Word: weapons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fights a duel on her account with another prisoner and kills him. Effecting his escape, he makes his way to London to take possession of a fortune left by an uncle. A disinherited cousin becomes the enemy of St. Ives, and using the knowledge of the duel as a weapon, helps to make the story interesting. St. Ives goes back to see his Flora and is pursued by the cousin and the police. As the meshes are closing around him, he makes his escape to France in a balloon, clears himself and all ends happily, as is fitting in such...
...definiteness, a fault which afforded an easy point of attack for the Yale men. Still the Harvard argument taken by itself was strong, but was not presented so forcibly as the Yale argument. All the Yale speakers had splendid form. Clark's skill in analysis was perhaps their strongest weapon. For Harvard, Stewar dspoke best, making the most effective of the rebuttal speeches...
...possession of a large navy would be contrary to the general policy of the United States. (a) A navy is an offensive and not a defensive weapon...
...idea of stringed instruments can be traced back to the time of Homer, who pictures one of his heroes with a bow, which he uses not only as a weapon, but also as a means of producing pleasant sounds. The mode of producing these sounds, picking the strings, is the basis of most of the string instruments, up to the pianoforte. The other mode of striking the strings a blow, was employed by the Assyrians, and later was made use of in the piano...
...year ago, Professor Cohn lectured on the "Career of Bismarck," he had refrained from prophesying on the events following the fall of the great statesman. His lecture was an anticipated funeral eulogy. From the German standpoint the removal of Bismarck is a mistake. But Bismarck fell struck by the weapon which he had himself forged-the weapon of all powerful monarchical government. The great statesman had brought up the young emperor to reverence this idea, and when the views of the two men (the giant and the youngster) differed, the former fell a victim to the strength that...