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...ught, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e’er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed! Woe worth th... ...rolonged the swelling bugle-note. The owlets started from their dream, The eagles answered with their scream, Round and around the sounds were cast, T... ...unny hue, Curled closely round his bonnet blue. T rained to the chase, his eagle eye The ptarmigan in snow could spy; Each pass, by mountain, lake, an... ...summer morn had Roderick Dhu Surveyed the skirts of Benvenue, And sent his scouts o’er hill and heath, T o view the frontiers of Menteith. All backwar... ...ere, how, or when, The prowling fox was trapped or slain? Thus treacherous scouts,—yet sure they lie Who say thou cam’st a secret spy!’— ‘They do, by ... ...quake That shadowed o’er their road. 107 Sir Walter Scott Their vaward scouts no tidings bring, Can rouse no lurking foe, Nor spy a trace of li... ...popularity which is so much coveted. I conceived, however, that I held the distinguished situa- tion I had obtained, however unworthily, rather like t... ... and dignity, the chieftain had usually another peculiar to himself, which distinguished him from the chief- tains of the same race. This was sometime... ...reception. He caused Adam Scott of T ushiclaw also to be executed, who was distinguished by the title of King of the Border. But the most noted victim...

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... may know the men who served erewhile under the short- lived yet deathless Eagles of the great Emperor. The traveler was, in fact, one of those soldie... ...nment. His face was manly and sunburned. His eyes, which were bright as an eagle’s, were of a clear yellow color, and his sharply-cut nose with its sl... ...is sharply-cut nose with its slight curve at the tip was very much like an eagle’s beak. His cheeks were covered with down, his red lips were half ope... ... who was gazing at him with the rapt attention peculiar to deaf people, “a distinguished sol- dier who deserves to have your very highest esteem. “I s... ...by an army corps; but before very long they learned their error from their scouts, and knew that they had only a single regiment of cavalry to deal wi...

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...deserving novelists, noble ladies, congested the narrow passage and thrust distinguished elbows into ribs the world would not willingly let break, dee... ... was the white, black and yellow of Imperial Germany, everywhere the black eagles spread their wings. Even without these indications, the large vigoro... ... im mense perspective, and the blunt prow of each was adorned with a black eagle of a hundred feet or so spread. Down the other side of the avenue ran... ...s name in black letters on white on either flank, and forward the Imperial eagle sprawled, an overwhelming bird in the dimness. Bugles sounded, mono-r... ...ll that day the Prince was negotiating with Washington, while his detached scouts sought far and wide over the East- ern States looking for anything r... ...ampment in Labrador. By his direction the German air- fleet, whose advance scouts had been in contact with the Japanese over the Rocky Mountains, had ... ...dily be restored. The land war was still far away. A man with a flat voice distinguished himself by a display of knowl- edge and cunning. He told them... ...doctrine on Sundays, and on weekdays he was an amiable and kindly old man, distinguished by his quaint disposition to wash his hands, and if possible ...

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...Plains that we don’t know as well as we know the bugle calls. He is Chief of Scouts to the Army of the Fron tier, and it makes us very important. In... ...the women, the children, and the dumb brutes; took Buffalo Bill, and all his scouts; took the garrison — to the last man; and in forty eight hours the... ... peaks towering up and shining bright and vivid in the sun, and sometimes an eagle sailing by them, not flapping a wing, the same as if he was asleep;... ...is face painted red and bright and intense like a fire coal and a valance of eagle feathers from the top of his head all down his back, and he had his... ...ra! Truly this is a memo rable day. You still serve the celebrated Chief of Scouts?” “I am still his property, but he has lent me, for a time, to the... ..., be cause I am known to be honorable and trustworthy, and because I have a distinguished record in the service; so they don’t hobble me nor tie me t... ...rse’s Tale Mark Twain 24 would not press the matter. It is very nice and distinguished; no other horse can do it; often the men salute me, and I r... ...t make me proud and stuck up — I should not like to be that. It is much more distinguished and honorable to be a reptile than a dog, don’t you think, ...

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...to his heirs, by whom, and by Clydesdale in general, it was, and is still, distinguished by the name of the Lee-penny, from the name of his native sea... ...del, who now approached on his gallant barb as if borne on the wings of an eagle, came as friend or foe—perhaps, as a vowed cham- pion of the Cross, h... ... “here I have five arrows in my quiver, each feathered from the wing of an eagle. When I send one of them to my tents, a thousand warriors mount on ho... ...rteenth; and so like were they to each other that they could not have been distinguished but for the difference of height, in which they gradually ros... ... were never again seen by mortal eye. But in process of time seven youths, distinguished in the war and in the chase, appeared in the environs of the ... ...dst princes, Still her banner rises highest; Ask as well the strong-wing’d eagle, Why to heaven he soars the highest.” “The eagle,” said the expounder... ...ed from their main body the object that had created this alarm among their scouts. Sir Kenneth could now see, at the distance of a mile or more, a dar... ...m from the Crusading host at many miles distance, and made the roving Arab scouts of the desert alarm the camp of Saladin with intelligence that the a...

