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... been the favorite closet of Napo- leon and Louis XVIII., and now of Louis Philippe. There, seated before a walnut table he had brought with him from ... ...en boats filled with armed soldiers will pursue the wretched fugitive. The cannon will warn every one to refuse shelter to a man wandering about naked... ... Cristo 176 uttered a third cry, and felt himself sinking, as if the fatal cannon shot were again tied to his feet. The water passed over his head, an... ...hey simply throw the dead into the sea, after fastening a thirty-six pound cannon-ball to their feet.” “Well,” observed the Englishman as if he were s... ... sink again, and both go under at once. All at once there’s a noise like a cannon — that’s the air blowing up the deck. Soon the water rushes out of t... ...hat they could already distinguish the rocks heaped on one an- other, like cannon balls in an arsenal, with green bushes and trees growing in the crev... ... he replied, “of the Old Man of the Mountain, who attempted to assassinate Philip Augustus?” “Of course I have.” “Well, you know he reigned over a ric...

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... it, of the ivory heel. Ah! Stubb, thou did’st not know Ahab then. “Am I a cannon ball, Stubb,” said Ahab, “that thou wouldst wad me that fash ion? B... ...nk Whale; the Pudding Headed Whale; the Cape Whale; the Leading Whale; the Cannon Whale; the Scragg Whale; the Coppered Whale; the Elephant Whale; the... ...y feet in the air; careless, now, who rules the decks below; whether Louis Philippe, Louis Blanc, or Louis the Devil. Great Washington, too, stands hi... ... stormed his general sanity, and carried it, and turned all its concentred cannon upon its own mad mark; so that far from having lost his strength, Ah... ...otorious murderous savage Annawon, the headmost warrior of the Indian King Philip. I do not know where I can find a better place than just here, to mak... ...anchored the ship as far off shore as possible; loaded and ran out his two cannon from the bows; stacked his muskets on the poop; and warning the Isla... ... the curled brow of the bull has a touch of the grand in it. Pushing heavy cannon up mountain defiles, the elephant’s brow is majestic. Human or animal... ...n to be frequented here and there by the Sperm Whale, sweep inshore by the Philip pine Islands, and gain the far coast of Japan, in time for the grea...

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...o it, of the ivory heel. Ah! Stubb, thou didst not know Ahab then. “Am I a cannon-ball, Stubb,” said Ahab, “that thou wouldst wad me that fashion? But... ...nk Whale; the Pudding-Headed Whale; the Cape Whale; the Leading Whale; the Cannon Whale; the Scragg Whale; the Coppered Whale; the Elephant Whale; the... ...y feet in the air; careless, now, who rules the decks below; whether Louis Philippe, Louis Blanc, or Louis the Devil. Great Washington, too, stands hi... ... stormed his general sanity, and carried it, and turned all its concentred cannon upon its own mad mark; so that far from having lost his strength, Ah... ...orious murderous savage Annawon, the headmost warrior of the In- dian King Philip. I do not know where I can find a better place than just here, to ma... ...anchored the ship as far off shore as possible; loaded and ran out his two cannon from the bows; stacked his muskets on the poop; and warning the Isla... ... the curled brow of the bull has a touch of the grand in it. Pushing heavy cannon up mountain defiles, the elephant’s brow is majestic. Human or anima... ...n to be frequented here and there by the Sperm Whale, sweep inshore by the Philippine Islands, and gain the far coast of Japan, in time for the great ...

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...their accomplices. But a better judgement was given to my father’s father, Philip Geddes, who, after trying to light his candle at some of the vain wi... ... the ma- terials which he brought in for breakfast) that his grandfa- ther Philip, the convert of George Fox, had suffered much from the persecution t... ...ion of Sharing-Knowe, to the evangelical appellation of Mount Sharon. This Philip Geddes, as I before hinted, had imbibed the taste for horticulture a... ..., that in the great battle of Durham, fought between David Bruce and Queen Philippa of England, a knight, bearing a horseshoe for his crest, appeared ... ...apital in the world, but Paris seemed midnight silence compared to London. Cannon thundered near and at a distance—drums, trumpets, and military music... ..., what cood could five hundred men do?’ ‘All that the priming does for the cannon, Mr. Meredith,’ answered Redgauntlet; ‘it will enable us to seize Ca... ...ey. MESSAN, a lap-dog, a little dog. MICKLE, much. MIFFED, piqued. MILLAR, Philip Millar, author of several works on garden- ing. MINOS, a law-giver o...

