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...awings, finely executed in vivid colours, heightened with gold and silver, representing portraits of shahs, horses, elephants (including white), wild beasts, ceremonies, processions, sporting scenes, lady swinging, all mounted on cardboard, within exquisitely designed borders of wild beasts, birds, flowers, c. executed in gold, silver and colours, bound in Oriental red mor...

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...own; I was supposed to be some sort of a sylph with magical powers over the beasts. I finished my toilette by making up my face for the stage. The ... ...re’ll be in no hurry to ride again when we’re done with her.” 27 “Leave the beast for the knacker. It’ll be another good lesson for my loving cousin... ... were scabbed and obviously pained her. “You’re for dog meat, you miserable beast,” Giraud laughed mirthlessly as he reached for her head collar. At... ... silenced him with a motion of my hand. “Show us your wedding ring, you foul beast,” Francois continued. “You were quite proud of it earlier when yo... ...ed. “Why, Claire, how lovely of you to join us,” he slurred. “So, what this beast told us is true, eh? You have actually wed this malformed creatur...

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...zem's pocket money. He remembered that Suthep and Kazem, like curious beasts, had occasionally looked in on him during that time, a year ago, whe... .... At times the boy touched the clutch hoping to one day guide the mammoth beast like his father (the boy believing that his father was the perfection... ...than old men whom you give the "wei." Thais extend this deference to these beastly wrinkled beings as if age makes such grumbling, maundering creature... ...rounded by inundating dark black exhaust fumes and fast, obnoxious wheeled beasts, honking their loud voices as they passed each other. Tucked in his ... ... Sitting on the floor, piercing him with his eyes, he wanted to purge this beast from his life. Then a few seconds later his next conscious assembly ...

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...e boy..." Therese hunkered down, arms outstretched to welcome the unwieldy beast. He slurped her face, and the bacon scent emanating from his doggy br... ...d the fact that her two overprotective brothers had seen fit to bestow the beast upon her after a rash of break-ins in the neighborhood. "Yo, Jury can... ...ankful than she had been when she'd arrived earlier that she had this mutt-beast here with her. "C'mon boy..." Therese let the dog sidle passed her, w... ...corner of the green chenille sectional. He would do what he had to if that beast came out for another battle, he decided, but preferred not having to.... ...me she reappeared on the threshold of the dining room trailing that canine beast. "I'm going out for a ... for some air." Kane forced himself to remai... ... chattel and diversions. But the female's dog ... he had grown fond of the beast, a great animal with potential. He would have been useful, an excelle...

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...ove songs whispered by the Mahout into the large ears of his beloved elephant, whilst that great beast plodded through the thick jungle undergrowth ... ...ail of blood led them into the forest and there, several yards from the clearing, lay the massive beast, its head resting on its front feet as if as... ...g in the camp to see the dreaded quarry. Tape measures were produced to measure the length of the beast, and exclamations of surprise were uttered a...

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...t such infringement if not mere ripening concluding in decay. What sets us, Man, apart from beast is our ability to self- deceive and swindle others.... ..., conceiving sorrow. Our trees are pleasant to the sight of gold and onyxstone and every beast and fowl has its name except for our nakedness. I...

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...d. “We’re gonna continue to use their satellite footage against them. The beast is currently coming from the south. It’s possible that it’ll circle ... ...s that of twisting metal. The canopy ahead had cleared…they could see the beast. The ex- plosion shot like a geyser from beneath the massive Apocalyp... ...eld the massive grinding blades in the front snapped and the body of the beast toppled onto its side. The remaining arm on the lef side did not hav...

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...en streaks throughout it. The curve of the body was realistic, one could well imagine the beast standing up at any moment and letting out a deaf- eni...

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...eings and they had enough control over themselves to avoid such involuntary reactions to surprise. None of the four had known that there was a mighty beast in that container but all of them possessed the self-composure to remain calm even in times of danger. With the beast well locked in a steel container, they were had certainly not entered any times of danger, though. ...

