"Gavel" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... deacons' seat, below, with the warning of the meeting, the statute-book, and the ballot-boxes arranged before him on the communion-table, which in course of time became so banged and battered, by dint of lusty gavel-strokes, that there was scarcely a place big enough to put one's finger upon which was not bruised and dented. For, in the days of the fierce conflict between the Federalists and Democrats, the meetings were often noisy and disorderly; and once, even, ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I, No. 1, Nov. 1857 • Various
... read it?" the gratified president questioned. Kate nodded. The gavel fell, and the vibrant, tremulous voice of the president was heard reading the significant message. The women listened for a moment with something like incredulity—for they were more used to delays and frustrations than to cooeperation; then the house ...
— The Precipice • Elia Wilkinson Peattie
... his gavel down on the table and called out, "Order, order." Then turning to Tobias, he said, "Mr. Smith, state ...
— Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks - A Picture of New England Home Life • Charles Felton Pidgin
... said Geoffrey, crushingly, bringing down his fist as an imaginary gavel with incredible force and dignity. 'Dr. and Mrs. Winship, will you oblige the Chair by acting as a ...
— A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... GAVEL-KIND, name of a land-tenure existing chiefly in Kent; from 16th century often used to denote custom of dividing a deceased man's property ...
— Every Man In His Humour • Ben Jonson
... The blade was in its scabbard, but the scabbard was a mass of jewels, and the handle a flaming ruby. The belt was webbed with pearls and glistening brilliants. Under the sword were the instruments sacred then and ever since to Master Masons—a square, a gavel, a plummet, and ...
— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 1 • Lew. Wallace
... with the unanimity of a Greek chorus. So audible were the exclamations of incredulity which arose from the spellbound audience that the crier's gavel had to be brought into ...
— The Darrow Enigma • Melvin L. Severy
... lifeless, East Falls manner. He tried to remember that he was the owner of Childs' Cash Store, accustomed to command, whose words were listened to with respect in the Employers' Association, and who wielded the gavel at the meetings of the Chamber of Commerce. He strove to conjure visions of the letters in black and gold, and of the string of delivery wagons backed up to the sidewalk. But Agatha's New England spirit was as sharp as the frost, and ...
— The Turtles of Tasman • Jack London
... a rap with his gavel) Two bar. Rockbottom figure and cheap at the price. Fourteen hands high. Touch and examine his points. Handle him. This downy skin, these soft muscles, this tender flesh. If I had only my gold piercer here! And quite easy to milk. Three newlaid ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
... Here the gavel of the Most Esteemed Toolymuckahi fell with a sickening thud, and the visiting brother was told that the time assigned to communications, new business and good of the order had expired, but that the discussion would be taken up at the next session, in one week, ...
— Remarks • Bill Nye
... first time she attended a meeting Marija got up and made a speech about it. It was a business meeting, and was transacted in English, but that made no difference to Marija; she said what was in her, and all the pounding of the chairman's gavel and all the uproar and confusion in the room could not prevail. Quite apart from her own troubles she was boiling over with a general sense of the injustice of it, and she told what she thought of the packers, and what she thought of a world where such things were allowed ...
— The Jungle • Upton Sinclair
... proceed with permanent organization," he said, using a bank ruler for a gavel; "we must first have a resolution to form an association; after that decide on a name; then ...
— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen
... acquiescent gesture, John Ryder tapped the table with his gavel and rose to address his fellow directors. Instantly the room was silent again as the tomb. One might have heard a pin drop, so intense was the attention. All eyes were fixed on the chairman. The air itself seemed charged ...
— The Lion and The Mouse - A Story Of American Life • Charles Klein
... please come to order," summoned Chairman Stone, rapping the table with his gavel. "Mr. Reporter, have you good light ...
— The High School Pitcher - Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond • H. Irving Hancock
... entirely out of order," said Mrs. White, very rosy. Everyone sat down suddenly, and the chairman gave two emphatic raps of her gavel. ...
— The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne • Kathleen Norris
... young man wielding the gavel found it difficult to maintain quiet in the midst of such excitement, but he finally evolved order ...
— David Dunne - A Romance of the Middle West • Belle Kanaris Maniates
... "Egyptian Pyramids Considered in their Relation to Modern Engineering" was dedicated to this society. He presided over its grave deliberations for several years. "With dignity and impartiality," said his successor, when Sir Peter surrendered the gavel. ...
— Old Valentines - A Love Story • Munson Aldrich Havens
... the considerate manner in which I have been treated by the House in its collective capacity. I am also very thankful to each individual member of this body for his personal treatment of me. I shall lay down the gavel and the high office you clothed me with filled with good feeling towards each member of this House. I have been at times impatient and sometimes severe with members, but I have never purposely harshly treated any member. I have become warmly attached to and possessed ...
— Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 • Joseph Warren Keifer |
