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“The problem, at least for the British, was that by this time more than 13,000 American soldiers were in place and ready to defend…

— Charles River Editors

“All night the fighting had been furious, with no let-up. Fur and Freedom Fighters had battled against flaming shafts with their bare paws and…

— Brian Jacques

“Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware…

— Lewis Carroll

“[Christopher:] You cannot conceive of the quantity of explosives the armies throw at each other for each man killed! The shells make a continuous…

— Tom Stoppard

Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about…

— Fritz Kreisler

“Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the coast. There wasn't even a shed there, and she was shelling the bush.…

— Joseph Conrad

“Sprinkled across the black waters below were at least a hundred small boats set out to greet the Leviathan , their navigation lights like…

— Scott Westerfeld

“[“... ] Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the coast. There wasn't even a shed there, and she was shelling…

— Joseph Conrad

“We did not get on much further, for in another moment we were caught by a terrific squall from the West that snapped the…

— Homer

“The defenders retreated, but in good order. A musket flamed and a ball shattered a marine’s collar bone, spinning him around. The soldiers screamed…

— David Cook

“Ieronym took hold of the cable with both hands, curved himself into a question mark, and grunted. The ferry creaked and lurched. The silhouette…

— Anton Chekhov

François: Do you know what kind of a bomb it was? Clouseau: Yes, the exploding kind.

— Peter Sellers