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... effort to catch up, ‘Oh my God, be careful, Helen!’ The two stranglers looked up on hearing the gunshots. They released their victim and fled into... ...sidency, was called the Hunt Ball because it preceded the Nawab’s annual Shikar to which all the ‘guns’ of Mirapore were invited. ‘Once again,’ sai... ...rapore - the English, the French and the Spanish. Only Helen and Lady Agnes were considered ‘good guns’, the rest of the women coming along exclusiv... ...by their heady perfume. The Nawab presented her with a superb hunting rifle imported from famous gunsmiths in England and the French Consul produced... ...ting low on the pommel of his saddle. As if by magic, wild looking men suddenly appeared, firing guns in the air and surrounded the two strangers. ... ... and about her shoulders and hibiscus flowers were pinned behind her ears. She smelt of attar of roses and sandalwood and the strong perfumes began ...

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...and I talked softly. Sappho’s garden, terraces of roses, shrubbery and cypress, has the ocean below: moonlit, she stands wh... ...that! I walked among my statuary and benches, absorbing the difference in roses: home and happiness were secure in me: my writing must be a part of ... ...ing toward a spot of sun. P A village girl brought me a bouquet of white roses, saying: “You must let me join your hetaerae.” She wore a twisted b... ...ome from Samnos, I thought of these men and was proud of their folly. P Roses are in bloom on the hills and violets are in flower around my house. ... ...h my anatomical studies, know the marvels of life! Now, I shun crossbows, guns, chariots. I have asked Francesco to destroy those sketches. Once ag... ... his mouth, and he said, stroking his corn husk chin: “It was a matter of guns...we singed the King’s whiskers through our superior armament. Ah, go... ...hen, by God, we’d have run them clean to Spain, run them, not waited, our guns useless. We had to sit it out, wait—no powder. We didn’t dare take a ... ...ip ran out of water at sea; he is boarding a Spanish frigate, raiding for guns... ’Sblood, the Spanish are a cruel lot, chaining the caciques, sco... ...ter Raleigh, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare: A mirage of Armada, sails rattling, guns roaring... At sea, Sir Francis tells yarn of brave seamanship: a...

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...ke, where many floating gardens were constructed that moved about like beds of roses driven by the wind; and thence on to Iztapalapan, which latter pl... ...derstanding of the great power which he possessed. At the sound of the booming guns, and sight of the dense smoke that rolled up in stifling volume, t... ...ucceeded in raising his force to 818 foot soldiers, 86 cavalrymen, three heavy guns, and 15 field pieces. Besides these recruits, he enlisted the serv... ... in the glory of this splendid triumph. Imposing were the ceremonials. All the guns of the fleet were loaded and fired again and again in honor of the... ... ran parallels, redoubts were thrown up on the enclosing points of land, heavy guns, captured from Spanish ships, were placed in position to command t... ...fty Spanish lancers all well mounted. The latter had sabres and lances, but no guns, while the two Buccaneers were armed with the best fire-arms that ...

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... around to see Bozo polishing off the rest of his tulips and begin on the roses. ‘Why didn’t you answer when I called you?’ Theo asked, unsure whethe... ...reature was still there. ‘I had my mouth full,’ Bozo explained. ‘Ow! These roses have sharp bits.’ ‘They’re thorns. Roses grow them so they don’t get... ... saw naked tribes in woods and deserts being hunted by other Hoomans with guns. They saw vast forests slashed and burnt, chemical waste poured into ... ...s. In a crazed blur of wings, beaks and claws, the soldiers dropped their guns and fell to the ground in agony. The man holding Theo’s ankle let go ... ...leckytrons and the Palabras. Not to mention the Giggles, the Maps and the Roses with bad attitude. While Parvati arranged some fruit juice and biscui... ...ee. Don’t crack up now,’ he told himself as he heard the echoes of nearby gunshots. ‘This is a police station. What could possibly happen?’ The next... ...toryteller out of the police station with handkerchiefs to their noses and guns drawn. They f red f ve shots, but with eyes full of tear gas they suc... ...d riotously as Bozo and Buntee made their getaway in a cloud of smoke and gunshots. They danced jigs and per- formed impromptu and disastrous group a...