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...ng the servants of Chaf try to walk out those doors and failing repeatedly made me hope that you were as stupid as you were ugly!” All the sentinel beasts in the room bayed savagely at the affront. The head guard curled his black lip revealing his numerous yellow teeth as he glared with red eyes at Muddler. “Tell us where the girls went, and I might let you live with a...

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...hapter 3 - Unwanted Guests Chapter 4 - Deadly Changes Chapter 5 - Will-o'-the-Wisp Chapter 6 - Pass of the Phoenix Chapter 7 - In the Presence of Beasts Chapter 8 - Trial and Error Chapter 9 - What Became of that Night Chapter 10 - An Unpleasant Fate Chapter 11 - Key Things Chapter 12 - New Problems Chapter 13 - A Bird's Eye View Chapter 14 - Proceeding through ...

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...es and alterations of the seasons of its vineyard. And the flesh of wilde beasts and venison doth change qualitie and taste in the powdering-tubs, a... ...nceit, than not to worke upon something. So doth their owne rage transport beasts to set upon the stone or weapon that hath hurt them; yea and someti... ...le?' But as for other Prognostikes, that were drawne from the anatomie of beasts in sacrifice, to which Plato doth in some sort ascribe the naturall... ...c ensio.1 Who understand what language birds expresse, By their owne than beasts-livers knowing lesse, They may be heard, not hearkned to, I guesse.... ...gl' armenti.-- Idem PROPERT. ii. El. i. 43. Sailers of windes plow-men of beasts take keepe, Let Souldiers count their woundes, shepherds their shee... ...t ill things that are no more. Aristotle saith, there are certaine little beasts alongst the river Hyspanis, that live but one day; she whieh dies at... ...y thing grows not old together with yourselfe? A thousand men, a thousand beasts, and a thousand other creatures die in the very instant that you di... ...stemper of her stomacke, she could by no meane s he recovered. Even brute beasts, as well as we, are seene to be subject to the power of imagination... ...n Baptist, that was so painted, and hung over her bed. That the like is in beasts, is witnessed by Jacob's sheep, and also by partridges and hares, t...

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...d going into the cows’ pasture. There, in the paddock, they would call the beasts over, light fireworks in their excrement, and watch the ordure spla... ...ot even restful to be indoors with herds of other nameless, petulant human beasts each with his or her assigned number. And so she was out... ...sure but, unremittingly, there it was nonetheless, inviting the unwitting beast to come into its easily cherished, hedonistic realm. Maybe she wante... ...plight whatsoever, she just wanted him to ravage her there among the wild beasts. "As for you, the subject of all this, I'm not interested in... ...wborn stillborn or fallen prey to miniscule organisms within or gargantuan beasts without—the worst which was wanton man who, much of the time, was o... ...ime, was oblivious of anything but the animal within, making him the most beastly of all creatures. Innate worth was neither supported by commerce ... ...stioned him on it, Chuckles the clown said that it was for her good. The beasts were for her safety. And that was that. Taunting them as I have do... ...id. But it’s done now. Are you really asleep all this time, you lazy beast--you in the corner-- or just trying to abscond from the bombardment o...

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... unnoticeable, fetid draft of warm air in the direction of the man and the beast with a wobbling, scraping sound like cooks in sidewalk restaurants mi... ... probability of one day finding himself no more distinguished than any old beast fornicating with youth made him once again reel on this, his first da... ...He stopped himself thinking of them for beyond this point these uncultured beasts, long banished to the status of abstraction with years of no contact... ...randomly on sidewalks? Where do they go after shoppers go home and man and beast need to sleep?" "It's a mystery," said the Laotian and then grabbed o... ...ture, which when unchecked, was really more carnal, multi-dimensioned, and beastly than anyone would care to presume. His prudish behavior on this day... ...g," he thought but he held tightly to the reins of the tongue, his restive beast. He did not want to disparage another person for his own proclivities... ...e holy light in his paintings, the instruments of his success. As the male beast was not any better than the female there was nothing for him to say. ... ...d by cravings and two men suddenly in rapt attention around the copulating beasts. It was the mating of common four legged creatures and yet they did... ...lar as he now was, to have his corpse clawed, scraped off, and devoured by beasts would be a most welcome act of intimacy. He did not understand the r...

