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...rish pulsations of that organ), when, oh, provoking! the bell rang for the fireworks, and, a great scuffling and running taking place, these interesti... ...or a bath. I say, Dob, I feel just as I did on the morning I went out with Rocket at Quebec.” “So do I,” William responded. “I was a deuced deal more ...

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... Devonshire Chinns in or near Cen- tral India since the days of Lieutenant-Fireworker Humphrey Chinn, of the Bombay European Regiment, who assisted at... ...gs. “I’ll bend some of those men if I can get away,” said Who’s Who, as he rocketed behind the ball; and Bamboo nodded without speaking. They were pla... ...ith all this unexplained pride and glory in the air I felt like watch- ing fireworks without knowing the festival. When the maid had removed the cloth... ...till daylight. She knows we’re here. If Bannister needs help he’ll loose a rocket.’ “‘Wha told ye Bannister’s need? We’ll ha’ some rag-an’-bone tramp ... ...ll bide whaur we are till daylight’; an’ he kept her awa’. “Syne up went a rocket forward, an’ twa on the bridge, an’ a blue light aft. Syne a tar-bar... ...She’s signallin’ to the south of us. Bannister knows as well as I that one rocket would bring the Breslau. He’ll no be wastin’ fireworks for nothin’. ... ... as well as I that one rocket would bring the Breslau. He’ll no be wastin’ fireworks for nothin’. Hear her ca’!’ “The Grotkau whustled an’ whustled fo... ...e Grotkau whustled an’ whustled for five minutes, an’ then there were more fireworks—a regular exhibeetion. 198 Rudyard Kipling “‘That’s no for men i... ...th- ward. “‘What d’ ye make of it?’ I said. “‘Liner,’ he says. ‘Y on’s her rocket. Ou, ay; they’ve waukened the gold-strapped skipper, an’—noo they’ve...

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... In Paris indeed it unfortunately got the length of turbulence. ’ Petards, rockets go off, in the Place Dauphine, more than enough. A ‘wicker Figure (... ... issue! Note, accordingly, the small commencement; first spark of a mighty firework: for if the particular hat cannot be fixed upon, the particular Di... ...s, enough to frighten back the very Saone and Rhone; and how the brightest fireworks, and balls, and even repasts closed in that night of the gods! (H... ...an, of a Nation of men, spending its whole stock of fire in one artificial Firework! So have we seen fond weddings (for indi- viduals, like Nations, h... ...triot terror run frantic. Will Royalty fly off towards Austria; like a lit rocket, towards endless Conflagra- tion of Civil War? Stop it, ye Patriots,... ...So, amid glitter of illuminated streets and Champs Elysees, and crackle of fireworks and glad deray, has the first National Assembly vanished; dissolv... ...bustible; being fired, they must needs fling fire: Senate of touchwood and rockets, in a world of smoke-storm, with sparks wind-driven continu- ally f... ...t: not yet can they be changed to ashes, or to Sea-Nymphs; not yet to sky- rockets, O Ship l’Orient, nor became the prey of England,— before their tim... ...ties are thou growing to! This then, this common pitch-link for artificial fireworks of turpentine and pasteboard; this is the miraculous Aaron’s Rod ...

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... each began to look out with some anxiety for the preconcerted signal, the rocket from Sir Hussey Vivian’s quar- ters, which was to announce the recom... ...i- ties. It came just as the moon rose in her silver splendor, and ere the rocket-stick fell quivering to the earth at the feet of General Picton and ... ...e?), and the gallant Potztausend, with his Hanoverian veterans. The second rocket flew up. “Forward, Onety-oneth!” cried I, in a voice of thunder. “Ki... ...nter-ing fleurettes to this sweet young creature, when, all of a sudden, a rocket was seen whizzing through the air, and a strong light was visible in... ...nd a strong light was visible in the valley below the little fort. “‘What, fireworks! Captain Gahagan,’ said Belinda; ‘this is too gallant.’ “‘Indeed,... ... ‘this is too gallant.’ “‘Indeed, my dear Miss Bulcher,’ said I, ‘they are fireworks of which I have no idea: perhaps our friends the missionaries—’ “... ...ady for the upper classes, the whole concluding with a tasteful display of fireworks. In the midst of these entertainments, our old friend the Count o... ...ones, kettles, bootjacks, chests of drawers, crockery, umbrellas, congreve-rockets, bombshells, bolts and arrows and other missiles which the desperat...

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... en- ergy; excited laughter and outcries broke out like the explo- sion of fireworks. The boudoir and a small adjoining room were strewn like a battle... ...!” shouted the banker. These phrases flew about like the last discharge of rockets at the end of a display of fireworks; and were uttered, per- haps, ... ...s flew about like the last discharge of rockets at the end of a display of fireworks; and were uttered, per- haps, more in earnest than in jest. “My g... ...ncholy and sad. Emblem of the doom of wealth! He flies across Paris like a rocket, and reaches the peristyle of the Theatre Favart. The passers-by mak...