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...er to a camel-backed sofa, gaudy with vining green leaves and yellow cabbage roses as big as dinner plates. “And the British subjugated the world f... ...iss all around the edges of her perfect face, as different from Helene’s as roses from lilies. This was not what he had planned. The letter had sug... ...e one open curtain streamed over the pillows, twinkling in the gold brocade roses. The tiny buttons of her chemise were the only barrier to the r... ...’ her into tryin’. What bites me is they’re bound to kill us with the very guns I brought ‘em meself.” He scuttled off to stoke Molly’s engine. ... ...l her into his arms, Morgan was brushed aside by a petite woman bearing red roses. “Mr. Connolly! I’ve waited here all evening for the chance to m... ...transported to paradise.” The woman threw herself against him, crushing the roses between them. Morgan studied the woman’s face, frowning at the...

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...ure, the more take their place. They have armies, Father. They have money and guns. They control the people through terror; they corrupt the politici... ... too powerful, Alex. They’ve got too much money, too much power, and too many guns. If you start closing in on them, they’ll kill you. I can’t lose.... ...is hands. "Ballato, you seem to be the most powerful of the Capos here." No guns were ever allowed when the Capos met in a private meeting. If Ball... ...pped instantly, hitting the hard, wooden planks. Two men foolishly drew their guns, and were cut down in a split second. Madero remained motionless. ... ...n Spanish. Salim told him the story of Juan Diego, and his apron filled with roses and the tearful face of the Lady that was imprinted upon it." ... ...e sky faded into a dismal gray. Salim was ready with a 4x4 Jeep Cherokee. The guns and clothes were loaded in 362 J.Cross/Artemis the rear. Sal...

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...lana walked over and sat in a chair opposite the sofa. A small bouquet of white roses on a glass coffee table separated them. She crossed her legs a... ...ld speak Brent asked him, as he looked around at a host guards carrying machine guns, "You expecting World War III?" "Just precautionary. Come on i... ...ed teeth, leapt through the air and viciously attacked the three men with shot­ guns. Their screams of pain, mixed with terror, shrieked above the h... ...hed from the shadows, and Bailey could now see clearly two double barreled shot guns pointed at him. He froze. He heard the metallic click of the h... .... "Men, this operation is now under the control of Admiral En­ fanti. Drop your guns if you're armed and hit the pavement, face first, hands behind ...

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...have evolutionized out of some primordial soup of mud.‘ And again on this ‗Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of yo... ...eavor-- pornography, technology, purveying violence in the media, selling guns and many other means of moneymaking. ―This is not to say t... ...right to view pornography at nearly every age. We have the right to carry guns. We have the right to retaliate violently with little fear of repercus... ...Lee. It seems that you Americans all think you are movie cowboys and that guns will solve every problem. But let‘s look at another essential element ... ... ideas were around long before Darwin. People had bred horses and hounds, roses and radishes for years. He just said that it occurred in nature jus... ...n called Israel. And look how the Palestinian Arabs have not turned their guns into plowshares! ―On the other side of the Atlantic Europeans ...

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...seen from afar; like the volcanic mountain of Kilimanjaro have power, smoking guns have power, smoking volcanoes ready to explode at any instant hav... ...cret knowledge used for today? The creation of technologies to create better guns, better fleets, better planes, better bombs, better armies… just s... ...nited as one country. The arrogance of newfound industrialized power, better guns, bigger artillery. But above all… there had been too many stri... ...s actually supposed to be a friendly war. No hard feelings but we have bigger guns than you have… Nothing personal. You don’t mind if we kill a fe... ... they? Just cannon fodder for us to use; so we can decide who has the biggest guns, er penis, er army. This brings up another sick European Cultu... ... a few rights. And then read about the Hundred Years War, and the War of the Roses, and all the other wars. As the English elite killed each other... ...hardest part is all over. That once they die: it is going to be all a bed of roses, it is going to be all milk and honey, it is going to be hog hea...

