What wonder if Diane built faces and fancies in the ember-glow of the Seminole fire-wheel?. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
Not long after he had heard of the railroads, he was told that the foreigners also had "fire-wheel boats.". From Wordnik.com. [Court Life in China] Reference
Not long after he had heard of the railroads, he was told that the foreigners also had ` ` fire-wheel boats. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Court Life In China] Reference
In the midst of his wild orgies, Peterkin acted an impromptu and unintentional part by tripping over the brow of the hill, and rolling down the steep declivity like a fire-wheel into the very midst of the flying crew. From Wordnik.com. [The Gorilla Hunters] Reference
The Emperor then heard that the foreigners had invented a "fire-wheel cart," but whether he had ever been informed that they had built a small railroad at Wu-Sung near Shanghai, and that the Chinese had bought it, and then torn it up and thrown it into the river we cannot say. From Wordnik.com. [Court Life in China] Reference
The Emperor then heard that the foreigners had invented a ` ` fire-wheel cart, '' but whether he had ever been informed that they had built a small railroad at Wu-Sung near Shanghai, and that the Chinese had bought it, and then torn it up and thrown it into the river we cannot say. From Wordnik.com. [Court Life In China] Reference
True it is that on certain feast days and above all on Midsummer night, the folk would pluck up a heart, and gather together as gaily clad as might be where the Flood was the narrowest (save at one place, whereof more hereafter), and there on each side would trundle the fire-wheel, and do other Midsummer games, and make music of string-play and horns, and sing songs of old time and drink to each other, and depart at last to their own homes blessing each other. From Wordnik.com. [The Sundering Flood] Reference
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