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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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...out the town. Himself, whilst his dinner was making ready, went to see his artillery mounted upon the carriage, to display his colours, and set up the... ... Lyons, in which place they have met with your forces re- turning from the naval conquests of the Mediterranean sea; and have rallied again in Bohemia... ...em eleven thousand and two hundred cannons, double cannons, long pieces of artillery called basilisks, and smaller sized ones known by the name of spi... ...nnon-shot that fell upon them like hail from the high grounds on which the artillery was planted. Whereupon the Gargantuists betook themselves unto th... ...y hurt at all. Some of Picrochole’s men that had escaped our 149 Rabelais artillery set most fiercely upon our soldiers, but prevailed little; for th... ...ntua perceiving, he went with a strong party to their relief, and with his artillery be- gan to thunder so terribly upon that canton of the wall, and ... ...ll the Armoric Islands and confine regions of Britany. Yet was he in a set naval fight justly taken and vanquished by my father, whom God preserve and... ...iven, all the ships, galleons, frig- ates, brigantines, according to their naval discipline, placed themselves in the order and figure of an (Greek) (...

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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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...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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...h the most deliberate wisdom would have recommended, the diminution of the naval power of Holland, the only naval power which could endanger the secur... ...eater part of the sixteenth century, Spain and Portugal were the two great naval powers upon the ocean; for though the commerce of Venice ex- tended t... ...imed all America as their own; and though they could not hinder so great a naval power as that of Portugal from settling in Brazil, such was at that t... ...n Florida, were all murdered by the Span- iards. But the declension of the naval power of this latter nation, in consequence of the defeat or miscarri... ...tends to reduce the value of American cattle. To increase the shipping and naval power of Great Britain by the extension of the fisheries of our colon... ...disturbances to the pay of twenty regiments of foot; to the expense of the artillery, stores, and ex- traordinary provisions, with which it was necess... ...m for the field, but to carry them to it. As the superiority of the modern artillery, too, over that of the ancients, is very great; it has become muc... ...a town, so as to resist, even for a few weeks, the attack of that superior artillery. In modern times, many different causes contribute to render the ...

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...gedies, and the battle of Jutland a mere ballad. The words “after thorough artillery preparation” in the news from the front meant nothing to us; but ... ...n which the Government yielded to a child- ish cry for the maltreatment of naval prisoners of war, and, to our great disgrace, was forced by the enemy...

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... buildings, much of military arrangement in the way of cannons, forts, and artillery yards. All these things are so contrived as to group themselves w... ...our years in the State. He is to be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the State, as is the President of those of the Union. I see... ...h—for at that time Beaufort, in South Carolina, had just been taken by the naval expedi- tion. He had, he said, a political expectation of a supply of... ... that, however, now was all changed, and the mouths of his bombs and great artillery were turned all the other way. The commandant of the fort was wit... ...General Dix seated on Federal Hill with his cannon; and there, beneath his artillery, were gentlemen hotly professing themselves to be secession- ists...

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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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... so far alarming as to call down a government interference with troops and artillery, but yet with no signs of religious retaliation. That was a princ... ...en thus summoned to the spectacle of an English prelate serving a piece of artillery against what once were fancied to be main outworks of religion, a... ...hat water service. T o use a fleet, you must have a fleet; but their whole naval interest had been starved by the intol- erable costs of the Persian w...

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... as ancient and honorable an art as agriculture, and that there might be a naval as well as a pastoral life. The whole history of commerce was made ma... ...was reverberated through the woods beyond us on our side, like the roar of artillery. But Zephyr soon took us out of sight and hearing of this commerc... ...dThoreau wild pigeon sat secure above our heads, high on the dead limbs of naval pines, reduced to a robin’s size. The very yards of our hostelries in... ...easily dispose of his natural arms. And for his legs, they were like heavy artillery in boggy places; better to cut the traces and forsake them. His g...

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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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...und an Englishman of the name of Glass, formerly a corporal in the British artillery. He claimed to be supreme governor of the islands, and had under ... ...pith of the story. It happened then—so the Fates ordered it—that among the naval acquaintances of my betrothed, were two gentlemen who had just set fo...

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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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... 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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...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...

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... Rosas was close to the river. It consisted of a square formed by waggons, artillery, straw huts, etc. The soldiers were nearly all cavalry; and I sho... ..., can circumnavigate the globe. Besides the vast improvements in ships and naval resources, the whole western shores of America are thrown open, and A... ...trifling evil, cured in a week. If, on the other hand, he take pleasure in naval tactics, he will assuredly have full scope for his taste. But it must...

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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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... that her sorrow-subdued graces had aroused in the breast of a susceptible naval lieutenant. At last she spoke: ‘My dear! remember this. Your last wor... ...ountess: and that horrible ‘Hem!’ equal in force and terror to the roar of artillery preceding the charge of ten thousand dragoons, was silenced—the p...