| 单词 | ninepin |
| 例句 | Melanie wasn’t sure they ought to use up one of Marshall’s tenpins; but April pointed out that there was nothing wrong with the game of ninepins. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘They are all fifty feet high. They’d knock us down like ninepins!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Haunted?” said I. “Yes, indeed. There’s an old story says there are little men up here who play ninepins right down in that gorge in the twilight.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z An attempted kiss can trip them up as effectively as any banana peel, while gentle caresses somehow turn into body slams that knock over their recipients like ninepins. | 'Uncle Vanya': ‘Uncle Vanya’ With Cate Blanchett at City Center 2012-07-22T18:31:05Z Records tumbled like ninepins as cinemas bruised by 2014's lacklustre takings got the perfect pick-me-up: namely, one must-see blockbuster after another. Film in 2016: A look ahead - BBC News 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Friendship events planned for the end of the month to mark the 40th anniversary of the resumption of Sino-Japanese ties are falling like ninepins. IHT Rendezvous: Rising Tension - and Stakes - in Island Dispute Between Japan and China 2012-09-14T07:25:55Z A single blow upon the back of the head sent me over like a ninepin, and I lay stretched at my full length upon the ground, but half-conscious, with a singing sensation in my head. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Rural, dusty, cracked public-houses; with frowzy gardens, with rotten, sloppy tables and benches; with beery gorillas playing at quoits and ninepins. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Soon, soon thrones all over the world would topple like ninepins; soon the power of the world would be in new hands. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z And the place where he slept, and the place where he saw the solemn, silent crew of the “Half Moon” playing at ninepins, will be sought for and pointed out in all time coming. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Another game is something like the play of ninepins. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z The stone took him full in the pit of the stomach, and toppled him backwards like a ninepin. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z "If Fate has made us wooden ninepins in the world's nursery, we may batter our head against the walls as much as we like—but we can never batter it into a profile!" Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z In the smaller one lay some garden-tools, but of a less size than a grown man in his strength would use, and by their side were certain toys: tops, hoops, ninepins, and the like. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z The assault was so utterly unexpected that he rolled over like a ninepin. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Down went Ahmed’s opponents before his levelled lance like ninepins, so that the lists were soon strewn with their recumbent forms. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Forgetting all about discipline and thinking only of his insult, I flung out my left and hit him fair on the mouth, sending him down like a ninepin. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z He kneels, and stands, and walks, plays a mouth organ, makes his way across a row of ninepins, and across a bar, balancing himself with a pole like a veritable Blondin. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Church steeples had been knocked over like ninepins, and explosive missiles dropped in the centre of the town every moment, sweeping the streets with deadly effect. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Beside the different spectacles assembled in this place to attract idlers, strangers and young gentlemen came there to play different games of cards, of dice, ninepins and skittles. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Then he sat up, and there rushed into his mind the cleft in the rocks and the little men playing ninepins. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z You knock down the colonials with one hand, and you set them up with the other, as though they were so many ninepins. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z It caught two of them and bowled them over like ninepins. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z After leaving Tahiti, cholera, Yellow Jack, fish-poisoning, or some other disease came aboard, and the crew and mate went down before it like ninepins. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z They would go on as if it were a game of ninepins. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z He made the best toys, flew kites when there really seemed no breeze to lift them from the ground, and bowled over a larger number of ninepins than the cleverest of them all. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Thus for months they had played the double game of ninepins and of a ghostly drama! The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z The school O.T.C. formed the guard of honour, the only contretemps being that several of the youthful warriors were overcome by the heat, dropping down in the ranks one after another, like so many ninepins. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Crack!—woof!—a right and left-hander straight from the shoulder, and the huge barbarian goes down like a ninepin. