| 单词 | frightfulness |
| 例句 | The official German policy against civilians was described as Schrecklichkeit — frightfulness. Russia, Ukraine and Versailles: Bogus lessons from history won't solve this crisis 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z But “Home” is a tonic for the mind, a lovely, lyrical distraction from the frightfulness of the news that had me looking at my surroundings more tenderly when I returned home. Review: Now you live here, now you don't. How 'Home' works its magic at the Broad Stage 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Beyond torpedoing a tramp, and sinking another by gun-fire, she had failed to carry out the work of frightfulness that had been expected of her. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z As it was, in pursuance of the Prussian policy of frightfulness, it had been her object to terrorize the crew. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z A frozen man is rubbed with snow and a town which has suffered German frightfulness is regaled with Charlie Chaplin. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z The enemy introduced no new frightfulness, no tanks and no specially invented gas, but relied on the power of his artillery and the weight of the infantry assault. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z That," said Slingsby, "from the man who was making frightfulness at me a few weeks ago, is a proof of some nerve. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Since abduction left a loophole in the complete furtherance of the plot, Teutonic thoroughness and frightfulness had devised a more drastic plan. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Now like lightning she descends To the prison of the fiends, Hears the rattling of their chains, Feels their never ceasing pains— But, O never may she tell Half the frightfulness of hell. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z The next step, by which he saw a similar attitude flowering full blown in the German frightfulness, was too easily made to be rejected. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z And yet this idea then had hold of all the world without in the least vitiating, with its frightfulness, the other idea of a god. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z If, after examination, the 'frightfulness' is classified as 'psychical,' while the 'real' fact is said to be harmless, there is no warrant for reading this distinction back into the original experience. John Dewey's logical theory 2011-11-28T03:00:21.547Z Carried away by their frantic desire to make a display of frightfulness upon an unprotected English watering-place they had totally ignored the seemingly innocuous cable-grappling craft. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Above all, do not forget that at a time of national need, humanity is a crime and frightfulness is a virtue. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z He did, it was true, hold the unusual theory that benignant justice, rather than 'frightfulness,' was the right way to deal with a conquered population. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z It was a deliberate expression of German “frightfulness.” Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z The minds of ingenuous childhood would not now be subjected to quite so much frightfulness. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z I see no reason for inflicting upon you a detailed description of the next fifteen holes of golfing frightfulness. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z She desired to make him an example of German "frightfulness" as she had in the case of Edith Cavell and of the Lusitania. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z He was steeped in the doctrine of "frightfulness", but in the present instance there were limits. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The most elaborate frightfulness in print missed its mark, as nobody at the Legation had time to translate the rhetoric of the Furies, and besides, the National Tidende had no case. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z Airplanes of the enemy had taken to bombing hospitals in the work of “frightfulness.” Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z Then he broke out with fearful frightfulness: "Don't you know that we can have you shot as a spy?" he thundered. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Never was a policy of industrial frightfulness more diabolically conceived or more rigorously executed than that of the Cambria Steel Company. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z They, too, were of a breed that is not to be intimidated by Teutonic frightfulness. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z A reign of terror in Belgium had already been inaugurated as part of Germany's deliberate policy of 'frightfulness', including the ruthless execution of civilians on unsubstantiated charges of shooting at the invaders. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z He was accused, in his dramas—which were perhaps the most wilful, the least spontaneous part of his work—of affecting a Greek frightfulness which outran the early Greeks themselves. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Now we know that no picture can possibly outdo him in his own fictionized frightfulness. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z But such orderly, reasonable methods do not serve their studied policy of frightfulness. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z One of these, the Tyrannosaurus, is figured and described in many books as the last word in reptilian frightfulness. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z It was like a day in the first battles of the Somme, and brought back to me old memories of frightfulness. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z People stood aghast at this new form of German "frightfulness." The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Pacifism has always seemed to us an appealing philosophy, but it came with bad grace from such a swashbuckling disciple of frightfulness as H. 3d. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Evidently the rough handling the German aerial squadron had met with on the return journey had upset the hitherto implicit faith of the Huns in this branch of frightfulness. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z We know, however, from the War Book which the Germans issued to their officers, that they were encouraged to be pitiless, and to do all sorts of deeds of "frightfulness." The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Those were not like this, great as they were in frightfulness. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Burns’s philosophy would lift the shadows of frightfulness from religion and let its joyousness be revealed. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z These all stamp him with a peculiar ugliness and frightfulness. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z One part of his mission foiled he had yet to exhibit Teutonic frightfulness to the dwellers of the large manufacturing town of Barborough. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z "Your desire, citizen?" he queried with insolent deliberation, for they were mighty men, this bodyguard of the great proconsul, his spies and tools in the awesome work of frightfulness which he carried on so ruthlessly. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Though our intelligence bureau issues the most alarming reports as to the frightfulness of the defences here I was agreeably surprised at the ease with which we passed. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z There are boundless opportunities for an inspector to develop "frightfulness." Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z She had little doubt that the Beast would be with Marise; and her own attempt at "frightfulness" having failed against his armour of brutality, she intended to try diplomacy in the next encounter. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z To add to the frightfulness of the eruption and the grandeur of the spectacle, one hundred guns instantly belched forth their thunders. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z He was in a mood to bully and to brutalise, to heap threat upon threat, to win by frightfulness that which he could not gain by persuasion. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z The war is too big now for single strokes, and the English will not scream for mercy now because of frightfulness. H.M.S. —— Its opportunities for frightfulness and a frightful mess end only when it reaches the firing line. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z This is where we see in all its horror the meaning of that new word "frightfulness." With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War The Germans sprung a new form of frightfulness on the Allies when at 8 o'clock in the morning of March 23, 1918, they bombarded Paris with long-range guns. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. But the war was not over, and the Germans might be expected to develop other forms of frightfulness besides the long-range guns, which, for the time being, were silenced. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds The German raids on the East Coast had no military value, and apparently had frightfulness as their sole object. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War Its stuff is not spirit, but stones and railway wrecks and volcanoes and Mexico and submarines, and trenches, and frightfulness, and Germany, and disease, and waters, and trees, and stars, and mud. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude The armies of the Fatherland are ordered to practise “frightfulness,” and so terrorise the civil population that the inhabitants of the stricken country will compel their rulers to sue for peace on any terms. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 At this time, in the course of the offensive, the Germans introduced, as a new form of "frightfulness," a sneezing powder, that was fired by high explosive shells. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. There was no need to ask their way, for they had but to follow the throng toward the scene of the most recent exhibition of the Hun's frightfulness and horror. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds Every day added to the frightfulness of the mortality. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 When it was first performed, the scenes in which the half-mad Greek girl stalked the palace courtyard, and the queen with the blood-stained hands related her dreams, literally reeked with musical frightfulness. Interpreters But woe to that same civil population if some small section of its members resists or avenges any act of “frightfulness.” The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 They entered it in the belief that the Americans had gone, and with good reason, since liquid fire, gas, and other devices of frightfulness had been used to clear the village. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The German beasts were living up to the mark they had set for themselves in their war of frightfulness. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds Such a condensed essence of worldly hell, in all its glaring, disgusting frightfulness, never existed. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The German became dissatisfied with a frightfulness that murdered only half a merchant ship's crew when it was possible to murder all. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Most fortunately for that strip of Belgium, the policy of “frightfulness” was moderated once the country was overrun. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 It was in the course of the fighting in Flanders that the Germans employed a new kind of frightfulness in some attacks. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Yet with all the frightfulness of which the unscrupulous Huns were capable, it was impossible to dampen for long the spirits of the French. