The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin, Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire: […]

Everyone started making suggestions as to what to do but they were all pretty ordinary ideas such as lighting a fire and hope someone would see the smoke and come to rescue us and so on.

I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.

These blocks are sledged by band, sorted and hand cobbed to remove impurities; but hand cobbing is slow and expensive.