cannonry

Example Sentences

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He approached the landing-place of Murray's Wharf amid the ringing of bells, the roaring of cannonry, and the shouting of multitudes collected on every pier-head.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

There was now and then an explosion, like a burst of cannonry afar off, and the crash of a falling tree.

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington

The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

It is the voice of cannonry, The glad shouts of the free; This is a day of memory, 'Tis FREEDOM'S JUBILEE!

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.

An occasional flash of lightning lit up the trees and the winding road, and the cannonry of the skies rolled and echoed overhead.

From Windy McPherson's Son by Anderson, Sherwood