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...erses by different hands on the death of Isabel de Valois, second queen of Philip II, published by the professor in 1569, to which Cervantes contribut... ...Giulio, afterwards Cardinal, Acquaviva had been sent at the end of 1568 to Philip II by the Pope on a mission, partly of condolence, partly political,... ... to Spain he found his old regiment about to march for Portugal to support Philip’s claim to the crown, and utterly penniless now, had no choice but t... ...borate catafalque erected to testify the grief of the city at the death of Philip II, but from this up to 1603 we have no clue to his movements. The w... ...diers, who no sooner do they see in the enemy’s wall a breach as wide as a cannon ball could make, than, casting aside all fear, without hesitating, o... ...he sees before him threatening him as many ministers of death as there are cannon of the foe pointed at him, not a lance length from his body, and see... ... the Most Serene Don John of Austria, natural brother of our good king Don Philip, was coming as commander-in-chief of the allied forces, and rumours ... ...r suppose you are killed in the first engagement or skirmish, whether by a cannon ball or blown up by mine, what matters it? It is only dying, and all... ...on at the same time; in one quarter resounded the dull noise of a terrible cannonade, in another numberless mus- kets were being discharged, the shout...

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...ly that you took passage in this frigate? Was it unintentionally that your cannon-balls rebounded off the plating of my vessel? Was it unintentionally... ...ied, “dare you affirm that your frigate would not as soon have pursued and cannonaded a submarine boat as a monster?” This question embarrassed me, fo... ...fficulty. There exist guns, accord- ing to Fulton, perfected in England by Philip Coles and Burley, in France by Furcy, and in Italy by Landi, which a... ...ls of shipwrecked vessels that were rotting in the depths, and deeper down cannons, bullets, anchors, chains, and a thousand other iron materials eate... ... four fathoms of water, between the reefs of Pacou and Vanou, lay anchors, cannons, pigs of lead and iron, embedded in the limy concretions. The large... ...ention at the South Pole, which led to the discovery of Adelaide and Louis Philippe, and fixing the hydrographical bear- ings of the principal islands... ... multiply in these seas and make them very dangerous. They were “cestracio philippi” sharks, with brown backs and whitish bellies, armed with eleven r... ...on the Spaniards. This prince reigned more or less badly under the name of Philip V, and had a strong party against him abroad. Indeed, the preceding ... ... Hague, with the intention of plucking the crown of Spain from the head of Philip V, and placing it on that of an archduke to whom they prematurely ga...

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... at sight, 8 The Waste Land Asked me in demotic French To luncheon at the Cannon Street Hotel Followed by a weekend at the Metropole. At the violet h... ...ters. 279. V. Froude, ELIZABETH, vol. I, ch. iv, letter of De Quadra to Philip of Spain: In the afternoon we were in a barge, watching the games on...

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...iption: alias Phil R. “Can it be possible,” Tinman asked his sister, “that Philip 19 George Meredith Ribstone has had the audacity to return to this ... ...emen. “With pleasure,” said Tinman. “It was your change of name, you know, Philip.” Look here, Martin. Van Diemen Smith was a convict, and my benefact... ...e absence of the surname. “General Alexander,” said Fellingham. “Alexander Philipson, or he declared it was Joveson; and very fond of wine. But his sh... ...ledon? In a pro- found silence you may hear pins; in a hubbub you may hear cannon-balls. But I never believe in eavesdropping gossip.” “He was heard t... ...men rejoined. “Come, though, you’d like to be. You’ve got your ambi- tion, Philip, like other men.” “Respectable and respected—that ‘s my ambition, Mr... ...ourself on the tradesmen of our town. You think it fine—ha! ha! I daresay, Philip, I should be doing the same if I were up to your mark at my banker’s...

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...rageous in the great war. He told them how red-hot shot are dropped into a cannon, a wad of wet clay between them and the cartridge; how they sizzle a... ...fer the caplin,” cried the Mary Chilton. “‘Salt ‘most wet?” asked the King Philip. “Hey , Tom Platt! Come t’ supper to-night?” said the Henry Clay; an...

