| 单词 | horse-pistol |
| 例句 | In one hand he bore a massive club, which assisted his steps in his descent; while the other rested upon a horse-pistol, which, heavily loaded, lay hid in the folds of his garment. 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 It certainly took less time to load a bow-string than it did to put a charge into a horse-pistol or a carbine. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z The chaise was stopped suddenly, with a jolt and a crash, and a face, black-masked, mysterious, horrible, appeared at the window, together with the still more alarming apparition of the grinning muzzle of a horse-pistol. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Some had for their only weapon a long lance, others a sword, others an axe suspended by a cord to their saddle, and a large horse-pistol passed through their belts. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z He looked to be the most peaceful soul in the world as he stepped to the gangway, but under his long coat-tails his hand grasped the old horse-pistol. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Meanwhile the enemy had wounded our brave pilot on the shins with his oar, and exploded his horse-pistol in an undecided direction, with such dreadful concussion that every glass in Commodore Head's spectacles was broken. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z “Is any one of you a good shot with a horse-pistol?” Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z I drew horse-pistol and machete and charged with a loud holler. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z Look here”—and she exhibited the butt of an enormous horse-pistol. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z That old horse-pistol wouldn't inspire Herr Stephanopulos with any great respect. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The craft fairly flew through the water in the direction of the rebel craft, whose horse-pistol amidship still remained silent. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z The mantelpiece was burdened with a heterogeneous collection of boyish knickknacks, such as a sling, a bird's-nest, a rusty bowie-knife, and a decrepit old horse-pistol. Nancy of Paradise Cottage In my sash I stuck a horse-pistol and a machete. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z The next moment a blow from the butt end of a horse-pistol dazed him, and he was dragged off his horse, and his valise emptied in a minute. International Short Stories English At the moment when the King entered the royal box, a man in the pit, on the right-hand side of the orchestra, suddenly stood up and discharged a large horse-pistol at him. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. It contains a good library, the iron door of which is opened by a key as large as a horse-pistol. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant A farm-servant, a lad of some eighteen, stood at his side, armed with a horse-pistol, his features betraying no very equivocal expression of fear and anxiety. St. Patrick's Eve Two rough-looking miners were on guard, one with a gun, and the other with an old-fashioned horse-pistol over a foot long. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon This noble proposition, my boy, might have been accepted unanimously, had not the discharge, at that instant, of a horse-pistol from the ramparts of Fort Bledandide caused the entire regiment to partially disappear! The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 In one hand she bore a bedroom-candlestick; in the other, with the steadiness of a dragoon, a horse-pistol. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Meeting a boy with a large horse-pistol, I bought it of him at a foolishly high price, and banged away with that till breakfast time. The Cabin on the Prairie The firing of a huge horse-pistol by Harvey seemed to aggravate rather than soothe the animal's feelings. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill I cried, as an Uhlan wheeled his horse straight through a bed of geraniums and fired his horse-pistol at me. The Maids of Paradise He had a stick in one hand and an old-fashioned horse-pistol in the other. Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall An old term for a horse-pistol; also for a kind of carbine. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. We couldn't very well explain that the college would now have to run away and hide because some enthusiastic Freshman had fired a horse-pistol on the streets of Jonesville. At Good Old Siwash I saw the trooper aim a great horse-pistol that might have been a hundred years old, and I have no doubt that the bullet was as big as they fire in those ancient flint-lock muskets. A Lieutenant at Eighteen These consisted of five spears, one long-handled ebony-wood club, with a huge jade head, and a horse-pistol, which was fastened to a leather belt around his naked waist. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 It was the double report from a huge, old-fashioned horse-pistol that Tom Dillon carried. Dave Porter in the Gold Fields or, The Search for the Landslide Mine He went to examine the holsters, and found that each of them contained a large horse-pistol with a flintlock. Ahead of the Army Besides my rifle I carried a large horse-pistol in my belt. Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions I’ve seed a heavy horse-pistol like that do great execution when well aimed by a stout arm.” Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader At ten o'clock I turned in, and Bobaran, after an animated conversation with his family, lay down at my door with a Snider rifle and his horse-pistol by his side. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Here the dag or pistolet seems to answer to our "revolvers," and the pistol to our larger horse-pistol. Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The Prince put his head out and found himself looking into the barrels of a horse-pistol, while a masked man of heavy build summoned him to be quiet. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Ralph fell back in dismay, but it was too late, and soon the newcomer showed himself, riding a jaded steed, and carrying a long horse-pistol in his hand. For the Liberty of Texas A time of obscurity followed for Handel, but after some months, when the Royal Barge went up the Thames, a band of one hundred pieces boomed alongside, playing a deafening racket, with horse-pistol accompaniments. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians "Hi, what's this, a hold-up?" exclaimed the old farmer, and then of a sudden he reached between the barrels of potatoes and brought forth a long horse-pistol and pointed it at them. The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery The man that touched him gave a sharp cry and recoiled; before he could utter another sound the coastguard was upon him, and the muzzle of a great horse-pistol was clapped to his face. The Romance of the Coast She looked round her, and her eyes fell upon the old horse-pistol which rested on a couple of hooks over the door. Queen Hildegarde Laming presented a horse-pistol and said he would blow his brains out if he uttered a word, and the mate slipped a pair of handcuffs on his wrists. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned These all sat upon the ground, their legs stretched out, their torch-bearer holding a lit bunch of fir splinters, stuck for convenience sake into the muzzle of a horse-pistol. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Leaving their father in the care of their Aunt Martha, the three Rover boys armed themselves and sallied forth, accompanied by their uncle and Alexander Pop, the latter carrying a horse-pistol of the old-fashioned variety. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island I think, the greatest masses fly near the shores of the great Canadian lakes, and sometimes so low, that they may be easily killed with a horse-pistol, or even knocked down with a long pole. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) It was to get a horse-pistol which he had, and which he duly loaded and placed in his pocket. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Vigo came back with a sword and baldric for me, and a horse-pistol besides, but M. Étienne would not let me have it. Helmet of Navarre He had an old-fashioned horse-pistol, some two feet long, which he was in the act of sighting across his left palm for a parting shot at the now distant assailants. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 Another had a horse-pistol, taking a rifle cartridge. Korea's Fight for Freedom One more man appeared at the clerk's door: he was a powerful fellow with a horse-pistol and a stone-hammer. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 "Here is his horse-pistol," said Snap, picking it up. Four Boy Hunters He could hold a musket with one hand and shoot with precision as easily as other men did with a horse-pistol. George Washington, Volume II You keep close in the house," he continued, "and if any one disturbs you just use the old horse-pistol in the top bureau drawer. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays I saw Marah's right hand raise his horse-pistol, as the sergeant stepped nearer. Jim Davis The prisoner with the horse-pistol saw his advantage, and, cursing the governor in blasphemous rage, aimed at him as he fled. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 "Stay where you are," ordered Snap, sternly, and flourished the horse-pistol. Four Boy Hunters And so the family firelocks and rusty swords, the horse-pistol and old scythes of our fathers thought terribly at Lexington and Monmouth, at Saratoga and Eutaw Springs. The American Union Speaker After a time these also were returned in the case of a horse-pistol which had been stolen from Banks, and soon after the pistol was recovered, and they were able to return to camp. The Life of Captain James Cook Then there was a martial chorus—the crack of rifle, the hoarse cough of horse-pistol, the roar of old muskets. Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories The man snarled like a beast, leaped back and plucked from his seaman's belt a great horse-pistol. Salute to Adventurers In my belt, I had a heavy horse-pistol, loaded with buckshot. The House on the Borderland A lecturer on psychology was killed there the other night by the playful discharge of a horse-pistol in the hands of a degenerate and intoxicated Spaniard. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return An elderly mariner, not that mariner, but another mariner—rushes madly in and fires a horse-pistol into the air. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters Think how magnificent an idea to one who never shot anything but hedge-sparrows, and that with a horse-pistol purchased at a broker's stand in the Cowgate! Redgauntlet Behind them slouched Tall Tom with his rifle and Dolph and Rube, each with a huge old-fashioned horse-pistol swinging from his right hip. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Pepper Whitcomb had a horse-pistol nearly as large as himself, and Jack Harris, though he, to be sure, was a big boy, was going to have a real oldfashioned flintlock musket. The Story of a Bad Boy He wheels and is about going off, when a black Octoroon rushes madly in and fires another horse-pistol at the retreating mariner, who falls. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters |
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