We observed the gunners at their stations in the castle, and every instant we expected to see a cloud of smoke with its attendant flash, followed by a round shot, issue from the muzzles of the guns.
It was pleasant to watch the tall ship as she sailed by our side, with pennants flying, and the muzzles of her guns peering through her ports, and to think of the far-distant lands she had visited.
There was a flash of sparks from the muzzles of the guns, and a powerful and disabling, though not deadly, current of electricity shot toward the Martians.
This done, the ports covering the muzzlesof the electric cannons were let down, and four guns, two on either side, were aimed at the throng of Martians.
From those openings, and you will see that there are four of them, will protrude the muzzles of my electric cannons.
It was impossible not to admire the reckless bravery of these fanatics who, dancing and shouting, rushed up to the very muzzles of the rifles with nothing but a knotty stick in their hands, only to fall dead one over the other.
On the conclusion of prayers the guns pealed forth salutes, and such wild fanaticism and enthusiasm prevailed that several men dashed up to the very muzzles of the guns and were blown to pieces.
He beat the air with clenched fists, and with distended eyes saw the muzzles of rifles presented at his helpless boy.
There was blood on the muzzles of the horses and on the shining ice that stretched beyond them.
Two velvetymuzzles met over the barrier, the old King found and recognized one of his kindred; his own stray calf.
An incessant fusillade of musketry crackled along the walls, and the cannon with depressedmuzzles hurled their balls with more or less damaging effect into the dense throng massed on the beach below.
At the same time the windows at the back of the house flew up as they had done in the front, and the muzzles of the muskets peeped out as they had done before.
And the approach to this position was as reasonable as is any approach toward the muzzles of magazine rifles.
We all had an opportunity of looking miles down the muzzles of this festive artillery before came the collision.
At the head of the road, in an angle of the wall, two silent but grim-looking guns pointed their muzzles directly down the road, so as to command it from one end to the other.
Of all the muzzles made I prefer those with a solid piece of leather beneath the jaw, and straps round the neck and nose having buckles so that they may be manipulated as required.
All the morning the gunners followed those orders blindly, sluing the hot gun-muzzles a fraction this way or that, making minute adjustments on sights and range drums and shell fuses.
Very accurate when still others, sent from muzzles six or seven thousand yards distant, fall in that same line of trench!
An opening cut in embankments for the muzzles of the cannon.
The fort on the hill was so high above the boats that the muzzles of the guns could not be elevated far enough to hit it.
Our men waiting the moment to fire, had gradually brought the muzzles of their arms to bear; and without moving their heads, and hardly drawing breath, silently indicated to each other the whereabouts of fresh comers.
In front were the Russian entrenchments and batteries with the black muzzlesof the guns peering through the embrasures.
He threw down his sword at the officer's feet, and discharged his pistols into the ground, or at least pulled the triggers with the muzzles pointed downwards, in token of surrender.
The Redan, Round Tower, Garden and Road Batteries, aided by the ships, lighted up the air from the muzzles of their guns.
It was barely ten yards from that to the base of the huge sloping mound of earth which rose full twenty feet in height above the level, and showed in every direction the grinning muzzles of its guns.
Then one came upon ill-treated cannon, some trunnionless, others with muzzles knocked off, some burst in pieces, and others bearing indentations as from the hammer of Cyclops.
Depress the muzzles of your guns as much as you can, and give the treacherous rascals their contents as you bring them to bear," cried I.
Each time they came so close that we resorted to double charges of canister and never a rebel reached the muzzles of our guns.
Anyhow, her bulwarks are pierced; and I can see the muzzles of five bull-dogs grinning through her starboard port-holes.
Bob applied themuzzles of both pistols to the lock, and pulled the triggers.
But by some mischance the muzzles were pointed a trifle too high, and both charges flew harmlessly over the boats, tearing up the water a few yards astern of them.
I did not dare move, for that would make me a target for the guns that covered that terrible wall, the muzzles of which I could plainly see.
The gunners upon the quarter-deck of the Ranger timed their guns, so that they were fired as their muzzles went down and the enemy's side arose.
But a big, hulking Dutch frigate hovered in their rear, and thirty-two guns pointed their brown muzzles menacingly from her open port-holes.
Thick walls turned yellow by time, at each angle of which could be seen the threatening muzzles of two guns peering out, gave this strongly-built house the appearance of a real fortress.
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