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...methean glance, kindle no despica ble firework. Happy, if it indeed proved a Firework, and flamed off rocket wise, in successive beautiful bursts of sp... ...o despica ble firework. Happy, if it indeed proved a Firework, and flamed off rocket wise, in successive beautiful bursts of splendor, each growing nat... ...d once only: for as your Congreve needs a new case or wrappage for every new rocket, so each human heart can properly exhibit but one Love, if even on... ...f; with what specialties of successive configuration, splendor and color, his Firework blazes off. Small, as usual, is the satisfaction that such can m...

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...ing on shore. On a sec- ond night we witnessed a splendid scene of natural fireworks; the mast-head and yard-arm-ends shone with St. Elmo’s light; and... ...mer voyage the Fuegians were here very troublesome, and to frighten them a rocket was fired at night over their wigwams; it answered effectually, and ... ...y of expression under all circumstances, and that rather a sullen one. The rockets were most admired, and a deep “Oh!” could be heard from the shore, ...

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...s of this exchange all is liveliness. But a ball in Paris always resembles fireworks to a certain extent; wit, coquetry, and pleasure sparkle and go o... ...s to a certain extent; wit, coquetry, and pleasure sparkle and go out like rockets. The next day all present have forgotten their wit, their coquetry,...

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...im in the vistas of the future. He saw her again in the evening during the fireworks, but she was with her husband, Madame Homais, and the drug- gist,... ...ame Homais, and the drug- gist, who was worrying about the danger of stray rockets, and every moment he left the company to go and give some ad- vice ... ... 132 Madame Bovary raising her chin, she watched the luminous rays of the rockets against the dark sky . Rodolphe gazed at her in the light of the bu... ... twin sisters; Monsieur Leplichey, Progress. In the evening some brilliant fireworks on a sudden illumined the air. One would have called it a veritab... ...n her head, of memories, ideas, went off at once like a thousand pieces of fireworks. She saw her father, Lheureux’s closet, their room at home, anoth...

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... was administered by Chief Jus tice Salmon Chase. A parade and a display of fireworks were featured later that day, as well as a ball in a tempo INA... ...n office upon the assassination of President Garfield. After the ceremony, a fireworks display at the White House and a ball at the Pension Building o... ...istory decides. For this generation, the choice must be our own. Even now, a rocket moves toward Mars. It reminds us that the world will not be the sa... ...tion and of our enduring cov enant. Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars. It is like a child’s globe, hanging i...

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...us, yet even in these frail pomps, there are many degrees of frailty. Some fireworks require an hour’s duration for the expansion of their glory; othe... ...e rose too rapidly to the zenith of his gayety; for he shot upwards like a rocket, and, as usual, people said he was “tipsy.” To me Lamb never seemed ...

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...e sprang about and waved his hands to describe the beautiful course of the rockets, and the fall of the stars from the Roman candles. “Oh, such as I n... ... me to see the place where his father had the accident, and we watched the fireworks from there. Oh, it was so nice, and still more beau- tiful when t...

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...me, huzzas and shoutings are heard from every end and corner; and at night rockets and fire-balls, now here, now there, announce that the people, ever... ...ntelli- gence, that, owing to an oversight of the police during the festal fireworks, an infinite number of persons, with horses and carriages, had be...

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...the carman, the omnibus, the ponderous dray, Pyrotechny, letting off color’d fireworks at night, fancy figures and jets; Beef on the butcher’s stall, ... ...ion I hear or see,) And bombs bursting in air, and at night the vari color’d rockets. ETHIOPIA S ALUTING THE C OLORS Who are you dusky woman, so anci...

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... long and dark, her eyes dark-blue, and her soul was ready to shoot like a rocket out of them at a look from Willoughby. And he looked, he certainly l... ...put me to- gether. I laughed at Lady Busshe! No wonder you went off like a rocket with a disappointing bouquet when I told you you had been successful... ...live with my own emptiness for the sake of making an occasional display of fireworks. I aim at solid- ity. It is a narrow aim, no doubt; not much appr...

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...here came into the world a lusty young baron, in whose honour a great many fireworks were let off, and a great many dozens of wine drunk; but next yea... ...he stood upon her head on the butt-end of a spear, surrounded with blazing fireworks.’ ‘You astonish me!’ said Nicholas. ‘She astonished me!’ returned... ...ith a look of disappointment. ‘What do you think of a brilliant display of fireworks?’ ‘That it would be rather expensive,’ replied Nicholas, drily . ... ... large cucumber was seen to shoot up in the air with the velocity of a sky-rocket, whence it descended, tum- bling over and over, until it fell at Mrs...