He has the whole command and sole management of six most unmanageable pieces of ordnance, admirably adapted for the destruction of Pendennis, a like tower of strength on the opposite side of the Channel.
It was this: that a fine London-bred lady's-maid is an inconvenient and unmanageable servant to introduce into a small humble household.
But Mr. Gibbs kept his official life and his private life very perfectly asunder, and he allowed no sectarian prejudices to make him rusty and unmanageable in his relations with the new postmaster.
Some were beginning to snort and whinny, and the Sioux feared that the unmanageable little beasts might betray them to their foes.
They were certain that if enemies were lurking at the pool they must surely have seen the dust and heard the noise created by the unmanageable ponies.
Fifteen minutes later a shot carried away the forestay and main boom of the Growler, and being now unmanageable she was forced to strike.
By such means they hoped to smother the unmanageable element which had so far thwarted their attempts to gain control of the coveted region, and insidiously overcome the turbulent faction termed by them the "Bennington Mob.
By good cooking, hosts of things are converted into excellent nourishment, which would be entirely unmanageable by the stomach without such assistance.
It was only a cake that tempted the poor little mite,” said the mother deprecatingly, “but she was very naughty and unmanageable otherwise, and the parents were glad of a pretext to get rid of her for a time.
Less often, the child will be quiet with his own nurse, and quite unmanageable with a stranger.
The child, naughty and almost unmanageable one week, may behave as a model of propriety the next.
So fine was his touch and so complete the affinity between camels and himself, that even beasts thought hopelessly unmanageable responded to him.
The Sacred Course, connecting the eminences of Safa and Marwa and locale of the liveliest and most unmanageable bazaar in Mecca, was four hundred and ninety three paces in length.
In spite of her levity Lady Emily was seriously interested in her cousin's affairs, and tried every means of obtaining Lady Juliana's consent; but Lady Juliana was become more unmanageable than ever.
You surely might have known that the person who is never consulted about anything will invariably start difficulties to everything; and that people who are never accustomed to be even listened to get quite unmanageable when appealed to.
And then old Maisie waked from a dream about unmanageable shrimps, to utter the correct formula with a conviction of its truth, this time.
Patients never are, being an unmanageable class at the best.
She described the plunge of the unmanageable canoe over the fall and its immediate consequences, minifying her own part in the rescue.
Taking advantage of the next lull in the unmanageable flight, he shouted again.
They descended the great rivers, and, from the mouth of the Borysthenes, fearlessly pushed out into the open sea in those misshapen and unmanageable logs which are still seen in the same regions.
It came to be a public fact that he had said before many people: “I would give anything to the one who would help me to get rid of that unmanageable Chiniquy.
But I find that they are more insolent and unmanageable than ever; and my firm belief is that it is your fault.
He was also fond of fast horses, and knew, to perfection, how to handle the most unmanageable steeds of Quebec.
The result was that, by this craft hanging suspended to her, she became unmanageable and unable to turn one way or another.
The aid of the others now rendered many items available which Snowball had formerly rejected as useless,--because unmanageable by himself while acting alone.
It was an anxious time for all parties; and the anxiety reached its height when they perceived, as one and all soon did, that the unmanageable craft was keeping its distance, if not gaining a greater.
The men to look after them were supplied from the same sources, but their number, even if they had been efficient, was insufficient, and they were a most unruly and unmanageable lot.
When they had approached within a hundred yards their thoats again became unmanageable and absolutely refused to advance further toward the air craft which had frightened them.
I was strapped securely to as wild andunmanageable a thoat as I had ever seen, and, with a mounted warrior on either side to prevent the beast from bolting, we rode forth at a furious pace in pursuit of the column.
There is no comparison between a well-managed thing like Napoleon's army and anunmanageable thing like modern competition.
Katty made no reply to him, but turned up her eyes, and crossed herself, at the wickedness of her unmanageable husband.
Sir Berdmore Scrope Vivian found a more unmanageable personage; for the baronet was confoundedly shrewd, and without a particle of sentiment in his composition.
What anunmanageable thing was this temper of hers.
Every feeling was offended; and the forbearance of her outward submission left a heavy arrear due of secret severity in her reflections on the unmanageable goodwill of Mr. Weston's temper.
You are very fond of bending little minds; but where little minds belong to rich people in authority, I think they have a knack of swelling out, till they are quite as unmanageable as great ones.
This apparatus was, however, very heavy and became unmanageable when more than an hour's supply was required.
The great size and weight of such drums are also disadvantages, as giving rather unmanageable dimensions in a very deep pit.
Our method was to trade for or buy unmanageable young sound horses and put them on the wheel of a four-horse team.
Our lookout for bargains was always in unmanageable young horses, which usually became docile through kind treatment.