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z No later than yesterday she threw down my ninepins in one of her ill-humours, as she was walking by with her gown all trailing in the dust.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Russian fortresses continued for another month to fall like ninepins before the Austro-German armies. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z "Oh! did you hear—did you hear all the ghoses and devils playing ninepins together in our very house?" she gasped, dropping into a chair. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z One cannot bear false witness against himself, any more than he can play ninepins or fight a duel with himself. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z He doubled him up by the roadside like a ninepin.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z After all, these enumerations of the comparative advantages of marriage and celibacy are of little use, for a single glance of a pair of bright eyes will cause antimatrimonial arguments to go down like ninepins. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z What were my feelings on finding that this huge pinnacle had no more stability than a ninepin, and as my weight came on to it slowly heeled over! Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z They were being bowled over like ninepins, as the Germans must have seen them crossing the open. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Mad with rage, the animal dashed into the midst of the Germans, knocking them over like ninepins. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z A straight, neat hit from the shoulder, and the foremost goes down like a ninepin; but they see that he is unarmed, and fearlessly throw themselves upon him. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Men seem to go down like ninepins before her. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Why, I'd take half a dozen or so of such fellows one off and another on, and thrash the whole lot of them as easy as a game of ninepins. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z The co-operation that was so evident in October 2008, when the banks were falling like ninepins, was nowhere to be seen. IMF annual meeting fails to halt slide to currency war 2010-10-11T06:00:00Z I ordered my men to fix bayonets and charge, which the gallant fellows did splendidly; but we got shot down like ninepins. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z In that time they had the form team of the Premiership flapping at thin air, scattering like ninepins at the tackle area and pedalling backwards at the set-piece. Leicester 43-20 Bath 2010-04-03T19:09:00Z At last the Sheriff seized the whip and lashed the whipper, then turned to the row of ninepins and delivered the lashes. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days You all go over like ninepins—one after the other. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man Tom Richardson, the last man in for England, made sixty-two, while some who shall be nameless went down like ninepins in the van. Witching Hill As quickly as one raft was got into position the poor fellows were knocked over like ninepins by the most murderous fire. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z We bowled along as easy as ninepins, but the pace was a hair-raiser. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories You know how ninepins are set–that shape. Into the Primitive We did not even attempt to keep our seats, but flew about like ninepins. Glories of Spain He came down On his feet, staggered against a portly merchant—who went over like a ninepin—and lurched heavily on to a policeman preparing to make a dash for the horse's head. The Gay Adventure A Romance Bowling down dynasties and setting up ninepin princes may amuse a man, but, after all, is it not to the tranquil enjoyments of home he looks for happiness? Tony Butler During the week, they have nothing but hard work; and on Sunday, they find recreation at ninepins, or in dancing in heavy boots. On the Heights A Novel It was then that Jean-aux-Choux forced himself forward on his big, blundering Spanish mare, driving between a couple of cavaliers, and sending them right and left like ninepins. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion It wasn't anyone's fault that the forest ranger's child had the measles and that the Penguins who had never had the chance to catch anything went down with it like ninepins. The Underpup For Heaven's sake, stop setting up ninepins for other men to knock down. Edelweiss A Story But you will have to change the name of your Club; you cannot be ninepins any more. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 Every consideration for oneself goes down like ninepins before the one big thing. Lady Cassandra Florian cared but little for this, however: he played the fine gentleman every Sunday, played longest at ninepins, and was a fast man generally. Black Forest Village Stories For me to take this joy ride meant throwing over a whole day's engagements like so many ninepins. The Brightener Lenz had never had in his hand a card or a ninepin ball,--those consumers of time and low spirits. Edelweiss A Story The wine was so good and strong, wrote the historian, that the soldiers clamoured for it; after they had drunk a little they toppled over like ninepins. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain "And Jarge says," she concluded, "they tumble right over like ninepins." The Rosie World With a box of ninepins very much the same game can be played. