Word: thundered
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Their cataract thunder, and sea-birds...
...other half that hot-bed of iniquity, Saratoga, was an insurmountable obstacle to their participation. We are in doubt as to the character of the proposed contests. Are we to be reminded of our childish days by hearing recited "Marco Bozzaris," or "Spartacus to the Gladiators," with the accustomed thunder of boyish eloquence? or are some youthful aspirants to throw at each other their views on the theory of government or the evolution of self-consciousness? An association for this purpose has lately been formed by colleges in the West, and meets very soon at a town in Ohio...
...pleasant position for lovers! - O joy, while the thunder-clouds warn...
...thunder and lighten, now let the tempest arise...
...lives of three of the Holworthy Aristocracy. These gentlemen were visiting Barnum's World's Fair at the time when the terrific tornado struck the canvas palace, filling the hearts of all with terror and consternation. Amid the howls of the affrighted animals, the shrieks of women, and the thunder of the elements, they rushed round (as did several thousand others) with a stoical indifference to their personal peril, and besought all to calm themselves. It was owing to their superhuman exertions that only one parrot escaped, and to their disinterested attentions that several young and lovely women were saved...