If the tiny canful which is our selves is pure and unsoiled, then when it meets the world it will blend with the Spirit which informs the world perfectly harmoniously, without distress or dislocation. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning] Reference
Don't forget to gather the eggs and throw out a canful of scratch for the chickens around five o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Of The Mansion]
Then he remembered that he had a canful with him, the one he had almost unconsciously snatched up when he started on his present errand. From Wordnik.com. [Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines] Reference
He drew a canful of water from the well, and had such. From Wordnik.com. [Pearl of Pearl Island] Reference
Here, four times a week we bought a canful of milk that had to do us two days. From Wordnik.com. [The Dew of Their Youth] Reference
There was a large canful of water in my bedroom, and I ran in at once to fetch it. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen of Hearts] Reference
"I'll run and fetch a canful of water," said Olive, who was extremely good-natured. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School] Reference
Walking thirty min daily is something most someones canful attain and keep it up correctly into the senior years. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
"Well, it does seem a particularly sorrowful monkey, that," said Harold, laughing, as he helped himself to another canful of tea. From Wordnik.com. [Black Ivory] Reference
An occasional canful of water would have been thought quite sufficient for you, with perhaps a dip in a stream if you could get it. From Wordnik.com. [The Luckiest Girl in the School] Reference
I made a quart canful of strong, hot coffee, toasted some bacon on a stick, and then, with some hardtack, had a good breakfast and felt better. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
Then he drew another canful and left it outside the door of the ladies 'room, and strode off to Belême to see if the boats had got back to their anchorage. From Wordnik.com. [Pearl of Pearl Island] Reference
I had wit enough to let the smoldering go on for a moment or two more, and to pour the whole of my canful of water over the fire before the third stone came down the chimney. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen of Hearts] Reference
When we reached the first rubber-gatherer's store the delicacy which all our men most eagerly coveted was condensed milk, and to my amused horror they solemnly proceeded each to eat a canful of the sweet and sticky luxury. From Wordnik.com. [VII. Wild Hunting Companions] Reference
So she nursed the project in her own heart, and when the three had taken seizin of the northern hill, eaten their manchets of saffron cake, and shared their canful of milk, she took up a post from which, while the others scanned the offing for Spaniards, she could watch and time the ebb of the tide on the flats. From Wordnik.com. [Major Vigoureux] Reference
Sylvia and Hester say that they must have a third each of this canful; but of course we can get a second can if we want it. ". From Wordnik.com. [Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School] Reference
1/2 a canful of tinned tomatoes or 1 lb. of fresh ones, a tablespoonful of Allinson fine wheatmeal, 1/2 oz. of butter, pepper and salt to taste. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes] Reference
A canful. From Wordnik.com. [Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies] Reference
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