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...early form of one of these. They are to be found from India to Scandinavia, adapted to the manners and fancy of every country in turn, Beauty and the Beast and the Black Bull of Norroway are the most familiar forms of the tale, and it seemed to me one of those legends of such universal property that it was quite fair to put it into 18th century English costume....

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... adapted to the manners and fancy of every country in turn, Beauty and the Beast and the Black Bull of Norroway are the most familiar forms of the tal... ...n account of Spanish outrages at sea, or mayhap the story of a marvel- ous beast, half-tiger, half-wolf, reported to be running wild in France. The ot... ... Colonel Mar, carelessly; “he may term himself a very Orpheus charming the beasts, so that they snatch his poems from him!” Then, as Sir Amyas returne... ...dering apologies about its being against orders to admit gentle or simple, beast or body into the court, and that a poor woman could not lose her plac... ...t madam says that it’s her ladyship’s pleasure you should have that little beast to keep down the rats. As if my cats was not enough! But mind you, Ma...

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... now passed over it; I was round in that very place to see the weeding was done thoroughly, and already the reptile springs be- hind our heels. Tuitui... ... heels. Tuitui is a truly strange beast, and gives food for thought. I am nearly sure—I cannot yet be quite, I mean to experiment, when I am less on t... ...say the gabies; but so is man’s im- pulse to strike out. One thing that takes and holds me is to see the strange variation in the propagation of alarm... ...Tifaga Jack, Donald and Edinburgh—seven horses—O, and the stallion—eight horses; five cattle; total, if my arithmetic be correct, thir- 73 V ailima L... ...Robert Louis Stevenson in a little fountain. It was in a very dreary, marshy part among dilapidated trees that you see through holes in the trunks of;... ...nday, I went down in the rain with a colic to take the chair at a public meeting; dined with Haggard; sailed off to 89 V ailima Letters my meeting, a... ...es; the road, which begins in triumph, dwindles down to a nasty, boggy, rocky footpath with weeds up to a horseman’s knees; and there are eight pig fe... ...l give them ten days, but the real document, from which I have scarcely varied, ran for one night. I think you seem scarcely fair to Wiltshire, who ha... ..., a parcel in my hands, and as Jack had a girth sore and I rode without a girth, I might be said to occupy a very unstrategic position. On the way dow...

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...the key of the fields, comrade,’ said he. ‘Sans Rancune!’ At this my horror redoubled. Here had we two expatri- ated Frenchmen engaged in an ill-regul... ... naked body, soiled with blood. Some one had covered him with his blanket; but as he lay there in agony, he had partly thrown it off. ‘This is murder!... ...ight, he wants to kiss or embrace you, or some sickening stuff. Got that? Then here’s a list he’s had written, and you’d better read it out to them—I ... ...- ing off one shoe, for I had no stockings; ‘I was no more than a child, and see how they had begun to treat myself.’ He looked at the mark of my old ... ...ilar monster. I plucked myself from his horrid contact, I snatched the pis- tol—even discharged, it was a formidable weapon—and menaced him with the b... ...p, ruefully enough, the probable results of what had passed. Here were a number of pots broken, and it looked to me as if I should have to pay for all... ...ton. They showed me the ‘andcuffs, too—the other one did—and he clicked the dratted things on my wrist; and I tell you, I believe I nearly went off in... ...d yet I cannot find it in my heart to tell you. O, be persuaded, and go!’ ‘I believe I know the worst. But I was never one to set an undue value on li... ...Chevenix slipped the chain, and the dog sprang, straight as an arrow, up the bank. I stepped back, picked up a stone of about twelve pounds weight, an...

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...belief, than not to have some- thing to work upon. After this manner brute beasts direct their fury to fall upon the stone or weapon that has hurt the... ..., ii. 57.] But as to the other prognostics, calculated from the anatomy of beasts at sacrifices (to which purpose Plato does, in part, attribute the n... ...does, in part, attribute the natural constitution of the intestines of the beasts themselves), the scraping of poultry, the flight of birds— “Ave... ... things that are no more. Aristotle tells us that there are certain little beasts upon the banks of the river Hypanis, that never live above a day: th... ...nt vomiting and fever, there was no possible means to save her. Even brute beasts are subject to the force of imagination as well as we; witness dogs,... ...the Baptist, that hung within the curtains of her bed. It is the same with beasts; witness Jacob’s sheep, and the hares and partridges that the snow t... ...The whole day is spent in dancing. Their young men go a-hunting after wild beasts with bows and arrows; one part of their women are employed in pre- p... ...ink to derive glory from a man’s sloth and privacy: you are to do like the beasts of chase, who efface the track at the entrance into their den. You a... ...nful than death itself.”— Ovid, Ep. Ariadne to Theseus, v. 42.] a thousand beasts, a thousand men, are sooner dead than threatened. That also which we...

