| 单词 | set afire |
| 例句 | Then he had them put aboard the fishing ketch that they had captured, cut her loose, and had her set afire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When left to its own devices, it sticks up and makes me look as if I have been set afire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Down in the village the house that had been set afire still blazed. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Next, the resident doctor’s house was set afire, followed by a small hospital on a nearby hill. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A bus had been overturned and set afire. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z During his continued trips around the city, he saw cars set afire, buggies overturned and their horses lashed, women assaulted, sailors fighting with civilians, and rocks and eggs thrown at innocent bystanders. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Half a mile east, a dark plume of smoke was rising where a tent had been set afire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some said the college was set afire by cowboys who disliked being told by the Methodists that they could not drink, particularly in a place that cried out daily for alcohol. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Kerosene had been splashed on the sidewalk and door and set afire. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The rat’s soul was set afire, and because of this, he journeyed upstairs, seeking the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He's confused and contemplating just how he got there as some hapless dupe is being doused and set afire. 'A Dame to Kill For' is a sinful waste of a sequel 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Besieged and increasingly abandoned, Pruitt-Igoe was overtaken by drug dealers and murderers, broken pipes and shattered windows, set afire and adrift. Critic?s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales 2012-01-25T19:30:11Z The finished paper sculpture is placed in a quarry and set afire. Media Decoder Blog: Ad for Fire-Resistant Clothes Uses an Unusually Artsy Approach 2012-06-01T20:16:46Z State prosecutors said three convenience stores and five trucks and cars had been set afire, a tactic often used by drug cartels in the state to block roads and enforce extortion demands. Mexico sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state after weekend of cartel violence 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z A rainbow flag that hung from a fence at the Pasadena Buddhist Temple was set afire and burned, and police are investigating the incident. 'A direct act of hate': Rainbow flag burned at Buddhist temple in Pasadena 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The heavy wooden door of the elegant Bordeaux City Hall was set afire and quickly destroyed Thursday evening by a members of an unauthorized demonstration, the Sud Ouest newspaper said. Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M demonstrate 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z When the toxic spill from a railroad derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was set afire, dioxin, a chemical in Agent Orange, was likely created. Opinion | East Palestine residents should look to Agent Orange victims 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Homes in Kapowsin and Graham in Pierce County briefly lost power late Christmas Day after an electrical substation was vandalized and set afire. Vandals hit fourth Pierce County substation in Christmas Day attacks 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Protesters on Saturday stormed Mr. Wickremesinghe’s house, which was set afire in the ensuing melee. The president has not been heard from since protesters overran his residence, fueling questions about who is in charge. 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z A police sedan and a sport utility vehicle outside City Hall were set afire and destroyed in violence following the May 2020 protests. Plea deal reached for Philadelphia woman who set cop cars on fire during George Floyd protests 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z In a sign that the tensions remained high late into Friday, Mr. Pramanik said two Hindus were also killed in Noakhali district after a temple had been set afire. Bangladesh Strengthens Security as Violence Targets Hindu Festival 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z When the vinyl chloride that spilled out as a result of the derailment was set afire, dioxin likely contaminated the people, soil and homes of the town for generations to come. Opinion | East Palestine residents should look to Agent Orange victims 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Authorities said the banner was stolen by “unidentified members” of the Proud Boys before being set afire on a street corner. Proud Boys leader Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio sentenced to five months in jail 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The chief said authorities are also looking at the four in connection with another attempted arson earlier in the day, when a nearby home was broken into and a mattress set afire. 4 girls, 12 and 14 years old, accused of setting house fire 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z It got Emmett maimed, Sam skinned and Mary hanged upside down and set afire. Scared white people acting out is as American as … 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z The bodies were then set afire and burned so badly that three other corpses are still awaiting identification. History of abuse for Mexican police unit in migrant massacre 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The blast set afire surrounding civilian vehicles and damaged nearby buildings and shops. World Digest: Dec. 20, 2020 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z The blast set afire surrounding civilian vehicles, as well as damaging nearby buildings and shops. Official: Large car bomb kills 8 in Afghan capital 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z A homeless man was arrested for arson after a couch was set afire in a room at the Red Lion Hotel in Renton Wednesday morning, according to the Renton Police Department. Man arrested for arson after fire set in Renton hotel housing homeless people 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z