"Bolt of lightning" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... cloud had disappeared; and low down on the horizon I saw a belt of bluish black, and as I looked, a bolt of lightning jabbed through it. We were now running parallel to the storm, and I believed I could beat it to Oak Cliff. I felt certain I could reach the little hamlet of Pine Top, and from there on it would be easy to ...
— John Henry Smith - A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life • Frederick Upham Adams
... of his huge apelike arm in an angular gesture, and the drollery and carelessness of his voice were riven from it as by a bolt of lightning. ...
— The Clansman - An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan • Thomas Dixon
... infantry, the artillerymen, the guns, the caissons, the horses, were distinctly outlined upon the blue sky. When a piece was fired, a red streak as round as a log flashed low in the heavens, like a monstrous bolt of lightning. The men of the battery wore white duck trousers, which somehow emphasized their legs; and when they ran and crowded in little groups at the bidding of the shouting officers, it was more impressive than usual to ...
— The Little Regiment - And Other Episodes of the American Civil War • Stephen Crane
... to reach for his pistol; but a bolt of lightning stopped the action. There is something peculiar about a blow on the nose, a good blow. The Anglo-Saxon peoples alone possess the counterattack—a rush. To other peoples concentration of thought is impossible after the impact. ...
— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath
... that," he remonstrated, emboldened by the elements. "You leave me in front to be struck by the first bolt of lightning that comes along. And I a ...
— Truxton King - A Story of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon |
