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Paxton

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Paxton
Sir Joseph. 1801--65, English architect, who designed Crystal Palace (1851), the first large structure of prefabricated glass and iron parts


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Lizzie Paxton and her daughter are going to clean the school tomorrow, and I heard Lizzie say tonight she meant to be at it by five o'clock to get through before the heat of the day.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
After dinner it was whispered in town there would be a mob at night, and that Paxton, Hallowell, the custom-house, and admiralty officers' houses would be attacked; but my friends assured me that the rabble were satisfied with the insult I had received and that I was become rather popular.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
And now we are back at Fort Paxton once more, after a forty-day scout, away up as far as the Big Horn.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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