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...jor Barbara to everywhere because my father was making millions by selling cannons. LADY BRITOMART. It is not only the cannons, but the war loans that... ...t the war loans that Lazarus arranges under cover of giving credit for the cannons. You know, Stephen, it’s perfectly scandal- ous. Those two men, And... ...the business to him. And that foundling did the same. Ever since that, the cannon business has always been left to an adopted foundling named Andrew U... ...n. STEPHEN [dubiously] I am afraid I should make a poor hand of managing a cannon foundry. LADY BRITOMART. Nonsense! you could easily get a manager an... ... gain, I think. STEPHEN [bitterly] We are utterly dependent on him and his cannons, then! LADY BRITOMART. Certainly not: the money is settled. But he ... ...the Army. LOMAX [to Barbara, still rather shocked] Yes; but what about the cannon business, don’t you know? [To Undershaft] Get- ting into heaven is n... ... BRITOMART. Charles!!! LOMAX. Well; but it stands to reason, don’t it? The cannon business may be necessary and all that: we can’t get on with- out ca... ...k, would make me a bankrupt. My morality—my religion—must have a place for cannons and torpedoes in it. STEPHEN [coldly—almost sullenly] Y ou speak as... ... ready for them all. UNDERSHAFT . May I ask have you ever saved a maker of cannons? BARBARA. No. Will you let me try? 21 Major Barbara UNDERSHAFT. We...

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...covered with turf, or in Tatar fashion with felt. Some were furnished with cannon. Nowhere were any fences visible, or any of those low-roofed houses ... ...nner he was beaten to death. He who did not pay his debts was chained to a cannon, until some one of his comrades should decide to ransom him by payin... ...t is the way men in other lands ought to fight.” And they advised that the cannons should at once be turned on the camps. Heavily roared the iron cann... ...istant as well as the nearest quarters of the city. But those who laid the cannons pointed them too high, and the shot describing too wide a curve fle... ... lack of skill the French engineer tore his hair, and undertook to lay the cannons himself, heeding not the Cossack bullets which showered round him. ... ... not dashed into the middle of the foe and wrenched the linstocks from six cannoneers. But he could not wrench them from the other four, for the Lyakh... ...the foreign captain had taken the lunt in his own hand to fire the largest cannon, such a cannon as none of the Cossacks had ever beheld before. It lo... ...an with his lance; and making his way to the gunners, captured some of the cannons. Here he found the hetman of the Oumansky kuren, and Stepan Guska, ... ...y kuren, and Stepan Guska, hard at work, having already seized the largest cannon. He left those Cossacks there, and plunged with his own into another...

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...rdnance, wherein were reckoned nine hundred and fourteen brazen pieces, in cannons, double cannons, basilisks, serpentines, culverins, bombards or mur... ...gunner, whose charge was to attend the portcullis over the gate, let fly a cannon-ball at him, and hit him with that shot most furiously on the right ... ...ooby. Chapter 1.XXXVII. How Gargantua, in combing his head, made the great cannon-balls fall out of his hair. Being come out of the river of Vede, the... ...efore their eyes. Then, taking up one of these bullets, he said, These are cannon-shot, which your son Gargantua hath 124 Gargantua & Pantagruel late... ...volunteer adventurers. These had with them eleven thousand and two hundred cannons, double cannons, long pieces of artillery called basilisks, and sma... ... his guard, who were forthwith received and royally entertained with great cannon-shot that fell upon them like hail from the high grounds on which th... ...gruel cried out with a loud voice, as if it had been the sound of a double cannon, saying, Peace, with a devil to you, peace! By G—, you rogues, if yo... ...ithal made a great noise, as when little boys shoot pellets out of the pot-cannons made of the hollow sticks of the branch of an alder-tree, and he di... ...ur hundred men-at-arms or cuirassiers; three thou- sand six hundred double cannons, and arquebusiers without number; four score and fourteen thousand ...