That number greatly surpasses the state’s record of more than 1.9 million acres set afire in 2018—and this year’s blazes have occurred before the prime period of the traditional wildfire season has even arrived. Photos Show Massive Wildfires Devastating Oregon and California 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z If London can be set afire by Nazi bombers at night, imagine the flames when Boston is raided. We Are Still Living the Legacy of World War II 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z A furniture store was set afire, and street lamps were knocked down. Wisconsin Reels After Police Shooting and Second Night of Protests 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Over the weekend the migrants protested conditions at the camp, setting afire tents and tossing rocks at Panamanian officials. Panama proposes flying Haitian migrants home after clash 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The victims, Todd and Stacie Bagley, were both shot in head and placed in trunk of their car, which then was set afire. Justice Department schedules 2 additional federal executions 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In west-central Sri Lanka, during a mid-May weekend, shops, houses and mosques were set afire or vandalized. Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But Why? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But Mr. Barr said some of the protesters had become increasingly violent and government buildings had been set afire and vandalized the night before. AG Barr defends federal response to Lafayette Park protests 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z A dumpster was set afire near the police headquarters, which had its front windows broken out Friday night. The Latest: L.A., S.F. under citywide curfews overnight 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z As darkness fell, a pawn shop down the street was set afire. George Floyd protesters set Minneapolis police station on fire 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z “One man was pulled out of his truck and pulled out and stomped and beat up in the middle of the street and his truck was overturned and set afire.” 1970 riot propelled Augusta into civil rights era 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z I still close my eyes for a second, taking a deep inhale, every time the salted pistachios are set afire with raki, sending their anise scent through the dining room. My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore? 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Price later wrote in Sports Illustrated, “when at least a dozen buildings were set afire, 20 businesses were looted and cars and dumpsters were torched or hammered, the arena went untouched.” The Super Bowl is always a little weirder in Miami 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z And a single churchgoer drops to the ground to pray near tires set afire by protesters in Haiti. Top AP photos of 2019 range from the epic to the intimate 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z They were found after a five-day search in 2017, three of them set afire and placed 12 feet deep in an oil tank converted into a pig roaster. Defense blames co-defendant of man accused in slayings 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Thirteen officers were killed, some of their bodies still inside the patrol trucks when the vehicles were set afire. Gunmen ambush police convoy in Mexico; kill 13 and wound 9 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Authorities say Rosko and her son died after their home was set afire in the early morning hours of Oct. Illinois man charged in 2016 fire that killed son, ex-wife 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z When the Chargers divorced themselves from San Diego in January 2017, fans flocked to their headquarters and dumped jerseys, pennants, caps and other gear into a large pile that was set afire. NFL At 100: Raiders’ slow exit from Oakland painful for fans 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z When the Chargers divorced themselves from San Diego in January 2017, fans flocked to their headquarters and dumped jerseys, pennants, caps and other gear into a large pile that was set afire. NFL At 100: Raiders’ slow exit from Oakland painful for fans 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z One of his best, the 44-gun Charon, has already gone down, set afire by red-hot shot aimed from shore. Revolutionary War shipwrecks get first good look in years 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z In 2004, there was a grenade attack on a Sufi mosque and in 2006 several homes of Sufis were set afire. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Investigating officers believe both canines were shot prior to being set afire. SW Indiana man charged in killings of ex-girlfriend’s 2 dogs 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z A day later, a man and woman were dragged from their vehicle, beaten and set afire in the neighboring state of Hidalgo, according to state prosecutor Raul Arroyo. 2 burned by angry mob in central Mexico 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Rocks and bottles were thrown, car windows broken, trash cans overturned and set afire, and heads were beaten in a five-block stretch along fashionable South Michigan Avenue, main street of Chicago’s showcase front yard. AP Was There: Protesters fight Chicago police, guardsmen 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Authorities say the trailer was set afire in December. Mayor’s trailer catches fire, chief suspects arson 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Despite Karl Lutz’s reputation in the black community as a fair-minded man, the store, like so many others along Centre Avenue, was ransacked and set afire, but not completely destroyed. Real story behind August Wilson 1968 violence play character 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z About the men and older boys being separated from the women, children, and elderly, then shot or set afire. Opinion | Is This Genocide? 