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  • Or would not a comsumptive feel too much bundled up, who was about to go out, in a shirt-collar and a seal-ring, into a storm which the bird-song word Gewitter was employed to describe?

    A Tramp Abroad 1879

  • A big old white-bearded guy whom I later learned to call Santa Claus demonstrated how he'd got his name by bounding out of his space and covering me with a Claus-Gewitter photon blaster.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

  • Then the sharp yelp of a photon gun, one with less power than my Tala-G, perhaps a Claus-Gewitter, weapon of choice for serious meat-hunters.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

  • The scope of rny Tala-G had a thermal targeter three times more sensitive than that of a Ski-Doo — or a Claus-Gewitter blaster.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

  • She prodded Elgar in the small of the back with the nozzle of a Claus-Gewitter photon beamer.

    Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

  • I finally exchanged my carbine for Ivor's more formidable Claus-Gewitter, which had a better targeting scope; but the dense undergrowth and the twists and turns of our course severely limited the spotter's effectiveness.

    Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

  • Wenn bei Luther die Welt voll Sturm und Gewitter ist, so liegt sie bei Gerhardt in bestaendigem Sonnenglanz; die Wohltaten des Schoepfers erfreuen das Herz; alles ist so schoen zum Besten der

    Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody 1976

  • The first act opens with an introduction representing a storm, and a characteristic sailors 'chorus, followed by an exquisite love-song for tenor ( "Mit Gewitter und Sturm"), and a grand scena of the Dutchman ( "Die Frist ist um"), which lead up to a melodious duet between the Dutchman and Daland.

    The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876

  • 'I didn't like it,' said Robert, shivering; and getting to his German again, he described '_das Gewitter_' beating on the panes, with wind and whirling leaves, and the unearthly noises of the creaking vane.

    Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Mich. vaticarsten Hab 'mich vom Gewitter einlullen lassen & geschlafen wie ein Stein.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

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