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... his mother and betray his country. It’s mad he is with the roaring of the cannons and he killing the Germans and the Germans killing him, bad cess to...

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... then again, spreading out with the brazen clatter of the polished shining cannon that quivered on the gun car- riages and with the smell of linstocks... ...d. Prince Andrew and the battalion were already within twenty paces of the cannon. He heard the whistle of bullets above him unceasingly and to right ... ...nded, whether the red-haired gunner had been killed or not and whether the cannon had been captured or saved. But he saw nothing. Above him there was ... ...n for battle; having passed Uvarov’s cavalry he clearly heard the sound of cannon and musketry ahead of him. The firing grew louder and louder. In the... ...hree musket shots at irregular intervals as before, followed by one or two cannon shots, but a roll of volleys of musketry from the slopes of the hill... ...slopes of the hill before Pratzen, interrupted by such frequent reports of cannon that sometimes several of them were not separated from one another b... ...y smoke that seemed to chase one another down the hillsides, and clouds of cannon smoke rolling, spreading, and mingling with one another. He could al... ..., probably French. He could see noth- ing more, for immediately afterwards cannon began firing from somewhere and smoke enveloped everything. At that ... ...came level with the Foot Guards he noticed that about them and around them cannon balls were flying, of which he was aware not so much because he hear...

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...other uneasily. The crowd moved on again. Nesvitski realized that it was a cannon ball. “Hey, Cossack, my horse!” he said. “Now, then, you there! get ... ...ce at such moments. On the high ground where the enemy was, the smoke of a cannon rose, and a ball flew whistling over the heads of the hussar squadro... ...the squadron commander, awaiting the word of command. A second and a third cannon ball flew past. Evidently they were firing at the hussars, but the b... ...g detached and hurriedly removed. On the French side, amid the groups with cannon, a cloud of smoke appeared, then a second and a third almost simulta... ...oke it up. In this action for the first time trophies were taken: banners, cannon, and two enemy generals. For the first time, after a fortnight’s ret... ...brigade of Bonaparte’s, that will be another story and we’ll fire off some cannon! But this sort of thing seems done on purpose to vex us. The Archduk... ...ncis occupied his thoughts. He closed his eyes, and immediately a sound of cannonad- ing, of musketry and the rattling of carriage wheels seemed to fi... ...Auersperg; these gentlemen embrace the offic- ers, crack jokes, sit on the cannon, and meanwhile a French battalion gets to the bridge unobserved, fli... ...lightful interest of his own story, “is that the sergeant in charge of the cannon which was to give the signal to fire the mines and blow up the bridg...

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...riors of my creation, became frightened, and Simeon commanded to fire from cannons and rifles, which of course they were unable to do. The soldiers, d... ... until it became very powerful. New implements of warfare were introduced. Cannons capable of throwing one hundred balls a minute were also constructe... ... On the same advice Simeon established gun-shops, where immense numbers of cannons and rifles were made. The next move of the new General was to have ... ...into the army, until its proportions became much larger than Simeon’s. His cannons and rifles were of the same pattern as Simeon’s, and he invented a ... ...e Tarakanian ruler gathered his large army together, and equipping it with cannons and rifles, crossed the boundary line into Ivan’s kingdom. The peop...

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...he hardy couple forward run To execute their valiant enterprise: So from a cannon or a roaring gun At once the noise, the flame, and bullet flies, The... ...ks, and laid the doors down low, No iron ram, no engine could do more, Nor cannons great that thunderbolts forth throw, His people like a flowing stre...

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...ou presume to contend with a foe against whom West Point cadets and rifled cannon point not. Can all the art of the cannon-founder tempt matter to tur...

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... me. (Singing.) “We are the boys That fears no noise Where the thundering cannons roar.” [Exeunt.] ACT THE THIRD. Enter HARDCASTLE, alone. HARDCASTLE...

