attorneys Kite and Levison, have their respect... ...ted here. Among them, on the entresol (between the splendid saloons of the Soap Company on the first floor, with their statue of Britannia presenting ... ...the first floor, with their statue of Britannia presenting a packet of the soap to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and the West Diddlesex Western B... ...onstant visitor at that gentleman’s emporium; dealing with him largely for soaps and articles of perfumery, which he had at an exceedingly low rate. I... ...tine’s knowledge of his pro- fession amounts to genius. He sells a cake of soap for seven shillings, for which another man would not get a shilling, a... ... Eglantine’s. Fine business that; finest in London. Five-shilling cakes of soap, my dear boy. I can’t wash with such. Thousands a year that man has ma... ... Fleet, who invented the Panama swindle, the Pontine Marshes’ swindle, the Soap swindle— how are you off for soap now, Mr. W-lk-r?)—the Ravenswing, we...

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...- man from Grasse, with whom he began, on equal shares, the manufacture of soaps, essences, and eau-de-cologne. His connection with this man lasted on... ...xplained the nature of the skin and the cuticle, and showed that a certain soap, or a certain paste, often produced effects quite con- trary to those ... ... often produced effects quite con- trary to those expected of them, if the soap and the paste toned up a skin which needed relaxing, or relaxed a skin...

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...grain, then, go my fat, to buds my sap, For all the usefulness there is in soap. D’you think the Boche will ever stew man-soup? Some day, no doubt, if...

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.... There was something in them for a waistcoat- maker, an hotel-keeper or a soap-vendor. I could imagine “We always use it” pinned on their bosoms with...

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...he thing like the wig is dashed into your face and eyes, covered over with soap, and for five min- utes you are drowned in lather:you can’t see, the s... ... can’t see, the suds are frothing over your eye-balls; you can’t hear, the soap is whiz- zing into your ears; can’t gasp for breath, Miss MacWhirter’s... ...s down your throat with half a pailful of suds in an in- stant—you are all soap. Wicked children in former days have jeered you, exclaiming, “How are ... ... children in former days have jeered you, exclaiming, “How are you off for soap?”Y ou little knew what saponacity was till you entered a Turkish bath.... ...s much inferior to the method employed in the capital. At Cairo, after the soap, you are plunged into a sort of stone coffin, full of water which is a...

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...wl was a sensational exhibit of tooth-brush holder, shaving- brush holder, soap-dish, sponge-dish, and medicine-cabi- net, so glittering and so ingeni... ...saying “Damn.” But he did say it, immediately afterward, when with wet and soap-slippery fingers he tried to remove the horrible little envelope and c... ... he was done, his round face smooth and streamy and his eyes stinging from soapy water, he reached for a towel. The family towels were wet, wet and cl... ...ignity clawing through the water to recover a slippery and active piece of soap. He was lulled to dreaming by the caressing warmth. The light fell on ... ...ings. “Come here! You’ve done enough fooling!” he reproved the treacherous soap, and defied the scratchy nail-brush with “Oh, you would, would you!” H... ...ap, and defied the scratchy nail-brush with “Oh, you would, would you!” He soaped himself, and rinsed himself, and austerely rubbed himself; he noted ... ...eat piled with dingy toilet-kits, and the air nauseating with the smell of soap and toothpaste. Babbitt did not ordi- narily think much of privacy, bu... ... with their renowned factories, Cincinnati with its great machine-tool and soap products, Pittsburg and Birming- ham with their steel, Kansas City and... ...sed up many minutes in washing his hands; scoured them with gritty kitchen soap; rejoiced in hurting his plump knuckles. “Damn soft hands—like a woman...

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... glittering domes, which, in the succeeding near view, proved to have been soap-bubbles, for a place of extreme flatness, begirt with crazy old-fashio...

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...t his waving antennae, like straws of hay, And soon his body, colored like soap-stone, Gemmed with eyes of jet. And you wondered in a trance of though... ...time; No thread or needle can pace decay, And there are stains that baffle soap, And there are colors that run in spite of you, Blamed though you are ...

