| 单词 | sticks and stone |
| 例句 | “Will all of you please wave your sticks and stones again?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, sticks and stones,” I mumbled, though I wasn’t feeling very powerful at that moment. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The young people played checkers and games of cards in the hallways, slept on the floor, and made defensive weapons with sticks and stones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Were we really going to build a house from sticks and stones? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z With an almost comfortable distance from the thing itself as it really was, Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “In sticks and stones. What a sweet dreamer is Mr. Mouse! Give me a sermon, Mr. Mouse.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside, I hear the people praying—whimpering, whining, mumbling, pleading—to their numerous sticks and stones. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The children fought with sticks and stones, and mass chaos ensued, with hundreds of children wounded, and two white men stoned to death. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally recognizing that words can never hurt, but sticks and stones can sure break bones, they invented the Abdominal Snowman. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z And that's the whole joke with New Nordic cuisine: It's a bunch of sticks and stones on a plate, and it's presumably delicious. Christmas in July: Christopher Haatuft teaches Gordon Ramsay about reindeer and Neo-Fjordic cuisine 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z In the evening Mama served a stew of sticks and stones, and the family ate it with growls and grumbling.” Unearthed: How to get people to cook more? Get eaters to complain less. 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z She stands naked in the woods and squawks like a hawk; she regularly cuts herself with sticks and stones. Review: Natashia Deón’s ‘Grace,’ a Tale of Slavery, Its Ghosts and Legacy 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Or, “What do you have to do to get sticks and stones for Christmas? Pray to Mary Magdalene that Santa has a heart attack.” | John Waters Has Lumps of Coal for All This Christmas 2013-12-16T23:07:35Z And at times he resorts to pure nonsense, as in “sticks and stones could break bones, but names could break the bank.” Books of The Times: ‘Moneywood,’ by William Stadiem 2012-12-24T21:52:46Z But before the invention of these weapons, our hunter-gatherer ancestors threw darts, knives, spears, sticks and stones at rivals and prey. How humans became the best throwers on the planet 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z This novel’s epigraph comes from Einstein: “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Zs seem like a band prepared to work with the bare minimum, if necessary: sticks and stones and their own bodies. Critics? Choice: New CDs by the Dead Weather, Michael Bolton, Zs 2010-05-09T21:44:00Z While a number of police officers failed to intervene, the mob beat her with sticks and stones. “If we did not protest, no one would punish those men”: A brutal murder, a sham trial, and justice denied in Kabul 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z She was not used to walking barefoot, so the sticks and stones on the forest floor sometimes hurt her feet, yet she continued on her course with a trancelike resolve. In Sacred Grove in Nigeria, Worship and Connection 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The past couple of decades have firmly laid waste to the idea that only sticks and stones can cause harm. In "Pretty Bitches," women confront the words used to put them in their place 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In a nearby village, crude graves covered with sticks and stones marked out some of the 100 residents killed. Morocco earthquake: Race against time to save survivors buried in rubble 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Organisers had called for the demonstration to be peaceful, but images circulating on social media showed men and women in civilian clothes armed with sticks and stones beating a policeman tied up on the ground. At least 7 killed in anti-UN protests in Congo's Goma 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The danger to the rest of us will only increase, as words become literal "sticks and stones." "An inner drive for self-destruction": Psychoanalyst on Trump's cycle of crimes and confessions 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Israeli police said “several law-breaking youths and masked agitators” brought fireworks, sticks and stones into the mosque, chanting insults and locking the front doors. Violence at holy Jerusalem site raises tension over holidays 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Israeli police say they conducted a pre-dawn raid, after what they called "agitators" with fireworks, sticks and stones shut themselves inside the holy site. Violence and fireworks inside al-Aqsa mosque 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Israeli police said in a statement that security units were forced to enter the compound after what it called masked agitators locked themselves inside the mosque with fireworks, sticks and stones. Cross-border fire in Gaza after Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Israeli police said they moved in after “several law-breaking youths and masked agitators” brought fireworks, sticks and stones and barricaded themselves into the mosque. Violence at Jerusalem mosque prompts fears of wider fighting 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Police say they conducted a pre-dawn raid after what they called "agitators" with fireworks, sticks and stones shut themselves inside the al-Aqsa mosque. Jerusalem: Clashes erupt at contested holy site 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Israeli police said in a statement that it was forced to enter the compound after "masked agitators" locked themselves inside the mosque with fireworks, sticks and stones. Israeli police attack worshippers in Jerusalem's Al Aqsa 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z A crowd of about 150 to 200 people hacked and bludgeoned the escapees with machetes, sticks and stones, he recalled. Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z In conversations with Twitter employees and his allies, Musk has suggested that violent threats, which he called “sticks and stones,” should be the new standard for platform suspensions, The Post has reported. Elon Musk says Kanye West suspended from Twitter after swastika tweet 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z While the Babylon Bee’s tweet was “not cool,” Musk told them, it also wasn’t “sticks and stones” — violent threats that he argued should be the new standard for who gets booted. Musk’s ‘free speech’ agenda dismantles safety work at Twitter, insiders say 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z But when faced with a dog on the street, people often respond with sticks and stones, "which only increases your chances of getting attacked," Ms Purackal says. Kerala dog attacks: Why the state has a fraught relationship with strays 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z As tensions rose on Wednesday, protesters threw stones at police vehicles, lit fires on the streets and beat police officers with sticks and stones. Protests in Sierra Leone Over Rising Cost of Living Turn Deadly 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “The police sacrificed the lady after the students began throwing sticks and stones at them, then the students used stones and sticks to beat the lady. After being beaten, she was set on fire.” Nigerian student beaten, burned to death over 'blasphemous' text messages 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z It’s a case of power creep that becomes absurdly comical when you realize you and all your allies are armed with metal-plated sticks and stones. Horizon Forbidden West’s incredible world is easy to get lost in 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z "Teams of our police intervened ... while attacks using sticks and stones were carried out against our security forces," the governor's office statement said. Turkey detains 16 accused of links to Islamic State after bookshop clash 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The investigators acknowledged that police officers suffered serious beatings and attacks from protesters throwing sticks and stones. Colombian police responsible for ‘massacre’ of 11 people in 2020 protests, U.N.