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds He grinned at me a few times in order to hypnotise me with his beauty and to instil in me the necessary amount of frightfulness, before he got to work in earnest. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia The 'sea-civilians' were to be driven from the sea by exercise of the most appalling frightfulness and savagery that the seas had ever known. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war They believe in frightfulness every time, and it might mean death to the writer. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret H.E. has a lesser radius of solid frightfulness than shrapnel, but if it does hit a machine the damage is greater. Cavalry of the Clouds All this while there arose from different quarters loud outcries and shouts of laughter from the spoilers, filled with the mad desire to inflict a reign of terror and frightfulness upon the natives. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France Neutrals, although irritated by German frightfulness and overbearing action, on hearing of Verdun would shiver and cease to obstruct the Teuton. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front While his frightfulness has barred the enemy for ever from sea-brotherhood, it has had effect in banding the world's seamen in a closer union. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The theory of "frightfulness" in the conduct of warfare which Germany now preaches and practises is no new discovery. Right Above Race For vocal frightfulness the black beat the white hollow. Cavalry of the Clouds It was a frightful crusade; yet who was to blame for it but the Germans and their own self-advertised frightfulness? The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards The limited information obtainable in wartime seems to indicate that the German raids had no legitimate objective in view but were undertaken for the mere purpose of frightfulness. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons This was at three in the afternoon: at six the ultimatum ended, the new frightfulness was to begin. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 And what have you gained from your "frightfulness"? Right Above Race What was meant to be their particular branch of frightfulness I cannot say. Cavalry of the Clouds After all it might prove to be a ruse de guerre or some new form of frightfulness. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships What limits to the frightfulness yet to be discovered by chemist and bacteriologist? The Ethics of Coöperation The point to be remembered was that Germany's pledge to President Wilson was the only curb on frightfulness. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Notwithstanding the attitude of the government the raid was characterized in the chamber as "simply assassination" and as "German frightfulness." The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Not with a court-martial as the only alternative could I carry on the job until we have left Archie's inferno of frightfulness. Cavalry of the Clouds But it is a far cry from a systematic, intelligent policy of frightfulness to an indiscriminate massacre. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War I never imagined that it would be possible seriously to perturb the people of England by this species of frightfulness. War Letters of a Public-School Boy As was to be expected, losses resulting from this new type of "frightfulness" quickly became very large. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources In fact, neither on the part of the Russians nor the Austrians was there manifest any of the "frightfulness" attributed, rightly or wrongly, to combatants in the western theatre of war. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The frightfulness of his intention stood like a spectre before me. The Book of Khalid As an example of "frightfulness" nothing can exceed the appearance of one of our really mixed platoons lying on its backs and waving its legs in the air. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 Yes, I do agree with the German point of view—except as regards frightfulness, which is really folly and does not achieve its end—but I transfer the point of view to England. War Letters of a Public-School Boy At the same time no serious importance was attached by official Washington to the German clamor for more frightfulness. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources And in the center of this frightfulness—his palace! Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Yorkshire Post.—'No more vivid and impressive narrative of what German frightfulness means to the civilian population has yet been seen. In Brief Authority Terrible tales of brave boys falling before an enemy more to be dreaded than all the frightfulness of the Hun came back to Canada. In Orchard Glen Believers in frightfulness are very susceptible to fright. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force A case of measles developed on board, suspected to be German,—another case of German "frightfulness." "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The frightfulness of the thought struck me speechless for a time—then I saw how false an impression my silence was conveying. Mugby Junction These things, like figures out of a delirium in their great size and exaggerated frightfulness, were rigid as in death—but they were nevertheless not dead! The Raid on the Termites Then ensued an amusing but fiery argument about the neutrality of Belgium, the use of native troops, and frightfulness in general. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Their belief in frightfulness was a belief in fright. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force These doctrines of "frightfulness" are laid down by two of the foremost German writers on the Art of War. