1 His face flushed scarlet and he sat bolt upright.
2 The gate was locked, but she shook the rusted bolt till it was loosened, and the gate opened; and little Gerda ran off barefooted into the wide world.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 3 Then Gretel gave her a push that drove her far into it, and shut the iron door, and fastened the bolt.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 4 Rose-red went and pushed back the bolt, thinking that it was a poor man, but it was not; it was a bear that stretched his broad, black head within the door.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED 5 The count and Franz ascended seven or eight steps after the chief, who drew back a bolt and opened a door.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian. 6 He drew back the bolt of his door, and almost directly an old lady entered, unannounced, carrying her shawl on her arm, and her bonnet in her hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Meran. 7 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. 8 A bolt grated and Danglars was a prisoner.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 114. Peppino. 9 Springing forward he drew the bolt and threw the door open.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 10 At a moment when the opening was clear, the men were glad enough to rush out of the yard and make a bolt for the main road.
11 The door had no inside bolt or bar.
12 'There's a bolt at the top, you won't be able to reach,' interposed Toby.
13 At last however about two in the morning, I suddenly heard the gentle sound of a bolt being pushed back and the creaking of a key.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty 14 If you hear anyone come, bolt it on the inside, and we can get away as we came.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON 15 Nevertheless, he deluded himself at first; he had a feeling of security and of solitude; the bolt once drawn, he thought himself impregnable; the candle extinguished, he felt himself invisible.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL