| 单词 | knock about |
| 例句 | Down below I could hear Hamilton knocking about, lifting boards and looking for leaks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There being no immediate threat, my breath slowed down, my heart stopped knocking about in my chest, and I began to regain my senses. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly his voice hardened as he shot a question at Fangburn: “You! How did your face get knocked about, and where did you get those long scratches from?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “But I have to tell you, Tommy, there might be thousands of these knocking about.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hear him knocking about in the kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He knocked about, searching for the way out, but when he found the open door, managed to push it shut. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z "I'm not one of these chaps likes being knocked about. I never play games, even." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “You carried oil of vitriol knocking about in a sack? It is infinitely dangerous, my boy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The old knocks about Brooks still hold today. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Karma Kid is the latest to join the large number of teenage producers who are knocking about at the moment. Now listening: reader playlist 2012-07-11T09:41:04Z There will always be twisted murderers knocking about, and Luther can't resist when they bait him. For Idris Elba's sake, let "Luther" retire 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Observant folk have noticed that there are differing logos knocking about Westworld. The ‘truth’ about Westworld: seven fan theories to blow your mind 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z "I had been knocked about very considerably," he remarks. Robert Macfarlane: rereading Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male 2013-03-15T12:03:22Z Together they graduated from Glasgow School of Art, went to London, and knocked about in Soho making friends. William Crozier obituary 2011-07-15T18:14:26Z He is dragged into most cases seemingly against his will; he is knocked about, locked up again and again. James Garner dies: In 'Rockford Files,' he was a perfect fit 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z One dancer accidentally kicked another, some of the scenery got knocked about, and the bows looked uncertain. Review | The ballerina who fights back: In ‘La Bayadere,’ she won’t be manhandled 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z "Good Time Women" is an excellent early incarnation of "Tumbling Dice" that has been knocking about online for a while, albeit in less polished form. Exile on Main St 2010-04-24T23:05:00Z “As soon as the collisions happened, they felt inevitable. There’s a grace to the run, but there’s also a reality to the fact that he got knocked about on the way.” How the Star of ‘1917’ Pulled Off That Thrilling Final Run 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Academically gifted, he dropped out of school at 14 to knock about with a knife-carrying gang. Peter Mullan: the swot who lost the plot 2011-01-19T21:31:00Z Woodcock is knocked about a bit, but seems fine. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: surprise – it's not total horse pucky 2013-07-11T11:36:34Z Landy has a spare head ready for when the first gets too knocked about. Salvaged saints: Michael Landy's martyrs invade the National Gallery 2013-05-22T18:30:01Z As a result, her children knock about in similar versions of dishonesty and distress, which can lead to reader fatigue. A Widow Takes Her Grown Kids on a Cruise. What Could Go Wrong? 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Lets you knock about 10 minutes off the total time. When Cooking, Invest Time. Or Work. Not Both. 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z But regulators turned down the request last month, knocking about 20% off Metro's share price. Metro Bank has a limited future, claims co-founder 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z It wasn’t a truant officer at his door, though — no one had ever come knocking about that. Sentenced to life as boys, they made their case for release 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z An asteroid minding its own business not too far from Earth is about to get knocked about by a visitor from our planet. NASA Is About to Crash Into an Asteroid. Here’s How to Watch. 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z This bust of the Queen Mother is considered a limited edition with only another 499 knocking about. Happy and Glorious: Royal collectables up for auction 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z The Institute for Fiscal Studies calculates that taking account of previously announced tax increases knocks about £18bn from the value of the package, leaving it at £19bn. Cost of living: Is the government package really worth £37bn? 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Gareth Leather, senior Asia economist at Capital Economics, said Malaysia's heavy fuel and transport subsidies have likely knocked about 1.5 percentage points off the country's inflation, which was just 2.3% in April. Asia's war on inflation targets supply, not consumers 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z There are hundreds if not thousands of stories knocking about and they will become legend if Rangers beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday night. 'Everest awaits for miraculous Rangers in Seville' 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Delta, with 177 cancellations, American, with 160, and United, with 116, knocked about 5 percent of their flights from their schedules. Flight cancellations pile up, top 2,500 by Sunday evening 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Though in Craig’s brawny, bruiser continuation of the role, it can get pretty badly knocked about. Review: James Bond saves the day in 'No Time to Die.' But can he save the future of moviegoing? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Flash flooding knocked about 20 homes off their foundations and washed several trailers away in Virginia’s mountainous western corner, where about 50 people were rescued and hundreds were evacuated. Ida’s remnants blanket Pennsylvania in rain, stir tornadoes 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Educators are anxious to begin academic and emotional recovery for students knocked about by more than a year of online and hybrid learning. Hopes and fears as schools open their doors for new year 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z That step knocked about a fifth off the company’s share price. Factbox-From education to bitcoin, China's season of regulatory crackdown 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Customers did ultimately see retroactive credits applied to bills after lawmakers passed a temporary rate cut that knocked about $25 a month off the average residential customer’s bill. Judge OKs distribution for $192M nuclear project settlement 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Michael Douglas is knocking about chatting to people. British Grand Prix: F1 – live! 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z "I spent a lot of time in Llanelli as a kid, in the pubs, playing pool, knocking about in the lanes outside," he told BBC Sport. From Llanelli to Fiji in search of gold 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z But now, he and Butler are scruffy, knocking about in athletic gear and ripped jeans. Baltimore’s top drag couple work the stage, but their most important job is parenting 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z All of these can be found in Rust Belt cities, the kind that have been knocked about by fate and fickle commerce enough that they’ve hung on to their traditions by default. The Perfect Ending to Our Pandemic Honeymoon Road Trip 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z "No, nothing. It's been knocked about too much." 'We live in LS Lowry's house' 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Carol said she only had minor injuries, while her husband broke several bones in his back when he was knocked about 10 feet into the parking lot. Driver slams into Dairy Queen picnic area, injuring Colorado family 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z One theory archaeologists are knocking about is the trove or artifacts might have been a midden or pit where detritus was tossed. Crews dug through sewer lines. They found ancient pottery 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z In February, Hayabusa2 briefly landed on Ryugu and fired a tantalum pellet into the surface that likely knocked about 10 grams of rock fragments into a collection horn. A Japanese spacecraft may have just blown a crater in a distant asteroid 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z But in the sell-off that knocked about 10 percent off the S&P 500 from the start of October to Christmas Eve, long-term interest rates fell by more than half a percentage point. The world economy just can’t escape its low-growth, low-inflation rut 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z He can eye a piano and guess at the life it lived — how it was treated, whether it had been knocked about or pampered and how it was cared for. Delightful, De-Lovely and Deconstructed: Cole Porter’s Piano Is Being Rebuilt 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Instead, Dominion wants to keep SCE&G rates at the same level set by legislators who passed a temporary 15 percent rate cut earlier this year that knocks about $22 off the typical monthly bill. South Carolina regulators face billion-dollar decisions 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Shares in Alphabet fell about 6 percent, knocking about $45 billion off its market value after it fell short on sales after beating estimates for the past eight quarters. Weak Amazon, Alphabet results ignite growth worries 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z It was retroactive to April and knocks about $25 a month off the average residential customer’s bill. Federal appeals court keeps rate cuts for failed nuke plants 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The rate cut knocks about $25 a month off the average residential customer’s bill. Judge allows rate cut to stand for failed nuclear plants 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The ball inside would knock about, shattering the quiet night. Living D.C. graffiti legend went from rowdy thug to art teacher 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Nashville GM David Poile said cap situations put five or six teams in position for top-end free agents — and knock about half the league out of the running. Salary-cap increase makes for ‘more fun’ NHL offseason 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Even selling China all of the United States’ oil exports for 2017 would only knock about $8 billion off the U.S. trade deficit at current prices. Cutting $200 billion from U.S.