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...ance of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, three spans thick; two pieces of cannon, the one fires three, the other seven balls at a time; two others ma... ...earance of artillery, and the town was surrendered upon articles; nineteen cannon of a thicker make than ordinary, and in a room apart; thirty-six of ... ...er make than ordinary, and in a room apart; thirty-six of a smaller; other cannon for chain-shot; and balls proper to bring down masts of ships. Cross... ...aded for high treason; on the bank of the Thames close by are a great many cannon, such chiefly as are used at sea. The next thing worthy of note is t... ...very; vastly fond of great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number ...

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...ce to Major Barbara Army would not have taken money from a distiller and a cannon founder: others thought it should not have taken it: all assumed mor...

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...y sun of Spain blazed on your cradle; and it rocked to the roar of British cannon. MRS. LUNN. What eloquence! It reminds me of my hus- band when he wa...

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...unds, and in the larger one a keg holding one hundred and fifty pounds, of cannon powder. These — the keg and canisters — I connected in a proper mann... ...position to take place to bring them to the top of the water. Even where a cannon is fired over a corpse, and it rises before at least five or six day... ...will bring the body to the surface. The effect produced by the firing of a cannon is that of simple vibration. This may either loosen the corpse from ... ...mposition to take place to bring them to the top of the water. Even when a cannon is fired over a corpse, and it rises before at least five or six day... ...terminate. If, moreover, a body has risen to the surface through firing of cannon, it will not ‘sink again if let alone,’ until decomposition has so f... ...relieved by any of the customary carvings of a ship. A single row of brass cannon protruded from her open ports, and dashed from their polished surfac...

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...Probably the conception of a general was closely connected in my mind with cannons and gun- powder. When I woke up on the morning of the tenth of May,...

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...lose by the shed lay amusement devices num- bers two and three—a huge iron cannon-ball and the six- foot iron axle of a departed wagon—for testing the... ... see that no one threw anything over the wall into said cour; to dodge the cannon-ball which had a mysterious habit of taking advantage of the slope o... ...stride of the bar, evoking a reprimand; Pompom bowled the planton with the cannon-ball, apologising in profuse and vile French; Harree the Hollander t... ... to ten, and was very kind to my struggles over 10 and 9. He picked up the cannon-ball one day and threw it so hard that the wall separating the men’s... ...rom the cour des femmes shook, and a piece of stone fell off. At which the cannon-ball was taken away from us (to the grief of its daily wielders, Har...

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...with only one thousand men left, having abandoned all the rest and all his cannon, and having crossed the Dnieper at night by stealth at a wooded spot...

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...faces. “ And I could show you something as a reward, a little cop- per cannon which can be fired with real gunpowder.” The children’ s faces i... ... Krassotkin put his hand in his satchel, and pulling out a little bronze cannon stood it on the table. “Ah, you are bound to ask that! Look, it’... ...ntense interest. What particu- larly struck their imagination was that the cannon kicked. “And have you got any powder?” Nastya inquired. “Yes... ... bed. “Ilusha, I can show you another trick. I’ve brought you a little cannon. You remember, I told you about it before and you said how much you’... ... you.” And Kolya hurriedly pulled out of his satchel the little bronze cannon. He hurried, because he was happy himself. Another time he would hav... ...was grateful to me, too….” 514 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV Kolya held the cannon in his hand so that all could see and admire it. Ilusha raised himse... ...r and her request was granted. She was much pleased with the little bronze cannon on wheels and began rolling it to and fro on her lap. She readily ga... ...egan rolling it to and fro on her lap. She readily gave permission for the cannon to be fired, without any idea of what she had been asked. Kolya show... ... of powder. He asked that the shot might be put off till another time. The cannon was put on the floor, aiming towards an empty part of the room, thre...

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...y, God! what masquing stuff is here? What’s this? a sleeve? ’tis like a demi cannon: What, up and down, carved like an apple tart? Here’s snip and nip...

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...d a stan- dard, another had killed five Frenchmen, a third had loaded five cannon singlehanded. Berg was mentioned, by those who did not know him, as ...