-backed investigators conclude 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Wilson could have replied that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Opinion | The Supreme Court should hesitate before striding into this free-speech minefield 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Locals clashed with the police using bamboo sticks and stones, ending in the death of Haque, the 28-year-old laborer, caught on camera. Violent eviction drive in India’s Assam revives tensions over undocumented migrants 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Shortly after the shooting, about 300 people from the local border area, including Guatemalans, arrived at the checkpoint armed with sticks and stones and shouting insults, Sandoval said, speaking at a regular government news conference. Mexican soldiers held by angry villagers after shooting of Guatemalan migrant 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The saying that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is a belief that microaggressions are harmless, small, trivial and insignificant. Microaggressions: Death by a Thousand Cuts 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Two Indian security officials said at least 18 Chinese soldiers tried to cross into Indian-claimed territory at Naku La last Wednesday night and were blocked by Indian soldiers, leading to clashes with sticks and stones. India, China soldiers brawl again along disputed frontier 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z It’s easy to tell us to ignore these insults — sticks and stones and whatnot. Opinion | Why I feel insulted when Trump mispronounces Kamala Harris’s name 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z But the potential for sticks and stones to escalate into something more serious is causing alarm as far away as Washington. Far from being weakened by coronavirus, China pursues sovereignty claims on all fronts 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z He said two of the men grabbed police officers’ weapons while the two others attacked officers with sticks and stones. Suspects in rape and murder case that shocked India are shot and killed by police 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z “I just think that as much as we say sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me — words do hurt,” Kostek continued. Camille Kostek heats up first snowfall with beachy Sports Illustrated Swimsuit snap 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z In May, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, roughly 100 Buddhist nationalists armed with sticks and stones surrounded three Muslim prayer sites, blocking worshipers from praying. Fighting nationalism and religious violence in Myanmar, one rose at a time 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Five Islamic State fighters fled a jail there, and foreign women from the group being held in a camp torched tents and attacked guards with sticks and stones, the SDF said. Turkish forces intensify bombardment around Syrian town 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Five Islamic State fighters fled a jail there, and foreign women from the group being held in a camp torched tents and attacked guards with sticks and stones, the Kurds said. U.S. officials intensify pressure on Turkey to stop Syria assault 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “I just think that as much as we say sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me — words do hurt,” continued the 27-year-old. SI Swimsuit model Camille Kostek says it can be difficult dealing with body-shaming trolls: ‘Words do hurt’ 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z The case for injuries: Injuries are never an excuse, in the same way that sticks and stones break bones, but words never hurt. Nationals’ early-season struggles can be blamed on plenty of issues 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Reports say some migrants outside the official Diavata camp hurled sticks and stones at police, who responded with tear gas. Greek police clash with migrants over border rumour 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse dozens of protesters who tried to break through a police cordon, attacking officers with sticks and stones. Protesting Greek teachers clash with riot police, again 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The animal bit the child several times before dropping him on a neighbor’s roof after local residents chased the monkey away with sticks and stones, the BBC reported. Monkey snatches 12-day-old baby from mother’s arms, fatally bites him 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Investigators pinpointed its origin, marked with a ribbon of pink tape, by scrutinizing burn patterns on individual sticks and stones. Take a Look at How Quickly a Forest Can Recover From Fire 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Most of them died through beating with sticks and stones as rival groups clashed and seven were killed by security officers, Maj Degfie said. Ethiopia detains 1,200 over violence 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Police say the victims were traveling in a car through a village in Karnataka’s Bidar district when a mob armed with sticks and stones attacked them. Mob lynches 1, injures 3 on child kidnapping rumors in India 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Four teenage migrants are in a critical condition after being shot during a huge brawl in the French port of Calais involving a hundred Afghans and Eritreans armed with sticks and stones, local authorities said. Migrants shot in Calais as French police stop sticks and stones brawl 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Modern hooliganism cropped up in the late 1800s, when players for Aston Villa and Preston North End were attacked with sticks and stones, which presumably led to broken bones, after playing in a ‘friendly’. Unfriendly confines: the unsung history of America's low-key hooliganism 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z But that idiom turned out to be idiotic, like the one that declares words can never hurt you, only sticks and stones. SNYDER: Instant NFL draft grades fun but meaningless 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Ignore childhood memories of “sticks and stones” – the reality has always been complex. When the freedom to offend is a freedom to harm | Abi Wilkinson 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z People don’t realize the words hurt worse than the sticks and stones. Woman turns garage into doll museum 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z His favourite saying was "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me". Australia boy's death reignites focus on LGBT bullying - BBC News 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z In July, a group of men killed a leopard with sticks and stones in Gujarat's Rojmal village. Leopard burned alive in India village - BBC News 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “They hit her with sticks and stones. They must have hit her at least 25 times.” It’s not easy for women to own land in India. One woman died fighting for hers. 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z A Reuters witness saw a group of 20 to 30 protesters, some armed with sticks and stones, stopping and searching cars. One killed in riots in Indian IT hub over river water dispute 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z And we have learned that those words can sometimes be worse than sticks and stones. The rising cost of Islamophobia: Muslims and immigrants increasingly targeted in U.S. 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z We all should know by now that the old saying "sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me" was never true and is less true now than ever. Rise of Donald Trump Tracks Growing Debate Over Global Fascism 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z The playground saying that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me” don’t ring true in this case. South Carolina editorial roundup 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z She was thrown from a roof, run over by a car, beaten with sticks and stones, and set on fire in the streets by an angry mob. 'University is one place you're not labelled': refugees who flee war to study 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The protesters attacked the police with firebombs, spears, sticks and stones, Mr. Thakur said. Nepal Police Kill 3 Protesters in Clashes Over Constitution 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Apes use found objects as tools, he explained, “but the shaping of sticks and stones to particular uses was the first recognizably human activity.” 