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z He was then doused with gasoline and set afire to kill him. Court rejects inmate’s claims for firing squad or hanging 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The death toll mounted as girls succumbed to gruesome burns from Wednesday’s disaster, which officials said began when mattresses were set afire during a protest by the shelter’s residents. Guatemala fire death toll rises to 36 amid calls for change 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z A portable high-intensity light, the kind used on construction sites, was set afire, according to an image on Twitter. Speech by Milo Yiannopoulos Is Canceled Amid Protests at Berkeley 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z No pollution controls on cars, smoke from oil refineries, smoke from the roadside wire mesh trash cans that they set afire, and then more smoke from burning crops. Farmers’ Unchecked Crop Burning Fuels India’s Air Pollution 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The latter’s quip is particularly well taken, considering that social media was set afire with debate talk long before the event itself actually started. Twitter goes bananas: From Hillary Clinton’s pantsuit to Donald Trump’s snorting, the social media hits and misses 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z On Saturday night, protests turned violent, with several businesses set afire. Milwaukee Neighborhoods Slid After Factory Jobs Vanished 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The church was undergoing renovations after being burglarized and set afire in October. Reward offered for info in church torched a second time 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z But he also botched the analogy by referring to the hoop as a "basketball ring," setting afire a spout of mockery on the Internet. A Trump Sweep 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Police say three hours later, a 55-year-old store owner was stabbed to death, and a 61-year-old homeless man was set afire and critically injured. Strong storms bring evacuations and rescues in California 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Police say three hours later, a 55-year-old liquor store owner was stabbed to death, and a 61-year-old homeless man was set afire and critically injured. Authorities say a man suspected of slashing a woman in the face, fatally stabbing a store owner and setting a homeless man on fire has been shot and wounded by police in New York City 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z She wrote to city officials, later delivering a lengthy sermon about her son, who had been shot before his car was set afire, at a public hearing discussing the city’s homicides. ‘He is not a statistic.’ The stories of 12 of the District’s homicide victims. 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Jewish houses of worship were desecrated and then set afire. From Kristallnacht to the Kindertransport to, Finally, America 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z The store was set afire during unrest after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a black man who died from an injury suffered in police custody. Trial reset for Baltimore man charged with cutting hose in riot 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z In an 18-month period in the mid-1990s, more than 30 black and multiracial churches were set afire in the South and Southwest. Night of S.C. killings started with prayers and a plot against humanity 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The preliminary Baltimore request noted that rioters and looters hit more than 380 businesses — and not all were set afire or ripped off. DEBORAH SIMMONS: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Larry Hogan want federal taxes to pay for riots 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Aucoin, who prefers the lighter, wittier Berlioz, says, “The words should be tinder waiting to be set afire by the music.” Matthew Aucoin, Opera’s Great 25-Year-Old Hope 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Almost at the same time, an old car was set afire in a parking lot.” Why the shock and dread over Baltimore? 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Gick’s naked body was found in a Catholic cemetery with items placed on it and set afire. Rape, corpse abuse charges added in Fort Wayne slaying 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Two police cars were set afire and “melted” on West Florissant Avenue, the scene of many protests, and at least a dozen buildings were torched. 29 arrested in St. Louis area violence, police chief says 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z In Ferguson itself, police vehicles were set afire and shops looted in the aftermath of the decision despite Brown’s parents appealing for calm and peace. Ferguson grand jury decision leads to nationwide protests 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Jonathan’s father watched as his country was mercilessly battered with civil wars, set afire and engulfed from within. Football player from Congo find peace in Wyoming 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The police stayed well away from the rampaging youths around the prosecutor’s office until their vehicles were set afire. Prominent Opposition Leader in Venezuela Is Blamed for Unrest 2014-02-14T02:16:56Z The main entrance to the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco was set afire Wednesday night, drawing a strong protest from Chinese officials who condemned the “despicable attack.” Attacker Sets Fire at Chinese Consulate in San Francisco 2014-01-02T09:30:02Z Same streets, new walls Today, in the United States and many other parts of the world, there are no longer castles to set afire, no vertical walls protecting the feudal rulers. Wall Street: A history of occupation 2013-09-17T19:56:00Z The Local Coordination Committees reported that a number of houses were set afire in Baniyas. Syrian Forces Strike Rebels in Wide-Ranging Assaults 2013-05-02T19:16:00Z With the project paused, the team raced to document what they concluded was the basement of a building set afire shortly after the Battle of Fredericksburg. Construction Site Offers Fleeting Glimpse of the Civil War Past 2012-11-12T02:46:58Z Most of the cars were set afire in the darkness of early morning, the blazes reported between 3:24 a.m. and 5:03 a.m., a Fire Department spokesman, James Long, said. Cars Set Afire on Several Harlem Streets 2012-09-12T01:46:13Z Several weeks earlier, it had also been set afire. If the Sikh Temple Had Been a Muslim Mosque — On Religion 2012-08-10T14:53:24Z Mothers were skewered, children set afire and fathers hacked to pieces. Gujarat Riot Trials May Alter India’s Cycle of Violence 2012-07-03T03:28:21Z But the researchers said in one experiment, nylon containing the flame retardant brominated polystyrene released six times more hydrogen cyanide when set afire than the same material containing a halogen-free flame retardant. Flame Retardants May Create Deadlier Fires 2012-04-04T16:45:01.270Z Indeed, Kentucky authorities arrested several dozen people in the first minutes after the game ended and reported couches and one car being set afire. PHOTOS: Joy in Kentucky; disappointment in Kansas 2012-04-03T06:05:15Z The last car was set afire a little after noon. Cars Set Afire on Several Harlem Streets 2012-09-12T01:46:13Z The room should be moist with steam when the sulphur is set afire so that the fumes will act effectually. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Ten years after the Sabarmati Express coach was set afire in Godhra on Feb. 27, and after the bloodbath that followed, we must pause and ask: can it happen again? India Ink: Newswallah: Long Reads Edition 2012-03-04T06:51:40Z Others were covered with wax and pitch, placed in the imperial gardens and set afire, that as torches they might illuminate the darkness of the night. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z Mr. Rubin’s financial challenges may suggest some link to his killing — he was shot once in the chest, set afire and dumped by an apple orchard along a Pennsylvania roadway. Money Troubles May Offer Motive in Joshua Rubin?s Killing 2011-12-24T03:19:32Z It was just what was needed to set afire the public mind, for no people will rise, fight and die for an economic doctrine or in defense of its commercial interests. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z The buildings were set afire, then the journey continued on the gang’s trail, in the deep snow. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z But she came straight to me and caught desperately at my hands, "Miss Mavis,—the cane—it's been set afire—Silas is down there, and Dr. Denton—" Then I awoke. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The fireplace was turned into a tiny bower fairly set afire by a jar crowded full of great golden-hearted marigolds, that glowed through the soft greenness like flame. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z His last scruple fled, banished by his innate crookedness, set afire by the spirit and the dazzling bait held out to him. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z "Oh, when I asked him if he'd seed any one 'round, he said, 'No, but he deserves to have his place set afire if he goes a'leavin' excelsior all over the back yard.'" Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z Morris, a black man who owned a successful shoe repair shop in Ferriday, La., was wounded and later died after his store was set afire in the middle of the night. Civil rights-era cold cases put back in spotlight 2011-02-18T20:03:01Z The congreve rocket which this morning set afire the good city of B., and will probably enflame hundreds of other cities? A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z “The house has been set afire on purpose!” Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z There, Mr. McRae used flares to set afire the car and the body. Jury Convicts 3 Officers in Post-Katrina Death 2010-12-10T04:30:00Z One night about five years ago, the fence in front of the mosque was set afire. A Mosque Invisible to Many Is a Target 2010-09-04T02:08:00Z The mall was among dozens of buildings set afire following the dispersal. Thais appoint violence investigator but opposition wary 2010-06-08T09:59:00Z Looters broke into his kiosk, shortly after setting afire a clothing store just a few feet away. Post-quake looting challenges Chile's perceptions of social progress 2010-03-05T05:00:00Z The controls had jammed and the tail of her plane was ablaze, set afire in some way by the smoke pot. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines Bavin once set afire Will not so soon expire; Let's never stay with such as they, Who gladly would, but cannot. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Crossed a small stream on a chain-suspended bridge which the rebs had set afire, but was saved. An Artilleryman's Diary Now and then a great red glare filled the sky, when some ammunition dump was set afire. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division The cloister of the Franciscan order in Shkoder was set afire in the spring of 1967, resulting in the death of four monks. Area Handbook for Albania The sun set in a gold and crimson glory, working its magic metamorphosis on river, banks, and bottoms, painting the colored cliffs and setting afire the crystals in which their clay was rich. Bring Me His Ears Le Sars, which sat astride the road, nearer Bapaume, had been set afire by our guns, and was smoking. Cavalry of the Clouds With torches and blazing arrows the jungle was set afire. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women From Lieutenant R. I heard that the machine, as well as an automobile, that came to its aid, were set afire by our artillery. An Aviator's Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916 The time for their annual return has come--has passed, and still the pitiless sun scorches the brown earth as if it would set afire the grass it has already burned to tinder-dryness. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions East of Vertoiba an Italian patrol entered the Austrian lines, which were set afire. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Dwellings were set afire in other quarters of the city. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Some houses had been set afire, but the flames had been extinguished by the villagers themselves. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources A German merchant ship in the harbor was set afire by the Japanese aerial bombs and destroyed. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Finally all the prisoners were put aboard three of the whalers, and the eight empty ships were set afire. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 He attacked the pirate, and the flagship, having been conquered, was set afire. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Many shells struck her, and she was set afire. World's War Events, Vol. I Before the departure from the entrance of Cherokee Inlet, the stranded vessel was set afire and blazed grandly as the funeral pyre of Blackbeard's stout lads who would go no more a-roving. Blackbeard: Buccaneer It was towed to the middle of the river, set afire in every place, and then they jumped into a little skiff fastened in front, and rowed to land. A Confederate Girl's Diary The prisoners with their personal property were taken out of the prize, and the vessel was set afire. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 There they are stacked up high, sometimes a hundred tons being piled on a single platform, and the platforms are set afire. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Great clouds of smoke covered these villages set afire by the bombardment. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Thistles and dry brushwood were collected and set afire, and the body thrown into the flames; this extemporized pyre being fed with fresh fuel until every particle of the corpse was consumed. Pagan and Christian Rome The rest of the livestock was turned from the corrals and the cabin and stables set afire. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story A young man set afire by Huxley might perhaps make a very bad novelist, but it is a certainty that he could never make a sentimental and superficial one. A Book of Prefaces Give thou the glad-tidings in a manner which shall set afire souls that are in lethargy, give life to them that are dead and sight to the blind. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas Then some among the people were set afire with the wine of heaven, and some were left without a share of this greatest of bestowals. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Time was taken, however, to put out of commission some thirty steamships lying at their docks and to set afire all the large oil tanks on the west side of the river Scheldt. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne Just think of that poor little thing havin' her house set afire by a rival suitor just after she had paid off the mortgage by savin' out of her week's wages! Flower of the Dusk The dwelling, which had been purchased with the right to burn it, was set afire, and then began a scene that satisfied even the exacting producer. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films Her colors were hauled down, she was set afire, and the Wasp continued her cruise. American Men of Action The feathers on her poor little breast were scorched and set afire, and she seemed in danger not only of spoiling her beautiful new blue dress but of being burned into a wretched little cinder. The Curious Book of Birds The English commander ordered the other ship, which was the fifth, to be set afire, because of quarrels between the Dutch and English over the capture and division, so that their booty was diminished. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Reaching shore, he ordered the galleon to be set afire, which was done. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century A great pile of brush, twigs, and trash were set afire and destroyed. Buffalo Roost He had seen houses flaring, set afire by incendiary bombs, and once at a corner he had been knocked off his bicycle by the pouff of a bursting shell.... Mr. Britling Sees It Through The Minister, Hanabusa, and his guard, with all the civilians who could reach the place—the rest were murdered—fought bravely, keeping the mob back until the Legation building was set afire. Korea's Fight for Freedom Suddenly there was a deep, jarring report in front, followed by the startling rush of a shell, which passing overhead exploded in the edge of a thicket, setting afire the fallen leaves. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians A couple of weeks before the hatching begins, the fireproof house is filled with straw which is set afire, thoroughly warming the hatchery. The Dollar Hen The queer old shakedown was torn to pieces and the poles used for Ham's bed, the rest of it was shoved out of the back door and set afire. Buffalo Roost In order to draw off the revenue cutter men from the spot, they proposed also to set afire two small hay ricks which stood near. The Boy Scouts on Picket Duty The Indians saved themselves by a rapid flight to the forests, but their palisaded strongholds were demolished, their houses set afire, their cachés of corn dug out and destroyed. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 A plum pudding was brought on and set afire. Ailsa Paige Girls were insulted, teachers were abused along the streets, and for lack of police surveillance the house was set afire in 1860. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War The fellers in Rockville say ye think it was set afire. Tom Grogan He was still silent but began at once to erect a heap of dry sticks which he presently set afire. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life A reign of spite began: the cattle were driven into the corn, some of the buildings were set afire, some of the peasants were gaoled. The Created Legend So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell. The first New Testament printed in English A church, a brewery and some houses in Haelen. were set afire, and two bridges over the Denier were destroyed by Belgian engineers. America's War for Humanity Aloes is a tree with good savour, and breedeth in India, and sometime a part thereof is set afire upon the altar in the stead of incense. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Exasperation almost strangled him and set afire his unhinged brain. In Secret My bolts set afire inconspicuous shrubs of lowlands and I have felled towering trees . NATURAE The great logs that we had rolled in front of our shanty were set afire and shortly supper was cooking. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country A rag, saturated with gasoline, was wrapped around a pebble, then set afire, and stone and blazing rag were shot from our line fence into the fodderstack. Hiram the Young Farmer A condensed-milk plant was set afire—each side charged it to the other—and the city was hysterical. Babbitt How the stack had been set afire was a mystery. Hiram the Young Farmer "But I don't propose that another shall be set afire in just the same way." Hiram the Young Farmer |
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