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...King Arthur rode to Carlion, and of his dream, and how he saw the questing beast. T hen after the departing of King Ban and of King Bors, King Arthur ... ... sum of thirty. And with that the king saw coming toward him the strangest beast that ever he saw or heard of; so the beast went to the well and drank... ...eard of; so the beast went to the well and drank, and the noise was in the beast’s belly like unto the questing of thirty couple hounds; but all the w... ...elly like unto the questing of thirty couple hounds; but all the while the beast drank there was no noise in the beast’s belly: and there.with the bea... ... said, Knight full of thought and sleepy, tell me if thou sawest a strange beast pass this way. Such one saw I, said King Arthur, that is past two mil... ...one saw I, said King Arthur, that is past two mile; what would ye with the beast? said Arthur. Sir, I have followed that beast long time, and killed m... ...he best blood of my body. Pellinore, that time king, followed the Questing Beast, and after his death Sir Palamides followed it. CHAPTER XX How King P... ...HAPTER XX How King Pellinore took Arthur’s horse and followed the Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur . S ir knight, said the king, leave t...

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...mas de Quincey vertical sunlights I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are fo...

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... any feminine creature under the feet of a furious horse or other fearsome beast; she will certainly drop on her knees and look for death; but if the ...

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...ng, rather than proclaiming, our relations to the mighty state; whilst the beast from Birmingham, our green-and-gold friend from false, fleeting, perj...

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...; while he, not neglecting the books, was equally well acquainted with all beasts and birds, and shed his kindly light over everything he approached. ...

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...ewhat loftily he reconnoitred the miscellaneous party of clean and unclean beasts, crowded on the deck of our ark, ourselves amongst the number, whom ...

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...land appear’d in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste, To savage beasts and savage laws 40 a prey, And kings more furious and severe than t... ...ackward to be slaves). 50 What could be free, when lawless beasts obey’d, And even the elements a tyrant sway’d? In vain kind seasons ... ... yields, And famish’d dies amidst his ripen’d fields. What wonder, then, a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign? Both doom’d a... ...oom’d alike, for sportive tyrants bled, But while the subject starved, the beast was fed. 60 Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began, A... ...f his sport remain. But see, the man who spacious regions gave A waste for beasts, himself denied a grave! 42 80 39 ‘Stuart:’ Que... ...ell-breath’d beagles we repair, And trace the mazes of the circling hare; (Beasts, urged by us, their fellow-beasts pursue, And learn of man each othe... ...mpet sleep, while cheerful horns are blown, And arms employ’d on birds and beasts alone. Behold! the ascending villas on my side, Project long shadows... ... exact proportion to the state; Nothing to add, and nothing to abate. Each beast, each insect, happy in its own: Is Heaven unkind to Man, and Man alon... ...chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from In...

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... dreads no harm, And is good friends with all the farm, Man, and bird, and beast, howbeit Their natures seem so opposite. And she is known for many a ... ...ame face, Speak, and a taste of that old time restore! IX He felt the wild beast in him betweenwhiles So masterfully rude, that he would grieve T o se... ...eathers won’t you moult For this!” says I: and then I bolt. ‘The Bird’s a beastly Bird, And what is more, a fool. I shake hands with the herd That fl... ...sermon at cock-crow doth preach, On sweet Prosperity—or greed. ‘Lo! as the beasts feed, each for each, God’s blessings let us take, and feed!’ XXV Ung... ...ity feasts; From City riches mainly rise: ’Tis well to hear them, when the beasts That die for us they eulogize! XXXVIII But these, of all the liverie... ...ge is there; Her plainest, such as children spell, and share With bird and beast; raised letters for the blind. Not where the troubled passions toss t... ...he issue of their fight People lands in snarling plight. Here her splendid beast she leads Silken-leashed and decked with weeds Wild as he, but breath... ...m throbbing shall you see Central in complexity; From her pasture ‘mid the beasts Rise to her ethereal feasts, Not, though lightnings track your wit S... ...an Be waspish, irascible, rude, He is oftener friendly to man, And ever to beasts and their brood. For the which did she love him well, She said, and ...

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...ou courageously to pursue, repeating aves. Ordinarily at the third ave the beast is taken.” “The flea?” asked the novice. “Certainly the flea,” replie... ...s chase, you must be careful in what- ever spot you put your finger on the beast, to touch nothing else.... Then without regarding its cries, plaints,... ...rch for a veil to bind the flea’s eyes and prevent it from leaping, as the beast seeing no longer clearly will not know where to go. Nevertheless, as ... ... therein a twig of the blessed brush that hangs over your pillow. Thus the beast will be compelled to behave properly. But remember that the disciplin... ...that the discipline of our order allows you to retain no property, and the beast cannot belong to you. You must take into con- sideration that it is o... ... a 29 Droll Stories – Vol. 2 virgin, which is extremely rare, since these beasts have no morals, are all wild hussies, and yield to the first seducer... ...t the same time imploring the Holy Ghost to sanctify the in- terior of the beast. Afterwards you will replace all these in- testinal things in the bod... ...was procreating, when the planets were whis- pering vows of love, when the beasts were frisking and capering, and everything was aglow with desire. Al... ... promised faithfully to accomplish his task, and to do his duty as a loyal beast, on condition that he lived on a heap of grain, which Gargantua thoug...

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...lack water, and therein were all man- ner of serpents, and worms, and wild beasts, foul and hor- rible; and suddenly the king thought the wheel turned... ...ht the wheel turned up-so- down, and he fell among the serpents, and every beast took him by a limb; and then the king cried as he lay in his bed and ...

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... Nibelung to carry double.” “Ho! her own! An overfed burgomaster sort of a beast, that will turn restive at the first sight of the Eagle’s Ladder! How... ... but, more in terror at the men who might have helped her than even at the beast, she tried to smooth him with her trembling hand, whispered his name ... ...to do to look after thee up the ascent, without another of these city-bred beasts.” “I hope the poor mule will be well cared for. I can pay for—” bega... ...and drowned her soft voice in his loud tones. “Jobst will take care of the beast, as belonging to me. Woe betide him, if I find it the worse!”—and his... ... with voice and hand to get her forward, leading her himself; but the poor beast trembled so violently, and, though making a few steps forward, stoppe... ...d delivered with hearty good-will by his sturdy arms, made the poor little beast yelp with pain and terror, till the more tender-hearted Friedel threw... ... turn, though with fury in his face, shouting, “He would bite me! the evil beast!” “Come with me, Ebbo,” she said. “He shall suffer for it, the spitef... ... that way for a bite!” he said. “Go, grandame; you made me do it, the poor beast!” with a fresh sob. “Ulrich shall get thee another cub, my child.” “N... ...d to gather it together, and transport it to the stable. One or two of his beasts of burden had been lost in the fray, and there were more packages th...

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... seemed to him now, in comparison with them, quite wild and uncontrollable beasts. He was quite puzzled to un- derstand why he had not thought of chic... ...- ment; and what particularly struck him, the pink, webbed forefeet of the beast. What must have made it more horrible to him at the time was, that he... ...ible to him at the time was, that he had no idea the thing was any created beast he knew. He did not recognise it as a rat, be- cause of the size. His... ...-feet of a rat, and fired his second barrel. He saw Bensington drop as the beast vanished round the corner. Then for a time everybody was busy with a ... ...travels and adventures and how the world was won; he shall have stories of beasts, great books splendidly and clearly done of animals and birds and pl... ...so clean and pretty that they won’t any of them be able to live grubby and beastly like most of them do now. Water enough for them to wash with, we’ll... ...d the elder boy. “We can’t go on,” said the second brother. “Rotten little beasts they are,” said the third of the broth- ers; “we can’t do anything!”... ...r wrongs. “Look at them! And I know their father, a brute, a sort of brute beast with an intolerant loud voice, a creature who has ran amuck in our al... ...hat is. They have been right in killing all that grew larger than its kind—beast and plant and all manner of great things that arose. They were right ...

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...ligent fellow!” cried Michu. “I am certain there are spies about—” Man and beast feel a spy. Couraut and Michu, who seemed to have one and the same so... ...timid to have a man of Michu’s strength on his crupper, and he spurred his beast. Judas slung his gun over his shoulder and walked rapidly up the aven... .... “Mount behind me,” he said, “and pray that God be with us. Sit firm, the beast may die of it.” So saying he kicked the horse with both heels, pressi... ...ef round the mouth of each of them,” he said, giving her his cravat; “your beast and mine are both intelligent, they will understand they are not to n... ...er from the stables of the ci-devant Marquis de Simeuse. There’s no better beast, though it is nearly fifteen years old. Michu can ride him fifty mile... ...valry you know when a horse is blown. Let me know the condition of Michu’s beast.” “See! that’s where our corporal was thrown,” said the man, pointing... ... natures in a feeling which leads men often to the jealous ferocity of the beasts amazed the old people who were watching it, and be- wildered their i... ...rquis, whose cour- age was chivalric, drove the horses himself (two strong beasts bought the evening before), his servant sitting beside him. He knew ...

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...t my horse was shot in the flank at the moment when I was wounded. Man and beast went down together, like a monk cut out of card-paper. As I fell, to ... ... fashion, while he, poor wretch, was living with a poor dairyman among the beasts, the lawyer said to himself: “The moral of all this is that a pretty...

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...ifts the snowy clifts Did send a dismal sheen; Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken— The Ice was all between. The Ice was here, the Ice was... ...edding guest! He prayeth well who loveth well Both man, and bird and beast. He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and smal...

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...: “We have not met for a christening; the traveller has eaten, has fed his beasts, no need to sit on. If he is tired, let him sleep without chattering... ...by innkeepers, as they need so much food for themselves and their powerful beasts. Akim’s inn became celebrated for hundreds of miles round. People we... ...of a hut in the courtyard.... I looked round. Good heavens! A huge reddish beast was rushing straight towards me; at the first glance I did not recogn... ...ight towards the barn. And I began to realise that it certainly was a wild beast, big, with a huge head.... He flew like a whirlwind, like a bullet......