12 Theories of How We Became Human, and Why They’re All Wrong 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Forensic teams were investigating other suspected grave sites, which they said were marked by sticks and stones. Cages, watchtower and 37 graves: inside an abandoned migrant camp in Malaysia 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z So they choose sticks and stones to express themselves. Georgia editorial roundup 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z They grabbed him and started attacking him with sticks and stones. One man narrowly escapes Burundi mob with help of the army 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Witnesses said protesters in several suburbs of the capital, Bujumbura, spent most of the day in a standoff with police, using burning tires, sticks and stones to barricade roads. U.S. to Burundi’s leader: Country may explode if political critics are silenced 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z They said when asked to hand over the logs, the woodcutters refused and attacked the police with axes, sticks and stones in two separate areas of the forests. India red sandalwood: Questions over 'smuggler' killings 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Police say they defended themselves from attack by axes, sticks and stones. India red sandalwood: Police accused over logger deaths 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z A forestry official said the woodcutters attacked the police with axes, sticks and stones in two separate areas of the state. Indian police shoot dead 20 suspected sandalwood smugglers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z That face was one of the last images of her after a mob beat her with sticks and stones in front of one of Kabul’s most venerated mosques Thursday. How a slain Afghan woman became an unlikely champion for women’s rights 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Farkhunda, a 27-year-old known by one name, was thrown from a roof before being run over by a car and beaten with sticks and stones outside Kabul’s Shah Doshamshera mosque last Thursday. Afghans Protest Brutal Mob Killing of ‘Innocent’ Woman 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z A mob, largely made of men, attacked the woman with sticks and stones, beating her to death before setting her body alight, while police reportedly looked on. Women help bury Kabul mob victim 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The soldiers are escorting them past a Jewish settlement harboring teens and adults who have attacked the youngsters with sticks and stones. In West Bank, Israeli troops still escort Palestinian children to school In Sittwe, police opened fire to separate mobs wielding sticks and stones. Enforced Confinement Brings Further Danger to Rohingya Muslims Fleeing Potential Genocide in Burma The bear would not leave the area, even after officers tried to scare it away by making loud noises and throwing sticks and stones, and it eventually was killed with two rifle blasts. Officials: Bear that killed hiker was not rabid 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The bear was about 30 yards from the body and circling, Storbeck said, and wouldn't leave even after officers tried to scare it away by making loud noises and throwing sticks and stones. Bear suspected to have killed New Jersey hiker 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, sticks and stones attacks against Arab passers-by on the West Jerusalem streets, attempted stabbings and spraying of tear gas in their faces are also on the rise. With Temple Mount as Flashpoint, Violence on the Rise in Jerusalem 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones,” Einstein said. 1914-2014: Weapons of the Next Great War 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Television footage showed Qadri followers armed with sticks and stones fighting running battles with police wielding batons. Clashes as Pakistan cleric returns 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The old adage about sticks and stones may finally apply more soundly to the rich than the poor. The right’s despicable class war: Why they paint the poor as anti-American 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Or consider the children’s rhyme: “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Can We Cure Violence? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z When you mow the lawn, first clear it of sticks and stones that can become flying missiles; wear goggles, and work crosswise on sloped terrain. This Summer, Safety First 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Migrants, throwing sticks and stones, ignored warnings of security forces on the scene and injured five police officers by throwing stones, the Moroccan Interior Ministry said. Hundreds of migrants storm Africa's Spanish enclave 2014-03-18T17:14:17Z Police formed a barricade to hold back an angry crowd waving Turkish flags and numbering in the hundreds, although they did not prevent a few dozen approaching the building with sticks and stones. Pro-Kurdish party says nationalist attacks threaten Turkish poll 2014-03-10T16:16:57Z On Monday, another group, armed with sticks and stones, stormed the Melilla fences, 100 people successfully. Melilla Journal: Africans, Battered and Broke, Surge to Europe’s Door 2014-02-28T02:03:14Z Three government supporters were injured in the melee when shots were fired, and both sides faced off with sticks and stones, the witnesses said. Beauty queen the latest victim in Venezuela unrest 2014-02-20T00:30:38Z The underlying premise of fan boisterousness is that sticks and stones will break an athlete’s bones, but words will never hurt. Sports of The Times: Redrawing a Line That Is Sometimes Crossed 2014-02-12T14:19:49Z At Zagazig University, north east of Cairo, pro-Brotherhood students clashed with residents and Brotherhood opponents with fists, sticks and stones, security sources said. Anti-army protests staged at Egyptian universities 2013-10-08T15:33:44Z At Zagazig University, north east of Cairo, pro-Brotherhood students clashed with residents and Brotherhood opponents with fists, sticks and stones, security sources said, and eight people were wounded. Anti-army protests staged at Egyptian universities 2013-10-08T14:36:59Z Thousands of protesters armed with sticks and stones battled riot police in major cities. Pakistan's internet censors seek help from Canadian company 2013-09-18T12:33:36Z The demonstrators committed vandalism and arson, attacking security forces with sticks and stones, but victims’ statements suggest that security forces used excessive force, and in some cases fired at close range. India Ink: Bangladesh Descends into Chaos 2013-08-13T13:58:09Z Virtual sticks and stones can hurt, by intimidating or defaming their targets or inciting others to real violence, and sometimes the only recourse is to the law. I Got A Bomb Threat on Twitter 2013-08-02T14:20:25Z Wearing T-shirts wrapped around their faces, some demonstrators threw sticks and stones at the ranks of police, who wore body armor and carried shields. Venezuelan rivals rally supporters, four people reported dead 2013-04-16T15:04:10Z There are more serious things we should be worrying about … Even in a civilised city like Bologna we were greeted with sticks and stones. Serie A: Rome's original Papa Francesco thrills his congregation 2013-03-18T10:14:35Z In another game somewhere on the planet, sticks and stones will not break bones but words will continue to harm. African viewpoint: Kicking racism on and off the pitch 2012-10-31T11:18:47Z A mob later rounded on Somalis living near the church, injuring 13 people with sticks and stones. Deadly church attack hits Kenya 2012-11-04T14:31:09Z While some danced, others followed the procession and attacked police with sticks and stones. Day in pictures: 12 October 2012 2012-10-12T11:08:11Z A mob later rounded on Somalis living near the church with sticks and stones in a suspected revenge attack. Deadly Kenya Sunday school attack 2012-09-30T20:14:24Z In this video from local news outlet Mareb Press, men are shown storming the building, scaling its gates and attacking it with sticks and stones. 8 Raw Middle-East Protest Videos 2012-09-14T19:35:00Z Then one Friday in July more than 100 anti-Assad demonstrators in the Golan Heights’s largest village, Majdal Shams, were set upon by Assad supporters wielding sticks and stones and throwing eggs, the protesters said. Buqata Journal: In the Golan Heights, Syria’s War Echoes 2012-08-08T02:44:47Z An entire legion of the Emperor’s best troops was defeated by a village of teddy bears fighting with sticks and stones. ?Understood properly, the Death Star is not worth it.? 2012-05-08T20:41:00Z The death occurred in Sylhet city where the protesters, armed with sticks and stones, clashed with police, stormed into a police station and vandalized several government offices, the area's police chief Shakwat Hossain said. Police, Protesters Clash in Bangladesh 2012-04-23T14:20:19Z They seemed to arrive from all parts at once, and with sticks and stones they advanced upon the slender array of the forces of Windy Standard. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z They live in damp places, under sticks and stones, and in decaying vegetation. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z In the North when boys got to fighting they used their fists; in the South they used, besides their fists, sticks and stones, and consequently it was a more serious and dangerous affair. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Soon sticks and stones began to fly—even the fruit upon the stalls was used for missiles. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z I hope their sticks and stones 'll be sold up, down to their children's cradles——' 'There, that's enough,' interposed the pawnbroker, as he handed her what he had to give. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Possibly the people have rarely if ever seen a Feringhi woman, and they crowded very much upon me, and the escort drove them off in the usual fashion, with sticks and stones. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z They were swept aside—the doctor, bleeding and exhausted, was flung to the ground, and sticks and stones rained blows upon him until he was no longer able to ask for mercy. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Witnesses spoke of supporters armed with knives, sticks and stones. Egypt rioting depressingly familiar for football 2012-02-02T19:37:44Z Al-Masry supporters hurled sticks and stones as they chased players and fans from the rival team, who ran toward the exits to escape, according to witnesses. At Least 73 Killed in Egypt Soccer Match Clashes 2012-02-01T22:05:35Z Soon they appeared armed with sticks and stones, and when they caught sight of the militia they commenced to hurl stones at them. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z Upon a given signal all the soldiers of the legion to which the offender belonged fell upon him with sticks and stones, and generally killed him on the spot. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z Ere he had gone a dozen steps, stumbling in the half darkness over sticks and stones, the wild-cat turned quickly, and with a light leap was before him, waiting, waiting, waiting. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z He threw little sticks and stones at me; but nothing to hurt, mind you, for he was small. The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z The cakes were real; the sweets were of the best; and as she ate them Mayita's enjoyment was abundant enough for herself and the numerous guests represented by a goodly array of sticks and stones. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z She snared me first with evil guile And now she mocks me all the while: By night she takes my tongue away, She feeds me sticks and stones by day!... Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z Alpert invokes the “sticks and stones” proverb to identify the necessary amount of force. UC Davis Outrage: When Do Police Have the Right to Use Pepper Spray? 2011-09-05T06:20:00Z And he soon caught up to him, for he ran over sticks and stones, and sometimes flew in between; while Murmur had to stick to the highway with his heavy knapsack. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z At times they throw sticks and stones at me, and the wolves and dogs grab me, but I do not give in. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Sometimes she played a little game by herself with sticks and stones and leaves to represent the feast at which she would never again be present. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z She snared me first with evil guile And now she mocks me all the while: By night she takes my tongue away, She feeds me sticks and stones by day!... Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z While Ruth and Betty were ordered to clean up the sticks and stones on the ground under the trees, the other girls gathered balsam and made the beds. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z The scenery, the leaping, the mud, the ascents and descents, and the sticks and stones all sold me on the concept years ago. Global Athlete: Earning Miles, Burning Muscle 2011-11-04T15:54:05Z The forest is their citadel, where, mounted on lofty trees waving in the breeze, they confabulate, and, as naturalists have often described, arm themselves with sticks and stones, and in conscious independence defy all intruders. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Hundreds of police officers in riot gear faced off against several hundred Islamists wielding knives, sticks and stones, Reuters reported. The Lede Blog: Islamists in Tunisia Riot Over TV Broadcast of 'Persepolis' Leads 2011-10-10T16:27:46Z In these games the two parties ever finished by taking their roles seriously; when imprecations and actual blows with sticks and stones exchanged by the two "armies" gave these affairs the actual semblance of war. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z Sometimes we would select a convenient water-hole and just below it build a rough dam of sticks and stones in a V shape, with the nose pointing down-stream. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z His meaning became apparent a little later, when we approached the suburbs of Baghdad and found an ugly crowd awaiting our arrival, armed with sticks and stones. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z The very sticks and stones had an individuality no less marked. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z "Oh!" they exclaimed, "so you are the one who is with Thompson, are you?" and forthwith they began to assail the two men with sticks and stones. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Our fur clothing was removed, and beaten with sticks and stones. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z A witness in the Rukn al-Din district of Damascus said hundreds of young men wearing white masks resisted security forces with sticks and stones. 32 killed in Syria protests, Damascus moves: activists 2011-07-16T03:02:06Z A witness in the Rukn al-Din district of Damascus said hundreds of young men wearing white masks fought security forces with sticks and stones. 20 killed in biggest Syrian protests so far: witnesses 2011-07-15T17:50:14Z They were armed with petrol bombs, they were armed with sticks and stones. Call for calm after Belfast riots 2011-07-12T16:46:52Z On Sunday, thousands of protesters, many carrying sticks and stones, blocked roads and damaged vehicles outside the capital, Dhaka. Bangladesh shut down by strike 2011-07-11T05:33:12Z All these things which are called inducements are no more than so many sticks and stones; you might just as well repeat the a b c, and call that inducement. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z The surveyors were sometimes driven from their work by a mob armed with sticks and stones, urged on by land-proprietors and those interested in the lines of coaches on the highway. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z So the well-worn parental reassurance that "sticks and stones will break your bones, but names will never hurt you" is false, these scientists say. Emotional and physical pain linked in brain 2011-04-06T18:26:26Z Some of them fell on Bartek and began to belabour him with sticks and stones. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z I'll bet there's been plenty of battering and rioting around under these walls, first and last; plenty of fists and sticks and stones. Seeing France with Uncle John 2011-02-26T03:00:47.827Z Municipal vehicles ferried sticks and stones to the pro-government side, witnesses said. Bahrain's day of "regrettable" but necessary violence 2011-02-18T06:45:00Z The two groups were pressed against each other in a narrow street, and eyewitnesses say a small group of men attacked the activists with sticks and stones before the police restored order. Clashes erupt at Jordan protest 2011-02-18T14:19:29Z A number of people on both sides of the divide were injured in the clash of sticks and stones that followed. Iran, Egypt Caught in the Churning of a Mideast Democracy Wave 2011-02-15T05:50:00Z But words may be more effective in winning hearts and minds than sticks and stones and broken bones. After Sticks and Stones, a War of Words in Egypt 2011-02-05T06:40:00Z "And there are sticks and stones and numberless twigs to trip one's feet," went on the man softly. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z How foolish you are to talk of seeds, when I have to dodge sticks and stones. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z Eyewitnesses said a small group of government supporters attacked the protesters with sticks and stones in central Amman. Clashes erupt at Jordan protest 2011-02-18T14:19:29Z I'm sure I should have, if some tourists hadn't come along and thrown sticks and stones at me. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Indeed, after combat using sticks and stones, the weapons are now words. After Sticks and Stones, a War of Words in Egypt 2011-02-05T06:40:00Z The protesters hurled sticks and stones at police, who used tear gas to clear the area. Bolivians in streets to protest fuel hikes 2010-12-30T21:18:25Z The boys chased the Crow, throwing sticks and stones and scolding her for some time. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z They are armed anyhow; some carry fowling-pieces, some blunderbusses, and some fight with sticks and stones, as the return of those six soldiers contused establishes. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The next evening, with no police around, protesters rushed the park with sticks and stones. Conflict Over Squatters? Encampments Is a Test for Argentina?s President 2010-12-27T01:25:07Z Police chased hooded youths who threw sticks and stones. Greek police clash with anti-austerity protesters 2010-12-15T19:07:12Z Government supporters wielding sticks and stones attacked a student march in the center of Caracas, a Reuters witness said. U.S. says Chavez subverting will of Venezuelans 2010-12-16T01:31:59Z Williams referred to the adage about sticks and stones breaking bones, saying, “But I think we should try to let those words hurt a little bit — but try to keep the sticks and stones away.” James, the Villain, Returns to Boos 2010-12-03T02:23:00Z Tough but breathable kangaroo leather protects the tops of the feet, while a rugged rubber sole lessens the impact of sticks and stones below. Exercise gifts 2009-12-03T05:00:00Z Police stepped up patrols in the east coast resort of Bavaro, Punta Cana, after the incident on Saturday in which the Haitians armed with sticks and stones clashed with locals, killing one and injuring another. Two killed in Haiti-Dominican racial clash: police 2010-09-26T18:22:00Z The myth that humans are the only tool-wielding animals was laid to rest long ago: Chimps, otters and even birds use sticks and stones to leverage their innate abilities. Study: Were Lucy's Relatives the Oldest Butchers? 2010-08-11T23:00:00Z Well, let me tell you, we'd greatly prefer sticks and stones to 100 million gallons of oil and a million gallons of toxic dispersants. It'll always be "British Petroleum" to me 2010-06-15T01:01:00Z But the stand-off turned violent as rival sides battled each other with sticks and stones and gunshots were fired. One dead as Kyrgyz rivals clash 2010-05-14T11:12:00Z But the stand-off turned violent as rival sides battled each other with sticks and stones and gunshots were fired, injuring at least 30 people. Rival groups clash in Kyrgyzstan 2010-05-14T10:40:00Z Villagers respond with sticks and stones: Public fork-shaped sticks are widely available, but if none are at arm's reach even children reflexively throw rocks that send them on their way. In Indonesia, the People Who Live With Dragons 2010-05-08T15:15:00Z When police brought him to the scene of the crime on Thursday, an angry mob overwhelmed the policemen and beat Msallem with sticks and stones and stabbed him. Lebanon shocked by lynching of murder suspect 2010-04-30T13:48:00Z But if sticks and stones break your bones, scientists may be able to grow custom-size replacements. Novelties: Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab 2010-03-27T19:15:00Z "While children are taught that 'sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you,' it's not always true," Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, from New York, told reporters. Militant and hate group Internet use grows: report 2010-03-15T19:15:00Z In one central square hundreds of protesters hurled sticks and stones at riot police, who responded by baton-charging the crowd and firing several rounds of teargas. Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts 2010-03-11T19:07:00Z To celebrate these festivals, also, the maidens divided into troops, and armed with sticks and stones, attacked each other with fury. Heathen Mythology Rioting, indeed, broke out in the Capitol almost before the sun rose and fighting with sticks and stones between those who wanted Tiberius elected and those who did not. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men The employment of mechanical instruments, of which instances of monkeys using sticks and stones furnish the only rudimentary traces among the lower animals, is one of the often-quoted distinctive powers of man. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" "A madman, a madman," yelled the crowd, and sticks and stones and mud flew from all sides. Brother Francis Less than the least A pack of village hobbledehoys were pelting her with sticks and stones. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Nor, since only sticks and stones break bones and names never hurt, can it be abolished by the epithet "appearance." Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Abraham, do you still worship sticks and stones? The Garden of Eden This the Fingo did with the aid of sticks and stones, and much forcible expostulation, and the disappointed pack slunk back, to console itself by getting up a civil war on its own account. Harley Greenoak's Charge Luji had been engaged for some time pelting it with sticks and stones, but the agile brute was too much for him. The Ruined Cities of Zululand A few shots were exchanged, but no one appears to have been killed, although many got wounds and bruises from sticks and stones. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Rather dishonest, a sham and a fraud as he is, we make him an idol, and then scorn far-away savages who make idols of sticks and stones. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself But next day, February 27th, they returned in force, armed with sticks and stones, and even swords. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) They harnessed themselves, while others shoved behind, and drove them on over sticks and stones down to the mouth of the pit. Black Diamonds But the crowd jeers at her and scorns her youthful lover and though the Fiddler storms and rages at their blindness, the two lovers are driven out with sticks and stones. Dorothy's Tour Because of the malapert efforts of the builders, the mountain has shaken its monstrous sides with laughter till the tears ran adown its face and washed out their puny sticks and stones. Seeds of Pine The two Captains were fairly abreast as they led their batteries up the long slope, crushing the brush, sending sticks and stones flying from the heavy, flying wheels. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Ditte quickly invested her playthings with life; sticks and stones were all given a part and they were wonderfully easy to manage. Ditte: Girl Alive! Three days ago, as I was helping to unload a boat near St. Sebastian, they fell upon me with sticks and stones. Weird Tales, Vol. II. At times this bickering took the form of pitched battles fought out with sticks and stones. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts The creature was making frantic efforts to gain a landing-place, but as he approached the shore they drove him back with sticks and stones. Happy Days for Boys and Girls The writer of these lines remembers having once been driven himself, under a shower of sticks and stones, from a village of mountain-bred Moors who saw through his disguise. Finn The Wolfhound At Mendota a crowd of men hurled sticks and stones at the flying train. Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike A deadfall is a contrivance that is not in keeping with the usual fortuitous disarray of sticks and stones in the fields and woods. Ways of Nature Beth and Ptolemy went up shore, sticks and stones and rocks being no obstacles to their feet. Our Next-Door Neighbors Not all these, however, were armed; according to Des�ves a great many of them had no weapons but sticks and stones. The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion The Protestants valiantly but unavailingly defended themselves with sticks and stones; but the bullets of their enemies reached them everywhere, in the houses, on the roofs, in the streets. Henry IV, Makers of History He had not gone three cars before the mob saw him and with the cry of "The scab! the scab!" sent a shower of sticks and stones after the flying brakeman. Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike They kill leopards with sticks and stones very often, and even tigers. The Soul of a People First they cleared away the sticks and stones beside the log where they were sitting. Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Often when we met on the road, showers of sticks and stones filled the air, and our hearts burned with the heat of savage conflict. A Son of the Middle Border But one morning when the little rabbits went for their water, they found the brook full of sticks and stones, and the water so muddy they could not drink it at all. Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Two other boys were near the water at a little distance, trying to make a dog jump in, by throwing in sticks and stones. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story Full up with sticks and stones and old dead trees and somebody's old shed floatin' down the middle. Year of the Big Thaw The wild tribe had no weapons but sticks and stones. The Cave Twins And here his mother found him sitting one night, dull and moody, throwing sticks and stones into the water at his feet. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened And behold, also, by the hands of the ungodly righteous punishment has been dealt unto the sticks and stones that have long given to rapine most unworthy shelter. The Buccaneer A Tale The Hindoos worship cats and monkeys and holy bulls and sticks and stones. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 For three days afterwards I had still to linger there; and if their dogs ran or barked at me, the women chased them with sticks and stones, and protected me. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals But Hawk-Eye was there in almost no time, and though the people on the bluff rained down sticks and stones upon them, Hawk-Eye drove his spear into the woman’s arm. The Cave Twins He has used it for a million years, in the form of mud mixed with sticks and stones, for building his lodge and dam. Wild Animals at Home A man was anxious to sell us a plot of land in a certain village, but there was on it a very primitive temple, fenced in with a few sticks and stones. India and the Indians So cautious Solomon, having learned his lesson well, was forced to content himself with calling names from behind the wall, which Ezra was prompt to answer with sticks and stones. Christmas Light By 'fictitious,' as we have seen, he means not 'unreal' but simply not tangible, weighable, or measurable—like sticks and stones, or like pains and pleasures. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Between Brett and the concrete columns the floor was littered with pale sticks and stones, gleaming dully in the gloom. It Could Be Anything The monster's blood filled my mouth—a shower of whip lashes and blows from sticks and stones rained upon me—yet I budged not. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death I myself am here; I am most furious; I make the loudest noise of all; I respect no one; even sticks and stones tremble before me. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History And he, too, ran for some sticks and stones, with which to make the barrier in the narrow roadway more complete. Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall Everybody was already convinced that there were sticks and stones, and everybody is prepared to hear that their belief is approved by philosophy. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The king gets this from the monk, but has to return it when he gets another jar which is full of sticks and stones. Europa's Fairy Book All the men were armed with pointed sticks and stones, which appeared to us to be sharp, like hatchets. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Small crawling things everywhere dotted the mud or tried to hide under the sticks and stones. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The fellow began to weaken, and in less than a moment was in full flight with a howling mob after him, hurling sticks and stones at him with no gentle intent. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier Between them all, what with sticks and stones and other kinds of torture, the poor creature was hard beset and seemed almost frightened to death. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations When Havelok and his companions saw it they came to my aid, with sticks and stones, and drove out the robbers like dogs from a mill. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race And even a savage only worships "sticks and stones" after he endows them with life and intelligence. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative The Lorens were throwing sticks and stones when they could. Hunters Out of Space From the darkness behind them a German flare soared up and burst, throwing up bushes and shattered buildings, sandbag parapets, broken tree-stumps, sticks and stones in luminous-edged silhouette. Between the Lines When the lads came home from school to put it all in disorder, with bats and balls, and sticks and stones, she made no remonstrance, but set to work to put it in order again. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not Only on Holy Friday are the bells abandoned and tin pans and bamboo clappers, sticks and stones, resorted to for purposes of lamentation—functions for which these instruments are perfectly adapted. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia And seemingly all at once they sprang at the prisoners with sticks and stones and knives and fists. A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy Jimmy McLoughlin's bandsmen, armed with sticks and stones, were forming up on the road. Lady Bountiful Here were creatures who made the very sticks and stones obey them! Mushrooms on the Moor One, a young man, still possessed of a little strength, fought with sticks and stones with all his might as he lay in the trail where he had fallen in his flight. Shadows of Shasta Oh, Peace," gasped Allee at last, stumbling blindly over sticks and stones as her older sisters dragged her along between them, "my dress is coming off, and my breath is all in chunks. At the Little Brown House But, unlike the others, they are not exposed to the full fury of the blast; neither are they in danger of being blinded by the sulphureous dust, nor pelted with sticks and stones. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco It just looked like any other tree; and who was to guess the meaning of the rubbishy bits of sticks and stones lying at the bottom of it? Adventures in Many Lands How often we had tried to kill some of these with sticks and stones, in vain! Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions Somewhat later he was set upon in another town by a crowd armed with sticks and stones and other missiles, from which he fled with more haste than dignity. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 In the midst of the sticks and stones lay his flashlight, bent and with the glass broken. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine In vain he had thrown sticks and stones at birds. The Rival Crusoes Execrations and a volley of sticks and stones speeded its flight. The Devil's Asteroid The difference between sticks and stones and living beings consists primarily in the fact that the latter are positively active; the former are passively acted upon. Human Traits and their Social Significance Well, 'sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will never hurt us,' so don't let that Latin expression worry you. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands And, better still, they knew a surprising lot about minerals and flowers and things of that sort, that were but sticks and stones to his small world at home. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book The interior of each showed a cooking hearth or platform framed of sticks and stones, and an assortment of wooden cooking utensils rudely carved. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims There was a chorus of approving yells, and all save Sadau jumped up to look for sticks and stones. The Devil's Asteroid I have always heard that a genius is something that they beat to death first with sticks and stones, and set up on a great rock to worship afterwards. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida "There were a number of sticks and stones on my side of the slide, and they held us back," he protested lamely. The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods They catch antelope, hares, pig and nilgai in their nets, and kill them with sticks and stones, and they dam up streams and net fish. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Well, at first, too, everything seemed alive—even sticks and stones; and the broomstick I made into a gun seemed to have a life or kind of a memory of somethin'. Mitch Miller The boys threw up sticks and stones, and brought down a big shower. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets It was cold, and he could only stay in the dim little house, playing with small sticks and stones, or tracing the frostwork on the one little window. Child Stories from the Masters Being a Few Modest Interpretations of Some Phases of the Master Works Done in a Child Way Then the rain burst upon them like a waterspout, and, mingling with the flying dust overhead, came down in the form of mud, mixed with flying sticks and stones, and grass, and prickly thistle-heads. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America The gun would only go off once, but a desperate man would find weapons in sticks and stones. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales Apparently it had not been premeditated, for the parties were fighting with sticks and stones, as well as swords and fire-arms. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Were they all sticks and stones, who had no capacity for feeling? Etheldreda the Ready A School Story On yonder hillside there is a flat rock, and round about it are piled many little sticks and stones. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 Up we sprang, and whooped and shouted and waved and threw sticks and stones into the brush. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies Ordinarily when committing dacoity they are armed with sticks and stones only. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Hence these apparently insignificant sticks and stones are, in the opinion of the natives, most potent instruments for conveying to the living the virtues and powers of the dead. