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...upon the very border of the forest of Gagny, just opposite the mill, a few gunshots distant. He had come to sell this property, he said, and return ho... ...ng the captain perceived in the direc tion of Gagny, between two trees, a light puff of smoke whirling away like thistledown. The wood was calm and p... ...necks and grew bold. In the mill several soldiers had already raised their guns to their shoulders, but the captain cried: “No, no; wait. Let them com... ... understand, but when twelve men ranged themselves in the courtyard, their guns on their shoulders, she trembled and felt as if about to faint. All th... ...o her chamber. “Be calm,” he said, “and try to sleep. Tomorrow, when it is light, we will see what can be done.” As he withdrew he prudently locked he... ...re you to listen to me! If you die I shall die also! In an hour it will be light. I want you to go at once.” Then rapidly she explained her plan. The ... ...rt ment. When Francoise had entered her window she let fall in a voice as light as a breath: “Au revoir, my love!” She leaned her elbows on the sill ... ...r the hurried tread of sol diers, the clatter of weapons, the charging of guns. Never theless, the seconds elapsed and the country maintained its pr... ...bad taste. Without doubt he did not believe that they would shoot a man so lightly. But when the platoon drew up before him he said gravely: “So it is...

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... into a gale—the famous October gale of twenty-two years ago. It was wind, lightning, sleet, snow, and a terrific sea. We were flying light, and you m... ... to windward. At every tumble of the ship you could see vaguely in the dim light men falling down with a great flour- ish of shovels. One of the ship’... ...d, and the steam colliers were going in and out in the darkness with their lights burning bright, a great plashing of propellers, rattling of winches,... ... and a lot of hailing on the pier- heads. I watched the procession of head-lights gliding high and of green lights gliding low in the night, when sudd... ... on deck they were still at it, and my watch relieved at the pumps. By the light of the lantern brought on deck to ex- amine the sounding-rod I caught... ... conversed in whispers, in low whispers, as if afraid to wake up the land. Guns, thun- der, earthquakes would not have awakened the men just then. “Lo...

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...is new force even for so rough a purpose as hurling a missile. Their first guns had barrels of coopered timber, and the world waited for more than fiv... ...years, connected perhaps with magnetism—a mere guess that—perhaps with the lightning. Frogs’ legs must have hung by copper hooks from iron railings an... ...witched upon count- less occasions before Galvani saw them. Except for the light- ning conductor, it was 250 years after Gilbert before elec- tricity ... ...H G Wells rescence and its apparent unrelatedness to every other source of light. He was to tell afterwards in his reminiscences how he watched the fi... ...riment with the effect of various gases and varying temperature upon their light. Then the chance present of a little scientific toy invented by Sir W... ...erything about us to fragments; if I could turn it into the machinery that lights this city, it could keep Edinburgh brightly lit for a week. But at p... ... though there were also in all the European armies a small number of motor-guns with wheels so constructed that they could go over broken ground. In a... ...e dangled little wooden ob- jects, the symbols of infantry and cavalry and guns, as they were disposed upon the frontier. He did not seem to be aware ... ...they were not so much ended as distracted by the distant thud- ding of the guns that were opening fire at long range upon Namur.’ S S S S Section 7 ec...

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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... ... Behind the barrage, dead as my platoon, And sailed my spirit surging, light and clear Past the entanglement where hopes lay strewn; And witne... ...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... ... like a man in fire or lime. — Dim through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams before my... ...I held a flame against his lids And said if he could see the least blurred light He was not blind; in time he’d get all right. “I can’t,” he sobbed. ... ...air beneath — Through the dense din, I say, we heard him shout “I see your lights!” But ours had long died out. The Dead-Beat He dropped, — more sull... ...h crimson slaughter. Cold; cold; he’s cold; and yet so hot: And there’s no light to see the voices by — No time to dream, and ask — he knows not what.... ...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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...f the calm, a helpless prisoner of the shallow sea. Since midday, when the light and capricious airs of these seas had abandoned the little brig to it... ...ning suns and by the sharp salt breezes of the seas. He had thrown off his light jacket, and clad only 10 The Rescue in white trousers and a thin cot... ... skylight and speaking into the gloom of the cabin. “I thought there was a light air, and—but it’s gone now. Not a breath anywhere under the heavens.”... ... the poop shaded by the main- topsail he remained on deck bareheaded. The light chestnut hair curled close about his well-shaped head, and the clippe... ... brow much whiter than the sunburnt face. The eyes, as if glowing with the light of a hid- den fire, had a red glint in their greyness that gave a 13... ...h,” replied Carter, negligently. “There are a few muskets and two sporting guns aft; that’s about all—I fancy it’s too much, or not enough,” he added ... ...and beating about violently. Then, with a quick double report, as of heavy guns, both topsails filled at once and the brig fell over swiftly on her si... ...our-pounder swivel in the longboat’s bow. Cast off the sea lashings of the guns, but don’t run ‘em out yet. Keep the topsails loose and the jib ready ... ...trader after the Wajo manner, and in a stout sea-going prau armed with two guns and manned by young men who were related to his fam- ily by blood or d...