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...e off from the rest. They were marred too but by the fangs of dogs or other beasts dragging them around before dumping them away from the rest of the... ...her saliva. Still she smiled although a supercilious undertone tried to gain beastly dominion. "The sport of seduction was all I had in mind, Mr., an... ...e cracker carcasses only after he matched the animal cracker replicas to the beasts they were approaching and could say the names of the zoo animals i... ... like Moses holding back the waters of drool that came from her affectionate beasts, she felt the beginning of what she could tell would be an intense... ...iprocal thingﾁNgoes both ways. I donﾁOt care what these self-centered little beasts like or donﾁOt like. Three cheers for men not liking me and going ... ..., and ultimately the planets composing the cellular outline of a long fanged beast that was the lonely universe) when the man with the unmemorable nam... ...curing the contentment or felicity of so many temporary generations of dying beasts, had been a constructive use of their masters' precious moments of... ...erby) surely this realm of the divine that separated gods from self-centered beasts could not be willfully disregarded. Still, even she was a social c...

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...o and Bozo) a profound loneliness. However, at the sight of this enormous beast the women abandoned their baskets and ran screaming down the moun- t... ...two glasses from the remains of a f re and carried them to the camel. The beast snorted and spat 102 Bozo and the Storyteller but the man whispered... ...just behind the camel’s neck, and it dipped and swayed with each step the beast took. The glare of the sand in the midday sun made him feel even mor... ...e Sandman? Now go!’ He slapped the camel hard on her hindquarters and the beast needed no further prompting to escape the terrible storm. ‘We can’t ... ...The camel showed no signs of grief at having lost her master, though. The beast carried them under the starry night as though this kind of thing hap... ...f elephant sweat and dung. Theo gazed at the sagging skin of the enormous beast. What if it rolled over in its sleep? Buntee patted him on the back....

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...eflection in the mirror made him think different. He saw not a man, but a beast, dirty, beaten and unrecognisable. The nothingness in his eyes and a ... ...e height of the glass tower. It didn’t feel right, suspecting this silent beast had lured them to war and wasn’t about to give in without a fight. P... ...orward. Already infuriated by their circumstances, Alex wanted to put the beast out of commission. David's safety was her first priority. "I'll draw...

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... squirrels scampered up a nearby oak. Myrddin walked over to his horse, a sturdy beast, black as a starless, moonless night; its long mane reached...

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... as Tyler wrapped his arms around her. "Hey, don't compare me to that evil beast." "Blackie is not evil." "Mmm-hmmm..." Tyler leaned in to nuzzle her ...

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...hieves what some would say, the impossible. Stella presumes even the most beastly child can be tamed with love, affection and God’s word. Schools ar... ... area lit up with the lightning and the supposedly ghastly outline of the beast towering the stone and wood building. Imashiharta raised his mighty ...

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...let her friend forget it, as from experience; it was a way of calming the beast. “I know,” Chris sighed, “but he did that for Pop, not me. Look, just...

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... you look like this dead rat behind here. Geezers, I’ve never seen such a beast. It reminds me of some of your past bed mates.” Steven shakes his he... ... blood has drained to my toes. “Glad you saw it.” I’m thinking the little beastie owes its life to my brother’s ghost given talents. I glance twice; ...

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...ll of the chase. What did it say about her character? That her bete noire — black beast — thrived on the misery and meanness of others gave her pa...

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...tect the lands of Agartha, with nothing but revenge on his mind. But soon, he finds himself becoming involved in something bigger than he can handle. Beasts, the Ancient Blood, the Deathless…The world of Agartha is growing old and weary, and he’s seeing its pains surface one by one. And they aren’t pleasant. Eventually, he finds that the question is no longer ‘how’ he ...