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders It is a continuous and continual policy of extermination, frightfulness, and assimilation. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas It was a superstitious fear that held his frightfulness in check—a presentiment based upon the Mosaic Law, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Then they sent St. Edmund a message to say that he must give up half his kingdom and pay heavy taxes, or they would do the most terrible "frightfulness" throughout the land. Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light He even boarded strange ships lying alongside and carried on his campaign of frightfulness there. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories The form of "frightfulness" in which the Germans placed the greatest faith was the terrorizing of the inhabitants of unprotected enemy cities by bombs from Zeppelins and aeroplanes. World's War Events, Vol. I The other thing that this simple scene illustrates, is the spirit of ruthless cruelty and frightfulness that is bred in the very soul of the youth of Japan toward the Koreans. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas Once again German frightfulness had failed—and failed badly—to attain its desired end. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War "I'm not used to this sort of frightfulness." The Long Trick She understood nothing, felt nothing, believed nothing, saw only the frightfulness, as she called it, of his incurable aberration. The Goose Man The Turks have started a new form of frightfulness. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Her next step in frightfulness was to introduce opium. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas In their methods of "frightfulness" they had overreached themselves. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War At length, entering the walks that were in immediate vicinity to the mansion, I found one dark enough to veil my excessive frightfulness; and yet others as well as I were loitering in its shade. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Alexander, I have never known a child of such tender years to possess so unquenchable a lust for frightfulness. Explorers of the Dawn "But why should he do this—he is a German, you say—and Germans do not engage in frightfulness unless they see a dividend at the end of it." The Green Rust He, in common with all Americans who had seen the Japanese methods of frightfulness in Siberia, was filled with hatred. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas The only reason I could imagine was, that its very frightfulness might so deeply impress the resisting troops themselves as to utterly destroy their morale. The Greater Love Not every one in Germany is obsessed with a conviction of the efficacy of “frightfulness.” The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship "Percy inaugurates new form of frightfulness," laughed the Major. No Man's Land The blazing huts lighted up the snow in a weird fashion; the shrieks and cries and jargon of the Iroquois added to the frightfulness. A Little Girl in Old Quebec This same policy of frightfulness is carried on in Formosa and in Siberia and wherever the Japanese army and gendarme system has authority. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas There are two places where such whirling of the stream occurs, which are on account of the danger and frightfulness called the Great and Little Helle Gadt. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 These words gave hope of the development of better feeling and of those “reprisals of good” which many believe to be more constructive than reprisals of frightfulness. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship It was dark too, and the wind was blowing fresh, which added to the frightfulness of the scene. Rollo in Holland Portugal is now officially at war with Germany, and the dogs of frightfulness are already toasting "der Tagus." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 22, 1916 This is one of the causes of the extreme frightfulness pursued by the Japanese. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas It is not only in Germany that War and frightfulness go hand-in-hand. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 1, 1916 Even though some may answer this question in the affirmative, I hold unshaken to my assertion that such a course of action is the very height of frightfulness! New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Lennon was gasping for breath against the frightfulness of what he had heard. Bloom of Cactus I firmly believe that if in those days Government had paraded a frightfulness born of suspicion, then the comedy which the youthful members of this association had been at might have turned into grim tragedy. My Reminiscences This is Japanese frightfulness and it can be duplicated by many missionaries in Korea if they dared to speak. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas As the light faded and the road grew dim, Ruth Fielding saw many ugly objects which marked the "frightfulness" of the usurpers. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier The roads grew bad beyond all badness, the night dark beyond all darkness, our guide frightened beyond all frightfulness. Highways and Byways in Sussex Even the military strategists of the Imperial establishment recommend a programme of "frightfulness" only as a convenient military expedient, essentially a provisional basis of tranquility. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation Suppose that they have not only a reasonable fear but a reasonable hatred of "frightfulness." The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Only too often Sunday was chosen for some form of frightfulness, which could not logically be called a fatigue, but which was really far worse. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 We stand together, not as Scotch, or Canadians, or New Zealanders or Americans, but as good Anglo-Saxons, the apostles of peace, not 'frightfulness.' The Jolliest School of All Burn, sack, violate, kill—Gard heard the intimations—the threats—of all such frightfulness. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life They knew that the forces battling for honor, for justice, and for civilization were still being checked by the forces serving the powers of frightfulness, brute force, and barbarity. Winning a Cause World War Stories The Germans were convinced we were preparing for an attack on a big scale, and that the yellow smoke which they saw coming towards them was some new form of frightfulness. The Great War As I Saw It Was it the carrying out of the cold-blooded policy of "frightfulness" as a necessary weapon of war? Fighting For Peace Nor do I see anything save a flaming up of colonial passion in the current efforts to fit him into a German frame, and make him an agent of Prussian frightfulness in letters. A Book of Prefaces Her cries meanwhile included some of the raciest terms in the German dictionary and others—mouthfuls of frightfulness—that I didn't recognize. Lady Larkspur The frightfulness of the situation was greatly increased when it was observed that the safety pin had dropped out. Winning a Cause World War Stories The greatest hope of civilization, which trembled for a time before the spectre of German barbarity, is that frightfulness cannot endure the long and full test. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights I shall tell what I have seen of the spy system, the use of frightfulness, and the enforced occupation. Golden Lads But the searching pencil of Mr. Raemaekers brings home to every seeing eye the true and unvarying character of Teutonic "frightfulness." Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers Eternal misery would be a threat of infinite frightfulness, if it were realized and believed. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The Germans, however, did not confine their policy of frightfulness in the air to the performances of their Zeppelins. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The use of the big gun was in the nature of a "side-issue" to bring terror to the French, and in line with the policy of frightfulness instituted by the German militarists. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The apologists of the widespread reign of frightfulness say that war is always "like that," that individual drunken soldiers have always broken loose and committed terrible acts. Golden Lads For the victories do not bring surrender, nor does frightfulness inspire terror. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers The war of liberation in the Netherlands had a twofold effect; in the first place it damaged England's best customer, and secondly, Spanish "frightfulness" shocked the English conscience. The Age of the Reformation It was their policy of frightfulness once again. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Details of the engagement show the Americans stuck to their guns while the Germans were placing liquid fire, gas and almost every other conceivable device of frightfulness on them. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights No. The officers had been faithfully trained to find militant peasants under arms, and to send back letters and reports of their discovery, which could later be used in official excuses for frightfulness. Golden Lads Raemaekers in this cartoon shows not only the horror of such a method of warfare, but also, with unerring pencil, the unwavering spirit of the men who have to meet this "frightfulness." Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers To watch him play was to witness a gladiatorial display of frightfulness. The Loom of Youth This was another of those futile bits of frightfulness in which the Germans reveled. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War German frightfulness formed a part of the plan of campaign. Fighting France When the very terrible accounts of frightfulness visited on peasants by the invading German army crossed the Channel to London, I believed that we had one more "formula" story. Golden Lads We are assured that these professors have not exhausted their powers of frightfulness. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers If this isn't frightfulness enough, God in heaven help us! My War Experiences in Two Continents When Germany embarked upon its policy of frightfulness, it held in reserve murderous inventions that had been contributed to the German General Staff by chemists and other scientists working in conjunction with the war. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Still, the story of his trial will serve to bring home to the public some idea of the manner in which Germany strives to pursue her campaign of frightfulness behind closed doors. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben This war is a long war because of German methods of frightfulness. Golden Lads This is certain: Such frightfulness will ultimately exhaust them. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers For the third day in succession Mr. T. P. O'Connor essayed to move the adjournment in order to call attention to what he called "the policy of frightfulness" in Ireland. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 The carnage, the rapine, the wholesale desolation was an integral part of the German policy of schrecklichkeit or frightfulness. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War As, however, this march was easily surpassed in "frightfulness" by many others, it will be enough to say that Landrécies was reached in the afternoon. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" He shows that the frightfulness practiced on peasant women and children was the carrying out of a Government policy, planned in advance, ordered from above. Golden Lads We know the horrors of that mode of German "frightfulness," and some of us have seen its effects in the slowly dying victims in hospitals. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers It was machine guns and bombs and dirt, and cold and mud; and base hospitals, and men screaming with awful wounds—and gas, and horrors, and nerve-shock and—frightfulness. The Tin Soldier He was not a bad fellow at all in social relations, but on a football field he was the limit of 'frightfulness.' Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball Or in a generous spasm anticipate The regrets unspoken that, under the heavy stress Of labour involved in planning new frightfulness, They have been too busy, poor dears, to formulate? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 It is at this point that the spy system of slow-seeping treachery and the atrocity program of dramatic frightfulness overlap. Golden Lads Yet other methods of "frightfulness" and savagery, which would have disgraced the most ruthless conquerors of old, were to be applied by the German Emperor in his blasphemous "Gott mit uns" campaign. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers The thirst and the vermin, and the cold and wet—and the noise—and the frightfulness. The Tin Soldier The Huns, it appeared, had been too hustled by the Allies to do much frightfulness beyond the usual looting, but they had inflicted enormous losses on the pigs of La Ferté. Leaves from a Field Note-Book This was rather odd, because ordinarily the hedgehog is a dumb beast, who suffers "frightfulness" in grim silence. The Way of the Wild German occupation of Belgium and northeastern France was accompanied by horrible barbarities and systematic frightfulness, which were in violation of the Hague Conventions as well as of other laws and usages of civilized warfare. A School History of the Great War The Zeppelin did more "frightfulness" than I had supposed, after all. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II You know"—and he smiled at the General—"that that frightfulness of expression is the very reason why the genial Kali has such a hold upon our people. Caste In keeping with the dastardly methods of "frightfulness" in Europe, the German propagandist has thought on this side to strike at the women—to terrify the mothers. Private Peat But this was not intended as an exhibition of "frightfulness," though the beast had slain far more innocents than he could eat. The Way of the Wild At the end of a few minutes only the frightfulness of the thing could no longer be endured. The Furnace of Gold I am told that that long-range gunning of Paris is the worst form of frightfulness yet tried. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II Members who thought with Sir Edward Carson that General Dyer had not been fairly treated resented Mr. Montagu's insinuation that in that case they were condoning "frightfulness." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920 Again I maintain that war frightfulness of this kind does not frighten real men. Private Peat Evidences of the enemy's brief stay and the effects of their 'frightfulness' were not lacking. Over the Top With the Third Australian Division But Christopher had seemed neither to resent the frightfulness nor to care about the moral or spiritual consequences. The Gay Cockade The idea seems to be that the policy of frightfulness could be extended to the high seas without in any way shocking the American people. Germany, The Next Republic? Oh, a rocket had gone up over the way and they thought it was a signal for some frightfulness or other. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 The only result upon our troops has been to fill them with an even greater determination to punish the enemy and to make him pay tenfold for every act of "frightfulness" he has perpetrated. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 We interpret every act of frightfulness as evidence of desperate conditions. Over the Top With the Third Australian Division The winter of 1914 had witnessed an appalling degree of frightfulness in eastern Belgium, the Wallon or French-speaking part of the country more especially. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement It is Prussia the army which has filled neutral countries with spies and lawbreakers, which has placed frightfulness above humanity, and in a fury of egotism and savagery has challenged the world. Germany, The Next Republic? One stands in awe of such completeness of savagery; one begins to understand what is meant by the term "frightfulness." Out To Win The Story of America in France "The only means of preventing surprise attacks from the civil population has been to interfere with unrelenting severity and to create examples which, by their frightfulness, would be a warning to the whole country." Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front The crowd was two thirds out before any one realized just what kind of frightfulness was going on. Ma Pettengill It is quite true that certain big clubs and restaurants had rooms especially constructed for the purpose, with walls of stone and nothing breakable within hitting distance, which certainly does rather suggest frightfulness. Etiquette The frightfulness of the weapon was never a ground of condemnation. Germany, The Next Republic? He had endowed me with all the frightfulness of his own cherished ideal, and what was I to do about it? The Light in the Clearing And here, even while the car is crawling along toward the trenches, perhaps it is allowable to explain the word "frightfulness," which now so permeates the literature of the war. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front He committed several acts of frightfulness on Ben with his crutch, seeming quite active for a cripple. Ma Pettengill From first to last their conception of the enemy was an overstrenuous, foolish man, red with effort, with protruding eyes and a forced frightfulness of demeanour. Mr. Britling Sees It Through And then the utter failure of all this "frightfulness"! Ireland Since Parnell "Mr. Purvis" had been busy building up a conversational reputation for frightfulness in the gardens. The Light in the Clearing That is how "frightfulness" came into the literature of the war. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front C.P., in his frightfulness, struck F. savagely in the face with a baffy and threw F.'s rubber tee into Salonika Pond. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 27, 1917 1917 Almanack And does he suppose that Germany--if we don't beat her--will be deterred by his frightfulness? The Tree of Heaven He would be quite pained if we said that dumdum bullets "by their very frightfulness" would be very useful to keep conquered Germans in order. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index There never was such a democracy of frightfulness. The Pleasures of Ignorance "What about the official German order for a campaign of 'frightfulness' in Belgium?" Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front It is a mere display of "frightfulness," calculated to cow the impressionable Briton. The First Hundred Thousand Considered in the light of the recent deportations, the first days of frightfulness seem almost merciful. Through the Iron Bars Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium In the imperial proclamation the fact that certain "frightful" things have been done is admitted and justified on the ground of their frightfulness. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Then followed six months of "frightfulness," broken pledges, notes, crises, semi-crises, and finally the great crisis de luxe in the case of the Sussex. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War The observant Hun promptly recognised that he was faced by a fresh batch of opponents, and, having carefully studied the characteristics of the newcomers, prescribed and administered an exemplary dose of frightfulness. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Altogether, the British soldier appears sadly unappreciative either of "frightfulness" or practical chemistry. The First Hundred Thousand Between such a prelude and such a finale, you may perform a symphony of frightfulness with Dr. Strauss' orchestration—it will sound as innocent and artless as the three notes of a shepherd's pipe. Through the Iron Bars Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium The effect of that human intelligence, sheltered in there behind that expressionless celluloid, whose frail thinness they all knew covered unspeakable frightfulness, became uncanny. The Flying Legion The official in Germany had been impressed by my investigations among the men behind Tirpitz, men who never for a moment ceased in their efforts to turn on frightfulness in full force. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War Not content with this, he proposed also to turn the infant Witherson into a prospective superman by giving him toy-tigers and brief lectures on the rewards of frightfulness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 14, 1919 I think the best plan would be a couple of hours' solid frightfulness, from every battery we can switch on. The First Hundred Thousand On the lazy afternoon breeze come the concerted yells of a bayonet class, practising frightfulness further down the valley; also the staccato chatter of Lewis guns punching holes in the near hill-side. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 1, 1917. On my way out from Liege I was to see Visé—the town of the gateway—the first town of the war to suffer from frightfulness. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Now I see that this—this frightfulness of yours is premeditated. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 German frightfulness had not yet scared them with its nameless horrors. The Soul of the War We get no rest, I say—only frightfulness. The First Hundred Thousand He would be quite pained if we said that Dum-dum bullets, "by their very frightfulness," would be very useful to keep conquered Germans in order. The Appetite of Tyranny Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian The tide of "frightfulness" rolls strong on land as on sea. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War He would be quite pained if we said that dum-dum bullets, "by their very frightfulness," would be very useful to keep conquered Germans in order. The Barbarism of Berlin For example, the organized frightfulness that I once witnessed in Boston. In the Claws of the German Eagle Listen to Ayling, concocting his diurnal scheme of frightfulness with a colleague. The First Hundred Thousand This large disposition to hand over our fellow-creatures to a Teutonic educational system, with "frightfulness" in reserve, to "efficiency" on Wittenberg lines, leaves me--hot. What is Coming? We often think that we must have got to the end of German "frightfulness," only to have our illusions promptly shattered by some fresh and amazing explosion of calculated ferocity. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War It's part of their campaign to spread frightfulness, to terrorize the world. The Apartment Next Door No painter could depict the frightfulness of that city of the dead. A Minstrel in France She could only stand there, away from the window, looking out at the sheets of water running down the panes and shivering with the frightfulness and savageness of it all. Dust But the Count did not foresee that the very "frightfulness" of his engine of war would engender counter-destructives. The Mastery of the Air The new submarine "frightfulness" began on the 1st, and the battle round Verdun, in which the fate of Paris, to say the least, is involved, has raged with unabated fury throughout the entire month. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War Distorted though the man's face was with such bitter frightfulness, she recognized him, not as any one she knew, but merely as one of the tenants in the same apartment building. The Apartment Next Door But those were the days just before the Hun began his career of real frightfulness upon the sea—and under it. A Minstrel in France Then after last February, when the Hun submarines went in for frightfulness on a big scale, the thing grew desperate. Mr. Standfast I think we were all more or less shaken by the frightfulness of the tragedy—until Olson remarked that the balance of power now rested where it belonged. The Land That Time Forgot The shadowy proposals of those who preach humanity while they practise unrestricted frightfulness have not deceived the Allies. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War Here is the gospel of frightfulness applied almost prophetically to crime. A Book of Remarkable Criminals When that palled, a sentimental disciple of frightfulness sang Tannenbaum in a melting tenor. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf The horror which this "frightfulness" may be expected to arouse, even among neutral nations, is from the German point of view a tribute of homage. Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene I really think that as far as the frightfulness of things will let him be, he is actually enjoying his life! The Price of Things She has added a new phrase to the vocabulary of frightfulness, spurlos versenkt in the instructions to her submarine commanders for dealing with neutral merchantmen. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War Carringer saw a strange expression sweep over the man's face on several occasions—an expression of ghastly frightfulness, and the features would become fixed in a peculiar grimace. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 The last word in frightfulness had been spoken and the despoilers of Belgium were the victims. The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory It may be thought that the impression in England of German "frightfulness," and in Germany of English "treachery," may prove ineffaceable. Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene Some of us are not skilled in such affairs; but looking at old pictures we may sometimes see how modern clothes have attained their present pitch of frightfulness and inconvenience. Friends in Council — First Series But that is a far cry for those who have been in the war, farthest of all for our sailormen, who can never forget certain acts of frightfulness. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War Charity gasped, and she began to shiver with the frightfulness of the opportunity. We Can't Have Everything A new form of frightfulness is evidently being practised upon their guards by our interned Huns. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917 Military necessities, which here, as in Belgium, knew no law, dictated it; the frightfulness involved was incidental to War. Crescent and Iron Cross It seems to have been marked by a good deal of frightfulness. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough But the full extent of German frightfulness has never been so clearly displayed as in their retreat. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War As a measure of frightfulness this is doomed to failure against an Army like ours with tanks which will eat their way through all sorts of entanglements. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 19, 1917 He laboured to convince me that the spirit of Dawson in the full flush of health was of a frightfulness wholly Prussian in its logical completeness. The Lost Naval Papers We shall have to meet their untruth by truth; we shall have to meet their cunning and their craft by openness and simplicity; we shall have to meet their terrorism and frightfulness by bravery. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation Here he collected a band of friends as worthless as himself and gradually commenced a career of plundering and "frightfulness" much like that of the robber barons of mediaeval Germany. With the Turks in Palestine Worst of all it has suggested to onlookers that the people who have so plenary a belief in frightfulness are not themselves strangers to fear. England and the War During the period when no attempt was made to alleviate the lot of the people the Turks gave them a number of lessons in frightfulness. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Purely for his own good, I drew him aside yesterday and explained to him at great length the frightfulness of walking across the bowling-screen. Psmith in the City The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb. Jimmie Higgins Weyler's policy of frightfulness was in full sway, and starvation was driving its reluctant victims into his net. Rainbow's End In the meantime they teach frightfulness to their officers, and most of their officers prove ready pupils. England and the War Now they knew that Pozieres was the last word in frightfulness. Now It Can Be Told "This," he murmured through grimly set teeth, "is sheer frightfulness." Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy Having got closer to immensity than their fellow-creatures, they saw at once its beauty and its frightfulness. Two on a Tower He belonged to that school of military action which knows no scruple in its methods, and he was prepared to make war with all the frightfulness practised by the savages themselves. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars The practice of frightfulness has not worked very well in this war. England and the War Some artist under the frightfulness dogma must have designed it for him. The Sleuth of St. James's Square With the entire little village terrorized by this campaign of "frightfulness," and the court wholly unprotected, Judge Henderson reluctantly acknowledged to himself that "the power of the judiciary was exhausted." The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 But of hate, as translated into terms of frightfulness, they had no understanding. The Amazing Interlude The last and gigantic effort of German 'frightfulness' has come and passed. Kingdom of the Blind The Prussian mind, which is not remarkable for subtlety, found a justification in these three wars for its favourite doctrine of frightfulness. England and the War He staged his piracies to a theatrical frightfulness. The Sleuth of St. James's Square |
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