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...mething of the youth from my mind. Whether they have brought any wisdom to light below it is a more doubtful matter. It is scarcely necessary to go in... ...nd face with reddish brown eyes—previously I had seen him only against the light. “One moment, sir,” said I as he turned. He stared. “One moment,” he ... ...nt en- ergy.” “Radiant energy,” he made me understand, was any- thing like light or heat, or those Rontgen Rays there was so much talk about a year or... ...ome form or other of radiant energy. Glass, for example, is transparent to light, but much less so to heat, so that it is useful as a fire-screen; and... ...to heat, so that it is useful as a fire-screen; and alum is transparent to light, but blocks heat completely. A solution of iodine in carbon bisulphid... ...ft it with a straw My first natural impulse was to apply this principle to guns and ironclads, and all the material and methods of war, and from that ... ...oing to turn 15 H. G . Wells out than if he had been a machine that makes guns. This was a possible substance, and he was going to make it! V’la tout... ...ight put the thing on a sounder footing. Come back in a bigger sphere with guns.” 98 The First Men in the Moon “Good Lord!” cried Cavor, as though th... ...bably get reinforced. Heaven alone knew what tremendous engines of warfare—guns, bombs, terrestrial torpedoes—this unknown world below our feet, this ...

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...t there are a set of emotions about which a man had best be shy of talking lightly,—and the feelings excited by contemplating this vast, magnificent, ... ...hills into which the ship now came—all the features of the landscape being lighted up with a wonderful clearness of air, which rarely adorns a view in... ... standard of Spain floating on its own ground, under the guardianship of a light blue sentinel, whose musket glittered in the sun. Numerous boats were... ..., tumbling and plunging about in the dark waters of the bay, with a bright light beaming from the mast. It made for us at about a couple of miles from... ...oked as if it would have seized and twirled round that little boat and its light, and destroyed them for ever and ever. All the passengers, of course,... ...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 ...

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...e dross of you, May yield to the fire of you, Till the fire is nothing but light!... Nothing but light! 19 Edgar Lee Masters Trainor, the Druggist ON... ...hou grievest, while my soul lies rapturous In the blest Nirvana of eternal light! Go to the good heart that is my husband Who broods upon what he call... ... to read. Across the blackness that came over my eyes I see the flickering light of these words even now: “And Jesus said unto him, V erily I say unto... ...brood of golden eagles nesting ever higher, Wheeling ever higher, the sun— light wooing Of lofty places of Thought, Forgive the blindness of the depar... ...there was irresistible disgust. I pulled the trigger . . . blackness . . . light . . . Unspeakable regret . . . fumbling for the world again. Too late... ...River, Where I could study my Kant in peace And eke out a living repairing guns Look at my moulds! My architectonics One for a barrel, one for a hamme... ...iving Had anything else but duplicate moulds Of these I show you—well, all guns Would be just alike, with a hammer to hit The cap and a barrel to carr... ... and all Acting against each other alike. And there would be your world of guns! Which nothing could ever free from itself Except a Moulder with diffe...

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...is not yet night, but is no longer day; the twilight gleam throws softened lights or tricksy reflec- tions on every object, and favors a dreamy mood w... ... object, and favors a dreamy mood which vaguely weds itself to the play of light and shade. The silence which generally prevails at that time makes it... ..., the figures represented seem to speak and walk; the shade is shadow, the light is day; the flesh lives, eyes move, blood flows in their veins, and s... ...tion into which he had sunk. When he opened his eyes the flash of a bright light made him close them again immediately; but through the mist that veil... ...on which his head was resting. He soon recovered consciousness, and by the light of an old-fashioned Argand lamp he could make out the most charming g... ...ey fell in with off the Asiatic coast. He commanded a frigate of fifty-six guns and the Revenge carried ninety-six. The struggle was very unequal, but...

