"Rioting" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Turks and the Christians are of daily occurrence. The allied fleets have had to make a demand on Turkey that the soldiers shall give up their arms, as the rioting is so incessant. ...
— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 40, August 12, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various
... God, have mercy upon me! What shall I do, the day of judgment is come, and I am not prepared! When immediately he heard a voice behind him, exceeding loud, saying, Repent. At another time he dreamed that he was in a pleasant place, jovial and rioting, banqueting and feasting his senses, when a mighty earthquake suddenly rent the earth, and made a wide gap, out of which came bloody flames, and the figures of men tossed up in globes of fire, and falling down again with horrible cries, shrieks, and execrations, whilst some devils ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... us believe that he left his family in poverty. As a matter of fact, Mrs. Purcell was left quite well off, and was able to give her son Edward a good education. She had also property to bequeath when she died in 1706. Purcell worked so hard that he cannot have had time for the life of tavern-rioting that Hawkins invented. All we know is that he died, and that his death was a tragic loss to England. A few days later he was buried in Westminster Abbey, to the sound of his own most solemn music. A tablet to his memory ...
— Purcell • John F. Runciman
... review of in Goodnow Memorandum Republican-Imperialist Conflict of 1917 Restoration Edict of Hsuan Tung Revolt of February, 1912 Revolution of 1911 effect on Japan Revolutionary base at Hankow, Hanyang and Wuchang Party and the Europe and Asia Trading Co. agreement Rioting in Pekin Russia demands participation in loan recognizes the independence of Tibet agrees to autonomy of Outer Mongolia Russian loan, the Russia's Chinese policy role in the Far East status after the war Russo-Chinese Agreement ...
— The Fight For The Republic in China • Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale
... out; he's in for letting yon men out; thou may call it rioting if thou's a mind to set folks again' him, but it's too bad to cast such hard words at him as yon—felony,' she repeated, in ...
— Sylvia's Lovers, Vol. II • Elizabeth Gaskell
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