We heard the report of Smith's rifle from time to time, and concluded that we should have to court-martial him for a wanton destruction of deer, contrary to the law we had established for our government on that subject.

"Nothing which the brutal lust and wanton cruelty of these savages could wreak upon their helpless and innocent victims was omitted from the category of their crimes," said the governor.

But I would sing, on wanton wing, When youthful May its bloom renewed.

The excuses put forward by the German Government for this wanton outrage on international agreements are instructive.

The wanton boy that kills the fly Shall feel the spider's enmity.

Buchanan's criticism had a rancor and breath of personality in it which had no excuse; it was a savage, wanton attack on the poet which he felt not only as poet and artist but as personal; for, to Rossetti, the two were the silver and golden sides of the shield.

The fact that it is a false alarm, and that there is no rational explanation for Prinzivalle's wanton insult to a woman whom he reverently idolizes, in no way makes matters better.

I'll tell of how she, full of witching, wanton wiles, love-alluring, furtive fled fleet-footed from the day andthere amid the soft and slumberous silence of the tender trees did yield her love to one beyond all beings blest.

A cloud, that through the time of darkness went With wanton winds, now, heavy-hearted, came And fell upon the sunshine, penitent, And burning up with shame.

A WANTON WOMAN.

By this wanton act public property of considerable value, including two excellent libraries, has been utterly destroyed.

The German armies in their retreat devastated the country in the most wanton manner, even going so far as to destroy fruit trees, wells, churches, and buildings of every kind.

This wanton aggression roused the spirit of the sturdy Englishmen, and regardless of the efforts which Captain Standish made to restrain them, a volley of musket balls instantly replied to the challenge of the red men; and the wild cries that arose from the cemetery plainly told that they had not sped in vain.

No wanton waste of the good things of God, you know.

True many houses were plundered, and there was a certain amount of wanton damage; but it was all done by the plundering native or by the Hun himself in his retreat.

And thou, my child, to whom harsh fate has dealt A captive's birthrightthou wilt never scamper With wingéd feet across the windy veldt, Where are no crowds to stare nor bars to hamper; Thou wilt not ring upon the rhino's pelt In wanton sport.

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As was to be expected, this wholesale and, indeed, wanton slaughter brought its own reward and condemnation.

It needs not now be observed, that Mr. Lovelace, in this wanton gaiety of his heart, often takes liberties of coining words and phrases in his letters to this his familiar friend.

But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks of wanton wealth arrayed In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.

No wanton injury was committed by the party who gallantly effected this service.

It had begun by furiously ravaging Belgium in August, 1914; it ended with the awful, wanton murder of noncombatants at Mezieres in November, 1918.

She, as a Veil, down to her slender waste Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dis-shevel'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd.

It was regarded by many of Stevenson's friends as a wanton assault on his private character.

Neither can I excuse the wanton affront of .