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... him. The fact of her dealing so reasonably with their case shed an ironic light on the idea that there had been any exceptional warmth in the greetin... ...n the old days, as an intent grave-eyed girl, she had seldom misplaced her light strokes; and Darrow, on meeting her again, had immediately felt how m... ...ning her step she had smiled and signed to him to wait; and charmed by the lights and shadows that played upon her as she moved, and by the pleasure o... ...tood still. And so she seemed now to be walking to him down the years, the light and shade of old memories and new hopes playing vari- ously on her, a... ... kind of sketchy delicacy in her face, as though she had been brightly but lightly washed in with water-colour, all confirmed the evidence of her high... ... unclassified odds and ends: Effie’s croquet- box and fishing rods, Owen’s guns and golf-sticks and racquets, his step-mother’s flower-baskets and gar...

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...m, I for the first time put on the beautiful uniform of the Invincibles: a light blue swallow-tailed jacket with silver lace and wings, orna- mented w... ... compound—all was still; I looked into the verandah—all was dark, except a light—yes, one light—and it was in Julia’s chamber! My heart throbbed al- m... ...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... ...s from the intolerable heat of the sun, and were discussing with great de- light a few Manilla cheroots, and a stone jar of the most ex- quisite, cool... ...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... ...n 26 Major Gahagan individual in the costume of a civilian—a white hat, a light blue satin cravat, embroidered with butterflies and other quadru- ped... ...lip, and shows five of my front teeth, I leave you to imagine that ‘seldom lighted on the earth’ (as the monster Burke remarked of one of his unhappy ...

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... colouring. The furniture, excepting the piano, had a transitory look; two light wicker arm-chairs by the fire, the two frail stands of dark, polished... ...g man. She glanced up suddenly, her blue eyes, usually so heavy and tired, lighting up with a small smile. ‘Yes,’ she answered, and she pushed back he... ...of trance, his consciousness seeming suspended. The train slid out amongst lights and dark places. Siegmund watched the endless movement, fascinated. ... ... being, though he knew not with what. All he could do now was to watch the lights go by, and to let the translation of himself continue. When at last ... ...sturbing the children. In the darkness of the kitchen burned a blue bud of light. He quickly turned up the gas to a broad yellow flame, and sat down a... ...ter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 SIEGMUND WOKE to the muffled firing of guns on the sea. He looked across at the shaggy grey water in wonder. Then ...

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...ding. Ben’s gait was the hop skip and jump — proof enough that his heart was light and his anticipations high. He was eating an apple, and giving a lo... ...nce every day?” The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 12 That put the thing in a new light. Ben stopped nibbling his apple. Tom swept his brush daintily back... ...ld himself when the old lady came back and stood above the wreck discharging lightnings of wrath from over her spectacles. He said to himself, “Now i... ...e worked it over and over again in his mind and set it up in new and varied lights, till he wore it threadbare. At last he rose up sighing and depart... ...as Tom, all undressed for bed, was survey ing his drenched garments by the light of a tallow dip, Sid woke up; but if he had any dim idea of making ... ... occupying a snug little cavern, along with an empty powder keg, a couple of guns in leather cases, two or three pairs of old moccasins, a leather bel... ...n in the bags and the boys took it up to the cross rock. “Now less fetch the guns and things,” said Huck. “No, Huck — leave them there. They’re just t... ...r, and hogsheads, and I’ll stick to ‘em, too. Blame it all! just as we’d got guns, and a cave, and all just fixed to rob, here this dern foolishness h...

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... to recognise their various charac- teristics, to place them in their true light, give them their own surroundings, settle them for ever as they passe... ...f he did not belong to the same cre- ation as the people about him. Gudrun lighted on him at once. There was something northern about him that 11 mag... ...ly singled out for him in some way, is there really some pale gold, arctic light that envelopes only us two?’ she asked herself. And she could not bel... ...ut her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow fa- ther, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet. Her father, mute an... ... come overdark, as the end of the afternoon approached: there was scarcely light to draw any more. Ursula stood in front of the class, leading the chi... ...ed to go out of the lodge gates. At the gates were stationed sentries with guns. Gerald stood near them in delight, whilst gangs of derisive miners st...

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...If a quiet imagination will picture to itself these rich fluctua- tions of light and shade, the vaporous outline of the moun- tains, the mysterious pe... ...f Europe makes it more interesting to observe than Canada. Sur- rounded by light whose beneficent warmth never reaches it, this region is like a froze... ...e in the jaws of the wolf; it is as dark as a pocket; and we must get some light. Luckily, we’ve got the upper end of the slope!” So saying, he moved,... ...I be mistaken?” He glanced, with a concen- trated anger which flashed like lightning from his eyes, at the stolid, immovable Chouan; a look of savage ... ...ength, as I believe, from day to day. France is like a traveller bearing a light: he pro- tects it with one hand, and defends himself with the other. ... ...d front, behind which the wounded retreated, and the others reloaded their guns. Then, suddenly, with the agility already shown by Marche- a-Terre, th... ...s. There they made a rampart of the trees and pointed the muzzles of their guns on the Republicans, who were rapidly reformed under 32 The Chouans re... ... aim at the Chouan, whose fixed eyes did not blink at the muzzles of their guns, fired at short range, and brought him down. When they ap- proached th... ...ouans were still occupying it, and the sun, glinting on the muzzles of the guns, showed them to him, each like a dazzling spot. Giving 43 Balzac a la...