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...nder the riddled rags of the flags that have been culled or plucked” (like roses or buttercups) “in all the na- tions.” Sweet, innocent flowers of vic... ...or; and on its arrival, as on its departure from France, a great firing of guns took place. First, the “Oreste” French brig-of-war began roaring out a... ...he frig- ate; then the “Dolphin” English schooner gave her one- and-twenty guns; then the frigate returned the compli- ment of the “Dolphin” schooner;... ...i- ment of the “Dolphin” schooner; then she blazed out with one-and-twenty guns more, as a mark of particu- lar politeness to the shore—which kindness... ...l at the quay, the cannons of the forts and the ‘Belle Poule’ fired minute-guns. After an hour’s march the rain ceased for the first time since the co... ...ushed off from the quay, the batteries ashore fired a salute of twenty-one guns, and our ships returned the salute with all their artillery. Two other...

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...at during the night the Martians had been sur- rounded by troops, and that guns were expected. Then—a familiar, reassuring note—I heard a train runnin... ...d, and the hedges on either side were sweet and gay with multitudes of dog-roses. The heavy firing that had broken out while we were driving down Mayb... ...eatly at equal distances pointing towards Woking. The gunners stood by the guns waiting, and the ammunition waggons were at a business-like distance. ... ...umber of men in white fatigue jackets throwing up a long rampart, and more guns behind. “It’s bows and arrows against the lightning, anyhow,” said the... ...ad been stopped, I believe, in order to allow of the passage of troops and guns to Chertsey, and I have heard since that a savage struggle occurred fo... ...rmoured bodies glittered in the sun as they swept swiftly forward upon the guns, growing rapidly larger as they drew nearer. One on the extreme left, ...

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...face was grained; Yet no blood reached there from the upper ground, And no guns thumped, or down the flues made moan. “Strange, friend,” I said, “Here... ...loved laughter. Always they must see these things and hear them, Batter of guns and shatter of flying muscles, Carnage incomparable and human squander... ...sing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle Can patter out their hast... ... want a drink of water. Nurse looks so far away. And everywhere Music and roses burnt through crimson slaughter. Cold; cold; he’s cold; and yet so ho... ...as they could touch once, And nothing but the sun shall make me ware. Your guns may crash around me. I’ll not hear; Or, if I wince, I shall not know ...

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...lade the next wall. It was about seventy feet high. I instantly turned the guns of wall A on wall B, and peppered the latter so as to make, not 19 Th... ...; Who dares do more, is neither more nor less.” Of course, had the enemy’s guns been commonly well served, not one of us would ever have been alive ou... ...ther side of the river.” “I can only tell your Excellency that the enemy’s guns will hardly carry five miles, and that Cornet O’Gawler was this moment... ... the Commander-in-Chief, “charge, charge—nothing like charg- ing—galloping—guns—rascally black scoundrels—charge, charge!” And then turning round to m... ...at I killed, for instance, a regiment of cavalry or swallowed a battery of guns,—such absurd tales would disgrace both the hearer and the teller. I, a... ...of my armour, some to offer me re- freshments, some with hookahs, attar of roses (in great quart bottles), and the thousand delicacies of Eastern life... ...e ballroom, if the beautiful Feringhee should appear amongst them with his roses turned into coal?” I am still one of the finest men in Europe, and at... ... her eyes as I entered. As if I had been her sun, her spring, lo! blushing roses mantled in her cheek! Seventy-three ladies, as I entered, opened thei...

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...y the standard of a decade of realities. The book is weak on anti-aircraft guns, for example, and still more neg- ligent of submarines. Much, no doubt... ...mpsed ever and again. Near Maidstone they came on a string of eleven motor-guns of peculiar construc- tion halted by the roadside, with a number of bu... ...y, and Bert achieved epigrams; the hedges were full of honeysuckle and dog-roses; in the woods the distant toot- toot-toot of the traffic on the dust-... ...erything was extraordinarily clear as well as minute. Once or twice he saw guns and soldiers, and was reminded of the stir of military preparations he... ...ions were abnor- mal or to explain an occasional faint irregular firing Of guns 58 The War in the Air that drifted up to him …. “Wish I knew how to g... ...rism festered towards bankruptcy and decay. All Europe was pro- ducing big guns and countless swarms of little Smallways. The Asiatic peoples had been...

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...The lightfoot boys are laid; The rose lipt girls are sleeping In fields where roses fade. LV WESTWARD on the high hilled plains Where for me the world ... ...f Battle ‘FAR I hear the bugle blow To call me where I would not go, And the guns begin the song, “Soldier, fly or stay for long.” ‘Comrade, if to turn...