-China trade deficit is a tall order 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z But for him, it was so much worse than being knocked about a bit. The island where George Orwell created 1984 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Apple Inc. also sued and stopped paying license fees, knocking about $2 billion off annual sales. Qualcomm's former chairman reportedly is trying to take the company private 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Worked for a while with NFL Films, knocked about as a grip, took assorted production jobs. The most awful kind of grief. The most beautiful memories. So long, son 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z On average, they knocked about $12,500 off their federally taxable income, according to the Government Finance Officers Association—only a little above the new cap. How states may try to circumvent Republicans’ tax reform 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In recent years, he’s been one of those gadflies knocking about the fringe of politics, running repeatedly for Congress and never cracking 10% support. Trump called him 'my African American.' But he condemns the president's treatment of black America 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The other kids were just knocking about in the park that day, as we were. ‘We were just knocking about in the park. Then the Beatles turned up’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z If you find one of these knocking about in your downstairs loo – the print line on the copyright page is 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 – it’s worth a small fortune. Twenty years of Harry Potter – the 20 things we have learned 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z An old handset isn’t too hard to track down – they were very robust, so there are a lot of them still knocking about. Dumbphone! Can I survive modern life with the original Nokia 3310? 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z I don’t know what sort of dads you’re knocking about with, who look that good. Martin Freeman: ‘Ricky will always make me laugh doing Brent’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Since then I’ve read the chapters of his book that cover his childhood, and I know that Wilson was knocked about a good deal as a young man. ‘Are we there yet?’: on the road with Beach Boy Brian Wilson 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Planets are knocked about like billiard balls and worlds are destroyed thanks to the caroming flying saucer carrying the cowering critter to and fro through the great void. ‘Ice Age: Collision Course’: chaos on a cosmic scale 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z As much as Tuesday’s victory will fuel Sanders’ supporters enthusiasm that he stay in the race, the 15 delegates he is expected to net will only knocks about 1/17th off of Clinton’s 255 lead. Sanders defeats Clinton in Wisconsin, but barely dents her delegate lead 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Are there other projects knocking about in your head? Craig Ferguson bonus talk: on TV, reading, Trump, America and more 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The sort of fresh air knocking about in 1999 before we fully destroyed the planet. Welcome back, All Saints: leaders of an understated girl power 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Maestri attributed the lackluster revenue to foreign exchange headwinds caused by the strong U.S. dollar, which he said knocked about $5 billion off the company's revenue. Apple sees first sales dip in more than a decade as super-growth era falters 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Maestri attributed the lackluster revenue to foreign exchange headwinds, which he said knocked about $5 billion off the company's revenue. Apple sells fewer iPhones than expected in latest quarter 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z “These are powerful people, and they are knocking about in a small piece of land in New York,” he said. Forget Coachella and Bonnaroo: The U.N. Is the Place to Be 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z I’ve seen quite a few knocking about and I know it’s important to leave them alone.” Steven Gerrard: ‘I wish I was 25 again and captain, leading Liverpool out' 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Matt Giteau and co may have been knocked about a bit at Soldier Field but they still scored seven good tries. Rugby World Cup preview No10: USA 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z After graduating, he eagerly partook of bachelor life in Houston — “I was a spirited lad,” he later said with wry understatement — and spent more than a decade knocking about the oil business, with middling success. Bush brothers have a complex relationship, marked by fierce rivalry, wounded feelings 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The Sergeants believe that the proceedings next door have knocked about a million pounds off the value of their house. London’s Most Mysterious Mansion 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Gartner says the man was knocked about 50 feet down the road. Man dies after stepping into traffic outside sports bar 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z He had been knocked about all night long, and intercepted twice. Tale of Comebacks Is Tom Brady’s to Tell 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z "There's a couple of cockneys knocking about. There's a couple of chimney sweeps too. I've seen them." Danny Dyer: Game of Thrones turned me down three times 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Constant emailing and text-messaging knocks about 10 points off your IQ,. 10 Surefire Ways To Boost Your Productivity In 2015 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Oil posted its biggest percentage gain in more than two years, stemming a rout that had knocked about $40 off the price of a barrel of crude since June. Stocks slip on Cyber Monday as retail sales dipped and China slowed Over the years, his name would be knocked about for big Washington jobs including vice-presidential candidate, supreme court justice and CIA director. Howard Baker, a key player in Watergate hearings, dies age 88 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z It is incongruous with the mythical image of children knocking about on the streets, freely learning skills that will one day wow the world. Brazilian youth 'factories' belie romantic image 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z If Johnson is standing in an open field, then he may be knocked about, but there’s little else to factor in. Boris Johnson versus the water cannon 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The additional building, renovating and selling of homes would add about 1.5 million jobs and knock about a percentage point off the unemployment rate, now 6.7 percent. The Housing Market Is Still Holding Back the Economy. Here’s Why. 2014-04-24T17:28:27Z She was knocked about 30 feet in the air, and when she looked down, she saw bone protruding from her right leg — an Olympic dream deferred. Sochi 2014: Noelle Pikus-Pace turns Olympic journey into a family trip 2014-01-13T17:33:00Z Mr Hutton said his sister was "knocked about" by her husband, Aftab Khan. 'Mummified' child 'was stick thin' 2013-09-19T17:35:00Z There are as ever brilliant cricketers knocking about the place. Brian Lara v Sachin Tendulkar is a pointless debate – and a grand one 2013-03-19T13:22:21Z These cuts, along with the tax increases agreed to in January, would knock about 1.25 percentage points off 2013 GDP growth, consigning the economy to another year of tepid recovery and disappointing job gains. The dangers of arbitrary 'sequester' spending cuts 2013-02-25T14:37:22Z Even if October's fall in production is reversed over the next two months, the sector will knock about 0.3% off quarterly GDP growth. UK on triple-dip recession alert after industrial slowdown 2012-12-07T20:08:18Z The presence of Harbhajan in the Test squad is tribute to his competitive heart but also to the basic lack of anybody else knocking about making a case for selection. India's Ravichandran Ashwin has attributes to flourish against England 2012-11-09T09:21:00Z What happens if it gets knocked about, or inadvertently moved? how comfortable is it? Microsoft makes gesture bracelet 2012-10-09T12:56:42Z Poor Anastasia was so knocked about, that in shame she hides her ill and must needs continue her road limping. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z How do I know how many keys there aren't knocking about the house? Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z At high pressure, the task of getting her ready for sea once more would occupy the best part of two months, so badly had she been knocked about. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z I may not look it," Crouch went on, "but I'm a sea-faring man by trade, though I have spent half my life knocking about on land. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z "I know that if I had money enough to settle down there you wouldn't find me many hours knocking about here as a trooper." The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The truth is, that, unlike cutties and meerschaums, and other clay and earthen pipes, these briar-root productions are very strong, and will bear a great deal of knocking about. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Some time after the matters I have been recounting happened, two of the pakehas who were "knocking about" Mr. ——'s premises, went fishing. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z "I've knocked about with it ever since I was at Osborne, you know." With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z I tell him that I am obliged to knock about in cabs and ’busses because I cannot afford anything better, but he ought not to think of it. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z Went to sea, I did, and knocked about the world. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Well, so much the better, I can knock about abroad for a short time. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z Sir Horace realized that the 3rd Division had been too severely knocked about during the day to hold the position unaided for long against the weight of troops known to be advancing. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z All the same, I don't like the idea of the boy knocking about in a smack. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Their business places have been knocked about their heads, but their treasures are underground deep enough to defy the biggest shells. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z I would dismiss at once a groom or helper who hit, or swore at, or knocked about a horse. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z After being thus jolted and knocked about, we are quite willing to rest. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Why should the other girls be knocked about by the ruffian private detectives and she escape? Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z A few buildings knocked about and a score or so of people killed or injured. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z And while you're knocking about, take time to show these C. S. & W. folks how they can climb back into the saddle. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z Moreover, Gauguin was nearly forty, had knocked about the world a great deal, banging himself against many sharp corners in the process, and was face to face with want. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z The sea was so rough he wouldn't cross on Thursday; he waited a day at Folkestone, and another at Boulogne, to rest the horses which had been knocked about. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Thus, by automatic means, that great factor of modern warfare, "moral effect," is provided for, since experience shows that no player whose ship has been badly knocked about ever hurts the enemy very much. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z During the last week I have been knocking about in a quiet way and have deeply enjoyed my little adventures. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z There were lots of people knocking about on the sidewalks and drifting in and out of the lobby. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z Borough Green contains some fine twelfth century monuments, sadly knocked about. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z So here am I knocking about; and God is my witness, I have not had any thing to eat for two days.” What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z I hardly know which is myself and which the butcher; we are always in such a tangle and tussle, knocking about upon the trodden grass. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z He loves roughing it, he has spent most of his life knocking about the world, and he's only really happy in a cottage. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z Assuming that the oil price does not rise again, we see this component knocking about 1 percent off the headline rate in 2012. Turn in inflation boosts ECB rate cut expectations 2012-01-04T15:07:30Z I feel myself more fit to be knocked about for some time yet and vastated of my natural vigour than to commence cosmos and raise the barbaric yawp. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z “Do you think there is any pleasure in knocking about, begging, if I can work?” What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z It's you in danger of the knocking about, my gentleman! The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z "And they've been knocked about like a couple of twopenny teacups," added George. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z You see from the state of the ice there has been a heavy swell on here, and the ice has been knocked about anyhow; that shows there has been a gale away out at sea. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z It will all be bright again in time, I have no doubt; there is no special reason for it; I think I am simply tired with knocking about. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Here's William that knocked about and blackened over the eyes that his own father wouldn't know him, all through talking about them! The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z For a whole week Lawrence knocked about London, and it was just as well for their peace of mind that none of those who cared for him saw him. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z He knocked about and enjoyed himself, and sang romantic songs, and wrote epigrams, and led a fast life generally, very often abroad, and was full of gifts and intellectual capacity. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z So much had he knocked about the world that he knew men and cities like the back of his hand, and he had the art of shaking down at once in any company. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He is a Mr. Lee, who has spent nearly all his life abroad; two of his sisters have married German princes, and from knocking about so much he has become a thorough cosmopolite. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z She's too superior for me, too good; knocking about in the gutter may bring her down to your level, and mine; I've known it pan out that way where a young woman's concerned. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z I remember that skin well, and can swear to it; there are not many like it knocking about. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z It isn't likely that a lady can like the thought of a boy of hers knocking about in the gutter, and trying his luck in the ditch. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z All the same, I wouldn't like the poor child to be knocked about. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Besides, it is great fun to live here; the weather just now is grand, and I knock about all day in a sleigh, and do nothing but enjoy it and meditate. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z He lived in Paris most of his time, and knocked about on the continent, at Baden and those places—up to no good, you may be sure. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z Where he had been knocking about so long he himself probably knew, the young fellow did not. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z And if she looked, as Captain Cathie admitted, something of a cross between a washtub and a patchwork quilt, she was undoubtedly built strong and would stand a good deal of knocking about. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z He had knocked about the world enough to begin to know something of men. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I literally, and under whatever felt restriction of my power to knock about, formed independent relations—several; and two or three of them, as I then thought, of the very most momentous. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z "If you had been knocked about as much as I have you would be glad to lie still." The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z “Once he is knocking about in the world, he will not be so likely to come home again.” The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Apart from this, it is extremely annoying to have a rope knocking about one’s heels. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z We must go slowly on Baltie’s account; the poor old horse is badly knocked about and stiffened up. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z It would be a pity you not to know any little news might be knocking about. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z The craft's had a bit of knocking about, I won't deny, but what could you expect? The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z They had been knocked about till all enthusiasm and all reverence for the past were shaken out of them, and they had learned to give things their right names. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z But before that he bullyragged me because I had found out that there were other keys knocking about the place that fitted the padlocks on the bullion-room door. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z Then he made up his mind that Graham—like the man with whom he had lived at Oxford—was green also, for all that he had knocked about in New York for two years. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Going About the Country With Your Eyes Open "A delightfully varied volume dealing with topics full of interest and also of instruction to these who knock about the country." The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Bill Hardman was about forty-five, and there was something about him which suggested that he had knocked about the world a good deal. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z “Only—if you desire the information—it is not the custom here for young ladies to knock about London with wild young men.” Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Towards evening the battery returned, minus one gun, while several of the artillerymen bore traces of being badly knocked about. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z In short, he had been knocked about in the world until he had acquired considerable confidence in his ability to earn a living at almost anything he might undertake. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z We are sending a draft of a hundred men to our link battalion there—awfully knocked about they’ve been—and I have it, straight from the stable, that I’m the lad that takes them. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z They were both delighted; the only question was whether the horse would be much the worse for its knocking about. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Over here, considering the way they knock about, they remain wonderfully simple, and the reason is that society protects them instead of setting them traps. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z After the gruelling they've had, and seeing their forts knocked about their ears, they set about to place fresh guns in position. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z He was a good deal knocked about among them, and the officers, so far as I could see, did nothing to defend him from their ill-usage. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z The aviator was badly knocked about, and his face much cut; but I do not think that he was dangerously hurt. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Look after the little horse; he has been knocked about fearfully to-day,” said Tom, getting fainter and queerer as he spoke. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z I have knocked about in all manner of campaigns; I know the value of numbers in war, but also the value of position, and well understand how to weigh the one against the other. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z When you're helping to patch up a man who has been horribly knocked about, you forget what's going on on deck. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Are you mad, knocking about here like a magnetised mummy, and Tuesday the passing day? Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z The batteries had been a good deal knocked about, and had not their full complement of guns, unless two batteries were split up into three, for the purpose of deceiving us. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z He was rather a rough sort of fellow, who had knocked about the world a good deal. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z “And that no soldier amounted to shucks till he was knocked about and disciplined and taught to obey his superiors.” