It was only about five, however, that a field gun reached Chobham for use against the first body of Martians. |
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The flames had no effect on the Annihilator, whereas the electric cannons continued to mow down the Martians. |
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Under the direction of the Grand Mognac, the Martians placed the terrible weapons in the transporter prepared for them. |
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Looking back, I saw the other Martians advancing with gigantic strides down the riverbank from the direction of Chertsey. |
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But this counts for little among the green Martians, as parental and filial love is as unknown to them as it is common among us. |
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The aggressive Martians would be only too glad to explore the Moon. |
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At any rate, the seeds which the Martians brought with them gave rise in all cases to red-coloured growths. |
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They were no more like the Martians I saw in action than a Dutch doll is like a human being. |
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Altogether they were not unlovely when viewed in comparison with the green Martians. |
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Like the green Martians, they have an intermediary set of arms midway between their upper and lower limbs. |
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Instead of bothering with bolts and bars for their dwellings, the red Martians simply run them up out of harm's way during the night. |
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Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit? |
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We lit no lamp for fear of attracting the Martians, and ever and again our hands would touch upon bread or meat. |
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He says, you Martians are kinda likeable, but you can't be trusted. |
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But the Martians were lifted above all these organic fluctuations of mood and emotion. |
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At first this vexed me, but later I was very glad of it, as it gave me an undoubted advantage over the Martians. |
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In the result, those we magisterially judge through the infallible lens of the TV camera might just as well be Martians. |
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It may be, on the other hand, that the destruction of the Martians is only a reprieve. |
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To the watchers from the steamer, low in the water and with the sun in their eyes, it seemed as though she were already among the Martians. |
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The next few days were spent by Kantos Kan in teaching me the intricacies of flying and of repairing the dainty little contrivances which the Martians use for this purpose. |
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The Martians appear to be moving slowly towards Chertsey or Windsor. |
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The results of an anatomical examination of the Martians, so far as the prowling dogs had left such an examination possible, I have already given. |
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Sola, who had accompanied the searching party of her own volition, was the only one of the Martians whose face had not been twisted in laughter as I battled for my life. |
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Here there were rumours of Martians at Epping, and news of the destruction of Waltham Abbey Powder Mills in a vain attempt to blow up one of the invaders. |
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So, setting about it as methodically as men might smoke out a wasps' nest, the Martians spread this strange stifling vapour over the Londonward country. |
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The invigorating influences of this excess of oxygen upon the Martians indisputably did much to counterbalance the increased weight of their bodies. |
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Had the Martians aimed only at destruction, they might on Monday have annihilated the entire population of London, as it spread itself slowly through the home counties. |
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After the glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they had come to the earth from their planet, a kind of fascination paralysed my actions. |
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My fears were groundless, however, as the other Martians, at first struck dumb with wonderment, finally broke into wild peals of laughter and applause. |
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Far away to the southeast, marking the quiet, we heard the Martians hooting to one another, and then the air quivered again with the distant thud of their guns. |
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This ray, like the ninth ray, is unknown on Earth, but the Martians have discovered that it is an inherent property of all light no matter from what source it emanates. |
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Shayne plays the Artilleryman, a soldier who witnesses his squadron get destroyed by martians and wants to fight back. |
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