In order to maintain authority in her school, it became necessary to remove this rebel, this firebrand; and hearing about this time that Sir Pitt Crawley's family was in want of a governess, she actually recommended Miss Sharp for the situation, firebrand and serpent as she was.

In order to maintain authority in her school, it became necessary to remove this rebel, this firebrand; and hearing about this time that Sir Pitt Crawley's family was in want of a governess, she actually recommended Miss Sharp for the situation, firebrand and serpent as she was.

"I dare believe," Greatheart replied, "that, as the proverb is, he could have bit a firebrand, had it stood in his way; but the things with which he was oppressed no man ever yet could shake off with ease.

I shall inform your cousin John of what has passedit is my duty to do soand he shall decide whether you are to remain, a firebrand, and a disturber of the peace of a Christian household.

To a Being whom we have no faith inwhom such a man has no faith in, I mean to sayto the hand that struckwhich we can only think of as armed with an avenging sword, or an all-consuming firebrand!

He was a firebrand, infinitely more dangerous and incendiary than any Abolitionist whom he denounced.

A furious mob fell on the French police, chased them from the field, and menaced the French settlement with knife and firebrand.

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[Fr.]; firebrand, hornet's nest.

He was the firebrand to handle all conflagrations; and even in his house he attempted something.

But what province is there in which that firebrand may not kindle a conflagration?

In the first place, there is his brother Luciuswhat a firebrand, O ye immortal gods!

"Ain't she the firebrand!"

If he was Siegfried the gay, she was Chriemhild the grim; and as likely to prove a firebrand as the girl in the ballad.

Then she thought of the three Fates and of the unburned firebrand which she had locked up in her chest so many years before.

GILL, TOM. Firebrand.

GILL, TOM. Firebrand.

Walt Coburn (A); 23Jun69; R463861. Firebrand.

" So the cat went off and coming to a house, went inside to pull a firebrand from the hearth.

He was busy lighting his firebrand, and his features seemed sharp and intent when the beams came out.

The beaters sprang up with firebrand and rifle, and closed swiftly about the herd.

The valley, through which the Tamar winds, is narrow, with sides generally steep and densely wooded; in some places, the reaches are wide, and the hills recede; on their lower slopes, near Launceston, are situated many pretty villas, peeping through garden shrubberies; whilst further down are the straggling habitations of the more recent settlers, surrounded by clear patches, with difficulty won from the forest by the axe and the firebrand.

Thus this firebrand of war began to blaze, and he soon grew a terror to the north; for victory attended him like a page of honour, and he was scarce ever known to be beaten during the whole war.

Then they pass the burning torches under the branches of every tree, singing, "Brando, brandounci Tsaque brantso, in plan panei!" that is, "Firebrand burn; every branch a basketful!"

"At Dijon, in Burgundy, it is the custom upon the first Sunday in Lent to make large fires in the streets, whence it is called Firebrand Sunday.