Suddenly, I heard a crash, away in the direction of the Pit.

But now-a-days after all manner of dishonorable shifts there comes a grand crash; many suffer, but by some hocus-pocus the merchant saves enough to retire upon and live comfortably here or abroad.

" There sounded a crash upon a floor, somewhere in the house, and he held his breath to listen.

A short pause, and crash follows crash as the shells are dropped into our trench at distances of four yards.

Then, I stood up, quickly, remembering that crash, and the cloud of dust that had followed, directly, rushing high into the air.

Through the little mist of smoke he saw a spasm of pain in his assailant's face, felt the thundering crash of his other arm, striking him on the side of the head.

Evidently it had come off while the machine was at top speed, and caused the crash.

Crash succeeds crash; ah, who can describe the scene!

I do not know, but I saw Cosh's knife crash on the stone and splinter, while Ringan stood by his side.

And they struck knee and head against head, producing the crash of one stone against another.

" When Miss Mattie appeared at the door, in he strode with an armful of wood, dropping it man-fashion, crash!

The roaring of the flames was louder than everand the crash of falling habitations, and the tumult and cries of the affrighted populace, yet more terrific.

The pheasant falls crash among the nettles and brambles beside the road.

I quake with dread; the risk I feel, As when I hear the thunders peal, Or fear its sudden crash.

" I swung round, and got a momentary glimpse of a sharp white prow with a great fan of water curling away each side of it, and then, before I could move, there came a jarring, grinding crash, mixed with a fierce volley of shouts and oaths.

One night,'t wuz jest a year from the night I'd walked 'ith him in thet lane,I wuz stan'in' by the door, an' all ter once I heerd a noise an' crash ez ef all the thunderbolts in the Almighty's hand hed fallen together, an' I run deown the lane an' met the men bringin' up sunthin' on an old door.

Several times she was startled to momentary attention by the prolonged series of sharp cracks which heralded the thunderous crash of a falling tree.

A loud and imposing crash soon succeeded this order, though not before several heavy blows had been struck into the massive mast itself.

A hard-beaten path led off toward where rose the distant sounds of logging work, the ponderous crash of trees, and the puff of the donkeys.

He was uneasily conscious that he ought, in the dread of college anathema, to use the former, but he loved the many-syllabled crash or modulated music of the latter.

and if ye cannot save them, Come to us in blood and fire: Midst the crash of falling turrets, Let the last of Scots expire!" XIV.

He threw down a pile of firewood, which he had been gathering against supper-time, before the mouth of the cave, which occasioned the crash they heard.

Though he had now something tangible to rely on in case of accidents still he was not happy, for Gopál discontinued paying interest on the loan and he did not dare to press him, lest he should precipitate a crash.

From the beginning of the financial embarrassment which came to its crisis during the term of Rudiní's government, I had devoted much attention to the financial situation and had predicted the crash when no one else foresaw it.

It looked, certainly, as if my defenceless feet must receive the crash, and I attempted instinctively to withdraw them,partially succeeding!