| 单词 | brickbat |
| 例句 | I wanted to hit her with a brickbat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Eisenhower offered to reappoint him for a new term, but Strauss had grown weary of dodging brickbats in Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We saw them surrounded, and observed as they begged and importuned; we saw them towed to the island and dragged ashore, the mob awaiting them, engorged with victory, armed with brickbats and bayonets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I looked around and saw several brickbats scattered about. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Best known for the much maligned and sabotaged Eros fountain in Piccadilly, it was Gilbert as much as Epstein who took the brickbats. Modern British Sculpture at the Royal Academy - review 2011-01-15T00:05:50Z Ms. Millit, who physically resembles Carol Burnett, is an operatically trained singer, but her shrill, brassy rendition of “My One and Only Love” on Monday evening hammered it with a brickbat. Music Review: Songs in Several Languages, Wisecracks Spread Throughout 2011-01-18T23:45:40Z The film has a 49% "rotten" rating on the review aggregator site rottentomatoes.com, and among the better-known writers the brickbats have really been flying. The A-Team: About as authentic as a Turin shroud beach towel 2010-08-02T10:36:00Z The director Yael Farber could have been forgiven a primal howl of her own given the collective brickbats aimed her direction following the “Salome” that she brought to the National Theater in the spring. Minds in Meltdown, and a Risk-Taking Director Back on Form 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Both the accolades and the brickbats miss the point. In praise of ? Christopher Nolan 2010-07-21T23:05:00Z Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, despite all the critical brickbats, did well enough financially to leave this latest superhero cinematic universe with the chance to fight another day. Bye bye Batman: is it time for Ben Affleck to bow out as the caped crusader? 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Dare to write something that evinces any criticism of the art of their heroes, and the brickbats are coming your way. The return of “Yellow Submarine”: Why even people who aren’t Beatles mega-fans love it 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Condon said the negative reviews for "Fifth Estate" disappointed him more than the brickbats for the "Twilight" movies. The clues to 'Mr. Holmes' director Bill Condon's varied career 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z The Times magazine article is only one in a recent wave of brickbats hurled at the sports-fitness brand, which now boasts an estimated 10,000 franchises. Crossfit is a cult: Why so many of its defenders are so defensive 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Lane and Neuwirth managed to escape most of the critics' brickbats. "The Addams Family" musical disappoints on Broadway 2010-04-09T17:07:00Z By now the brickbats flung by critics at bloggers and by bloggers at critics are old news. Everyone's a critic now 2011-01-30T00:06:14Z Gaga sheds light on some of her crazier outfits and addresses that persistent brickbat that she is only copying whatever Madonna did 20 years ago. Front Row: Lady Gaga Explains Herself 2011-05-11T20:41:19Z Moore famously said: "He took the brickbats, he took the insults, he took the howls of derision." Modern British Sculpture at the Royal Academy - review 2011-01-15T00:05:50Z He recalls with shame the brickbats he received after writing an essay defending old-fashioned chivalric gestures such as holding doors open for women. Review | Raising a boy in 2020 is tough. Three new books aimed at fathers offer some guidance. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z David Beckham has confirmed reports he is to make the leap into acting and admitted he is braced for the brickbats that are likely to come his way. David Beckham expecting criticism after confirming assault on Hollywood 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Let me get the brickbat out of the way. Peter Mendelsund releases two books, including one that’s worth your time Inside, the conductor Daniel Barenboim lobbed a brickbat of his own. ArtsBeat: At La Scala, Budget-Cut Protests, Inside and Out 2010-12-07T22:30:00Z Years of critical brickbats toughened Albee’s already tough hide and taught him to trust only himself. Review: Is Edward Albee ‘At Home at the Zoo’? You Bet He Is. 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Drunkenness, profanity as brickbats, ferreting out secrets and using them to wound — all were part of what in the play were called “fun and games.” Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Despite Trunk's brickbats, publishers are not blind to the challenges in – and opportunities for – selling books in an increasingly fragmented media. Want to help books survive? Promote authors yourself 2012-07-20T14:01:02Z Mank flings bons mots and brickbats with mischievous relish, and there are a handful of smart people around who can return his volleys with proper screwball topspin. ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z With the perilously stuffed documentary “Finding Fela,” the director, Alex Gibney, tries to reckon with this audacious child of the Nigerian elite who courted execution with his brickbats, and megalomania with his extravagance. ‘Finding Fela,’ From Alex Gibney 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z About keeping sweet as you skip through the brickbats. David O Russell: ‘I relate to Joy – she manages a lot of commerce that is unforgiving and nasty’ 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Tuesday's event was a brickbat to democratic etiquette, one that quickly got away from Chris Wallace and initially caught Biden off guard. The traumatizing terror of Trump's debate performance: We just witnessed an assault on democracy 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Both will need to be critic-proof to survive the brickbats thrown at Killers, which picked up some of the worst reviews of 2010 when it opened in the US earlier this year. Post-credits scene: Killers 2010-06-22T10:26:00Z Nonetheless, over the first weekend of the release of “Inception,” I braced myself for brickbats for both sides. Film: ?Inception? Criticism Raises Questions for Critics 2010-07-23T22:17:00Z We can become cynical or angry and just throw brickbats. Our civic health in WA needs first aid | Op-Ed 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z He drew brickbats from none other than George Bernard Shaw after trying to shut down a New York production of Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.” Column: Conservative attacks on abortion depend on a law that courts have snubbed for 100 years 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z As angry as the Boeing workers were to have their pensions frozen, were they supposed to use brickbats like the old Wobblies to storm the factory floors? Seattle’s Kshama Sawant was a tale for our time, but the story fizzled 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z I've engaged in brickbats with troll farms and tilled a bit of soil myself, unleashing quips on political ne'er-do-wells from sunup to sundown and sometimes beyond. Elon Musk's Twitter takeover is a disaster. How much longer will the platform hold? 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Along with Trump’s rants, she has had large brickbats thrown her way by New York’s former Democratic governor, Andrew M. Cuomo. Opinion | The two Howard University women on Trump’s trail 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Just before Christmas, Manchin unexpectedly sank that bill, citing fears of inflation and international uncertainty and earning brickbats from exasperated fellow Democrats from Capitol Hill and the White House. House Dems set to overcome GOP for climate, health care win 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z And when they do speak of each other, it is usually to trade barbs and brickbats on issues weighty, and less so. The Rift Between A.O.C. and Eric Adams: When Democratic Stars Collide 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z While senators and interest groups reacted to the news with bouquets and the occasional brickbat, Biden declined to get ahead of Breyer’s announcement. Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Musk’s approach earned brickbats from people who think seriously, not whimsically, about the social and economic implications of concentrated wealth. Column: Thank you, Elon Musk. You've just proved why a billionaires tax is essential 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Among the tidbits of wisdom: Harry’s dad, Prince Charles, is deeply upset, and the verbal brickbats threaten the future of the British monarchy. The latest from the British press on the royal kerfuffle 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren unveiled her plan to address the student debt mess Monday and promptly took brickbats because it would help higher-income families more than the poor. Column: Canceling student debt should be a slam dunk. Here's why 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The brickbats are not just from the right. ‘The Crown’ Stokes an Uproar Over Fact vs. Entertainment 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z He knew he would be showered with brickbats from the left for not speaking out sooner and denounced by the right for speaking out at all. Bolton Assaults Trump From the Right, and Takes Fire From All Directions 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Choosing a career in golf, when her uncle happens to be the most famous player of all time, led to brickbats of which she was immediately aware. Cheyenne Woods: 'Golf is dominated by white men. The history runs deep' 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Although, he added, “that might depend on the moxie of the governor, and which brickbats they were willing to tolerate.” The Army Bombed a Hawaiian Lava Flow. It Didn’t Work. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Johnson took the critical brickbats in stride and kept on working. Seward Johnson, Johnson & Johnson heir who sculpted real-life images in bronze, dies at 89 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z It means accepting that you might face unwarranted political brickbats. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z In the meantime, the deal has drawn brickbats from several internet luminaries. Column: The internet's .org registry is snatched up by a private equity firm, provoking uproar 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “I hope and pray people will realize we can’t continue to level brickbats against each other,” Isakson said in an interview just off the Senate floor. Analysis | A beloved senator heads into retirement with no clear successor to fill the void 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A favorite is “indentured servitude,” an enjoyably ironic brickbat because servitude is a good description of federal student loans, which keep growing regardless of life circumstances and are inescapable even in bankruptcy. Opinion | Here is a powerful alternative to student loans 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Toss legal brickbats with novel and bizarre legal claims. How Trump will try to derail impeachment 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The pickets dispersed by the combined attack, retaliated with a barrage of bottles, brickbats and stones. From the Archives: Hollywood’s Bloody Friday 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Similarly, the Rockefeller and Ford families, which attracted brickbats in their heydays for their business practices and labor relations, are now associated mainly with the philanthropic institutions that bear their names. Column: Resnicks set a record with Caltech gift, but altruism isn't the whole story 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z This does nothing to fix income inequality — but what a swell target for snowballs, brickbats and rotten fruit. Opinion | It’s time to make rich people uncomfortable again 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Jack drew a hailstorm of brickbats and threats, harassed openly as an “Uncle Tom.” The Complex Story of Hulan Jack, the First Black ‘Boss of Manhattan’ 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z "It's particularly difficult when you get brickbats for just giving. People saying 'it's too much, why don't you just curb your enthusiasm?' It hurts." The Bollywood star challenging fashion norms 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z More than most potential candidates for the president, Warren seemed to be ready for the brickbats. Analysis | The Trailer: Welcome to the 2020 Democratic primary 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z The brickbats, he said, only underscore the growing clout of his movement. Vox party in Spain shakes Socialist rule 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The fight turned into an all-out brawl in which brickbats and other debris became weapons. ‘Robbed’ of His Life by a Wrongful Conviction. Now Free, and Bewildered. 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Even for the blameless, is literary fame, literary or otherwise, really worth risking all the brickbats anymore? Stuck inside of Stockholm with the Nobel blues again - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z But this time there were also brickbats from Trump’s own side. Do Republicans disapprove of Trump's meeting with Putin? 'They couldn't care less' 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The outburst resulted in whites being injured by sticks, brickbats “and other missiles” and the sacking of two houses before peace was restored, according to the late historian Herbert Aptheker. ‘GREAT EXCITEMENT. Runaway Slaves’: The slave uprising that Maryland seems to want to forget 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Lenny, who was accustomed to brickbats, picked himself up and kept his conducting dates, but Jamie believes that Felicia, suffering from public humiliation, was never the same. Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z “I think it’s great for us. I don’t mind the occasional brickbats,” he said. Schumer’s to-do list: Fix DACA, win the Senate, manage Trump 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z But the brickbats for Bannon weren’t just coming from his paid writers. Bannonfreude: how Breitbart (and the internet) immediately turned on Bannon 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Even in highly cyclical, capital-intensive industries like mining, the current big cheese usually gets the brickbats—or the credit—for the consequences of decisions made long ago. A New CEO Isn’t the Cure for BHP’s Ills 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z As the partisan brickbats fly—as they do after every high-profile pardon—it’s important to stay focused on the troubling details that set this specific case apart. The Arpaio Pardon: Ugly but Constitutional 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Politicians may be used to bouquets and brickbats, but India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is urging his state governments to lose the flowers presented to him when he visits. India's PM would like books instead of bouquets - BBC News 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z The brickbats flew even as Democrats dutifully presented each version of their legislation to the CBO, and got it scored. Republicans are following the playbook they attacked in Obamacare debate 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z “We’re already beginning to coalesce around that. It was very positive. They throw a few brickbats, fine. This energy is enormous.” The New Party of No 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “I think the energy’s terrific. Do some of them throw some brickbats and things? Sure, it doesn’t bother me,” Schumer said in a recent interview. A new, liberal tea party is forming. Can it last without turning against Democrats? 