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z The Kings of France do not allow themselves to be knocked about in that way unless by their enemies' sword in fair fight! The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z When he had thrashed me before, I knew no more about the use of my fists than a girl, and simply stood up to be knocked about. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z He had come to a time of life when the comforts of a home are indispensable; knocking about the world, even if accompanied by a mistress, did not appeal to his fastidiousness. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z Sambo had been so knocked about the world, and had been in so many strange positions, that he was not easily cast down. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z My head was pretty badly knocked about, you see, and for months I didn't know my own name. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Johnson knocked about those London streets—translating a little, jobbing at books a little, starving and scrimping a great deal. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z He was one of those old fellows who care nothing for late hours, and occasional knocking about in pursuit of pleasure. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z There's a sort of irony, too, in my finding it out so late—after I have knocked about as a journalist in a city which I believed to be democratic if it was anything. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z "You see that it is none the worse for a little knocking about." Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z "I was knocked about a bit myself, you know, and by the time I came around, our friend had trotted the whole length of the Malay Peninsula and was halfway across Burma." The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z I was knocked about from one person to another. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z High words were followed by blows; there was a fight between the eldest and the next in succession, and both being strong men, they were much knocked about. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z What good is it but to clutter up the closet, knocking about in my way. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z I had another name in those days—men often change their names when they knock about in queer places, as I have done. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z “Only a bit of a cut, sir,” I says to Mr Ward, who was going round and doing what he could in the dark for we chaps as had got knocked about. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z Investors have knocked about $38 billion off Bank of America’s market value this year as mortgage costs continue to dent earnings. Bad Mortgages Still Haunt Bank of America 2011-07-21T21:15:13Z “Poor fellow! he has got a sad knocking about,” the doctor said kindly, for now the annoyance at being called out of bed was over he was deeply interested in his case. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z He knocks about in the most active of city life. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z He had been what he called knocking about, among all sorts of horrible savages, eating and drinking all kinds of queer things; it made my blood run cold to listen to him. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z Miss Gregory knocks about the world, and wherever she goes she is in the thick of things. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z He ought not to knock about the world, and fall into bad associations as he may, and come to harm. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Although it was knocked about a good deal by the press, the work ran for more than forty performances. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z The faces of some of these bore a wondering martyrlike expression, as who should say, "What have we done to be knocked about in this manner?" Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z A man who has knocked about the world as I have doesn't bluster like a Pharisee and a brute, unless he is mad,—or angry. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z They had seen the injured man knocking about the prisoner Trevanion. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z I was tired with the journey, with the knocking about in town, and the discomfort and alarm produced by the apparition of the finger. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z To be candid with you, Dr Ingelow, I have knocked about the world long enough to dispense with the paternal sanction to any undertaking of mine. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z One chap, I see, got seven thousand the other day for having his back damaged; and I don’t know but what I’d think it a good bargain to be knocked about to that tune. Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z We ran against each other first in the course of knocking about. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z He just about worships that girl of his, and he has knocked about in rough, wild parts. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z But then everybody doesn’t see the sense of knocking about among rocks and stones got up as if he was just turned out of a band box, Major Bracebrydge,” she returned, quite angrily. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z I’ve knocked about a good deal, but only where everyone else has.” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z “Here you’ve been knocking about all over the world for best part of a hundred years, I suppose, and you can’t expect to be fresh and well now.” Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z We stayed in Sydney a little while, and then went up country, where we spent three or four months, knocking about from station to station, for Spalding had no end of letters of introduction. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I’ve been knocking about all my life—and it has been a life, mind you—and now I want to squat. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The herd was now let go, and quickly dispersed, doubtless, very glad to be once more free—now that their knocking about was at length over. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z I am afraid the arguments in favour of this last will not bear even so much knocking about as those just considered. Antonio Stradivari 2011-06-28T02:00:11.050Z But there, for the matter of that, after a poor fellow’s had years at sea, knocking about in the close forks’ll of a ship, everything looks snug and cosy ashore. Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z Haven’t I had to do everything by myself, and knock about by myself? The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Listen—'King here safe but knocked about from the result of his accident. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z The Jason held on, and presently was tackled by the Worcester, of 50 guns, which was considerably knocked about, and dropped astern. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z She was so knocked about that, to the best of my belief, she was sold as lumber afterwards. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Here it is even more difficult than in the landscape to blend the conflicting pieces of work, and requires an amount of ‘knocking about’ that sometimes astonishes the original artist. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Well, as I was saying, poor Simmonds was so knocked about, that his early sepulture became a matter of necessity; besides, the first thing to do was to get him into the house. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Captain Alexis and Mr. Charles Maxwell escaped by a miracle, though they are both badly knocked about. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Then the French privateer was recognised, and it was noticed that the other vessel, in tow, was very much knocked about. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Then we turned northward, up another creek, and knocked about so that it would be difficult to describe where we went. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z He had a faint recollection of knocking about the country until he was ten years of age with a man who called himself his half-brother. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z The writer was going up-country, he said, far into the interior, to do a little shooting, and some knocking about. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z And I don't forget how carefully you managed that business, my boy, at a time when you were knocked about in that accident. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z For my part I like to see a battered old doll knocking about in the drawing-room of my friends. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z They had knocked about the world as foot-balls of fortune, but had lived longest in London, where her father had died. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z "Probably a white egret," he remarked, knocking about in the scrub with his midiron. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z You want a store of all sorts of little things—buttons and such like, needles and thread and all that sort of thing—and plenty of stout shoes that will bear knocking about. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z I have knocked about the place for a good many years, and I have rubbed shoulders, officially and unofficially, with more men than I care to remember. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z He belongs to a very good family; but he was born on the continent, and has no near relations in England, and has rather knocked about the world for a good many years. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z Instead of being in evening-dress, he had on a brown tweed morning-suit, in which, to judge by its appearance, he might have been knocking about the veldt for several weeks. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z He had a compound fracture of the thigh, three of his ribs broken, and his head a good deal knocked about, but the cranium uninjured. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z And then there are your clothes; knocking about for four months, and sleeping as you stand, you want at least two suits besides what you have got on. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z Then I shall hire a yacht for a couple of months, and knock about the coast or go across to Norway. Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z The abrupt fall in commodity prices after last week's near-record slump knocked about 1 percent off U.S. stock indices, and boosted the U.S. dollar on safe-haven buying. Commodities fall hits Asian markets 2011-05-12T01:18:56Z I can well believe that you must have knocked about a good deal!” Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z They carry big rope buffers at bow and sides, and in spite of this their bulwarks are splintered and scarred where they have been jammed against wharves and knocked about. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Town horses get their legs knocked about and can't stand hard work and weather, like those just brought in. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z No, our children shall never swell the number of poor unhappy girls who are knocked about from place to place in the world, and earn their bread as dependents. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z Some fine day, when my ship comes home, I may be wanting to build a boat like this to knock about in; and I’d like to know how you’ve arranged things inside. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z “I've knocked about long enough to deserve some respect from you young gentlemen!” Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z When she couldn’t compete with modern steamboats, they strengthened her for a whaler, and she knocked about the Polar Sea; but she burned too much coal for that business, and wouldn’t work well under sail. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Dorothy gave me one a few days after I came back, but as I should be very sorry to have that knocked about I should be glad if you would let me have another.' Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z He plunged into the vortex with incredible gusto, "knocking about in a quiet way and deeply enjoying my little adventures." Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z He fancied it was rather like desertion to leave him, but Barry quickly dispelled this idea and said Harry was far more fitted for the task he was engaged upon than knocking about Sydney. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z What is more, they had both knocked about the world. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Used to knock about myself, once upon a time, before I took on flesh. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z Garageband, Apple's popular music-making software, is great fun and a boon for those with rambunctious young kids knocking about the house. Apple iPad 2: review 2011-03-25T13:29:48Z “But what does Uncle Peabody say about not eating when you have been knocking about in an automobile all day and have the appetite of a horse?” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z For some years, till 1871, he spent the months from June to October mainly in “knocking about somewhere outside of Lowestoft.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z And at times I feel ashamed of myself because I have not knocked about the world. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z “Well, it would end your knocking about, just as it did his, so beware!” answered the other; and chuckled to see poor Buster shiver. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z A race judge at the Elim checkpoint Monday said Baker could knock about two hours off the Iditarod record of eight days, 22 hours and 46 minutes that was set in 2002 by Martin Buser. John Baker racing to Iditarod finish in Nome 2011-03-15T12:19:09Z There were many sailors and marines knocking about the grog-shops, as well as the crowd of navvies and longshoremen always to be found lounging about a water-front. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z I’ve been knocking about at sea now nigh on thirty year; and many’s the strange sight these good-looking eyes of mine have looked upon in that time; but this here sarpent beats all. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z The doctor's buggy, however, was made to bear plenty of wear and tear, and, although it looked anything but elegant, it could stand a lot of knocking about. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z Democrats had already agreed to knock about $40 billion off Obama's request when they approved the plan that funded the government through March 4. White House proposes $6.5 billion more in spending cuts 2011-03-04T02:32:01Z There was a certain head-mechanic knocking about who drew a salary of fifteen hundred roubles a year, but he occupied himself more with factory scandals than with his own work. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z He gave Miller a fearful knocking about there and then. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Used to knocking about, and being knocked about in the streets, his experience of London life was something startling. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z Economists reckon that a $10 a barrel increase in the price of oil knocks about half a percentage point from global GDP growth, although some still expect oil prices to drop back later this year. Saudis hold talks with refiners amid warnings of oil crisis and rationing 2011-02-24T19:37:40Z As a matter of fact the battleship had been knocked about a week previously, owing to having bumped against one of the drifting German mines. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Economists typically reckon that a $10 per barrel increase in the price of oil knocks about half a percentage point from global GDP growth. Oil could hit $220 a barrel, analysts fear 2011-02-23T18:57:50Z Then followed a time of stir and noise and knocking about, such as I shall never forget. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z After knocking about at sea for a few days, we made the Umpqua and stood in. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Taking into account integration costs, the acquisition knocked about 33% off Kraft's earnings per share. Cadbury costs hit Kraft's profits 2011-02-11T11:02:48Z Where can that poor, mischievous, pretty waif be knocking about in the wide world now-a-days? A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z The old man was considerably knocked about, but he was able to walk slowly to his hotel, where he insisted on my accompanying him, and on doing something for me to show his gratitude. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z By the time that darkness had fully set in, Fort Wagner was almost as good as ever, although it had such a terrible knocking about all the early hours of the day. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z For another thing, there are Indians knocking about—hostile Indians, who have broken bounds. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z And when a man's knocking about day and night, why, Death needs no lantern to find him.' Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z Makes you ashamed of having knocked about—you know what I mean. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z A doctor, who is knocking about all day among all sorts of maladies, does not want to have to prescribe at home. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z We found Foley's body in the river, knocking about against the posts of the weir. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z The magistrate who had the case in hand, looking upon me as a child and one who had been badly knocked about and upset, came to the conclusion that my memory must be at fault. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z I got a chap to pack the powder safely for me, and all I had to do was to keep it from flame and heat and being knocked about. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z I suppose it's because they haven't knocked about as much as we have. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z A man's moral sense gets blunted knocking about this rough-and-tumble world, where the favorite maxim is, 'Every man for himself and the Devil take the hindmost.' Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Just wait till I'm herdsman, and then I'll have a barrow-boy of my own to knock about! The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z To be sure, there is plenty of money knocking about among the Arundels. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z It was not exactly a path of roses—there are not many knocking about now—because if I said it was soft ground he could reply, 'You had a very high price for such driving.' Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z But now that I've knocked about a bit I believe that there's nothing half so good as travel for an Englishman—we're too insular by far! The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z I've knocked about the world enough to know how hard it is for a man to get an honest living, doubly hard for a woman, especially one as young and beautiful as you are. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z As my colleague Dean Baker has pointed out, the collapse of this bubble would be expected to knock about $1.2tn annually off of private demand. The 'rightwing backlash' that never was 2010-09-22T17:30:00Z Even more than a century later, Antiques Magazine observed, “a good many portraits of George Washington painted on glass are knocking about the country.” Inside the Knockoff-Tennis-Shoe Factory 2010-08-20T20:10:00Z There were a lot of angry, unemployed scriptwriters knocking about Liverpool, some of whom, it seems, finagled their way into positions of influence at one of the local football clubs. Football transfer rumours: Ra?l to Liverpool? 2010-03-31T08:46:00Z My hypothetical man would act largely as a free lance, knocking about the world on a sort of constantly renewed exploration. The Law of Hemlock Mountain A few years later he nearly came to an untimely end, having been regarded as dead after being much knocked about when two trains between Bristol and Birmingham collided. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone I was as shelterless as a man knocked about in the world, dependent on the work of my own hands. Magda A Play in Four Acts There is no doubt that, as with Washington’s Athenaeum portrait, there are today a “good many” fake sneakers “knocking about” China, the United States, Italy and the rest of the world. Inside the Knockoff-Tennis-Shoe Factory 2010-08-20T20:10:00Z For years I was knocking about in foreign countries, and gave very little thought to the salvation of my soul. The Undying Past He flew like the wind, knocking about and overturning several people in his rapid and furious career. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 “But how did you get knocked about like that?” said the vicar, smiling to himself. The Parson O' Dumford After some search he found it again several hundred feet off, up the beach; it was a good deal knocked about, too. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Her art and her knocking about, instead of coarsening her, had refined her. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode Are you going to bring a creole here as your wife, or one of those ladies who knock about the world in search of adventures? The Undying Past It seemed undoubtedly true that the prisoners there had been knocked about and beaten in a terrible manner by their guards. Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 The First Twelve Months of War Then glancing up in the clear firm face which seemed to demand an answer, he said, almost in a whisper: “I couldn’t abear for him to be knocked about, if I could stop it.” The Parson O' Dumford Uncle Wilfred is decent enough to me, because I'm a girl, but he says it's wholesome for boys to be knocked about a little. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life "We don't need 'em these summer nights, but I'll be bound there's one knocking about somewhere." The Gay Adventure A Romance Perhaps knocking about the world abandoned and degraded, while he, unpunished, might dare to set his foot in the house which he had helped to desecrate. The Undying Past The boat was being frightfully knocked about, and was drenched with the splashing of the waves that broke against the walls. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Both Liberty and Lysander were a good deal knocked about and had numerous casualties, the captain of the Liberty being among the killed. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War After knocking about for five years—what do you think of that, my boy? An Engagement of Convenience A Novel I got knocking about with a bad lot of chaps; and the end of it was, some of us came here. The Wreckers of Sable Island You have been knocking about, driven hither and thither, since childhood. Yiddish Tales Our men got so knocked about that he gave them five shillings apiece on the spot. Springtime and Other Essays The enemy ships must have been badly knocked about, for they soon retired, enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War I have knocked about in the States a good deal, and have known scores of men ruined by being too hasty in making a choice. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War The King and Henry were knocking about the city. Marguerite de Valois He has knocked about the world for some five-and-twenty years, without apparently having found his corner in it yet. Tony Butler Of course she made the house too hot to hold him, and he said he felt glad to go, for he could not bear to see a child so knocked about. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Ay, Charley, I have knocked about the world as much as most men, and seen, too, my share of its wonders. The Fortunes Of Glencore Cairns had knocked about the world a good deal and had collected sensations as finer natures collect thoughts. A Bed of Roses The horse has been knocked about in the betting a good deal lately and I am told that he has gone to an outside price again. Hard Pressed As Gud was knocking about among the stars he saw yet another world spinning idly on its axis as it floated aimlessly in the nebulous ether. The Book of Gud "Who the deuce is this little girl," he asked, "that everybody should be knocked about in this way for her?" Ayala's Angel It's mostly their houses that have been knocked about in the bombardment, you see. Under Fire For Servia “Indeed, I believe D—— speaks of having knocked about the States a bit, which may account for some of the ‘wooden-nutmeg’ tricks he has played on the U-boats. Sea-Hounds The cart, with one wheel off, was dragged and knocked about by the wretched little donkey's struggles to regain his legs. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves Some time after the matters I have been recounting happened, two of the pakehas, who were "knocking about" Mr. ——'s premises, went fishing. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times In doing so it was necessary to pass through the billiard-room, and there she found Colonel Stubbs, knocking about the balls. Ayala's Angel And with a quick turn of her wrist she flicked the ball she was idly knocking about full at the approaching girl, hitting her smartly on the shin. Just Gerry A good many of the worst knocked about were talking a bit wild, but I never heard the guy with the Chinook wa-wa again. Sea-Hounds Our trench was getting badly knocked about by the flying missiles. The Irish at the Front He had knocked about the world long enough. By Right of Conquest A Novel When he was told of knocking about a house of his own, he quite took the meaning of Sir Thomas's words, and was immediately prepared for the sort of conversation which would follow. Ayala's Angel For my part I feel no inclination to knock about the world in distant countries; I feel happy and contented within my own narrow circle. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. But it's too old for kids to knock about. Carnival Instantly the two clubs went knocking about among the wedding guests, tickling some and throwing down others, until the place was in an uproar. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales "We sailormen pick up a good deal of information knocking about the world as we do." By Right of Conquest A Novel Balance this with a story of a young English idiot I met knocking about inside his high collars, attended by a valet. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Square," said he, "you have been sorely knocked about, a passive agent, without an object, save to enjoy or suffer the present hour. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 When a man is knocking about the world he is inclined to envy the people who can vegetate peacefully at home, but thirty-six years of stagnation is a killing business!” An Unknown Lover “You know I only took the run over here for the sake of the voyage, but now you’re over you’d better see something of the country, and do a few months’ knocking about with Greenoak. Harley Greenoak's Charge He does not even say in what part of the said world he has done the knocking about. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance You might knock about the city for a night and never cross the same line. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Perhaps he could lick me if we had a fight, but I’d rather get knocked about and teach the fellow manners than sit down quietly and be insulted.” With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Grenville reloaded all his weapons, and after indulging in a nip of brandy, felt more like himself again, though considerably knocked about, and a perfect mass of bruises upon the arms and shoulders. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa Am I a child still, he asked himself, that can be knocked about hither and thither, that must obey and ask for no reason? Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Most of us have done some knocking about the world—I among others.” A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Wherefore I would impress it upon you who follow after, do not knock about the Chinese quarters at night and alone. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Later on, perhaps, when you have knocked about the world a little more, you may wish to resign your commission, and then if you join us here all the better! With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Madame Quéro—she had a husband knocking about somewhere in Spain, who never came into her calculations or scheme of existence—flashed at the handsome young Italian a very charming and provocative smile. The Intriguers But we did well, considering that the numbers opposed to us were three or four to one, and did not lose a single wheel, though we were pretty severely knocked about. Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac King William ran a good race, and for a colt that has had the knocking about and hammering that he has, he is one of the best three-year-olds that has appeared this year. History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 "Nothing enlarges a man's mind like knocking about a bit," I said. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Two Zulus were killed, and several were so knocked about that they could not stand.—Stout poles were cut, and the carcases of the buffaloes were carried in triumph to the chiefs kraal. The White Chief of the Caffres The king is a good and a true man, and we know it isn't his will to have the farmers knocked about like dumb cattle or boxed on the ears like children. Black Forest Village Stories We're not in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but in the mouth of the English Channel, with plenty of shipping knocking about. A Marriage at Sea Pity she came, to be made much of for a day or two and then thrown away or knocked about like an old doll. Lulu's Library, Volume II This one knocked about, mostly, for his health's sake. The Destroying Angel It was some comfort to be under the old delusion that fear and nervousness can be cured by violence, and that knocking about will turn a timid boy into a bold one. Tom Brown's School Day's What were you doing knocking about that part of the house at that hour of the night? Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories I thought the knocking about the world I have had would have rubbed the edges off. Long Live the King You forget that I am not a baby—that I have knocked about a good deal and seen the seamy side of life. A Life Sentence A Novel Well——" he considered; "they weren't exactly what you would have expected from a fellow who's knocked about as Foster has. Leonore Stubbs There ought to be furniture of a period—old Flemish or Colonial, Heppelwhite or Chippendale or Sheraton, such as he saw occasionally knocking about in curio shops and second hand stores. The "Genius" Why, yes, I believe there's a packet knocking about. For John's Sake and Other Stories. Other lines showed plainly that, though his accessories were new, the man, unlike his portmanteau, had knocked about the world, and had got a good deal damaged in the process. The Return of the Prodigal The little girls were knocked about in their beds at night, a stout servant was forcibly held hand and foot, the children's shoes were thrown about, the chairs glided about the room. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Nothing thrives when you knock about the road to earn your bread. Ditte: Girl Alive! Claude Patru, the man who inhabited the lower storey, maintained that they were knocking about overhead all night long, and he was sure that Olivier had been with them, for he distinctly heard his voice. Weird Tales, Vol. II. John had been away, knocking about museums and colleges, and carrying on tempestuous radical work. The Kempton-Wace Letters They were knocked about, an' beat, an' bullied, an' kicked, an' starved,—worse than the laziest lubber as ever skulked about the decks o' a ship. The Boy Slaves He was quite used to sleeping in the carriage, in spite of shaking and rolling and knocking about. Timar's Two Worlds One evening, a few days later, Mrs. Fox discovered Jack Darling alone in the billiard-room knocking about the balls while waiting for someone to join him in a game. Banked Fires To save you from being knocked about, touched"—he was about to add "violated," the purity of her seemed so virginal, but he stopped and she went on: "It's just as I told you before. Old Crow I am not accustomed to knock about the woods so early in the morning.” A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day My way of knocking about the world brought me into contact with so many people that it was difficult to sort my gallery of faces, and keep each one mentally ticketed. The House by the Lock Night had set in; travelers weary of knocking about want no rocking. Timar's Two Worlds It is extraordinary what a lot of knocking about a sturdy Irishman can put up with, and what whacks he can receive on the head without any apparent damage. