Is it an exercise of love, to place our "neighbor" under the crushing weight, the killing power, of such a relation?to apply the murderous steel to the very vitals of his humanity? "YE THEREFORE APPLAUD AND DELIGHT IN THE DEEDS OF YOUR FATHERS; FOR THEY KILLED THEM, AND YE BUILD THEIR SEPULCHRES."[A]

"The lines are very pretty," said my aunt, "but I trust it's only poetizing, Kate; I should be sorry indeed to have you join the school of romantic misses who think first love such a killing matter.

On the Finance Bill Mr. BONAR LAW exhibited a conciliatory disposition; and, indignantly disclaiming the character of a kill-joy, made several welcome concessions to the taxpayer.

In that mood it would have given me genuine pleasure to have joined a little killing-party and wiped out those officers.

"Then I think it was after that the pistol and the killing bit came in."

And from hundreds of barbarous throats arose the killing-cry to Allahthe battle-cry of Beni Harb, the murder-lusting Sons of War.

He was occupied in the contemplation of a fat lady with grisled hair and abundant jewels, a lady escorted by her husband, who was looking with astonishment at the vendor's killing glances without being able to understand them.

Early in the morning the Aleuts slip in between them and the herd and drive them slowly to the killing-ground, where they are quickly killed and skinned and the skins taken to the salting-house.

Not one Legionary but thrilled with the killing-lust, the eager spur of vengeance for Kloof, first victim of the Beni Harb's attack.

I have already mentioned the term killing nurse, as known in some workhouses: Venice treacle, poppy water, and Godfrey's cordial, have been the kind instruments of lulling the child to his everlasting rest.

We gave the bulls a breathing space there, for we knew we had them all nicely rounded up in the killing-pens, and there was no hurry.

"It's a killing ride up from Miette these days.

" "That must have been the night you were working a kill-care with your sheep-herder's delight.

In the third room that she entered she saw a sight that arrested her instantly and made her cry out in astonishment,a girl who looked so much like her that she might have been her own sister, and, what was stranger, wore a brown stuff gown exactly like her own, was busily at work in this room with a big broom killing spiders!

From the pasture below the stables the faint call of a kill-deer suddenly shrilled out, followed by intense silence.

From that hour of his first kill hunting became the chief passion of Ba-ree's life.

" He seemed to have seen them everywhere, and to have killed them as one kills mosquitoes.