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...sleep and wake upon. I believe George was playing bil- liards with Captain Cannon in Swallow Street at the time when Amelia was asking Captain Dobbin ... ...at in Pall Mall; dropped in at the Old Slaughters’, and called for Captain Cannon; played eleven games at billiards with the Captain, of which he won ... ...oken heart comboined, for the horrud old Colonel, with a head as bald as a cannon- ball, was making sheep’s eyes at a half-caste girl there. Mrs. Mage... ...” “Cest le feu!” said Isidor, running to the balcony. “God defend us; it’s cannon!” Mrs. O’Dowd cried, starting up, and followed too to the window. A ... ...hapels, and knelt and prayed on the flags and steps. The dull sound of the cannon went on rolling, rolling. Presently carriages with travellers began ... ...chopped off the head of the Arthur of her day, who had been Chamberlain to Philip and Mary, and carried letters between the Queen of Scots and her unc... ...Gaunt, then at Paris, who won vast sums from the lady’s brother at some of Philip of Orleans’s banquets. The Earl of Gaunt’s famous duel with the Coun...

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...ind that wooded promontory. Some time afterwards the discharges of several cannon were heard at a distance, and, after an interval, a still louder exp... ...he other hand, only one dead body, apparently that of a seaman killed by a cannon-shot, drifted ashore. So, all that could be done was to register the... ...48 Guy Mannering happy in the bosom of his family. What a happiness it is, Philip, for us poor devils, that we have a little resting-place between the...

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..., with dog and hatchet, goat-skin cap and fowling-pieces; calmly surveying Philip Quarn and the host of imitators round him, and calling Mr Pinch to w... ...no invidious comparisons; he would be the last man to do it; but when that Cannon Street establishment shall be able to produce such a combination of ... ... something gamey in it, young ladies, an’t there? I’d sooner be hit with a cannon-ball than a rolling-pin, and she’s always a-catching up something of... ...ge in the steerage.’ If the general had been carried up bodily to a loaded cannon, and required to let it off that moment, he could not have been in a... ...e sort of impromptu arrangements that might have sug- gested themselves to Philip Quarll or Robinson Crusoe, that’s all. What do you say? Shall we wal...

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...se three months past?” asked Mariette. “Good-evening, my dear Baron,” said Philippe Bridau, as he went into Nucingen’s box. “So here you are, married ... ...icer whom you once on a time were to have got out of a scrape— at Issoudun—Philippe Bridau—” “I know nothing of it,” said Esther, looking round the ho... ... “Kind! Why, they are excellent; they have named you Joan of Arc,” replied Philippe. “Vell den, if dese ladies vill keep you company,” said Nucingen, ... ...would be less closely ques- tioned in his presence than if she were alone. Philippe Bridau hurried back to the box where the dancers were sitting, and... ... few days longer to satisfy my curiosity. But for that, I should have made Philippe slap my lord’s cheek—and he has not his match as a swords- man. Th... ...; wait for him in his Court with that formidable great gun. It is a loaded cannon turned on the three most important families of the Court and Peerage...

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... cool view of the dead Emperor’s character; if, perhaps, such men as Louis Philippe, and Monsieur A. Thiers, Minister and Deputy, and Monsieur Francoi... ...r’s honor. This column has been melted out of foreign can- non. These same cannons have furrowed the bosoms of our braves with noble cicatrices; and t... ...ke all other ideas, it was open to objections. You must not fancy that the cannon, or rather the cannon- balls, were in the habit of furrowing the bos... ... other braves, with cicatrices: on the con- trary, it is a known fact that cannon-balls make wounds, and not cicatrices (which, my dear, are wounds pa... ...applications, and the author only means that the French soldiers faced the cannon and took them. Nor, my love, must you suppose that the column was me... ...se in the vessel. It was commanded by his Royal Highness Francis Ferdinand Philip Louis Marie d’Orleans, Prince de Joinville, a young 10 The Second F... ... the St. Helena land- lady, little did his Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand Philip Marie de Joinville know what was going on in Europe all 17 Thackera... ...avest felt no small tremor! And be sure of this, that as his Majesty Louis Philippe took his nightcap off his royal head that morn- ing, he prayed hea... ...fficiating priests, but we knew of nothing more. It is said that old Louis Philippe was standing at the cata- falque, whither the Prince de Joinville ...

