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When that operation was completed, — which, including his lavations, occupied about five minutes, — he went up on the deck with the books for Mrs. Smith in his hand, and with

John Caldigate 2004

The wardrobes of both warriors are much impaired by active service, but their originally white flannel trousers, if patched, discoloured, and shrunken by amateur lavations, boast the cut of Bond Street; their shirts, if a trifle ragged, are immaculately clean, and the cracks in their canvas shoes are disguised by a lavish expenditure of pipeclay.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

Let us not tell how one glass is made to answer for thirty fair faces, one ewer and vase for thirty lavations; and -- tell it not in Gath -- one towel for a company!

The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878

When that operation was completed, -- which, including his lavations, occupied about five minutes, -- he went up on the deck with the books for Mrs. Smith in his hand, and with Thomson's 'Seasons' in his pocket.

John Caldigate Anthony Trollope 1848

He turned aside with a sigh, which did not escape the gypsy, and bathed his face in the water which the provident hand of the good woman had set out for his lavations.

The Disowned — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Our lavations are performed in a cracked basin, and we are so far removed from human assistance, that our very bells sink into silence before they reach half way down the stairs.

Pelham — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Religion is not an easy one: with rigorous fasts, lavations, strict complex formulas, prayers five times a day, and abstinence from wine, it did not 'succeed by being an easy religion.'

Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838

Our lavations are performed in a cracked basin, and we are so far removed from human assistance, that our very bells sink into silence before they reach half way down the stairs.

Pelham — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

He turned aside with a sigh, which did not escape the gypsy, and bathed his face in the water which the provident hand of the good woman had set out for his lavations.

The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838