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes The seven scouts had timed their assault to the moment, and sent their opponents over like ninepins. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts There was always plenty of cakes and fruit and hoops and balls and croquet and tennis, ninepins and gymnastic appliances. The Son of His Mother Since this there has been a free conference, and the Lords have been bowling down Bills like ninepins. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III You have seen a ninepin wobble uncertainly for a moment, then go down. The Rosie World In wet weather, in the hall, a box of large ninepins is invaluable. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Chippy's dirty fist was planted with stinging force in Arthur's right eye, and Arthur went over like a ninepin. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Later we passed in succession the Bet, Sue, and Poll Islands, and the Ninepin Rock, a curious-shaped little islet, though anything less like a ninepin I cannot imagine. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Last week, when I was a-cleanin' out his bottom cupboard, the brandy bottles was standin' up like a row o' ninepins. Audrey Craven Clear, quick brains cannot stand Fate's making ninepins of mankind year after year like this. Another Sheaf I sprang to my feet, and, sure enough, the thick-headed ninepin of a gardener was nearing us. The O'Ruddy A Romance Rosher did the same; and the enemy, who were nothing but a pack of barking curs, went down like ninepins, falling over one another in their efforts to escape. Soldiers of the Queen And Tom, recovering from the first surprise of his capture, was doing a good job himself, his flailing arms scattering the Bardeks like ninepins. Wanderer of Infinity He made him captain of all the soldier ninepins and guard of the toy train, and he took him to bed with him at night. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The Pauline "demon" had now got all our men into a terrible "funk," and the result was that wickets began to fall at both ends like ninepins: 44-9-3. War Letters of a Public-School Boy And shout, without stopping, whilst, frightened and flopping, My elderly victims like ninepins are dropping,— "So long!" Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling Fauvette lacked spirit, and went down like a ninepin before the least word of reproof. The Madcap of the School He was nothing but a ninepin, set up to be knocked down, an Aunt Sally who was never allowed to keep her pipe in her mouth for ten consecutive seconds. Somehow Good Tom, who was nearest to him, chucked down his load and went right at him, and knocked him over like a ninepin. A Chapter of Adventures His broad body overshadowed the big mule, and his two little legs might have been a pair of ninepins below a vast cask draped in white. In the Tail of the Peacock Kayles—derived from the French word quilles—was a great favourite in the fourteenth century, and was undoubtedly the parent of our modern game of ninepins. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems The Indians fell like ninepins, but there were always more to come on. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies Thus, the fact predominates that cards, dice and ninepins were generally sources of amusement—for stakes. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Men in the front rank went down like ninepins, but the rest came on over their bodies, and everyone realised that they meant business. With Haig on the Somme They have in fifty-five constituencies set up or knocked down English candidates like ninepins. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Earl of Warwick ‘Kingmaker’ was Earl Warwick styled With his manner scarcely mild He set Kings up and bowled them down Playing at ninepins with the Crown. A Humorous History of England The moment he was free from the group that was attacking him, he rushed forward, sweeping the natives over with his handspike like ninepins. With Cochrane the Dauntless Playing ninepins at the ordinary was part of the gentleman's day, when he came to the centers in the Colony, where these public places were established in numbers, after the middle of the century. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century It was just such an outlook as Rip found before he met the outlandish Dutchmen with their ninepins and flagon. Chimney-Pot Papers 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 I feel really that I have set myself up like an animated ninepin to be knocked down by the first thorough-going spiritualist who cares to bowl at me. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis "You have thrown away your minutes and your hours upon balls, ninepins, marbles, and lollypops." The Crown of Success Margaret hunted about in the attic, and found a box of ninepins. Margaret Montfort The Uhlans were no match for them; they were bowled over like ninepins. The Rider in Khaki A Novel Hell's bells, do you have to stand there gaping like a moronic ninepin? The Sky Trap In the most forcible way she went through the stock objections against giving women the franchise, and knocked them down one by one like so many ninepins. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis By the light of the lanterns he can see the wooden candles above the grocer's shop knocking together like ninepins; the street lamps shiver and swing; a high wind has sprung up. The Gods are Athirst Some of the most appropriate are playing ball, quoits, ninepins, and other athletic exercises; but in no case for money, or any similar consideration. The Young Man's Guide Of course, poker and euchre, whist and ninepins, to say nothing of monte and faro, are now in constant requisition. