circumgyratory

Helen called it, "Father's semi-circumgyratory," and if he failed to pace this portico forty times backward and forward each forenoon, she would take him gently by the arm and firmly insist that he should fill the prescription.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Elbert Hubbard 1885

That functionary, however, had not failed, during his circumgyratory movement, to bestow a thought upon the important object of securing the packet in question, which was seen, upon inspection, to have fallen into the most proper hands, being actually directed to himself and Professor Rub-a-dub, in their official capacities of President and Vice-President of the Rotterdam College of Astronomy.

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. II 1840

England is far more picturesque; the great heap of golden or rosy apples under the trees, and the cider-mill worked by a circumgyratory horse, and all agush with sweet juice.

Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

England is far more picturesque; the great heap of golden or rosy apples under the trees, and the cider-mill worked by a circumgyratory horse, and all agush with sweet juice.

Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

That functionary, however, had not failed, during his circumgyratory movements, to bestow a thought upon the important subject of securing the packet in question, which was seen, upon inspection, to have fallen into the most proper hands, being actually addressed to himself and Professor Rub-a-dub, in their official capacities of President and Vice-President of the Rotterdam College of

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 Edgar Allan Poe 1829

a circumgyratory horse, is all a-gush with the luscious juice.

The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

"His attempts at getting on have been mere abortions — and his circumgyratory proceedings a palpable failure.

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. II 1840

"His attempts at getting on have been mere abortions, and his circumgyratory proceedings a palpable failure.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Edgar Allan Poe 1829