1 In an hour or two the moon would push over the ridge behind the farm, burn a gold-edged rent in the clouds, and then be swallowed by them.
2 A wife who didn't burn herself would be a social outcast.
3 As she passed the stove, she shoved the handkerchief into the flames and with impotent anger watched it burn.
4 They could burn the roof over us.
5 And when he reported that they were--ill--they did not burn the house.
6 She drank slowly but this time the liquid did not burn, only a dull warmth followed.
7 And I managed to get into the bushes and hide and I lay there and saw our house burn and I saw the Indians scalp my brothers and sisters.
8 He told them they'd have to burn you over his head.
9 Then, they'll burn you over my head for I can't leave you either.
10 Now the Yankees won't burn it and our troops won't need it.
11 "I'll tear this house down, stone by stone, and burn it and sow every acre with salt before I see either of you put foot over this threshold," she shouted.
12 Of course, we had a dreadful time right after Sherman went through but, after all, he didn't burn the house and the darkies saved most of the livestock by driving it into the swamp.
13 My, my, that was a mighty sad sight, sitting on top of that train and seeing the Yankees burn those supplies we had to leave at the depot.
14 Now they were caring about something again, numbed nerves were coming back to life and the old spirit was beginning to burn.
15 Let others burn with fury over the Yankee rule and losing the ballot.