“What do you want, sir?” asked Godeschal, swallowing as he spoke a mouthful of bread big enough to charge a four-pounder, flourishing his knife and crossing his legs, throwing up one foot in the air to the level of his eyes. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Everyone was told to take home several boxes and Zach took a gigantic four-pounder in gold gift wrap that was embossed “The Gift of Elegance”. ❋ Unknown (2005)
George occupied the breach, and as he waved his arms and shouted, a four-pounder, leaping high, struck him on the forehead. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The Spaniards had built earthern ramparts that faced the valley, and behind the ramparts were two of the four-pounder guns that dominated the steep slope of the hill to the north. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1984)
Sharpe had seen the four-pounder fire, watched the horsemen cut down in a bloody swathe, then he had turned to the Chasseurs attacking his own formation. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1981)
It was probably a small four-pounder, so why only one? ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1981)
First they had brought the small four-pounder as close to the British as safety allowed. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1981)
Here were found two hundred excellent muskets, a brass four-pounder, and more than 50,000 cartridges; besides an immense quantity of round-shot and other projectiles, which at that time were useless to the Carlists, as they had no artillery. ❋ Various (N/A)
The Insurgents in the Rue de Rivoli and the garden of the Tuileries were using mitrailleuses and rifles, and the troops along the Boulevard at the edge of the Place des Invalides, close to the river, were attacking them with four-pounder guns. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
When the report of the four-pounder, or the ringing of the fort bell, or a volley of musketry sounded the alarm, the women and children hurried to the fortification. ❋ William Worthington Fowler (N/A)
It was, however, deemed necessary to place advanced picquets round the camp, and a four-pounder was placed on the top-gallant forecastle and another on the poop of the Runnymede, in order to keep the natives off if they should prove aggressive. ❋ Joseph Darvall (N/A)
Again their four-pounder belched forth, and one of their shots fell directly in front of the ❋ Alf Burnett (N/A)
Jack fell asleep on the carriage of a four-pounder, like Marshal ❋ Paul Adrien (N/A)
"Just so; he is there, I see him distinctly; he is recharging our four-pounder." ❋ Paul Adrien (N/A)
On the beach were the remains of several huts; but they did not appear to have been recently occupied: in order however to avoid surprise or loss, the stores and provisions that had been landed in the evening were placed at a distance from the grass and trees and covered over with a sail: near this pile our four-pounder was planted, loaded with musket balls, ready to be fired at ❋ Phillip Parker King (N/A)
[Dont] [make me] [get the] four pounders. ❋ Beat Jackin (2007)