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence Of the lads the greater part had been badly knocked about, and some lay insensible in the road. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines The pair of them had both knocked about the world largely. The Recipe for Diamonds One who knocks about in the open all day long, like her! The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature The furniture was knocked about, the ground shook, the plates rang on the dresser, and still he did not give in, but he grew more and more false and fawning. The Grandee My dear Mrs. Crombie, when you have knocked about the world as much as I have—one learns never to be either surprised or shocked. I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts He had knocked about the world long enough to recognise the tone of a man talking business with a gun. The Bandbox Yes, auntie," as she paused, "the years I have spent knocking about without any money, having to work hard for Kate and the baby, have been the happiest and best of my life. The Spectacle Man A Story of the Missing Bridge A small, dark, thick-set creature, with dog’s eyes, of a disposition incomparably mild and harmless, he knocked about seas and cities, the uncomplaining whiptop of one vice. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) He had "knocked about," he had seen all sorts of things and people, and to think that his heart should be caught by Chatty and her muslin work! A Country Gentleman and his Family He’s just a rough sailor knocking about all over the world, and he too may be dead by this time. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold At five-and-forty, after knocking about the world for years, and "never opening a book," as people say, to have given a good "construe" is a feather in one's cap. Sir Tom The Suburbs, Tea gardens, avenues, walks, &c., were all destroyed by the French to prevent the Prussians coming in, and their houses and heads knocked about with shot and shells to drive the French out. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) I don't know as that is so, but some of them have been knocked about, and have got some pistol wounds, no doubt. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow We have knocked about queer corners of the world together for a good many years. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Surely if Charles Bradlaugh's ghost is knocking about this planet, having a mission to undo the work of his lifetime in the flesh, it should begin the task in London. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The young man-about-town who had nothing to do but amuse himself, who was always "knocking about," as he said, whose business was pleasure, was the kind of being with whom she was acquainted. Sir Tom One of the keepers was shot in the legs, and two of the poachers was a good deal knocked about. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam Then I knocked about the world a while, and back in Ireland I could not stay, for the haunting thought of her. The Eye of Dread Other structures had been dismantled and knocked about, but what remained of them had not been charred by fire. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 I had been knocking about Vesuvius for a bit, keeping very bad company, which, nevertheless, behaved very well to me. Love and Lucy I've knocked about among all sorts of people, but I never found such a curious family before—in such a place. Highacres Of course you will get cheated, but you have got to begin knocking about some time. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance I have a book by someone of that name—travel and adventure and knocking about the world. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 “God bless me!” he cried, with an outbreak of the most heartfelt grief; “you seem more fit to be in your mother’s nursery, than to be knocked about in this way.” Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. Cracking on The wind continued to freshen, and by 11 p.m. we were tearing through the water before a fair breeze, but knocking about a good deal more than was pleasant. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' There's a brother knocking about somewhere, but he doesn't count, he's only a baby. Audrey Craven It nauseates me to see that fellow knocking about those poor devils who have to do that for a living! Kid Scanlan When the Athlone people saw us knocking about they were surprised they had never thought of it before. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule “I left home when I was only ten years of age, and have knocked about the world ever since.” Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils Most of the party stayed on shore to dinner, for the kitchen-range on board the 'Sunbeam' has got rather damaged by the knocking about of the last few days. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The old manager had been a good deal knocked about by them himself. Six Letters From the Colonies I got her out of their hands, knocked about and wounded, and brought her so far on the road to the first convent I could come at. The Spanish Jade The speaker would sell it on behalf of the War Funds and humbly apologised to his brother authors for having knocked about so much in his youth with emperors and persons of that kind. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 I reached them in thirty-three days, and returned in twenty-eight, with the exception that these storms detained me fourteen days knocking about in this sea. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose They are as knocked about as a fleet coming out of action, they are as twisted and garbled as a Chinese war telegram; it is like an hospital for congenitally diseased compositions taking the air. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences Strange how one gets knocked about by life, isn't it? Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin You fellows who have knocked about, you get ideas and ways——. People of Position I don't wonder at your liking to knock about. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 Though stronger and tougher in one sense than the wooden bow they would not stand so much knocking about. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. He tells me many things, queer little things and queer big ones, because he has "knocked about the world" and learned them for himself. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Mind, I do not say that he will knock about again. Daisy's Aunt No, only that he's sick of knocking about, and thinks he will try his luck at home. People of Position His knocking about the world for a bit had opened up his mind. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 I've just been vaccinated myself, and it's no joke to get my arm knocked about like this!' Ghetto Comedies It was pretty badly knocked about; still, if I can get it home it's a trophy. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Young Bob Hunter had been knocking about the streets of New York too long to be very easily taken in by this old Gunwagner. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street It means, sir," Williams said, "that as the party from fields were coming back yesterday evening, they were attacked by the 'skies,'—I mean by the roughs—and got terribly knocked about. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Most men that's been knocked about all their lives get shy and wary. Donald and Dorothy Then he had knocked about the world a good deal, and had come north at Captain Herbert's advice to see if the Oro air would not do him good. The Silver Maple The dog that has been kicked and knocked about from puppyhood has in it the accumulated viciousness of his long injuries. The Roof Tree Indeed, at one time its condition served to remind one of the lines of Holmes— "Lord, how the Senior knocked about That Freshman class of one." History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III He did not mind being shut up, but he objected to being knocked about. Kings in Exile I knocked about the country this way two seasons more—that makes me twenty-two. The Light of the Star A Novel "I suppose," said Clarence, "it wouldn't quite do to have the gates melted down, or the thrones; but there's any amount of other gold furniture knocking about—what's the matter with coining that?" In Brief Authority Pushed and knocked about, they resisted with their arms and shoulders until, yielding to the pressures they finally gave way, and were swallowed up by the crowd. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story I won't offer to come in, for William Tell may be knocking about. Hurricane Island He had not knocked about the streets of New York six years for nothing. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves Oh, mamma, that one won't do," said Ellen anxiously; "you know the desk will be knocking about in a trunk, and the ink would run out and spoil everything. The Wide, Wide World So he got knocked about a great deal, and stood no chance at all among other newsboys, who shoved him aside, and called their papers so loud that Charley's thin voice could not be heard. Harper's Young People, February 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Your Salad Basket was very badly knocked about by the collision. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas She was being knocked about like a tin pot in a gale. Hurricane Island Hamburg at last!—after eight days’ sail from London, three of them spent in knocking about the North Sea, where the wind always blows in your teeth. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France You want to knock about the restaurants and places to get ideas. The Master Mummer The girls you find knocking about town in these sort of places are not desirable associates for a promising young man. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The roadway is up: I should be knocked about more than this on my wooden seat. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas She knows how crazy we are to play and that we'd stand a good deal of knocking about rather than spoil everything. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore It spoils one for a quiet life, to be knocked about in the world as I have been. The Orphans of Glen Elder I don't care any more about knocking about. The Master Mummer No. But my jewels were all knocking about on the dressing-table. It, and Other Stories I don’t see anything knocking about ashore, here, that’ll do for one.” Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure They get so knocked about that a good word or two soon puts matters right again. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop To see a book rudely treated, or knocked about, is almost as distressing to many people as if it was an object sensitive to pain. India and the Indians But it is not too long; it never drags; and it knocks about in the cheerfullest "pit-box-and-gallery" fashion from first to last. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century There was more money "knocking about," so people said, in London than anywhere else; so that was the place for which one made. The Message He was speedily pulled off by Canterbury's servants, and much knocked about. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young There was his shirt being knocked about by the waves! The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story He was badly knocked about, and fractured his left arm, while his machine was wrecked. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems They were not much hurt, but they were very indignant at being knocked about in that manner; also the feathers in their caps were much ruffled. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young I should have taken either of you,—I was so knocked about among 'em. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm For seven long years I have been knocking about this world, and among other things I have learned that plans like Cunningham’s never get through per order. The Pagan Madonna Soon great luggers came splashing along with shrieks from the crews, and sails flapping, chains rattling, spars knocking about, as if a tempest were in rage. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" Close to the corner of a street, among other abodes of poverty, stood an exceedingly tall, narrow house, which had been so knocked about by time that it seemed out of joint in every direction. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen From 8 o'clock in the morning till 9 in the evening we have been crowded and knocked about to and fro in the barrack yard, like a herd of cattle. Bethink Yourselves! “Don’t feel too bad about it, Kind Kurt, because being knocked about sharpens your wits and makes you an expert dodger when you aren’t equal to fighting in the open.” Penny of Top Hill Trail I have “knocked about” ever since the commencement of the war, but I abhor a lonely four-hour railway journey. The Stretton Street Affair He said "That fella along public house playing—he got 'em spear in his hand, and knock about things all a same like it duck egg." Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 But Valls soon recovered his good humor, and, like all men who have knocked about the world, he could not resist the invitation to relate his past. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Isn't there enough steel knocking about in our attic? Jewish Children There are some funny yarns knocking about, and I left the governor doing a sort of war dance. With Haig on the Somme I had particularly marked down Um-Lejj as containing a well-manned Turkish fort which could be knocked about without damaging other buildings in the town if we were careful. Pan-Islam Fraser listened to it all, and then said, "By jove, wasn't it bitter; I was captain of a company of the 89th, and some of my men were badly knocked about." Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 For some years he had knocked about the South Seas, but he was now in command of a small schooner which sailed between Honolulu and the various islands of the group. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands I got the resin from another friend of mine, Mayer-Lippa, Sarah's son, for a bit of steel from my mother's old crinoline which had been knocking about in the attic. Jewish Children The little village, not much knocked about by shell-fire, was occupied by a reserve brigade, and as the cap crossed the rails Martique shut off his engines. With Haig on the Somme One picked up a sort of smattering of a language or two knocking about the world, but no grammatical knowledge, nothing scientific. Tom Brown at Oxford After some weeks' slaving and knocking about at the hands of the ring-master, such as fairly stunned him, he fell sick. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys The rest of us were knocked about by the Turnkeys, or abused by the Gaoleress, Mrs. Macphilader, pretty much as they liked. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... If there's any trouble knocking about I'm bound to stand in. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force In any case, it's a change from what we've been doing—knocking about in the North Sea, waiting for an appointment which the Germans flatly decline to keep. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War After about three years of fool’s paradise, people began to reflect that the shuttlecock could not be knocked about in the air forever, and that when it came down somebody would be hurt. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages I have done a lot of knocking about on the ocean one way and another, but I never saw the Bay of Biscay deserve its reputation better. Uncanny Tales We got through the Bay with very little knocking about, and passed the Rock without calling. The Crack of Doom Although this form of defence had been badly knocked about by shell-fire there was still sufficient wire, either in tension or else in snake-like coils, to offer serious impediment to the advance. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force "Very little, beyond knocking about in yachts and boats," replied Ross. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Mr. Shaw has been chloroformed, the servants knocked about like tenpins, and Frank’s emerald necklace has been stolen. Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam Killigrew was sent to represent Charles II. at Venice in 1649, just after the execution of Charles I., and while his son was a ramingo, or knocking about, as the Venetian ambassador politely puts it. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 After a short bombardment the breastwork seemed so knocked about that Gordon ordered a column to advance to the assault, but it was met by a tremendous fire and compelled to turn back. The Life of Gordon, Volume I There I had to knock about for myself and earn my own living, at an age when most boys are carefully looked after by their parents. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success "There's a real submarine knocking about, I'll swear," said the skipper. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War After I cleared out of Blyth—with a certain amount of money in my pocket—I knocked about the world a good deal, doing one thing and another. Ravensdene Court Punishing horses at fences with whip and spur renders them afraid to face their jumps; because they think that they will be knocked about, even when they are trying their best to give satisfaction. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. The men sheltered themselves in the houses until they were knocked about their ears. The Life of Gordon, Volume I ‘A mere chance; and he has been knocking about in the colonies these ten years—might have cut his wisdom teeth.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster It is likely he was with wild companions abroad, and that knocking about might have shaken his health. The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays And before coming home here to Blyth, knocked about a day or two in that port with an old messmate o' mine that I chanced to meet there. Ravensdene Court That young man had not knocked about the streets eight months for nothing. The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets They have been knocked about, ill used, and forced to bear hardships as men bear them; but still there is about them so much that is charming. The Bertrams Having issued this order, he coolly entered his state-room to lock his drawers and put away his papers and jewellery, for he knew the ship would be knocked about a bit. As We Sweep Through The Deep He had done a good deal of knocking about by that time, for the Hind was sent out to the coast of Norway, where it was suspected that French privateers used the fiords as hiding-places. With Cochrane the Dauntless So am I, I'm afraid—you must remember I am knocked about. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls I've knocked about the world; I know men and cities and the places where there are neither. The Long Trick Well, you see, George has been so much knocked about! The Bertrams The tide at nine o'clock being too low for any such desperate attempt, I thought it likely that they had run for the Downs and would knock about there all night. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 If I can effect this to any moderate extent, I shall be saved a great deal of knocking about. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 We really enjoyed it; made a joke of the being knocked about; and were quite merry. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete If you knocked about a bit more, and went to market of a morrow, and such like, maybe your health would not be so feeble.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot But do you care for her knocking about so with young Rivers and that chap Roper? The Dark Tower No man could keep his feet among those breakers; we should be helplessly knocked about, like ninepins. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Our men got so knocked about that he gave them five shillings apiece on the spot. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 I have knocked about all over the world, and I have done everything. The Keepers of the King's Peace He's at my place, he, and a mate of his, badly knocked about. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush It seemed to Winn as if he had never been so knocked about before. The Dark Tower When the time came around they were taken away but refused to work and so they were knocked about quite a bit. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland The stove had not been struck, but it had knocked about everything else into the utmost confusion. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing I heard you packing, and knocking about, but I wouldn’t disturb you, my dear boy. Witness to the Deed Wanning’s cane, his hat, his topcoat, might go from beggar to beggar and knock about in this world for another fifty years or so; but not he. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays The butties that knock about the poor collier-boys; and the nailers that file off their lads' noses and hammer their fingers; and all the master sweeps, like my master Grimes? The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby The trenches were badly knocked about, and the German artillery and trench-mortars were still causing trouble. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 These have unfortunately been somewhat knocked about during successive tenancies, but clearly show that the house was one of considerable importance in past times. The Strand District The Fascination of London |
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