Sentences with phrase «very old sink»

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His verdict on the Church of England was that she was very seedy and sinking fast, «the serious and really good membersof the old lady's family are tending unconsciously to the Faith, whilethe naughty children are rushing intorationalism and infidelity».

After I sat down, being all in confusion, like a drowning man that was just giving up to sink, and almost in an agony, I turned very suddenly round in my chair, and seeing part of an old Bible lying in one of the chairs, I caught hold of it in great haste; and opening it without any premeditation, cast my eyes on the 38th Psalm, which was the first time I ever saw the word of God: it took hold of me with such power that it seemed to go through my whole soul, so that it seemed as if God was praying in, with, and for me.

Under the old religion a man had status, significance and purpose, but with the old beliefs discredited beyond recall, he very quickly becomes lost and sinks into being a mere unit in the mass - mind.

Above the 670, the mantle churned slowly like a very shallow pot of boiling water, delivering heat and rock at mid-ocean ridges to make new crust and cool the interior and accepting cold sinking slabs of old plate at deep - sea trenches.

A more sound approach would recognize that (1) converting old forest to young forests releases significant amounts of carbon (both above and below ground), (2) young forests are only good carbon sinks if they are allowed to grow and hold onto the carbon for centuries, yet there are too few economic incentives for doing so, and (2) the fraction of carbon that is put into long - term storage after logging is very small, i.e. old forests are better at storing carbon than our disposable culture.

I know only too well that older skin is like blotting paper - my makeup sinks in very quickly - and it can be uneven in tone which makes it more difficult to achieve the look that I want.

The sense of period is very convincing exceptâ $» perverselyâ $» in its resurrection of two stock characters of the distant past: the mystically avuncular old Negro (Clarence Muse) with his pipe and fringe of white hair, and the relentlessly villainous Arab (Dogmi Larbi, The Man Who Would Be Kingâ $ ™ s blowhard chieftain Ootah) â $» this one actually steals the kidâ $ ™ s life preserver when the ship is sinking; he also steals sugar from the horse!

Though his cult classic is nearly 30 years old, its themes of surveillance, income inequality, and the sinking suspicion that the people in charge are way more sinister than we ever realized still feel very potent.

That ship may be the English ship «Comet», sunk in 1882: b. two large cannon retrieved from Rocky Point area: c. one small anchor (very old, but provenance unknown): d. one large cannon with markings by the touchhole on the back of the cannon, perhaps from the Habaneros - Palmeros wreck.

A more sound approach would recognize that (1) converting old forest to young forests releases significant amounts of carbon (both above and below ground), (2) young forests are only good carbon sinks if they are allowed to grow and hold onto the carbon for centuries, yet there are too few economic incentives for doing so, and (2) the fraction of carbon that is put into long - term storage after logging is very small, i.e. old forests are better at storing carbon than our disposable culture.

I have some old cabinets and just removing the trim over the sink updated them tremendously (old scalloped trim) I just tapped it and it fell down (hammers are wonderful things;) A pale greyed white would be interesting too... (very pale) Great ideas for the fireplace!

Everything turned out very pretty, but in our old house there's only one bathroom, not a powder room where a tiny sink would be more appropriate.

We're very lucky they totally gutted the old kitchen and we got to pick out the cupboards Is your sink porcelain or acrylic?