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...it, fired, as if on the birth of a prince, a salute of a whole column. The guns had been booming these three hours in the house without our suspecting... ...counted the blisters of our stucco or saw his way to do something with the roses. 18 The Death of the Lion Even the poor roses were common kinds. Pre...

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...s lines of batteries were vomiting fire and brimstone; when all those dark guns that you see poking their grim heads out of every imaginable cleft and... ...ating at his foremast, in yonder black ship, with its two thundering great guns at the bows and stern, its busy crew swarming on the deck, and a crowd... ...d we could see that enormous “Caledonia,” with her flashing three lines of guns. We looked at the little boats which ever and anon came out of this mo... ...nant should find the yards of his ship manned as he went on board, all the guns firing an enormous salute (only without the least noise or vile smell ... ...hat they were much more afraid of the Kabyles without the city than of the guns of the French squadron, of which they seemed to make rather light. I h... ...ame should be Ionides; instead of a silk hat, you should wear a chaplet of roses in your hair:you would not listen to the choruses they were singing o... ...sently we entered the open plain—the famous plain of Sharon—so fruitful in roses once, now hardly cultivated, but always beautiful and noble. Here pre...

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...a bird’s throbb’d bosom Palpitate with eagerness, Lips, the bridals of the roses, Dewy sweet from the caress! Lips and limbs, and eyes and ringlets, S... ...re he lies on the breast where that other lay: And the bird sings over the roses. Now, folly, my daughter, for men are men: There is a rose in the gar... ...n; You marry them blindfold, I tell you again: And the bird sings over the roses. O mother, but when he kisses me! There is a rose in the garden; My c... ...arden; My child, ’tis which shall sweetest be! And the bird sings over the roses. O mother, but when I awake in the morn! There is a rose in the garde... ...; My child, you are his, and the ring is worn: And the bird sings over the roses. 154 T all Margaret sighed and loosened a tress: There is a rose in ... ...he ruffled strip of salt, You look, and like the prospect less. On men and guns would you lay stress, T o bid the Island’s foemen halt. III While loud... ...st, and it reeks of their grave. Point them to greener, though Journals be guns; T o brotherly fields under fatherly skies; Where the savage still pri... ...vers of ranked battalions, brave Past mortal, girt: a march of swords and guns Incessant; his proved warriors; loaded dice He flung on the crested bo... ...r which beamed omnipotent, she bowed, Subservient as roused echo round his guns. Invulnerable Prince of Myrmidons, He sparkled, by no sage Athene scho...

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... Lys. How now my loue? Why is your cheek so pale? 139 How chance the Roses there do fade so fast? 140 Her. Belike for want of raine, wh... ... Quite ouer- cannoped with luscious woodbine, 633 With sweet muske roses, and with Eglantine; 634 There sleepes Tytania, sometime of the... ...Or russed- pated choughes, many in sort 1044 (Rising and cawing at the guns report) 1045 Seuer themselues, and madly sweepe the skye: 1046 ... ...d, 1512 While I thy amiable cheekes doe coy, 1513 And sticke muske roses in thy sleeke smoothe head, 1514 And kisse thy faire large eares,...

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... I should have doubted her translation of perce-neige. She meant Christmas roses all the while. However, I went looking for snowdrops. The walls broke... ...d there under the rods and twigs of bushes were tufts of wrecked Christmas roses, nearly over, but still, in the coldest corners, the lovely buds like... ...handfuls of snow. There had been such crowded sumptuous tufts of Christmas roses everywhere in the stream-gullies, during the shadow of winter, that t... ...e glass, the walls are washed grey-white, the ceiling is painted with pink roses and birds. This is half-way between the outer world and the inte- rio... ...e living myths that I cannot understand. After the cyclamens the Christmas roses are in bud. It is at this season that the cacchi are ripe on the tree... ...the end of the lake. In my loft by the lemon- houses now I should hear the guns. And Giovanni kissed me with a kind of supplication when I went on to ... ...diers crawling over the high snow, listened to the unnatural dry rattle of guns, up there. Then we were aware of somebody whistling, of soldiers yelli...