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...lais cease to laugh and gesticulate. She only replied: “Louise, you do not speak as you think, my dear; you know that messieurs the guards, as you cal... ...ons and break horses. Then, Saturday is the day for intellectual pleasures: we adorn our minds; we look at monseigneur’s pictures and statues; we writ... ...just related, and while General Monk was expected every minute in the camp to which he did not return, a little Dutch felucca, manned by eleven men, c... ...e.” 221 Dumas “Yes, I see; the boat is drawn upon the sand, but you certainly did not come from Newcastle in that frail bark?” “No, sire; I freighted... ... singing, provided they paid, was not tyrant enough to pre- vent people from talking, provided they made up their minds to lose. They were therefore c... ... admiring his handsome face in the glass of a box. His favorite, the Cheva- lier de Lorraine, leaning over the back of the prince’s chair, was listeni... ...e evening meal.” “Thanks to God,” said the cardinal, who spoke for the first time, “your majesty exaggerates, and your supper has always been ready wi... ...,” said Mazarin. The Comte de Guiche was silent: the king composed his countenance, and Mazarin exchanged looks with Anne of Austria, as if to thank h... ...ived a letter containing all the details; it is even known that the king has landed at Dover; some fisher- men saw him entering the port; the rest is ...

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...eries. Cover design: Jim Manis; portrait of Byron from a painting by Thomas Philips, 1814 Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylvania State University The Penn... ...d From his own brain’s oppression while it reels. Of food I think with Philip’s son, or rather Ammon’s (ill pleased with one world and one fat... ...rbette,’ Of Danube’s bank took formidable charge; While two and twenty cannon duly set Rose over the town’s right side, in bristling tier, F... ... Within a cable’s length their vessels lay Off Ismail, and commenced a cannonade, Which was return’d with interest, I may say, And by a fi... ...eries, work’d their guns with great precision: At length they found mere cannonade alone By no means would produce the town’s submission, An... ...o be content. In the mean time, the batteries proceeded, And fourscore cannon on the Danube’s border Were briskly fired and answer’d in due or... ...th great grace, And all presaged good fortune to their cause. Within a cannon shot length of the place They drew, constructed ladders, repai... ...his feelings till they wither, And hew out a huge monument of pathos, As Philip’s son proposed to do with Athos. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Twelve...

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...s. The offer likes not: and the nimble gunner With linstock now the devilish cannon touches, [Alarum, and chambers go off .] And down goes all before ... ...ye a terrible aspect; Let pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o’erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O’er... ...WER: I think Alexander the Great was born in Macedon; his father was called Philip of Macedon, as I take it. FLUELLEN: I think it is in Macedon wher...

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...l be wanting also some feathers? I shall be having some for sale about St. Philip’s Day.” “Very well, very well, madam.” “There you see!” she remarked... ..., firstly, Bagration*—tall and thin, and with a cluster of small flags and cannon beneath him, and the whole set in the narrowest of frames—and, secon... ...rom eggs, would not the shell of such eggs be of a thickness proof against cannonballs, and necessitate the invention of some new type of firearm?” Th... ...d have stormed any point, however dangerous and inaccessible, and captured cannon under the very noses of the foe; but, as it was, the lack of a more ...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. My father?s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip....

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...ens Chapter 1 M Y FATHER’S FAMILY name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more ex... ... that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, w... ...d with – the same reason for wanting to borrow a file. Didn’t you hear the cannon last night?” “Then, there was firing!” he said to himself. “I wonder... ...mp – I see a hundred. And as to firing! Why, I see the mist shake with the cannon, arter it was broad day – But this man;” he had said all the rest, a... ... “ All right,” said the sergeant. “March.” W e had not gone far when three cannon were fired ahead of us with a sound that seemed to burst something i... ...ery muddy, and so we splashed along. Now and then, the sound of the signal cannon broke upon us again, and again rolled sulkily along the course of th... ... and said I would. I informed him in ex- change that my Christian name was Philip. “I don’t take to Philip,” said he, smiling, “for it sounds like a m... ... we went into the churchyard, close to the graves of my unknown par- ents, Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and Also Georgiana, Wife of the Above. ... ...ern?” Much surprised by the request, I took the note. It was di- rected to Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the super- scription were the words,...

