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...g a close-up foundation for her manuscript. The hailstorm that was once like artillery against her flimsy enclave now seemed a milder sleet tapping an... ... in their home in a scantily lit morning. The trailer was the fortress from artillery shells, taps, and scrapes. For a moment she listened to its sp... ...y survive. It is a place for a young woman to hope that one of the American naval officers that she sells herself to will actually want more than a..... ...side all was being barraged in the cacophony of rap, hip hop, or some other artillery that she had neither knowledge of nor empty labels to place on ... ...new. They inveighed the Rice University graduate school graduate with their artillery of words: whore, loser, [bastardess] whom they had taken in, an...

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...pause, “go and call Richard. I want him to write to Ernescliffe about that naval school. You must take your leave of the Whichcote foundation on Frida... ...s decided on, namely, that he and his father should accompany Harry to the naval school, and be absent three nights. Some relations would be glad to r... ... he went away; and, on a further query from Flora, it appeared that an old naval friend of his father’s had hopes of a ship, and had promised to have ... ...rry to write and ask Mr. Ernescliffe what clothes he ought to have for the naval school, and all the time he was writing the let- ter, he was drawing ... ...s, had cho- sen him as one of his lieutenants, and offered a nomination as naval cadet for his brother. He had replied that the navy was not Hector’s ... ...siasm and expecta- tion. He went to the Grange, as he said, to collect his artillery; primed Flora that she might prime the M. P .; made the willing M...

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... nobility, buttoned up closely, with spurs and hats, or in their own special naval, cavalry, infantry, or official uniforms. The uniforms of the older ... ...and he alone, with an old, toothless little man with mumbling lips wearing a naval uniform, sitting beside him, had no interest in it and nothing to d... ...the hollow chested youth, and occasionally pulling him up. The third, in an artillery uniform, was sitting on a box beside them. A fourth was asleep.... ...had done, and used learned expressions quite inappropriately. The third, the artilleryman, on the contrary, struck Katavasov very favorably. He was a ... ...e Servians want help, too. I’m sorry for them.” 732 Anna Karenina “Yes, you artillerymen especially are scarce there,” said Katavasov. “Oh, I wasn’t ... ...ymen especially are scarce there,” said Katavasov. “Oh, I wasn’t long in the artillery, maybe they’ll put me into the infantry or the cavalry.” “Into ... ... put me into the infantry or the cavalry.” “Into the infantry when they need artillery more than anything?” said Katavasov, fancying from the artiller...

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...t of our games have been played with about 80 infantry, 50 cavalry, 3 or 4 naval guns, and a field gun on either side, or with smaller proportional fo... ...in twos or fours on a road. Royal Engineers shall move two feet. Royal Artillery shall move two feet. Transport and Supply shall move one foot o... ... formation = half a move. To mount = one move. To dismount = one move. Artillery. T o unlimber guns = half a move. T o limber up guns = half a... ...lf a move. Rivers are impassable to guns. NEITHER INFANTRY, CAVALRY, NOR ARTILLERY CAN FIRE AND MOVE IN ONE MOVE. Royal Engineers. No repairs can ... ...ued—the pur- suers can only be arrested by fresh cavalry or by infantry or artillery fire. If driven off the field or into an unfordable river, the re... ...e exterminated them or been driven off by someone else. If cavalry charges artillery and is not dealt with by other 40 Little Wars forces, one gun is...

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..., and had an order from Lord Melville for the lad’s admission to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. Both the Bishop and the Admiral patted him on ... ...no training, with unusual skill; and it was from her, and not from the two naval artists, that Fleeming inher- ited his eye and hand. She played on th... ...noa they settled; partly for the sake of the captain, who might there find naval comrades; partly be- cause of the Ruffinis, who had been friends of M... ...e Colonel Nosozzo had been killed (I read) while trying to prevent his own artillery from firing on the mob; but in that hell’s cauldron of a distract... ...nt’ with admiration; and of himself, as ‘a credit and an ornament to H. M. Naval Service.’ It is plain he must have sunk in all his powers, during the...

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...in our parish, is one of the old lady’s next-door neighbours. He is an old naval of- ficer on half-pay, and his bluff and unceremonious behaviour dist... ...nd advantage. His great opponent in public life is Captain Purday, the old naval officer on half-pay, to whom we have al- ready introduced our readers... ...kmore make his terrific ascent, surrounded by flames of fire, and peals of artillery, and where the white garments of Madame Somebody (we forget even ... ...e, with the addition of one or two models of ships, and some old prints of naval engagements in still older frames. In the window, are a few compasses... ...ree or four old coloured prints in black frames, each print representing a naval engagement, with a couple of men-of-war bang- ing away at each other ...

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...in our parish, is one of the old lady’s next-door neighbours. He is an old naval of- ficer on half-pay, and his bluff and unceremonious behaviour dist... ...nd advantage. His great opponent in public life is Captain Purday, the old naval officer on half-pay, to whom we have al- ready introduced our readers... ...kmore make his terrific ascent, surrounded by flames of fire, and peals of artillery, and where the white garments of Madame Somebody (we forget even ... ...e, with the addition of one or two models of ships, and some old prints of naval engagements in still older frames. In the window, are a few compasses... ...ree or four old coloured prints in black frames, each print representing a naval engagement, with a couple of men-of-war bang- ing away at each other ...