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...5 great machinations, plots and conspiracies, that may in time be brought to light: After which, if we hear of any discovery, the astrologer gets the... ... on each left wing will be killed. I see bonfires, and hear the noise of guns for a victory. On the 14th there will be a false report of the Frenc... ...e days a prodigious journey by land and sea. In the evening I hear bells and guns, and see the blazing of a thousand bonfires. A young admiral of nobl... ...e Leather) Steals from her private Cell by Night, And flies about the Candle-Light; So learned Partridge could as well Creep in the Dark from Leathern... ...tant below, Whom roguish Boys in stormy Nights Torment, by pissing out their Lights; Or thro a Chink convey their Smoke; Inclos d Artificers to choke... ...g out this cacus from the den of obscurity where he lurks, detect him by the light of those stars he has so impudently traduced, and shew there s not ... ...business with me? Only, sir, replies he, order the girl to bring me a better light, for this is but a very dim one. Sir, says I, my name is Partridge:...

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...ed bed and bedroom first for the edge of the bed and then for the electric light that was possibly on the little bedside table. The searching hand tou... ... shade that threw a slanting bar of shadow across the field of reflection, lighting a right-angled triangle very brightly and leaving the rest obscure... ...lean and shapely. Beside the bed was a convenient little table bearing the light, a water-bottle and glass, a bunch of keys, a congested pocket-book, ... ...of his general neurasthenia. It had been creeping into his mind since the “Light Unden the Altar” controversy. Now sud- denly it had leapt upon him fr... ... groaned. “The meanness of it! How did I bring myself—?” He turned out the light convulsively, and rolled over in the bed, making a sort of cocoon of ... ...gel. “Here close behind this frightful battle, where the German phalanx of guns pounds its way through the Russian hosts. Here is a young German talki...

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...aper brought him chill whiffs from it; he had met Englishmen who had asked lightly if he did not belong to the Church of Scotland, and then had failed... ...to him; but his son’s empty guffaws over a broken plate, and empty, almost light-hearted remarks, struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind. ... ...lk remained written on John’s memory, each emphasised by the touch of that light hand on his arm; and behind all these aspects of the nocturnal city h... ... aspects of the nocturnal city he saw, in his mind’s-eye, a picture of the lighted drawing-room at home where he had sat talking with Flora; and his f... ...on. She had a knitted shawl over her head; her blue Highland eyes took the light from the neighbouring street-lamp and sparkled; and when the door ope... ...pledges.’ The lad panted out these phrases, one after another, like minute guns; but at the last word, which rang in that stately chamber like an oath...

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... great round table, and towered high above their heads. It was brilliantly lighted by a multitude of little tapers; and every- where sparkled and glit... ...nd jewels; there were baskets and pincush- ions in all devices; there were guns, swords, and banners; there were witches standing in enchanted rings o... ...ecognise among those upper branches of my Christmas Tree, I see this fairy light! When I wake in bed, at daybreak, on the cold, dark, winter mornings,... ...ppression of a weight of remorse. And now, I see a wonderful row of little lights rise smoothly out of the ground, before a vast green cur- tain. Now,... ...ngs open on its hinges; and, as we drive up to a great house, the glancing lights grow larger in the windows, and the opposing rows of trees seem to f... ... dewdrops on the leaves; but they are still, and all is still. And so, the lights growing larger, and the trees falling back before us, and closing up...

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...s more widely understood. I was in this state when I first shrunk from the light as it twinkled on me once more, and knew with a boundless joy for whi... ...t had kept the door fast. But now, my sight strengthening and the glorious light coming every day more fully and brightly on me, I could read the lett... ...I, “as I have shut her out so long— though indeed, indeed, she is like the light to me—” Bleak House – Volume Two 9 “I know it well, Dame Durden, we... ...revocably past and gone, never to be looked back on any more, in any other light. I hope this may not seem trivial. I was very much in earnest. I took... ...nt, and there above me were the balus trades of the Ghost’s W alk and one lighted window that might be my mother’s. The way was paved here, like the ... ...ellor, and the Vice Chancel lors, and the whole Chancery battery of great guns would be infinitely astonished by such unreason and injustice in one o... ...Wold in its dullness, but take to it a little in the shooting season, when guns are heard in the plantations, and a few scattered beaters and keepers ...