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.... For this was the air once breathed by Adiante Adister, his elder brother Philip’s love and lost love: here she had been to Philip flame along the hi... ...ed in search of her, that he might plead with her on behalf of his brother Philip, after a four years’ division of the lovers. Could anything be simpl... ...and the liberal expenditure of his native eloquence for the furtherance of Philip’s love-suit was the principal cause of the misfortune, if misfortune... ...d gone off straight to the me- tropolis by appointment to meet his brother Philip, just re- turned from Canada a full captain, who heartily despatched... ...your elder brother, I understand.’ Patrick nodded assent. ‘But my purse is Philip’s, and my house, and my horses.’ ‘Not bequeathed by a member of your... ...id his hand on Patrick, asking him, ‘What does it mean?’ Patrick fired his cannon-shot: ‘She’s married!’ Consulting 58 Celt and Saxon his feelings im... ...ences of her sluggery. A country of compromise goes to pieces at the first cannon-shot of the advance, and while she’s fighting on it’s her poor busin... ...us a hint for packing five or six hundred rifles and a couple of pieces of cannon?’ Philip stared; he bent a lowering frown on his cousin, with a twit... ...Philip. ‘No, nor wink to it,’ said Con. ‘But it’s a question about packing cannon and small arms; and you might be useful in dropping a hint or two. T...

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...r Francis Drake,’ and the first parts of those of ‘Admiral Blake,’ and of ‘Philip Baretier,’ both which he finished the following year. He also wrote ... ...e following year. He also wrote an ‘Essay on Epitaphs,’ and an ‘Epitaph on Philips, a Musician,’ which was afterwards published with some other pieces... ...ether; when, amongst other things, Garrick repeated an Epi- taph upon this Philips by a Dr. Wilkes, in these words: ‘Exalted soul! whose harmony cou... ... extempore produced the following verses: 58 Boswell’s Life of Johnson ‘Philips, whose touch harmonious could re- move The pangs of guilty power or... ...ed was fifteen hundred and seventy-five pounds. The Plan, was addressed to Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, then one of his Majesty’s Prin- cipal ... ...ry side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger. You must, therefore, be enabled t... ...ke,) David Hume told me, you said that you would stand before a battery of cannon, to restore the Con- vocation to its full powers.’ Little did I appr... ...ld be at. Five or six shots of small arms in every newspaper, and repeated cannonading in pamphlets, might, I think, satisfy you. But, Sir, you’ll nev...

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...he whole play was spoilt. Arthur was very touchy, and Billy Pillins—really Philips—was worse. Then Paul had to side with Arthur, and on Paul’s side we... ...rush, she went from person to person. At last they sent her underground to Cannon Street. It was six o’clock when she arrived at William’s lodging. Th...

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...th part of the corn which they were formerly worth. But since the reign of Philip and Mary, the denomination of the English coin has undergone little ... ...ently re- warded, as it is universally agreed, both by him and his father, Philip, thought it worth while, notwithstanding, to return to Ath- ens, in ... ...the moderate and reasonable price of wheat. In 1554, by the 1st and 2nd of Philip and Mary, and in 1558, by the 1st of Elizabeth, the exportation of w... ...pears to have been a most munificent benefactor to his towns. {See Madox.} Philip I. of France lost all authority over his barons. T o- wards the end ... ...h every man feels himself every moment exposed, as soon as he comes within cannon-shot, 572 The Wealth of Nations and frequently a long time before t... ...we have any distinct account in any well authenticated history, is that of Philip of Macedon. His frequent wars with the Thracians, Illyrians, Thessal... ...A musket is a more expensive machine than a javelin or a bow and arrows; a cannon or a mortar, than a balista or a catapulta. The powder which is spen...

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...re is more than the Latinity that will surprise an English reader: HIC JACET PHILIPPUS ZAEHDARM, COGNOMINE MAGNUS, ZAEHDARMI COMES, EX IMPERII CONCILI... ...his Sorrows of Napoleon Opera, in an all too stupendous style; with music of cannon volleys, and murder shrieks of a world; his stage lights are the fi... ... follows:— “Horrible enough! A whole Marchfeld strewed with shell splinters, cannon shot, ruined tumbrils, and dead men and horses; stragglers still ... ...was a Divine Missionary, though unconscious of it; and preached, through the cannon’s throat, that great doctrine, La carri` ere ouverte aux talens (T... ...t nickname of Beggars, heroically rallied and prevailed, though against King Philip himself? Intrinsic significance these had none: only extrinsic; as ...

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...er blow against the house of Stuart. Here, also, were the veterans of King Philip’s war, who had burned villages and slaughtered young and old, with p... ...ntrenched itself upon a nearer height than before. As the deep boom of the cannon smote upon his ear, Colonel Joliffe raised himself to the full heigh...