All 9 Uses of
calamity
in
Kim
- Let the box and the bedding-roll be sent for; and if there has been a fault, let the Hand of Friendship turn aside the Whip of Calamity.†
Chpt 7 *
- 'Is this the Hand of Friendship to avert the Whip of Calamity?' laughed the Colonel.†
Chpt 7
- 'The Hand of Friendship has averted the Whip of Calamity; but another time, when thou takest the Road it will be with me.†
Chpt 7
- 'I have spoken with Creighton Sahib,' quoth Mahbub Ali, 'and a second time has the Hand of Friendship averted the Whip of Calamity.†
Chpt 8
- The Hand of Friendship must in some way have averted the Whip of Calamity, for six weeks later Kim seems to have passed an examination in elementary surveying 'with great credit', his age being fifteen years and eight months.†
Chpt 9
- I am ten leagues deep in calamity,' cried the Mahratta, picking up the cue.†
Chpt 11
- He has saved me from present calamity, but I owe my life to thee.'†
Chpt 12
- But thou didst put a spell on the Mahratta with prideful workings—I watched thee—and with sidelong glances to bewilder an old old man and a foolish farmer: whence calamity and suspicion.'†
Chpt 12
- 'To importune the wise out of season is to invite calamity.'†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(calamity) a disastrous event; or the distress resulting from it