_:b6354966 "The ball hit the fence."@en . _:b6354968 "Meanwhile the street boys kept up a shower of mud balls, many of which hit the Doctor, while the rest were distributed upon his assailants."@en . "1.2" . _:b6354967 "1726 October 27, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. [\u2026] [Gulliver\u2019s Travels], volume I, London: [\u2026] Benj[amin] Motte,\u00A0[\u2026], \u2192OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):"@en . _:b6354966 . _:b6354967 . _:b6354968 "1882, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A romance:"@en . _:b6354965 "(transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly."@en . _:b6354967 "a dozen apples, each of them near as large as a Bristol barrel, came tumbling about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to stoop, and knocked me down flat on my face."@en . . _:b6354965 . _:b6354968 .