"Barrel" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fumbling for the electric switch, Bob stepped softly in after him, and as softly closed the door behind him, just as the janitor switched on the light. He turned at the slight sound of the closing door and found himself gazing down the long blue barrel of ...
— The Long Chance • Peter B. Kyne
... pointing out that to shift the cartridge in a Mauser, it is necessary to hold the rifle at an almost perpendicular angle, and close up under the shoulder. After the fresh cartridge has gone home the temptation to bring the butt to the shoulder before the barrel is level is too great for the Spanish Tommy, and, in his excitement, he fires most of his ammunition in the air over the heads of the enemy. He also fires so recklessly and rapidly that his gun often becomes ...
— Cuba in War Time • Richard Harding Davis
... barricaded; and (the landlord having roused three or four companions) about half-a-dozen men, with muskets and lanterns hidden under their coats, were standing under an archway, awaiting the party. Suddenly the lanterns shone out, the horses' bridles were seized, and a man thrust the barrel of a musket in at each window, ...
— The Peasant and the Prince • Harriet Martineau
... "instead of hiring an extra hand this fall to sort and barrel apples, wont you let Evaline and me do it, and pay us ...
— A Missionary Twig • Emma L. Burnett
... him," said the beaming Danny to the captain, for the recollection of that victory made all else seem trivial. "Say! he doubled up like a clown droppin' into a barrel." ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) • Various
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