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z “Do some of them throw some brickbats and things? Sure, it doesn’t bother me.” Schumer’s dilemma: Satisfying the base while protecting his minority 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Still, those brickbats took their toll - 1990's Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 was an attempt to be taken seriously as a musician. George Michael: Master craftsman of pop - BBC News 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z In Mexico, his rougher edges seemed sanded down as he offered flattery and solicitousness in place of crudeness and brickbats. Trump Tries a Jarring New Style: Diplomatic 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z That NBC devotes so much to the Games is a blessing, though some brickbats are warranted: NBC's filtered view of the Rio Games delivered on the things that mattered 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Then it zags in the other direction, and the plaudits turn to brickbats. Divided court draws plaudits and brickbats, but Kennedy’s role remains constant — for now 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z The usually close-mouthed Capital Group is speaking up on executive pay - throwing more brickbats than bouquets. Capital Group leaders look to rein in inflated CEO pay 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Still, for all the brickbats thrown at it, the impact of the Nafta trade deal itself was relatively modest, most studies agree. Nafta May Have Saved Many Autoworkers’ Jobs 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z This time around, it’s Devine tossing brickbats at the Democratic Party edifice. Bernie’s man behind the scenes: Tad Devine is the Karl Rove to Sanders’ 2016 populist uprising 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z To win New Hampshire and help end the Bernie Sanders insurgency, Clinton doesn’t need Trump to tone down the brickbats he has thrown her way. How Trump can save Hillary: Just by being his usual offensive self he can sway the Democratic primary vote in New Hampshire 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Rather than face questions in the House of Commons, the prime minister jumped on a train to visit a German-owned factory in Wiltshire, while his Europe minister took the parliamentary brickbats. Slings and arrows 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Beneath public presidential statements and diplomatic exchanges, the U.S. and Russian militaries have lobbed a steady stream of verbal brickbats at each other since Russian operations in Syria began on Sept. 30. American and Russian militaries don’t agree about much in Syria 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Despite all the brickbats, she is motivated by keeping American Apparel’s 9,000 workers in their jobs. American Apparel: Paula Schneider's 'wild ride' to revive the brand 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z As the next televised debate – to be held at the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, California on Wednesday night – approaches, brickbats are being hurled with increasing intensity, not least at Trump himself. Donald Trump takes on Ben Carson as neurosurgeon rises into second place 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z When MLB got to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the same court where the NFL is heading now, baseball got another brickbat over the head. NFL’s loss in court could be valuable lesson if it’s willing to listen 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Its efforts earned it brickbats from the World Health Organization. CVS Health Leaves U.S. Chamber of Commerce Over Smoking Spat 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Not all of them will be as deserved as the brickbats she lobbed at them on Thursday. Voting made easy 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Lots of coverage on the book ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’ around the web, with the book being used to heap both bouquets and brickbats on the memory of Jobs and his time at Apple. Apple Loop: Cannibalizing The iPad, Beats For iOS, The Apple Drone, Steve Jobs Was Interesting 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z But the House’s die-hard conservatives face new frustrations and uncertainty, thanks to a higher number of establishment-friendly Republicans and a leadership push to “show we can govern” instead of throwing partisan brickbats. House tea partyers face new resistance from GOP pragmatists 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Despite brickbats from some politicians, there remains strong support for large national banks in countries including the United States, Germany, France and Italy. Bankers say big is beautiful, safe and economic 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z And now the brickbats, and it’s down to Samsung’s belief that the Galaxy S5 was going to be a smash hit. Android Circuit: Samsung's Smartphone Disaster, Micromax Attacks Android One, The Worst Lollipop Bugs 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z “It’s a jungle!” he said in a telephone interview, referring to the brickbats directed at him. In food-crazed Lebanon, a war over tainted chicken and messed-up meze Such prudence has not shielded the company from brickbats—critics have dubbed it “Crapita”. Nobody said it was easy 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z But the czar controversy was more than just a partisan brickbat. A brief history of American 'czars' and Obama's pick to confront Ebola 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Modi attracts a lot of brickbats from observers who find it hard to come to terms with his rapid rise and international success. Will Modi’s New Broom Really Sweep Away India’s Troubles? The installation, which garnered acclaim and brickbats on display in Edinburgh, was due to remain open in London until Saturday. Slavery exhibition featuring black actors chained in cages shut down 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The Met says new productions under Gelb have received the same mix of praise and brickbats as any of his predecessors. New York Met Opera proposes federal arbitration in bitter labor dispute 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z And despite the brickbats aimed at romcoms, romance will continue to be a staple theme, argues Morris. Why is the term 'romcom' used so negatively? 2014-05-08T10:19:36Z A brand that garnered brickbats — and bouquets — last year for its take on modern family life is returning with another 30-second parable about diversity, this time during XLVIII, the year’s biggest showcase for advertising. Advertising: An American Family Returns to the Table 2014-01-29T01:04:38Z UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon put on a crash helmet, not to survive the brickbats of angry negotiators, but to steer a bamboo bicycle around the conference centre. Ban on his bike as Pole axed 2013-11-20T17:17:13Z But rather than reliability, today’s little brickbat for AWS lies in an arguably more important area, the price/performance discussion. Amazon Web Services Fails The Price/Performance Test. But Does It Matter? 2013-10-23T16:01:00Z When a leader gets as many brickbats from his own side as his rivals, it says, you know he is in trouble. Papers debate pressure on Miliband 2013-08-21T06:05:42Z George Osborne will be cheered by the more upbeat outlook after suffering two years of brickbats from the IMF. International Monetary Fund upgrades UK growth forecast to 0.9% 2013-07-09T13:32:00Z The stream of brickbats heaved in the direction of the BCS finally drove the man to substance abuse. College football playoff: Can Bill Hancock solve this puzzle? 