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Ay did I, once—and got knocked down as sharp as ninepins. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago Sometimes they play together at ninepins, rolling the ball through a little gate. Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt He whirled it around his head like a ninepin and flung it over the canopy of the dock far out into the shimmering lake! Beyond the Vanishing Point Selecting the Hebrews, he drove before him a throng of twenty, dressed in all the colors of the rainbow, who allowed themselves to be knocked down with the obedience of ninepins. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 He brought along a ninepin, and they fought two against one; the poor ninepin was nearly done for, and he rolled away under the bed and fainted. 'Me and Nobbles' Sir Bryan fired and the bear tumbled over like a ninepin. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Unfortunately there was a row of them he had just filled; and a dozen went down, like ninepins. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) “But he ain’t easy to keep within bounds,” said Brace, putting his pipe in his pocket and rising; “for he’s been knockin’ the lobsters of Europe over like ninepins of late years. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers So thought not the City Guard, four of whom went down like ninepins. Hunted and Harried Blocks, dolls, kitchens, farm yards, ninepins—all have been given to them as a means of keeping them quiet. April's Lady A Novel What a shindy you have made, bowling us all down like ninepins! Jacob Faithful I can only liken it to what we might suppose produced by a set of monster ninepins tumbled about by a party of gigantic Dutchmen. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days The Dutchman, who hates the Zulus with all his heart, would knock them over like ninepins.” Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Anne resisted all entreaties to convince herself by feeling of the corporal’s arm that the bones were ‘as loose as a bag of ninepins,’ and displayed an anxiety to escape. The Bibliotaph and Other People Everything else goes down like ninepins, even if it’s a real stately old mother, with her hair fixed-up like Marie Antoinette. Flaming June In less than a minute there was another heavy bump that shook the deck fore and aft, making all the passengers tumble about like ninepins. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel It spoke a good deal for Mark Railsford that under the first shock of this startling interview, he did not bowl over the whole deputation like so many ninepins and explode before the assembled house. The Master of the Shell Had any one had the courage to do so, they would have gone down like a row of ninepins. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Before the round had well begun I was reeling about like a ninepin. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life I was nearest, and charged, and over I went like a ninepin; then Jim was on him, and over he went too. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Debating societies, like the company of reporters, engender a familiarity of reference to eminent persons, and Andrew had in his time struck down the champions of woman's rights as a boy plays with his ninepins. Better Dead Prisoners' bass seems a favorite boys' amusement, and ninepins, or, as we call it, bowls, are played by all classes freely, and it is not regarded as at all unministerial. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Wish my dress would stay up on my shoulders, and that it was not too nice for me to get on the floor to play ninepins. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends "O, nothing of consequence," replied Sheridan, "only Burke has knocked down one of Lord Lonsdale's ninepins." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The result was rather bad for the Turks; they went down like a lot of ninepins before Mole's railway-like progression. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series He tightens the noose, and they fall around like ninepins. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag But if the shells were large-caliber high explosives, he crouched close to the front wall of the trench, lamenting the day he was foolish enough to become an infantryman, "a bloomin' 'uman ninepin!" Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army The first is a variant of "prisoner's base"; the other is a species of ninepins, or skittles, played with a group of uprights at which short, thick clubs are thrown. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The Earl of Lonsdale was so extensive a proprietor, and patron of boroughs, that he returned nine members to Parliament, who were facetiously called Lord Lonsdale's ninepins. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings "I wonder you did not send the carriage to Evesham for her, mother," remarked Harry, picking up some of the ninepins which Miss Kate had swept off the table with her hand. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 I presented the solitary specimen which I bought, a ninepin in proportions, to the grateful Katiusha. Russian Rambles A man like that doesn't get knocked over like a ninepin. Romance Did you see them go over like ninepins," laughed Compton, "when they struck? In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa Don't ye let me down so, father; I feel no bigger than a ninepin after it. The Return of the Native He dashed the weedy youths out of his way like ninepins, jumped to his seat, and the car and the car's occupants were safe. The Motor Maid They have no ninepins, so they are not trying to make a ten-strike. Greenwich Village All the year round thou hast amused Me by playing at ninepins. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse And then some monster balls he makes, He does not spare the snow And as each back Receives a whack, Like ninepins down they go. The Adventure of Two Dutch Dolls and a 'Golliwogg' Wandering among the mountains, he fell in with the ghosts of Hendrick Hudson and his crew, with whom he played a game of ninepins. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Men went down like ninepins at a fair. Private Peat I have studied this game for close upon twenty years, and reduced it almost to mathematics; and I foresee that you will play—nay, you have already played— ninepins with my most certain conclusions. Poison Island Others wanted to know if the melody of their instruments were not more pleasing to me than thy joyous laugh when a ninepin fell at the stroke of thy love-ball. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse Mr. Clive bowled him over like a ninepin till he lay along deck all pea soup an' gore. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Unresisting, they tottered and fell one against another, like ninepins: and Roy, hating the man, turned sharply away. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Unpublished Play" a choice tirade against the royal play of human ninepins:— "And then a battle, too—no doubt it is A right fine thing; or rather to have been there. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 The voices were still raised one above the other, all eager to tell about ninepins, or marbles, or tops, or bows and arrows, when suddenly music was heard. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories They gave a rock a big shove and knocked him over like a ninepin. Christmas Outside of Eden Mr. L. Such things as ninepins, marbles, tops, and wooden horses. McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader If she fancied he was one of her infernal ninepins, she was very much mistaken. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India And when they dive, you can only see their tails sticking straight up like ninepins. Abbe Mouret's Transgression The king had just sat down before the first, vowing that he would knock them down, one after the other, like a row of ninepins. After London Or, Wild England He was there merely as a ninepin to be knocked over. Marcella Here, therefore, as I said, resorted many of the old inhabitants of the Manhattoes, where, while some played at the shuffle-board and quoits and ninepins, others smoked a deliberate pipe, and talked over public affairs. Tales of a Traveller Sometimes—when I'm feeling magnanimous—I catch a ninepin as it falls! Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Strike and string; from the game of ninepins; to make a strike is to knock down all the pins with one ball, hence it has come to mean fortunate, successful. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Not far off is the broad track of a hurricane, which had walked through it for miles, knocking the great trees down like ninepins, and leaving them to rot there. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern They looked in the glare of yellow light like black ninepins. The Philanderers They went down before his charms like a row of ninepins before a ball. Deadham Hard She expects men to fall in love with her—and they topple over like ninepins. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India I have been like a ninepin set up in the game of other people's lives, only to be knocked down again; and yet without me the game could not have been played. Fated to Be Free You sot, you loiter about ale-houses and taverns, spend your time at billiards, ninepins, or puppet-shows, never minding me nor my numerous family. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Presently more men fell down the chimney, one after the other, who brought nine thigh-bones and two skulls, which they set up, and then they began to play at ninepins. Grimm's Fairy Stories And there's no more benevolence bubbling out of him, than out of a ninepin.' Little Dorrit To dream that you play ninepins, denotes that you are foolishly wasting your energy and opportunities. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition With that last speech she bowled herself out of the imaginary game of ninepins, and the next stroke was made by Dorothea. Fated to Be Free You all go over like ninepins—one after the other. An Ideal Husband "I have been playing ninepins," he replied, "and lost a couple of dollars." Grimm's Fairy Stories The cameras on their little platforms went down like ninepins. Mr. Standfast You have seen a group of ninepins standing, all so rigid, and prim, and unbending. Tales of Terror and Mystery Then more men dropped down, one after the other, who fetching nine skeleton legs and two skulls, put them up and played ninepins with them. The Blue Fairy Book Here was no commonplace, no Oakland Estuary, no weary round of throwing newspapers at front doors, delivering ice, and setting up ninepins. John Barleycorn A sporty thing that, I tell you; I just couldn't blow him to hell, So I swung to the point of his jaw-bone, and down like a ninepin he fell. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man As I did so, the Thing rose straight at me in a leap, and I was knocked over like a ninepin. The Island of Doctor Moreau Then there comes the ball from far away and pop, pop, pop—there are your ninepins on the floor. Tales of Terror and Mystery "I played ninepins," he answered, "and lost a few pence." The Blue Fairy Book Don't ye let me down so, Father; I feel no bigger than a ninepin after it. The Return of the Native From the proportions of a mere point it advanced to the shape of a ninepin, and was soon perceived to be a man in black, arriving from the direction of Flintcomb-Ash. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Didn't she hit out straight from the shoulder; and didn't that fellow go down like a ninepin! Wild Kitty Well, imagine some of the greatest men in France as these ninepins and then this Monsieur Caratal was the ball which could be seen coming from far away. Tales of Terror and Mystery Leaders leaped up, shouting orders, only to go down like ninepins as the line of fire reached them. The Great Secret Here's a chap who has been in bed on and off for months coming out in this unexpected manner and knocking us about as if we had been ninepins. The Mystery of the Four Fingers We are tired of marbles, and balls, and ninepins. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 She just aimed a blow straight at one of the fellows and knocked him over as if he were a ninepin. Wild Kitty Loving and riding away is not wholly unknown in the Anglo-Indian community; and indeed, by both parties to the contract, engagements are frequently regarded in the mistaken light of ninepins. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places But the phrase "brother artists" had played ninepins with her little conventions. The Incomplete Amorist "Little ninepins, would you like to get threepence?" asked he. The Channings Shall we play at marbles, or balls, or knock down the golden ninepins? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Returning it was worse; the wind was at our backs, and at different times Ellen and I were blown down like ninepins. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha The party was at once broken up, heavy blows were exchanged, the two pugilists rolling their assailants over like ninepins, but receiving several heavy blows from their assailants' clubs. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret I could not help crying out, "Bravo! well aimed!" for no ninepins ever went down more helplessly than these poor fellows before the round shot. The Virginians "Little ninepins" had probably never had a whole threepence to herself in her young life. The Channings The Highlanders were happy, noisy, and full of confidence--not unjustly, for so far they had played ninepins with the Royal troops. The Yeoman Adventurer Certain of the men have huge dilly-bags made of strips of lawyer-cane, and shaped like a ninepin with a funnel for a head. Tropic Days The natives went down like ninepins before him. Rujub, the Juggler The eastern jamb is formed by Tírán Island; the western by the sandy Ras Nasráni, whose glaring tawny slope is dotted with dark basaltic cones, detached and disposed like great ninepins. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 They gave a yell of rage and astonishment as they went down like ninepins; but we scarcely saw it, for as we went through them the musketry fire broke out round the messroom. In Times of Peril He had once been a common ninepin, but having had a hole bored through his middle with a red-hot wire he became possessed of a mystic power and personality. Olivia in India Young men went down before her like ninepins in a bowling alley. The Broken Road You have done more than your share, I should say," the Major said; "for they went down like ninepins before you. Rujub, the Juggler Rohan hurled his opponents right and left like so many ninepins. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction The advancing Bulgarian infantry went down like ninepins; but it did not give up, for it knew that "they would go when they saw the steel." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Four or five, as the runner neared, sprang out to intercept, but flew apart like ninepins. Dragon's blood You see—it was so good to watch you raging about with touzled hair, like the only original bull of Bashan, and the others tumbling like ninepins. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations The visitors bowled them over like ninepins, and rushed through their first line of defence as though it never existed. The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs The autumn ramble: the woods, the dog, the gun, the Hudson, the stranger, the "ninepins" company, the flagon, the waking--the changed scenes. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 After dinner I roll ninepins or walk till four, then sitz-bath, and another walk till six. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe He went down like a ninepin, but scrambled up in a trice, and was running for the window. The Splendid Spur He secured a seat in the Commons as one of Sir James Lowther's "ninepins," and speedily won the respect of the House. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. I throw flat rings at a sort of ninepins, five shots for a halfpenny: the first four leave the pins stolid and the public derisive. Without Prejudice Plunging into the fray with a curse, he exercised his great strength, throwing the men this way and that like ninepins, and finally dragging Silas to his feet again. Jess The children's toys, a ball and a set of ninepins lay on the floor! Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume They fell like a row of ninepins, blackened in face and hand in an instant,—in the twinkling of an eye. Dreams and Dream Stories Smack! ooff! and the two powerful men went down like ninepins. It Is Never Too Late to Mend She had a glimpse of Kells's dark face drawing away from her; another of Gulden's giant form in Herculean action, tossing men aside like ninepins; another of weapons aloft. The Border Legion One could fancy you a Don Quixote amongst the shams, knocking them over like ninepins, and moving aside neither to the right nor to the left. Jeanne of the Marshes The horse advanced with long, wild strides, and knocked the crippled old man over as if he were a ninepin. The Vultures An he was not the only one; they bowled over like ninepins; an it would be the same for years to come—was there any reason to wonder at Maurice Guest? Maurice Guest Then, one by one, she set them in the middle of the table like a group of ninepins. Jonah The voices were still raised one above another, all eager to establish some important observation about ninepins, or marbles, or tops, or bows and arrows, when suddenly music was heard and the crowd was silenced. The Parent's Assistant Then he caught hold of the marble Venus by the legs and swung it above his head, in the old Berserker style, and laid out Germans like ninepins... Now It Can Be Told Fortresses hitherto considered impregnable were tumbling like ninepins before the terrible smashing of Austrian and German sixteen-inch guns. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land How could he set up his ambitions before them, to be bowled over like so many ninepins? Maurice Guest "I have been playing at ninepins," he answered, "and have lost a couple of farthings." The Junior Classics — Volume 1 I tell you that there at Crecy I went down before him like a ninepin, and he spared my life. Red Eve Yours mayn't; but I strongly suspect yours of being not Socialists, but ninepins, which you have constructed for your own amusement. Howards End Treat men as pawns and ninepins and you shall suffer as well as they. Essays — First Series Yours mayn't; but I strongly suspect yours of being not Socialists, but ninepins, which you have constructed for your own amusement.� Howards End Then still more men fell down, one after the other; they brought nine dead men's legs and two skulls, and set them up and played at ninepins with them. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 ‘They be as loose as a bag of ninepins,’ explained Cripplestraw in continuation. The Trumpet-Major That a dozen soft words should have bowled me over like a ninepin, and left me without an inch of ground to call my own. Framley Parsonage For Red Wull, too, had seen that sad face, and, rising from his master's feet, had leapt with a roar at his enemy, toppling Jim Mason like a ninepin in the fury of his charge. Bob, Son of Battle When the guard came along I knocked him over, like a ninepin, with a green cocoanut I had, and made for the railroad. Cabbages and Kings You sot," says she, "you loiter about alehouses and taverns, spend your time at billiards, ninepins, or puppet-shows, or flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot, never minding me nor your numerous family. History of John Bull The arrest of Marie Bosse was like knocking down the first of a row of ninepins, but none could have suspected that the last of these stood in the royal apartments. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series The people of Lourdes were conquered and slain, and their ghastly, bloody heads served the triumphant Cagots for balls to play at ninepins with! An Accursed Race Dimples was hurled into his arms with great force, bowling Phil over like a ninepin. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Men were falling right and left like ninepins. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard There won't be no trains running along this line come many a week, and as for trees—why, it's as though some one had been playing ninepins in Squire Fellowes's park. The Vanished Messenger I screamed comic refrains that vulgar young men had sung, to my regret, at our village concerts; I rolled to and fro like a ninepin about to fall. The Club of Queer Trades Men were hurled aside like ninepins by the impact of some moving body that clove them like the rush of a tornado. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million "Let this be a lesson to you," he concluded, drawing the ninepin dexterously from his pocket, "for it took nigh a quart of the best forty-rod whisky to bring that child to." Selected Stories of Bret Harte Dominic’s brawny arm would be seen describing deliberately an ample horizontal gesture, a dignified sweep, and Cesar would go over suddenly like a ninepin—which was funny to see. The Mirror of the Sea “Ah!” said Tom, “if dear Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby knew of it she would send them a lot of tops, and balls, and marbles, and ninepins, and make them all as jolly as sand-boys.” The Water-Babies "She's doing remarkably well in spite of the trying weather, but I have had to keep her very quiet," said the manager, regarding the ninepin critically. Selected Stories of Bret Harte He had just caught sight of the head of a ninepin peeping from the manager's pocket. Selected Stories of Bret Harte |
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