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia He hobbled about, collecting sticks and stones, arranging them in the "forbidden-symbol" way to form a barrier around the 'thing. Regeneration This strainer keeps the leaves, sticks and stones out of the pipe. Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's Where the sun shone we could tell that the sign was still an hour or more old, because the edges of the hoof-marks were baked hard; and sticks and stones turned up had dried. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies Splash was used to running after sticks and stones that the children threw, and he would bring them back, to have them thrown over again. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony The sanctity ascribed to the sticks and stones is intelligible when we remember that the spirits of all the people both living and dead are believed to be intimately associated with them. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Well, you put some mud and sticks and stones in the brook, all the way across. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm It seemed as if even the sticks and stones were in league to injure me. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems He threw sticks and stones after them and had started to chase them when a new and dreadful sound smote on his ear. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Were those bad boys All after you, With sticks and stones, And tin cans, too? The Dog's Book of Verse The presence of life had wrought upon the handsome sticks and stones that furnished the rooms, and transformed them into household gods. The Late Miss Hollingford Nothing was spared me, for from the window I could see him and the marauding Jaguar weight their perfumed whiteness down with sticks and stones and clods of earth. The Heart's Kingdom This is always made on the right hand22 and very frequently there is a supply of sticks and stones in readiness. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The chimney and fireplace were made of mud, sticks and stones. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Bladud was prevented from replying to this unjust accusation by a rabble of rude boys, who had gathered round them, and began to assail the poor pig with sticks and stones. The Children's Portion Just because they’ve been taught a few tricks, and use sticks and stones for weapons—” He got rid of the smile again, and quick-changed to seriousness. Little Fuzzy In sliding down the slippery pine needle hill the coat had caught on sticks and stones and it had many holes torn in it, and it was also ripped here and there. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods "I am like a vagrant cur: flying from the sticks and stones of a vile rabble, I fawn with cringing servility on the first hand that throws me a crust." Trifles for the Christmas Holidays At one end there was a chimney that was made out of dried mud, sticks and stones. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 He sat up and begged for bread, he ran after sticks and stones thrown by feeble hands, he shook paws with the children, had his ears stroked and his tail pulled with the greatest good-nature. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life "You, Tige! you, Pomp!" cried the woman, running to them and picking up sticks and stones and hurling them at the animals, "down thar, I say!" Westerfelt It comes in pale yellow sheets instead of big black balls loaded with the dirt or sticks and stones that the honest Indian sometimes adds to make a bigger lump. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries A dog is barking at the Bride and boys are assaulting her with sticks and stones, but all around are bands of angelic witnesses, their flowing raiment and mighty wings glowing with rainbow hues. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 The ropes and cloth were twisted and wound around among the sticks and stones, where the tent had drifted, after the flood of the night before had carried it away. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus The game is now in great quantities, particularly the elk and buffaloe, which last is so gentle that the men are obliged to drive them out of the way with sticks and stones. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. Better try your hand at fishin', lad, and see if you can knock some birds over with sticks and stones. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands Even things that are not playthings at all, sticks and stones and shells, have this possibility in them. The Education of Catholic Girls De Lacey was promptly rolled upon the turf, and the pages set to work and endeavoured to reach his person by scraping away the adhesive slime with the aid of sticks and stones. Heiress of Haddon Struck by sticks and stones that darkened the air, twice down, fleeing as those only do who flee for life, she gained her own house, thinking there to find security. What Answer? He leaped over sticks and stones in his headlong speed, dashed through the burned trees, and sprang out upon the shore of the lake. Jess of the Rebel Trail We threw sticks and stones and our syce waded into the stream, but all to no purpose; it glided away into some safe little hole under the bank. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Thank God, we don't have to stand up and receive a shower of sticks and stones, as the militia did in the old days. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin In an instant sticks and stones began to fly. Stories of the Border Marches We have no toys, only ugly sticks and stones for playthings. A Kindergarten Story Book Man has worshipped sticks and stones and stars: has he never bent a knee to the high gods of the clouds? Shandygaff That's your precious niece, Olive Asher, scooting past us with her nose in the air as if we was sticks and stones by the side of the road. The Captain's Toll-Gate The Kroomen, who are very partial to their flesh, hunt them successfully with sticks and stones. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 One was clothed, another naked, another was spitting at the sky: some were throwing sticks and stones, tearing their coats, striking and pushing... The Troubadours Boys run at their heels, and spur them on with sticks and stones. The Italians For want of wild game they will harry a poor miserable tom-cat with sticks and stones. Tales of lonely trails You don't get the very sticks and stones to begin with, maybe; but what they stand for grows up in you, and when you come to it you know it is yours. We Girls: a Home Story Jimmy Skunk, who never hurries, kept right on pulling over sticks and stones just as if he didn't see or hear Unc' Billy at all. The Adventures of Mr. Mocker The result was that a battle with sticks and stones and even swords took place between them, in which some others joined who assisted both sides. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Every one who passed by pelted its branches with sticks and stones, in order to bring down the fruit, and the tree suffered severely. Aesop's Fables; a new translation Armed with sticks and stones, they strewed the streets with bodies of the dying and the dead. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 He walked about, stumbling over sticks and stones and stumps, sometimes falling down on soft moss, and again on the hard ground. Squinty the Comical Pig His Many Adventures The elevation of frames of poles caught his eye; yet this in itself was not so remarkable, being done by the same creatures that flung sticks and stones to great distances. White Fang The multitude, armed with sticks and stones, drove them back into the Capitol. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 There were the Mohammedans and the heathenish tribes of northern Africa who worshipped sticks and stones and dead trees. The Story of Mankind When sticks and stones and beasts form the sole environment of a people, their attitude is largely one of determined opposition to and conquest of natural forces. The Souls of Black Folk I think," said Theriere, "that we had better spend an hour arming ourselves with sticks and stones. The Mucker The occasional blows of sticks and stones he had previously experienced were as caresses compared with this. White Fang May was gentle, and tender with everything else on earth; so I 'spose she had a right to bruise the serpent with her heel—really she used sticks and stones—if she wanted to. Laddie; a true blue story The Man and the Wooden God In the old days men used to worship sticks and stones and idols, and prayed to them to give them luck. Aesop's Fables He saw the frenzied women tantalizing the great lion with sticks and stones. Jungle Tales of Tarzan But the first step he took toward them they caught up sticks and stones to threaten. The Trail Book Thus, sticks and stones, directed by these strange creatures, leaped through the air like living things, inflicting grievous hurts upon the dogs. White Fang They humped it, making the other alley's mouth by a margin slim indeed, followed by human howls and a clattering volley of sticks and stones. A Night Out Right below me I saw a fox-hole, with the entrance so barricaded with sticks and stones, that I felt very sure poor Reynard must have been captured unless he dug out somewhere else. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 This roughness came out strong at games of ball, and generally at all the games in which there are two sides, conquerors and prisoners, or fights with sticks and stones. Saint Augustin I was too far to hear him, but the people broke out with a shower of sticks and stones. The Trail Book I'm living right on your mountain, and its sticks and stones are all about me. With the Procession At a weir of sticks and stones forming a rather wide dam, overgrown by tall hemp-agrimony now in flower, we met with our first difficulty. Two Summers in Guyenne It was small brained by our present standards, but it had clever hands with which it handled fruit and beat nuts upon the rocks, and perhaps caught up sticks and stones to smite its fellows. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments I was not only hissed and hooted, but I was pelted with sticks and stones by their hired agents, and although the people appeared excessively indignant at these outrages, they could not altogether prevent them. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 So they drove me out with sticks and stones. The Trail Book And the noblest mountain in the world, when you come right down to details, is only a heap of dirt and rocks strewn over with sticks and stones. With the Procession The Somali brought a leopard into camp, which they said they had destroyed in a cave by beating it to death with sticks and stones. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile She had been driven away from every house, and had been frightened by mischievous boys with sticks and stones. Filipino Popular Tales In W. H. Hudson's Green Mansions the reader will remember how a few sticks and stones, laid upon a hilltop, were used as markers to indicate the outlines of a continent. A Study of Poetry The wreck of the old-fashioned chimney stood out gaunt and desolate, while the large fire-place was filled with sticks and stones. The Fourth Watch Prierias' pamphlet provoked him to exclaim, in that same letter to Spalatin, 'I think that at Rome they are all mad, silly, and raging, and have become mere fools, sticks and stones, hells and devils.' Life of Luther They were more likely to be greeted with hisses and cat-calls, sticks and stones, stale eggs and decayed cabbages, hoots and yells of derision, and decorations of tar and feathers. Frederick Douglass A Biography She arose and began to walk angrily up and down, kicking aside the sticks and stones as she encountered them. The Claim Jumpers Criticism, likewise, needs its poor sticks and stones of commonplace, if it is to point out any roadway. A Study of Poetry From them a group of men had burst, armed with sticks and stones. The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly On they rushed, over the sticks and stones and rough places, down—down that great, long mountain side. Algonquin Indian Tales As for Kidd, he is a modest, unassuming man, and is not to be attacked with sticks and stones like a savage. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 Often the Rovers and Songbird would knock down the nuts with sticks and stones and leave the girls to gather what they wanted. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong Here boys play at "hockey" with sticks and stones energetically as in England: they are fine manly specimens of the race, but noisy and impudent, like all young savages. First Footsteps in East Africa They drove me with sticks and stones that I fled to the water. The Belted Seas After her return to her people her condition betrayed itself, and she was much persecuted; they pursued her with sticks and stones, howling abuse. Algonquin Legends of New England This frequently led to disgraceful fights, when sticks and stones were used with a freedom that would have done no discredit to Irish faction fights in their palmiest days. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian And he is now actually employed in fixing sticks and stones at convenient distances, upon a spot very near our own, where he means to raise a suitable structure for his residence, after his nuptials. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 A great mob was raised and a street fight precipitated, in the midst of which three hundred persons were killed with sticks and stones and pieces of benches. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Down they came, over sticks and stones, and their skin was so tough that they never got hurt. Umboo, the Elephant We began to meet dogs as big as Newfoundlands, that attacked our unmounted Zeitoonli, refusing to be driven off with sticks and stones, and only retreating a little way when we rode down on them. The Eye of Zeitoon I had no chance to beg, For when the beggars saw me they cried out They would not have another share their alms, And hunted me away with sticks and stones. The Countess Cathleen This time it was easy, because they knew just where the traps were, so all day long they dropped sticks and stones into the traps and once more sprung them. The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat With sticks and stones we drove him off, and the white bull retired abashed—but not more so than his master. Spinifex and Sand Nevertheless the rebels were half-famished, and armed with scarcely any more deadly weapons than sticks and stones. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan If they became too troublesome he would drive them away, but not by throwing sticks and stones at them as he once did. Friends and Neighbors Squaws shut the doors of the cabins at their approach, young braves threatened them with death, children followed them about hooting and pelting them with sticks and stones. The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness Indeed, the best books have a use, like sticks and stones, which is above or beside their design, not anticipated in the preface, nor concluded in the appendix. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Presently a jemadar came rushing up to me to say that the men were all fighting and murdering each other with sticks and stones. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures They pelted him with sticks and stones till their arms were tired, but they might just as well have pelted a dead cow. On Our Selection They then chase and kill him with sticks and stones, and believe that, when they have done so, no disease or misfortune will visit the village during the year. The Golden Bough Accordingly, when they saw the fuller, they fell upon him with sticks and stones and pelted him; whereupon quoth he, "Verily, I am a Turk and knew it not." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] Moreover, the actual wound is less considered in Moslem law than the instrument which caused it: so sticks and stones are venial weapons, whilst sword and dagger, gun and pistol are felonious. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 Among the Cotton-bees, the Manicate Anthidium is not faithful either to her fort of little sticks and stones; I know some of her nests in which cotton serves every purpose. Bramble-Bees and Others Others were gathering sticks and stones, as if for resistance, and some could be seen to have weapons. Tom Swift and His Airship Thus arrayed the figure is stuck on the end of a long pole and carried at full speed by the tallest and strongest girl, while the rest pelt the effigy with sticks and stones. The Golden Bough A crowd of men and women drove her out of her house, and chased her with sticks and stones. Sixes and Sevens He uses these to dig out grubs and insects in the ground, and for pulling over sticks and stones in his search for beetles. The Burgess Animal Book for Children Yet it was the sticks and stones and flower-beds that I mostly thought of. Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) But they finished it with sticks and stones. The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa O sticks and stones, brickbats and bones, and is my master dead? Locrine/Mucedorus A charge of small shot would have made great slaughter among these birds, but the hunters were still limited to sticks and stones, and these primitive weapons proved very insufficient. The Mysterious Island Down the main street of the village the guards led the prisoner, followed by a screaming mob of squaws and young braves and children who threw sticks and stones at the hated Long Knife. Betty Zane The game is now in great quantities, particularly the elk and buffalo, which last is so gentle that the men are obliged to drive them out of the way with sticks and stones. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 They had power of command over other objects, could propel sticks and stones through the air, could even tie him a prisoner to a stick that rendered him helpless. Jerry of the Islands |
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