If, he declares, Nature creates hard hearts, it is a power beyond hers which softens them; and in his version of "Halbert and hob" this supernatural power completes the work it has begun.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
"Can't say," was the answer, as Mr. Boyd rolled into the parlour, where a bright fire was burning and the kettle singing on the hob.
"Little Miss Joy"
Emma Marshall
There stood Dickon and Hugh and hob, three of the men who had come from his own part of the country, with whom during the long voyage he had often been glad to chat of their homes and the folk they all knew.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson