out of the box , shookshakehimself , pickedpickout one or two straws that had foundfindtheir way into rents in his clothes , and , drawingdrawa well-worn cap over his uncombed locks , he was all ready for the business of the day .
I stood upon the hearth-rug and pickedpickup the stick which our visitor had leftleavebehind him the night before .
She had pickedpickit up carelessly , with a slight yawnyawnwhich she pattedpatdown with her finger-tips as delicately as a cat .
The two sailors pickedpickthemselves up , the older man assistingassisthis wounded comrade to rise .
But the saloon-keeper let him alone , and in the morning four men enteredenterand pickedpickup the crate .
There was a look of exasperation on his usually patient face , and a muttered oathoath, pickedpickup no doubt on the godless Stock Exchange , escaped his lips .
I had just pickedpickup the notion that equality is good from some book -- probably from poetry , or you .