2013-05-09T00:39:03Z The Human Brain Project continues to receive brickbats from a number of quarters. Big Neuroscience: Billions and Billions (Maybe) to Unravel Mysteries of the Brain 2013-02-25T16:45:05.473Z There is one more bouquet to deliver from the weekend, although it won't be popular, so it comes with a bit of a brickbat. Super League Set of Six: why the World Club Challenge is one to savour 2013-02-19T10:15:00Z "Thanks to the ravaging financial turbulence, Pandit could well be described as the most visible India-origin face for receiving bouquets and brickbats in equal measure," the article said. India Ink: What Happened to Vikram Pandit? 2012-10-17T09:01:15Z Her first foray abroad, earlier this month, brought a rare downpour of brickbats. The Perils of Being an Insider 2012-06-14T08:45:00Z Some of our readers may think that this was a fit punishment for having “pashed” the toad to “death with a brickbat.” The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Now, however, we have been called to repress what are called risings in the northern shires; and our task has been to ride at large unarmed mobs and charge down masses, whose grape-shot are brickbats. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z The mob was so indignant as to pelt her house with brickbats; and while engaged in the mean act, a feeble and emaciated sister of Mrs. Heyward—Mrs. George A. Hall—expired! Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z Not your curled hair brickbats; not your stiff, fluted, rasping covers, or limp cotton cases; but a good, generous, soft pillow, deftly cased in smooth, cool, untrimmed linen! Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z Something, too, it was to feel that where he stood his men stood also; and that where he was not, the Irish, with their brickbats and iron bars, made a way. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z It is generally entered by passing through the store, at the hazard of putting your foot into pools of rosin or varnish, slipping over stray peas, or half-breaking your neck over heaps of brickbats. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z These were heterodox opinions, indeed, which South-eastern London could only receive with a strenuous counterblast of orthodox brickbats and sound Anglican road metal. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z I have walked a good deal during the day, and have an uncomfortable sensation in my feet, suggesting the idea that the soles of my boots are made of roasted brickbats. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z If I had only had your orders beforehand for trophies I could have satisfied you with anything named, from a gold watch to an old brickbat. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z He stumbled over rubbish heaps and stones and brickbats, varied now and then with nettles and twitch grass. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The silky little building and its ilk met with a few brickbats. | Readers? Questions: Streetscapes/Readers? Questions - A Bank Lives On, in Memory and Metal 2011-10-22T16:10:26Z Nor would I be perpetually pitching brickbats upwards, in order to show my own independence; or raising a howl of injustice, because another fellow was considerably elevated above me. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Not driving the various players of society into their respective corner and asking them to throw brickbats at each other.” Microsoft to Bring Digital Access to 1M Students from Low-income Families 2011-09-27T02:11:12Z Here is your nice gingerbread, it will melt in your mouth like a red-hot brickbat, and rumble in your inside like Punch and his wheelbarrow.” A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z "I don't care if it wouldn't hold pebbles or even brickbats," retorted Mr. Wallingford. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z In the same way that you swear to the existence of brickbats and stones?—To the non-existence. Three Accounts of Peterloo By Eyewitnesses Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial 2011-08-09T02:00:27.670Z Then came a brickbat, which missed the woman by very little and struck the truck wheel. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Meantime the brickbat fell harmlessly on the back of a policeman who, with hands tightly clasped behind him, was studying a bed of scarlet geraniums. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z Most of these sermons were preached in the open air, and often amid showers of brickbats, rotten eggs, and personal violence calculated to test the strongest nerve. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Blaberino: Any person who tells a person something a person says about him, which puts fishbones in the throat and brickbats in the Ostermoor of the person told. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z This they occupied for some little time, and in attempting to displace them, some of the men and horses were struck with stones and brickbats. Three Accounts of Peterloo By Eyewitnesses Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial 2011-08-09T02:00:27.670Z None answered Sally's challenge, and, staying but to fling a brickbat at Pip Walsh's window, she carried her dance and her trophy into Edge Lane. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z "I think we can shift this stuff," remarked Kenneth, cautiously feeling a loose brickbat. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Macpherson, a long-headed Scotchman, as hard as a tenpenny nail, and about as emotional as a brickbat, came next. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z The miserable mob, however, terrified at the sight of the soldiers, quailed before an unloaded gun; but at last they began to show fight with brickbats. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Actually, Mr. Whitechoker, I got through the whole day yesterday without sitting on a single pin or smashing my toes against a brickbat hid beneath a hat. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z He sat among the brickbats to pull off the boot—that was foul and sticky too—and he rubbed the ankle. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z There are still on the south side of the track some brickbats near the culvert. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z A messenger sent by the "Swamp Angel" had preceded us, entering the roof, exploding within the chimney, dumping several cart-loads of brickbats and soot into the editorial room, breaking the windows and splintering the doors. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Digging for Data Meeker says the brickbats flung her way haven't altered the way she carries out research. Morgan Stanley's Meeker Sees Online Ad Boom 2010-11-16T05:01:00Z Lydon has lobbed many a brickbat at McLaren over the years, but when asked about the death of his one-time manager, he gets serious. Public Image Ltd, returns to U.S. after 18 years 2010-04-13T20:13:00Z Whatever their reasons for practically hounding him out of office last summer, they must surely rue the jeers and brickbats they hurled his way now that their side are a laughing stock. Barry Glendenning: Five things we learned this weekend 2010-04-12T13:41:00Z He talked about all the town meetings and compromises, the long hours, the lumps and brickbats, the time spent away from their families. Obama Health Care Bill: Political Victory for President 2010-03-25T16:15:00Z Despite a stumbling start, brickbats from foreign media critics and a daily battle against the elements, with ski races postponed by fog and snow-starved hills elsewhere, Canadians rose to the challenge and never stopped believing. Games defined by tragedy as much as triumph 2010-03-01T00:20:00Z When this idea was first raised last year, it attracted brickbats for constituting political interference. 