1 Skilled men these, without whom the Confederacy would have been hard put to make pistols, rifles, cannon and powder.
2 And when that gets a bit dangerous, I go to Nassau where these same Union patriots have brought powder and shells and hoop skirts for me.
3 It manufactured much of the powder and arms used by the army and most of the cotton and woolen goods.
4 Yes, Governor Brown's darlings are likely to smell powder at last, and I imagine most of them will be much surprised.
5 Scarlett caught sight of Phil Meade and hardly recognized him, so black was his face with powder and grime, so taut with strain and weariness.
6 As the woman stepped to the ground and looked toward the house, Scarlett saw there was something familiar about the rabbity face, caked with white powder.
7 Above their heads a flock of chimney swallows whirled suddenly on swift wings and now and then a rabbit scurried startled across the road, his white tail bobbing like an eiderdown powder puff.
8 Selden knew that Bertha would fight to the last round of powder: the rashness of her conduct was illogically combined with a cold determination to escape its consequences.
9 He feverishly counted his shotgun shells, lecturing her on the qualities of smokeless powder.
10 Or, if you will, like so many ant-hills of powder, they all stand before me; and I their match.
11 When she sighed she exhaled a heavy perfume of sachet powder.
12 Her night-gown was burned from the powder.
13 Edna dabbed the powder upon her nose and cheeks as she looked at herself closely in the little distorted mirror which hung on the wall above the basin.
14 You understand the nature of an Indian's wishes," he concluded, as he led her toward the place where she was expected, "and must be prodigal of your offers of powder and blankets.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 11 15 There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powder stain from hair to shoes, who trudged quietly at the youth's side.