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...oor, in which were displayed, upon a black velvet ground, two portraits of naval dress coats with faces looking out of them, and telescopes attached; ... ...om his finger-joints, resembling the noise of a distant discharge of small artillery. Arthur succeeded in finishing his reply to Ralph’s note, never- ... ... and throwing himself upon her merciful consideration. Ex- tensive was the artillery , heavy and light, which Mrs Nickleby brought into play for the f...

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...nd;—shall draw them again elsewhere, in the strangest way. Off Ushant some naval thunder is heard. In the course of which did our young Prince, Duke d... ...val takes his resolution: orders out the Gardes Suisses with two pieces of artillery. The Swiss Guards shall proceed thither; summon that rabble to de... ... rabble to depart, in the King’s name. If disobeyed, they shall load their artillery with grape-shot, visibly to the general eye; shall again summon; ... ...ad it,—as it shall unfold itself, in fire and thunder, of siege, and field-artillery; in the rustling of battle-banners, the tramp of hosts, in the gl... ...eanwhile getting forward Swiss Regiments, and a ‘hun- dred pieces of field-artillery.’ This is what the Oeil-de-Boeuf, for its part, resolves on. But ... ...x- cept in German gutturals; let soldiers march, and highways thunder with artillery-waggons: Majesty has a new Royal Ses- sion to hold,—and miracles ... ...emale Insur- rectionary Force, according to Camille, resembles the English Naval one; there is a universal ‘Press of women. ’ Robust Dames of the Hall... ...ntry’s sake, O Chevalier John Paul, be a word spent, or misspent! In faded naval uniform, Paul Jones lingers visible here; like a wine-skin from which... ...ister. Do not her Ships and King’s Ships lie rotting piecemeal in harbour; Naval Officers mostly fled, and on furlough too, with pay? Little stirring ...

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...d;— shall draw them again elsewhere, in the strangest way. Off Ushant some naval thunder is heard. In the course of which did our young Prince, Duke d... ...val takes his resolution: orders out the Gardes Suisses with two pieces of artillery. The Swiss Guards shall proceed thither; sum- mon that rabble to ... ... rabble to depart, in the King’s name. If disobeyed, they shall load their artillery with grape-shot, visibly to the general eye; shall again summon; ... ...d it,—as it shall unfold itself, in fire and thunder, of siege, and field- artillery; in the rustling of battle-banners, the tramp of hosts, in the gl... ... meanwhile getting forward Swiss Regiments, and a ‘hundred pieces of field-artillery. ’ This is what the Oeil-de-Boeuf, for its part, resolves on. But... ... except in German gutturals; let soldiers march, and highways thunder with artillery- waggons: Majesty has a new Royal Session to hold,—and miracles t... ...emale Insurrectionary Force, according to Camille, re- sembles the English Naval one; there is a universal ‘Press of women.’ Robust Dames of the Halle...

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...ceeded, they struck a terror into the inhabitants, as at the appearance of artillery, and the town was surrendered upon articles; nineteen cannon of a... ... for three or four years together, much about twenty thousand, besides the naval charge, which was a de- pendant of the same war; in that the Queen wa...

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...e to 31 Balzac extend the town towards Perigord, building a Prefecture, a Naval School, and barracks along the hillside, and opening up roads. But pr... ...eccentricity. And in these ways she conjured away the storm with her heavy artillery. When Lucien, obedient to her request, appeared for the first tim... ... receiver-general, the colonel in command of the garrison, the head of the Naval School, the president of the Court, and so forth. The poet, poor fell...

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...ole day in the rain, he soon knew of his great nature. His passion for our naval service was a means of screwing his attention to lessons after he had... ...e one side, and a career of hotels—equivalent to being rammed into monster artillery with a crowd every night, and shot off on a day’s journey through... ...he commanded him to tell her which was the glorious Valentine’s day of our naval annals; the name of the hero of the day, and the name of his ship. T ... ...he father, I hold that I am right in shaping another course for the son.” “Naval officers …” Clara suggested. “Some,” said Willoughby. “But they must ... ...ming out of homes of good breeding. Strip them of the halo of the title of naval officers, and I fear you would not often say gentlemen when they step... ... elegant fellow; an Irishman; you will see him, and I should like to set a naval lieutenant beside him in a drawingroom, for you to compare them and c... .... “Think.” “She is proof.” “T wice!” 365 George Meredith The word was big artillery. He tried the affectation of a staring stupidity. She might have ... ...cision to be of the chief importance at present. First prime your piece of artillery, my friend.” “The decision is taken, sir.” “Then I will be out of...

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...at he never forgave the Admiralty for striking him off the list of English naval captains: which is no doubt why in his old age he nursed a grudge aga... ...manoeuvres anything may happen, at any instant. Papa will follow the horse-artillery. You know his vanity to be a mili- tary quite as much as a naval ... ...horse-artillery. You know his vanity to be a mili- tary quite as much as a naval commander like the Greeks and Romans, he says. We took the bruised ma... ...iting the sleep desired. He lay and groaned, lay and rolled. All night the Naval Monarch with the loose cheeks and jelly smile of the swinging sign- b... ...ne late afternoon, memorable for the breeding heat in the van of elemental artillery, newsboys waved damp 373 George Meredith sheets of fresh print t...

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...when the eleventh Lord Ravenswood, called the Skipper, from his delight in naval matters, had encouraged the trade of their port by building the pier ... ...the towers of a belea- guered city as they reel under the discharge of his artillery; or rather, she considered these starts and inequalities of tempe...