In this intense cold, iron snaps like glass, and no immovable or rigidly fastened wood-work would stand for a moment the fierce concussions of a drive.
The ejected material in the Charleston earthquake was ordinary sand, such as might exist in many districts which had been quite undisturbed by any concussions of the earth.
Loud thundering reports accompanied this eruption, and all the ships in the neighborhood felt concussions like those produced by an earthquake.
Because, by that arrangement, concussions of the skull, which might be fatal to the brain, are deadened, and injuries from accident greatly modified.
The violent concussions of the air produced by volleys of cannon, or by loud peals of thunder, have an overpowering effect upon persons nervously constituted, and upon the organ of hearing, which is more especially affected.
The huge voluminous concussions rushed past me, beat at my heart and passed.
These concussions are felt through a great extent of country, from the settlements on Red river and the Washita to the falls of Ohio, and from the mouth of the Missouri to New Orleans.
This supposition may derive some confirmation from the well known fact that this region is still in a remarkable degree subject to subterranean concussions {320} and earthquakes.
Shakes," as theseconcussions are called by the inhabitants, are in this part of the country extremely frequent, and are spoken of as matters of every day occurrence.
The wind was often so violent in these regions, that its velocity dazzled the sight, whilst their fears were increased, from the dreadful concussions of the precipice, caused by the all of enormous fragments of rocks.
With the cessation of the traffic an unusual stillness came upon New York, and the disturbing concussions of the futile defending guns on the hills about grew more and more audible.
The heavy concussions of the distant guns and those incidental harmless pyrotechnics at the level of the clouds seemed to have as little to do with killing and force, terror and submission, as a salute at a naval review.
There were no agitations within the bowels of the globe: no violent convulsions: no concussions of the earth: no earthquakes: but all was unmoved as the pillars of heaven.
WIND GALLS CAUSE: By concussions from fast work on hard roads and from sprains from slipping.
There were dull concussions coming from far underwater, and more rockets broke surface and shot skyward.
He said savagely, "They've been shaken up badly by the concussions underwater.
Through it, however, came now a series of concussions that were so close together that they were inseparable, and so violent that they were like slaps upon the chest.
It was a colossal din, an incredible uproar, a sustained thunder that beat at the eardrums like the reiterated concussions of a thousand guns that fired without ceasing.
This profound fixing of aquatick-trees being to preserve them steddy, and from the concussions of the winds, and violence of waters, in their liquid and slippery foundations.
Lastly, your plantation must above all things be carefully preserved from cattel and the concussions of impetuous winds, till they are out of reach of the one, and sturdy enough to encounter the other.
The tree of our ancient monarchy has not been able to resist the concussions which have shaken society; its branches have strewed the earth, and its roots have been laid bare.
In clouds of rainbow spray and amid thunderous concussions of sound we set to work to climb the southern side of the rock wall, and after an hour achieved the summit.
I perceive that, stunned and dazed by the frightful concussions of modern firearms, he has swerved sharp to the right, and is now moving across our front, broadside on, at the same swift trot.
The whole Plant shook and rattled with the violent concussions of the aerial-bomb guns, already searching the upper air with shrapnel.
Every second or two, terrible concussions leaped toward the zenith; and the earth, hidden somewhere down there below the fog-blanket, seemed flaming upward like a huge volcano.
The guns are thundering at a terrific rate, the concussions shaking our barracks and rattling the dishes on the table.
These concussions were equal to those a man could make with a large nail-hammer, while lying on his back and striking with all his strength.
When the above-named performances were finished, loud concussions were heard and felt on the under side of the table.
We did not comply, and the concussions were continued for full fifteen minutes.
The concussions of the earth shook the aim of Dellarme's men, blinded by smoke and dust, as they fired through a fog at bent figures whose legs were pumping fast in dim pantomime.
There was an end to theconcussions and the thrashing of the air around Dellarme's men, and they had the relief of a breaking abscess in the ear.
Not a single casualty," said one of the officers when the storm of shells ended with a few last concussions and a rumble of falling bricks.
We had big guns in the ruins of Ypres, and round about, and they fired with violent concussions which shook loose stones, and their flashes were red through the Flanders mist.
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