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...r- Second fag—who at arm’s length handed them a carefully wrapped piece of soap “with the compliments of King’ s House.” “Hold on,” said Stalky, check... ...ther. Look here, old man, we don’t bear any malice about your sending that soap to us last week, do we? Be cheerful, Rat. You can live this down all r... ...tray.” “Yes, we’re horrid grateful,” grunted McTurk. “We don’t forget that soap. We’re polite. Why ain’t you polite, Rat?” “Hallo!” Stalky cantered up...

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...o dress for Sunday school. Mary gave him a tin basin of water and a piece of soap, and he went outside the door and set the basin on a little bench th... ...tside the door and set the basin on a little bench there; then he dipped the soap in the water and laid it down; turned up his sleeves; poured out the...

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...the an angel with. By and by we perceived what those super-delicate colors, and their continuous play and movement, reminded us of; it is what one see... ...uous play and movement, reminded us of; it is what one sees in a soap-bubble that is drifting along, catching changes of tint from the objects it pass... ...jects it passes. A soap- bubble is the most beautiful thing, and the most exquisite, in nature; that lovely phantom fabric in the sky was sugges- tiv... ...ntom fabric in the sky was sugges- tive of a soap-bubble split open, and spread out in the sun. 257 A Tramp Abroad I wonder how much it would take to...

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...cles it contained— some shirts, a bottle of whisky, a few cakes of Windsor soap, &c. &c.,—I had carried it thus far on my shoulders, but now was compe...

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...skirting-board, serene. On the mantlepiece were white lustres, and a small soap- stone Buddha from China, grey, impassive, locked in his re- nunciatio... .... He watched her hair, which at the back was al- most of the colour of the soapstone idol, take the candlelight into its vigorous freedom in front and... ...ther. She carefully sponged her cheeks, her pursed-up mouth, and her neck, soaping her hair, but not her ears. Then, very de- liberately, she squeezed... ...de- liberately, she squeezed out the sponge and proceeded to wipe away the soap. For some reason or other she glanced round. Her startled eyes met his...

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...ady, with her sleeves rolled up to her shoulders, and her arms frothy with soap- suds and smoking with hot water, replied to the summons with startlin... ... ten and five, slippers, pocket-books, sponges, dogs’ collars, and Windsor soap; and sometimes a pointer or an oil-painting. The pointer always came t... ... chair, on a very small desolate island, lying about midway in an ocean of soap and water. The Captain’s windows had been cleaned, the walls had been ... ...cleaned, and everything the stove excepted, was wet, and shining with soft soap and sand: the smell of which dry-saltery impregnated the air. In the m... ...tle(for the island was not large enough for three), beamed on her from the soap and water like a new description of T riton. ‘You are amazed to see us...

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...gs were affixed to the wall over the washstand. There was a smell of cheap soap and of ancient hair-oil in the air. “That’s a single bed,” said Trina,... ...fect, her head on one side. She polished the gold pieces with a mixture of soap and ashes until they shone, wiping them carefully on her apron. Or, ag... ...g her beautiful gold pieces that she had been at such pains to polish with soap and ashes. The thought filled her with an unspeakable anguish. She wou... ...om. She was down on her hands and knees in the midst of a steaming muck of soapy water. On her feet were a pair of man’s shoes fastened with buckles; ...

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...ntern freckling the floor with little spots of light, and there were various soap and candle boxes scattered about, which served for chairs. The two s...

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...hade. Pawed-over heaps of tooth-brushes and combs and packages of shaving- soap. Shelves of soap-cartons teething-rings, garden- seeds, and patent med... ...old fake in the house. Makes me tired, his everlasting palavering and soft-soaping. He’s all right for an ordinary bellyache or holding some fool woma... ...bing his hands in a tin basin in the sink, using the bar of yellow kitchen soap. Carol had not dared to look into the farther room while she labored o... ...yawning trolley conductor and sleepy passengers and plac- ards advertising soap and underwear. 224 Main Street CHAPTER XVIII I She hurried to the fir...

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...presented by a jug of water with a towel laid upon it, and a bit of common soap. T wo ancient hats hung to their respective nails, near which also hun...

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...e bush of wax-berried guelder rose, and as good a wash as he could without soap. Then he milked the cows, for happily his own buckets had 37 Yo n g e...

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...caused the latter to vanish as abruptly as when you thrust a finger into a soap bubble. “Halloo, friend!” cried this most unseasonable voice. “Stop a ...