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Example sentences for "smart fire"

  • Cover the stew-pan close, and set it over a smart fire.

  • Requires a smart fire, but not a fierce one.

  • The Chinese waved to them to come on, and opened a smart fire as they struggled up the steep hill, and knocked down several of the men.

  • Pigeons should be stuffed and roasted about fifteen minutes before a smart fire.

  • A smart fire for an hour and a half is a general rule for common sized family ovens, provided brown bread and beans are to be baked.

  • A smart fire is better than a slow one; but they must be tended closely.

  • As the pirates came in sight among the fruit-trees, the Governor trained his heavy guns upon them, and opened a smart fire.

  • Then the drums beat out a bravery, and the pirates rushed the town in the face of a smart fire.

  • The enemy preceded his attack with a smart fire of artillery, to which Hutchinson could make no reply, but was forced to take it patiently.

  • The enemy held all the houses upon the opposite bank of the river, which runs close to the town, and opened a smart fire of musketry upon the regiment as it advanced.

  • While the column was scattered and prolonged by the rapid chase, we came suddenly upon the enemy halted in the edge of a wood, and were received with a smart fire, which checked us.


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