1 She had found that staple groceries, sugar, flour, could be most cheaply purchased at Axel Egge's rustic general store.
2 Besides, he thought, perhaps, that in this business of whaling, courage was one of the great staple outfits of the ship, like her beef and her bread, and not to be foolishly wasted.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires. 3 After that no wood is used, except as a means of quick ignition to the staple fuel.
4 I ate, drank, and was invigorated; when, to add to my good luck, the Sacristan, too totty to discharge his duty of turnkey fitly, locked the door beside the staple, so that it fell ajar.
5 The staple to which my chains were fixed, was more rusted than I or the villain Abbot had supposed.
6 In one of these a staple and chain with a quantity of gnawed bones showed where the animal had been confined.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles 7 The match went out, and so did we, and shoved in the staple again, and the door was locked as good as ever.
8 He double locked it, took the key, returned to the bedroom door, removed the double staple of the bolt, and went in.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 82. The Burglary. 9 The hook was soldered into the staple: a circumstance observed by me when awake, but forgotten.
10 The keyhole could be seen, and the robust latch, deeply sunk in the iron staple.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES T... 11 Tom he went to the soap-kettle and searched around, and fetched back the iron thing they lift the lid with; so he took it and prized out one of the staples.
12 The nocturnal visitor, ignorant of the fact that the count had removed the staples, might now think himself at home, and pursue his purpose with full security.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 82. The Burglary. 13 That he discovered two staples upon one side, which was all of boards, without any passage for light.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan SwiftContext Highlight In PART 2: CHAPTER VIII. 14 He then commanded his men to row up to that side, and fastening a cable to one of the staples, ordered them to tow my chest, as they called it, toward the ship.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan SwiftContext Highlight In PART 2: CHAPTER VIII. 15 Incensed at this preparation on the hermit's part for making good his inhospitable purpose, the knight struck the door so furiously with his foot, that posts as well as staples shook with violence.