10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUNPOWDERY»
Discover the use of
gunpowdery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gunpowdery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Aha! Moment: A Scientist's Take on Creativity
... a gunpowdery paste containing lots of iron filings and letting it dry out. Light it
at the end, and a zone ofcombustion passes slowly along it. The central wire
controls the rate of burning by conducting its heat along. That heat comes from
within.
2
Sharpe's London Magazine of Entertainment and Instruction: ...
Browne z seems bent on it, and so does his seeond—a gunpowdery eolonel.” “
Oh, but we must see to that!” exelaimed Mr. D'Aamui. “Duels are only fit for
simpletons, at 5 best; but upon sueh grounds as these!——'T1s ehildish !” “ You
must ...
"Everyone has a cool car now," Ness sneers, in the gunpowdery voice that has,
for nearly two decades, rallied his roughneck Orange County combo, Social
Distortion. "And they think all it is, is just buying one and being seen in it, posing
in it.
4
Patriotic and Heroic Eloquence: A Book for the Patriot, ...
Why, it is that among other military miscellanies in the pavilion of Pegram the
conquering captors found the savagest, most truculent, gunpowdery, give-'em-fits
proclamation that ever was issued by. 182 PATRIOTIC AND 1IKROIC ...
William Ross Wallace, 1861
I reflected respectfully, and then said I did n't know it had any particular shape. My
gunpowdery chief went off with a bang, of course, and then went on loading and
firing until he was out of adjectives. I had learned long ago that he only carried ...
6
The Book of Canterbury Rhymes
A party of Militia-men, An oflieer therewith; In camp he was a Corporal JONES, In
town a general smith. This Corporal had a warlike nose, - Gunpowdery in hue; It
Trumpeted his honours, but It could not beat. tattoo. For Eirocn's face was lined ...
7
Pages From An Old Volume Of Life
... was said to furnish the water, and it smelt strong of the Medf ord still ; no more
rings, and rough-and- tumble contests; no more of that strange aroma, —
gunpowdery, rummy, with stray whiffs of peppermint and checkerberry from
candy-stalls, ...
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 2007
There was a special Greenwich flavour to this gentility: a salty, leathery,
gunpowdery note which came from the number of retired officers, from both army
and navy, who resided there. As Defoe puts it: Here several of the most active
and useful ...
9
Life On The Mississippi
He might as well haveasked me my grandmother's opinion of protoplasm.
Ireflected respectfully, and then said I didn't know it had any particular shape.My
gunpowdery chief wentoff with abang, of course, and then went on loading
andfiring ...
10
How Different From Us: A Biography of Miss Buss and Miss Beale
Why was I made so gunpowdery? I do think, however, the provocation was very
great, though that, of course, is no excuse.' Where Dorothea would have refused
in her self-examination to admit provocation, Frances Mary relied on it a shade ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUNPOWDERY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gunpowdery is used in the context of the following news items.
A long-ago Independence Day and the smell of hot tomatoes
But years passed, and the gunpowdery smell of fireworks was lost to me as the identifying scent of the Fourth of July. We were living on the farm ... «Daily Commercial, Jul 15»
At the Boston Marathon bombing trial, prosecutors evoke the scent …
“Smell of smoke, gunpowdery, blood, flesh. Kind of acrid. Disgusting,” said Colton Kilgore, who shot video of the carnage, including several of ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
Rangers 1 Hearts 2: Late drama at Ibrox as Jambos open season …
... last season's visit from Dundee United in the Scottish Cup semi, a tie which was played out against a chaotic, almost gunpowdery backdrop. «Scottish Daily Record, Aug 14»
'Fable Legends': Hands-on from E3
So don't expect the steampunky, gunpowdery style of Fables 2 and 3, but do expect a return to fantastical fairy tale themes.. It looks very ... «Big Shiny Robot!, Jun 14»
Are wine tasting notes a load of old drivel?
While my father-in-law likes wines that are “gunpowdery with a hint of saddle leather”, to me they taste like, well, gunpowder and saddle leather ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
No Man Is an Island: Recognizing Gun Violence as a Cultural …
Gunpowdery with projection, violence and patriarchy work together. Before guns, missiles, and cannon were invented, men carried spears, ... «Huffington Post, May 14»
Chinese village guns for tourists
China, wary of social unrest and crime, bars most civilians from owning firearms, giving the village's gunpowdery atmosphere an illicit feel. «Arab News, May 14»
Gun-tribe village in China aims for tourists
China, wary of social unrest and crime, bars most civilians from owning firearms, giving the village's “gunpowdery” atmosphere an illicit feel. «The Japan Times, Apr 14»
China village gunning for tourists
China, wary of social unrest and crime, bars most civilians from owning firearms, giving the village's gunpowdery atmosphere an illicit feel. «GMA News, Apr 14»
Huppke: Could Starbucks shunning guns invite cafe crime sprees?
Shoot-stirring is efficient, adds a nice gunpowdery taste and is far more environmentally friendly than those wasteful wooden stir sticks. Sadly ... «Chicago Tribune, Sep 13»
