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1  I grew very thirsty after the heat of my long walk.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: VIII. DEAD LONDON.
2  The heat and dust had already been at work upon this multitude.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON.
3  However it is done, it is certain that a beam of heat is the essence of the matter.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD.
4  For a moment I heeded nothing of the heat, forgot the patent need of self-preservation.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON.
5  It was sweeping round swiftly and steadily, this flaming death, this invisible, inevitable sword of heat.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: V. THE HEAT-RAY.
6  Many think that in some way they are able to generate an intense heat in a chamber of practically absolute non-conductivity.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD.
7  The thought of the confined creature was so dreadful to him that he forgot the heat and went forward to the cylinder to help turn.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: II. THE FALLING STAR.
8  For a long time I drifted, so painful and weary was I after the violence I had been through, and so intense the heat upon the water.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE.
9  For a minute he scarcely realised what this meant, and, although the heat was excessive, he clambered down into the pit close to the bulk to see the Thing more clearly.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: II. THE FALLING STAR.
10  It was strange to see the place quite tranquil, quite desolate under the hot blue sky, with the smoke and little threads of flame going straight up into the heat of the afternoon.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE.
11  All about me gathered the invisible terrors of the Martians; that pitiless sword of heat seemed whirling to and fro, flourishing overhead before it descended and smote me out of life.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: VII. HOW I REACHED HOME.
12  Then it was as if an invisible yet intensely heated finger were drawn through the heather between me and the Martians, and all along a curving line beyond the sand-pits the dark ground smoked and crackled.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: V. THE HEAT-RAY.
13  This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means of a polished parabolic mirror of unknown composition, much as the parabolic mirror of a lighthouse projects a beam of light.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD.
14  An almost noiseless and blinding flash of light, and a man fell headlong and lay still; and as the unseen shaft of heat passed over them, pine trees burst into fire, and every dry furze bush became with one dull thud a mass of flames.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: V. THE HEAT-RAY.