2010-02-04T10:41:00Z Oh, I don't know; we have both been throwing tin cans and brickbats at the conventions; but I haven't any idea that we have killed them off permanently. Stranded in Arcady It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man A baggage-truck, whipped up from the platform below, came through the heavy sash and down on the dispatcher's table like a brickbat, and as we scrambled to our feet a shower of wheat suffocated us. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories The water covered half my body; then the rogues threw sticks, brickbats, and cudgels at me, in order to put an end to me completely. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The brickbat caught him at the side of the head and he dropped to the snow without a sound. The Year When Stardust Fell All the brickbats were piled in a corner to be out of our way. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the brickbat. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man Study the Plan of Campaign practically, by hurling boiling pitch, meal, lime and brickbats through a besieged cabin-window into the faces of imaginary constabulary without. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 "I think you could make me feel personal interest in brickbats or—or spiders," she said, with a quaint, relaxing smile. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop The boys might fling stones and brickbats, just as the world did later—but though he felt the onslaught, it p. 45moved him far less than did the phantasies of his imagination. The Vagabond in Literature I aged it by setting it up in the backyard and firing brickbats at it. A Top-Floor Idyl Lieutenants —— and —— on a grand drunk last night, fought with brickbats, etc. An Artilleryman's Diary William Herschel fell exhausted on a heap of brickbats, and for the time the dearest scheme of his heart, in the construction of the large telescope, had to be abandoned. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days Half that apple-tree was over in the street, and it got more old brooms and brickbats and handles than any other tree in town. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations "The Readers' Corner" is fine, but I don't like so many brickbats thrown. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Toughs have votes just as they have brickbats and brass-knuckles; when the emergency requires, an assortment to suit of the one as of the other. The Children of the Poor The chilly "Thank you!" at the end of the performance hurt more than brickbats. The Head Girl at the Gables The entire stable-yard is paved with red tiles, and we’ve had such an uncommon spell of dry weather lately that the earth of the surrounding country is baked as hard as a brickbat. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories The fact is, my mare is as hot as ginger, and that black horse has no more mouth than a brickbat!” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 I have a few words to say about these people who throw brickbats at every story they read. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Robert White, attempted to go to their barracks, when they were assailed by a mob with stones, brickbats and pistol shots. The Struggle for Missouri I was hit as with a brickbat, but I tried not to show it. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Honest, I could have thrown brickbats at myself for bein' such a mush head. Side-stepping with Shorty A man with a rock in his hand in the doorway of either type of dwelling could swiftly and deftly and politely speed the parting guest with a brickbat on his head. Through Our Unknown Southwest I notice that several brickbats have come into your hands and that you have printed them. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 I have sipped the wine; but now I want bread, meat, every thing!” and the living skeleton walked staggeringly on, and looked voraciously for shops and loaves, and saw only brickbats and ruins. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 It was a brickbat “Plug Ugly” fight—the result of animal, and not intellectual or patriotic instincts. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital A crowd of patriots cheerfully greeted us with stones, brickbats, and like tokens of sympathy. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House What kind of bat flies without wings?—A brickbat. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Likes, dislikes, criticisms, explanations, roses, brickbats, suggestions—everything’s welcome here; so “come over in ‘The Readers’ Corner’” and discuss it with all of us! Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 What I want to know is, why are so many mossbacks throwing brickbats? Astounding Stories, May, 1931 A brickbat: Why not cut the edges of the magazine smooth? Astounding Stories, April, 1931 I'll bet bonds to brickbats he got all the fight there was in them out of his men. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Such of the citizens as could, armed themselves with brickbats. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 He takes the case of a man who, while going up a ladder and speaking, was knocked on the head by a falling brickbat. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) A very wise man once said that "Variety is the spice of life," so why not take a hint, some of you would-be brickbat pitchers, and pipe down? Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Never yet have we withheld from it any criticism or brickbats of importance—and we never intend to. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Now having handed out one or two bouquets, I am going to sling some brickbats. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 What you print there—only letters praising your magazine to the skies?—or do you occasionally print a brickbat? Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Likes, dislikes, criticisms, explanations, roses, brickbats, suggestions—everything's welcome here; so "come over in 'The Readers-Corner'" and discuss it with all of us! Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 I have read every issue of Astounding Stories published so far, and have not a brickbat to report as yet. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Likes, dislikes, criticisms, explanations, roses, brickbats, suggestions—everything’s welcome here; so “come over in ‘The Readers’ Corner’” and discuss it will all of us! Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The only brickbats that you are going to get are: Use a better grade of paper and bind the magazines more securely. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Likes, dislikes, criticisms, explanations roses, brickbats, suggestions—everything's welcome here; so "come over in 'The Readers' Corner'" and discuss it with all of us! Astounding Stories, February, 1931 It is so much easier to speak when brickbats are flying. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Edwin C. Magnuson asks you what you print there: only letters praising your magazine to the skies? or occasional brickbats? Astounding Stories, May, 1931 He wouldn’t have been called Poke Nose; there wouldn’t have been any snowballs nor brickbats nor shooting. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance It was tangible as a brickbat, self-evident as the sun. The Paliser case “Don’t know sure,” said the Italian, with the same sweet face, and falling to again with his brickbat,—“hope so!” Dr. Sevier "And, old ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, and rub me down with brickbats while I feed!" The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Now Feeling Better Dear Editor: Well, I guess I've just about gotten you exasperated with all the brickbats I've been cannoning into your office. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Losing his temper, the informer threw a brickbat in return. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance There was a crack, a howl of anguish, succeeded by an outbreak of curses, as, following Bob’s example, his companions also poured in a fire of brickbats from each side. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards They had to stand in it with the water up to their knees, and rub its sides with brickbats. Dr. Sevier "Well, Pat, Jimmy didn't quite kill you with a brickbat, did he?" The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. When women were speaking in Pennsylvania Hall, brickbats were hurled at, them through the windows. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I At the Manchester station, the political element began to display itself; placards about “Peterloo,” etc., were exhibited, and brickbats were thrown at the carriage containing the Duke. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Within this narrow space were planted chrysanthemums rescued from the previous home; and when the fence gave way—as it did before the chrysanthemums flowered—big stones and brickbats were laid in its place. Change in the Village “Got caught with Sadie’s sickness an’ let half th’ potatoes freeze ’s hard ’s brickbats.” The Wind Before the Dawn This, it was thought, would frighten them away; but the women only laughed at the volley, and returned it with stones and brickbats, and drove the guards away. Charles I Makers of History There is no more soul in him than there is in a brickbat, mother. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter There were philosophers who devised schemes for paying off the National Debt, or for making roast ribs of beef out of brickbats. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Pointing to a beggar, he directed the people to stone that particular unfortunate, and they obeyed so effectually, that the hapless creature was in a few moments completely buried under a huge heap of brickbats. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages I hear the click of the trowel every hour, and though I never go near the front gate, yet I know that it is all muddy and foul with brickbats and mortar. The Vicar of Bullhampton It’ll be no brickbat couch, either—it’ll be a flowery bed of ease—or, if not flowery, invitingly covered with some stunning stuff Juliet has fished out of a neighbour’s attic.” The Indifference of Juliet "Now then, all together, as the tomcat said to the boy's with the brickbats." The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht But he came back with a brickbat and hammered like a blacksmith at the spring. Frank of Freedom Hill “Somehow, at five o’clock I’m always so hungry I could eat a brickbat if it were toasted and buttered.” Patty's Friends His violence makes one feel that one is reading under a shower of brickbats, and it is the effort of dodging these which perhaps distracts the mind from his message. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-19 Then there was a lively scene—stones and brickbats and the mud of the street began flying. The Herapath Property We couldn't have worked harder if we had been standing off grizzly bears with brickbats. At Good Old Siwash When they cannot command the uncritical admiration of the gaping crowd, they descend from their thrones to shy brickbats at everyone who doesn't look at them twice. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends He knew that any moment a brickbat might come, crushing in the back of his head, but his face was cheery as usual, and his joke as ready. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe The Texans assailed the defenders with brickbats; these the Maine men threw back upon the heads of the Texans; on both sides numbers were thus injured. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps A feeling of sadness and longing That is not like being sick, And resembles sorrow only As a brickbat resembles a brick. The Book of Humorous Verse "Bugs and brickbats!" roared the strange man, with another outburst of laughter. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder The brickbat tipped over at the same instant and sent her headlong to the ground. Post Haste To make some amends for our want of ammunition, a party of men were told off to carry up a supply of stones and brickbats to the roof, to hurl down on our assailants. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela As we shoved off the people collected on the quay, saluting us with renewed yells and execrations, and brickbats, stones, mud, and filth were hurled at us. Paddy Finn "Pay! no; the beast untied the knot and walked home, which is what we shall have to do—and it's raining brickbats!" snapped Harry, as a gust of hail crashed upon the roof. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories "If she only knew that you set the Maud afire, she would love you as a homeless dog likes the brickbats that are thrown at him." The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder I said, just now, he might be at once outshone by a brickbat. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds But, I fear me, there’d be brickbats floating in the air. A College Girl Directly afterwards a brickbat flew past my head, aimed, no doubt, at the more prominent figure of the lieutenant. Paddy Finn From words they resorted to stones and brickbats. London and the Kingdom - Volume II That's what we were trying today," said Logan resignedly, "but instead of roses and posies it turned out to be brickbats and cabbages. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Whatever prettiness there may be in his red breast, at his brightest he can always be outshone by a brickbat. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds This charge precipitated a personal encounter between the candidates, and the meeting broke up in a general battle, with brickbats and tan bark flying in the air. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales "I think," he wrote from Florence, "you lose hold on the American public by rubbing down their shins with brickbats as you do." James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The crowd greeted the soldiers with stones, brickbats, and pieces of old iron, but the car burners proceeded with their little job, paying no attention at all to the approach of the military. The Making of Mary Real Christmas weather—that is to say, the earth is as hard as a brickbat, and the wind freezes one to the very marrow. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris There was only a small guard of Belgian Garde Civique to escort the prisoners, but there were no brickbats or vegetables. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium A pillow for free will to fall upon—but one loaded with disconcerting brickbats. Damn! A Book of Calumny Mr. Mott opened the door and looked out, when a brickbat passed just by his head, and broke itself to pieces on the door-post, leaving its mark on the marble. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story No sooner does one venture down the river than traps, gins, nets, dogs, prongs, brickbats, every species of missile, all the artillery of vulgar destruction, are brought against its devoted head. Nature Near London The next, being Sunday, stones, sticks and brickbats came down ye chimney. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 A loose brickbat stuck up suggestively from the sunken hearth. Ole Mammy's Torment He threatened to throw a brickbat of exposure into the camp. The Blood Ship In some cases their bones were broken with clubs and brickbats. The Leading Facts of English History At the same time a brickbat came rattling down from the roof and fell near my feet, thus I could feel it with my feet and tell what it was. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition Every time she repeated the word “pleased” she launched it at the head of the unfortunate tutor, as if she hoped her words would turn into brickbats ere they reached him. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses ‘An A. V. I was, an A. V. I am no longer; and I defy popular clamour, accompanied by brickbats, to shake my principles.’ The Disentanglers The mob had not contented themselves with the horrid yells that they heard, but had been pelting them with hard turf, stones, and brickbats. Richard Lovell Edgeworth A Selection From His Memoir I was there myself, and did what I could to quiet the tumult, receiving more than one brickbat for my interference. Bad Hugh They found a goodly heap of brickbats and bones in Prayag's room and on the lawn. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition The bits of Schopenhauer's broken brickbats embedded in the libretto of Tristan serve their turn, though a finer and more poetical way of saying the same things might have been found. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas A small brickbat was thrown, which struck Jonathan in the face. Jack Sheppard A Romance Woman never won anything by using brickbats and torches: which proved on the face of it that these militants were inefficient, irresponsible, and unlearned in history. The Voice in the Fog Added to her distress at the scorched soup of the night before, was this new humiliation of "brickbats;" naturally she forgot the "poor thing." The Vehement Flame If brickbats had been thrown from those houses some at least would have fallen upon the lawn. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition Every man should recognize that hard words are just as dangerous as brickbats, and if he gets to throwing them around promiscuously he is liable for the damage he does. More Toasts Sir, I always found in America that a shower of brickbats had a remarkably tonic effect, materially strengthening to the back-bone. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. It set Tom to thinking; he said afterwards the spectacle was enough to make a brickbat wake up and think. All He Knew A Story He would have "played up" again, and smiled at her innocence, if he had thought of it, but he was really concerned about his eggs, "Hannah seems to think I like brickbats," he said, good-naturedly. The Vehement Flame The last thing that created doubts in my mind was this that not one brickbat had hit anybody. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition Another exchange of words like brickbats afforded us the information, when translated, that we could obtain black bread, cheese, and brandy; also that we were welcome to sit before the fire. The Princess Passes Ladies and gentlemen, I began my advocacy of the Anti-slavery cause at the North in the midst of brickbats and rotten eggs. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. I caught him, put him back, and placed a brickbat over the hole. Roof and Meadow At Lowell, Massachusetts, he narrowly escaped being struck on the head and killed by a brickbat. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Then we saw another brickbat come from the roof of the verandah, and fell in front of Prayag a few inches from his feet. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition There was a tremendous tempest of sticks, brickbats, paving-stones, and rotten eggs. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 If you have anything better to offer, go ahead, I'm open to conviction; would rather be knocked down by an argument than a brickbat any time. Homes and How to Make Them Probably a rescue might have been attempted; at all events, we might have calculated on a volley of brickbats on our way to the boats. Willis the Pilot Nan had heretofore, out of the bitterness of her life, formed the opinion that brickbats were for the lowly, such as she, and bouquets solely for the great, such as Donald McKaye. Kindred of the Dust A few more brickbats came but not one of us was hurt. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition A mob, headed by an organization of brewers, rushed upon them, kicking them, striking them with their fists and hitting them with brickbats. Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink The three wounded men lay stretched out on this floor, among brickbats and broken panes and slabs of dropped plaster. The Romantic Poor fellow! his head was crushed in by a brickbat, his breast crushed in by another, and I think his arm was broken, and he was otherwise mutilated. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Scenes don't hurt anybody, unless when they end in brickbats or decanters. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Then as regarded the brickbats that were in the room, they had all dropped from the ceiling; but in the morning we found the tiles of the roof intact. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition For pride kills thrift, and you lack board and lodging, Even while the brickbats of renown you're dodging. Black Beetles in Amber "Wish I had a brickbat to throw at him." Young Hunters of the Lake Berry Morgan and I had ever been close friends, and we threw down our blankets and were lying side by side, when I saw roofs of houses, sign boards, and brickbats flying in every direction. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show This caused an attack upon the tutors, and brickbats were thrown into the room, where they had met together in the evening, through the windows. A Collection of College Words and Customs The brickbats and the bones must have come from there. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition "But those scoundrels will probably use brickbats," argued the fellow who had tried to drop the spiked shoe into his overcoat pocket. The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard "Why did you throw the brickbats on your own hook?" asked Lawyer Ripley sharply. The High School Pitcher Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond While looking at the storm without, I felt the old shed suddenly jar and tremble, and suddenly become unroofed, and it seemed to me that ten thousand brickbats had fallen in around us. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show The ammunition consisted of a vast assortment of ancient eggs, also stones, brickbats, and a few clubs and sticks. Around Old Bethany A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis The brickbat may be a good political argument in the hands of a hoodlum, but it does not make its target playful. California Sketches, Second Series You may see an elephant kneeling placidly in the lake while an attendant polishes up his trunk and his forehead with a brickbat. Witness for the Defense Uncontrollable impulse! poor hoodlum, he cannot help it; if he could restrain the hand and stay the brickbat he would not be a hoodlum, but a man. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" The astronomer, exhausted with heat and exertion, fell on a heap of brickbats; exhausted, but not dismayed. The Story of the Herschels There is no millenium, and Pacifists do not expect it or talk about it; the word is just one of those three-shies-a-penny brickbats thrown at them by ignorance. Peace Theories and the Balkan War Then a ram of stones and brickbats opened upon them, and the watermen struck down men and horses with their heavy oars. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War It was a case of brickbat culture, pure and simple. What Is Man? and Other Essays This seemed to call to mind another pitching game, for Chi said once more in his old military way: "Pitch brickbats." The Chinese Boy and Girl And then the mob was so incensed at this trick put upon them, that had not some gentlemen accidentally come by, they would have knocked them both on the head with brickbats. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) Penrod at once took possession, retiring to the empty stable, where he installed the rats in a small wooden box with a sheet of broken window-glass—held down by a brickbat—over the top. Penrod They were knocked down by the stones and brickbats in numbers, and at last, their commander having been struck senseless, the rest drew off, a tremendous cheer greeting their retreat, from the crowd. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War It would be as useful to cram him with brickbats; they would at least stay. What Is Man? and Other Essays They used knees and elbows and feet, and but for the timely presence of a brickbat beneath his fingers at the psychological moment Billy Byrne would have gone down to humiliating defeat. The Mucker His debate was the clumsy heaving of brickbats, brutal, direct. The Octopus : A story of California Penrod endeavoured to ascertain how many pebbles and brickbats, dropped in, would cause an overflow. Penrod Men holding strong political views have ceased to enforce those views by the aid of brickbats and other dangerous missiles. The Grand Old Man Don't you know, that on the account of this same business we have sustained the battery of stones, brickbats, and the contents of the ditch? An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance I shall have to sleep on a brickbat tonight; but I must have bread for my children to eat. Marjorie's New Friend The latter of these, while passing through Egypt, was most barbarously treated by the Saracen boys, who pelted him with dirt, brickbats, stones, and rotten fruit. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time I declaim against hot suppers, drink less sugar in my tea, and check my grate with brickbats. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography They had apparently the simple-hearted expectation that the police would stand this indefinitely, but the brickbats hurt, and in their paroxysms of pain the sufferers began firing their revolvers at the mourners. Roman Holidays, and Others Paving stones were something, brickbats were something; but an old superannuated tense! Autobiographical Sketches They threw stones and brickbats into their living rooms, and the men, women, and children ran to the soldiers for protection, with bleeding bruises that were bound up at the time of my call. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences "Now to your feet," the Major cried, "and give them the brickbats," and as he stood up he hurled two more canisters among the crowd behind the breach. Rujub, the Juggler It is nothing like so large as the blank arch which at home we filled with brickbats or leased for a gin-shop under the last railway we made to carry coals to Newcastle. Mornings in Florence A apple; a obedient child; an brickbat; an busy boy. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room They were violently assaulted by a rabble of men and boys, the former of whom pursued them with bludgeons, brickbats, and stones, which not only inflicted severe contusions, but really endangered their lives. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 326, August 9, 1828 I used up all the brickbats I could lay my hands on. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod A friend, trying to dissuade him from publishing such matter, wrote, "You lose hold on the American public by rubbing down their shins with brickbats, as you do." History of American Literature Some of us have the luck to be heroes, the complacent centre of eternal plaudits, some are born for villainy and the brickbat. Without Prejudice "I would she had been a brickbat then, to have broken it, for thy impertinence and conceit," said the steward. Peveril of the Peak His beneficiary sold the overcoat, and invested the proceeds in a five-day's spree, in the closing scenes of which a couple of brickbats were featured to high, spectacular effect. Beasley's Christmas Party These being all rejected, I reflected awhile, and sarcastically suggested brickbats at three-quarters of a mile. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 02 Fragments of glass kept company with the dust on the floor, together with a choice collection of stones, brickbats, and other missiles,—which not improbably were the cause of their being there. The Beetle After receiving this brickbat I took my leave. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel They'll all come to court with what they can grub up in the way of brickbats—facts, if they can get 'em, lies, anyway! When Egypt Went Broke Robinson looked confused, and his eyes rose and fell from Mr. Eden's face to the brickbat. It Is Never Too Late to Mend He came back presently and said his principal was charmed with the idea of brickbats at three-quarters of a mile, but must decline on account of the danger to disinterested parties passing between them. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 02 When I first showed this picture in New York, the audience were so enthusiastic in their admiration of this picture that they called for the Artist—and when he appeared they threw brickbats at him. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 6: Artemus Ward's Panorama To me it is plain that he said it in a moment of excitement, when chasing Americans out of his back-yard with brickbats. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories On hot days I spread the study wide open, anchor my papers down with brickbats and write in the midst of the hurricanes, clothed in the same thin linen we make shirts of. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) He uttered a loud exclamation, and springing unguardedly up, dropped a brickbat which rolled toward Mr. Eden and nearly hit him. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Some of the men who threw the brickbats were there to make public confession and to apologize for the brutal deed. An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm I welcome your bouquets and brickbats alike and, whichever it may be, I love to treasure it within the inner lobe of my heart, wrapped in velvet, forever. Truth and the Myth : Couplets quips Last year some hay-seeds along the Hudson River, mostly in Odell's neighborhood, got dissatisfied with the docks where they landed their vegetables, brickbats, and other things they produce in the river counties. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon With throwing of brickbats, Drowned puppies and dead rats, These ruffin democrats themselves did lower; Tin kettles, rotten eggs, Cabbage-stalks, and wooden legs, They flung among the patriots of Shannon shore. Ballads Aye, indeed, thinking of those three brickbats, I and my chimney have had narrow escapes. I and My Chimney "Coward!" shouted Mendoza; and to fling open the window amidst a shower of brickbats, to vault over the balcony, to slide down one of the pillars to the ground, was an instant's work. Burlesques The stock of cannon balls was almost exhausted; and their place was supplied by brickbats coated with lead. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 And then Isaiah, with his customary knack of saying the wrong thing, tossed a brickbat into the puddle of general satisfaction. Mary-'Gusta “Well, sir,” replied the gardener, “I have heard as how a dose of brickbat and pond is a good thing in a general way.” Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green Irving comes up afterwards and congratulates me, but whether upon the brilliancy of my performance, or upon my luck in getting off the stage before a brickbat is thrown at me, I cannot say. Novel Notes Two men living in one street, quarrel and shy brickbats at each other, and make the whole street very uncomfortable. North America — Volume 1 Next this I had piled broken brickbats and paving-stones, and other heavy things, that would not be stolen. The Brick Moon and Other Stories O sticks and stones, brickbats and bones, and is my master dead? Locrine/Mucedorus If an offender was put into the pillory, it was well if he escaped with life from the shower of brickbats and paving stones. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Hereupon dead cats, brickbats, stale eggs and other things were hurled into the hall through the windows, occasioning an indescribable commotion. Native Life in South Africa In the cold evening air, to the amusement of a passing detail of soldiers trundling a breadwagon by a rope, Stewart stood on the pavement and dodged verbal brickbats of Viennese idioms and German epithets. The Street of Seven Stars One part of this easy punishment was the pillory, in which the wretched fanatic was almost killed with brickbats. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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