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... he was permitted to return to Scotland, where he and his descendants were distinguished by the name of Drummond-Eirinich, or Ernoch, that is, Drummon... ...military service of countries which were at war with each other. They were distinguished on the Continent by their bravery; but in adopting the trade ... ... Montrose, in which some of the Sergeant’s ancestry had, it seems, taken a distinguished part. It has happened, that, although these civil commotions ... ... the apartment, whose lofty stature and complete equipment, as well as the eagle’s feather in his bonnet, and the confidence of his demeanour, announc... ...ts of middle sky, while a solitary watch-tower, perched on its top like an eagle’s nest, gave dignity to the scene by awakening a sense of possible da... ...of its graceful boughs. But Kenneth must be trained to re- venge—the young eagle must learn from the old how to stoop on his foes. I will purchase for... ...on our outposts, or some annoyance to to-morrow’s march.” “I have sent out scouts,” said Sir Duncan, “in every direc- tion, to procure intelligence; a... ...ounced the arrival 189 Sir Walter Scott of important intelligence. Of the scouts first dispersed by Ardenvohr, some had returned without being able t...

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...and heard that an English traveler had offered a large price for a pair of eaglets. The only eyrie was on a crag supposed to be so inacessible, that n... ...r were Titus Manlius Torquatus and Publius Decius Mus. They were both very distinguished men. Manlius was a patrician, or one of the high ancient nobl... ...unes, and raised a shout of ecstasy wherever they beheld his thin, marked, eagle face and purple robe, rushing on the enemy with a confidence of victo... ...cept their submission, and drawing up his troops in battle array, with the Eagle standards around him, he watched the whole Gallic army march past him... ...ed. He never lost sight of Genevieve, the little maid whom he had so early distinguished for her piety. After she lost her parents she went to live wi... ... it is the interest of the robbers to save you, they will do you no harm.’ Scouts brought word that the Russian outposts were alarmed, and that troops... ...th his own wife privately, so it ended by a message being sent to the more distinguished ladies to attend the Council. But presently up came tidings t...

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...ion on its left, with a docility that long practice had rendered easy. The scouts departed; strong guards preceded and followed the lumbering vehicles... ...mies have reached the portage at all, a thing by no means probable, as our scouts are abroad, they will surely be found skirting the column, where sca... ... gave rise to a breed of horses which were once well known in America, and distinguished by their habit of pacing. Horses of this race were, and are s... ...served, was without ornament of any kind, with the exception of a solitary eagle’s plume, that crossed his crown, and depended over the left shoulder.... ... time.” The manner of the scout was seriously impressive, though no longer distinguished by any signs of unmanly apprehension. It was evident that his... ...lready laid aside his knife and tomahawk, and was in the act of taking the eagle’s plume from his head, and smoothing the solitary tuft of hair in rea... ...safety, was holding his way toward a well-known border settlement, where a distinguished officer of the crown, and a favored friend of the Six Nations... ...ky concurrence of accidents, has found means to elude the vigilance of the scouts, will seldom meet with sentinels nearer home to sound the alarm. In ... ...nd saw a big canoe, with wings whiter than the swan’s, and wider than many eagles, come from the rising sun.” “Nay, nay; I speak not of a time so very...

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...ther’s house there shall be no man to avenge you.” As he spoke Jove sent two eagles from the top of the mountain, and they flew on and on with the win... ... fleetest horses.” When she had thus spoken, she flew away in the form of an eagle, and all marvelled as they beheld it. Nestor was astonished, and to... ...river, bidding my men stay by them and keep guard over them while I sent out scouts to reconnoitre from every point of vantage. “But the men disobeyed... ...am taking with me.” As he was thus speaking a bird flew on his right hand—an eagle with a great white goose in its tal ons which it had carried off f... ...how the gods have saved this man from destruction. We kept a succes sion of scouts upon the headlands all day long, and when the sun was down we neve... ...yptus, and bade my men stay by them and keep guard over them, while sent out scouts to re connoitre from every point of vantage. “But the men disobey... ...f my dear husband, who possessed every kind of good quality and was the most distinguished man among the Achaeans.” With these words she came down fro...

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...esidence. Soon after the close of the war, Washington, accompanied by many distinguished men, visited the scene of this tale, it is said with a view t... ...of dependents. He lived greatly respected for his piety , and not a little distinguished as a sectary; was intrusted by his associates with many impor... ...father, and brought with them the feelings and principles that had so long distinguished them in their own tribe. These chieftains kept alive, in some... ... “The children of Miquon do not love the sight of blood; and yet the Young Eagle has been struck by the hand that should do no evil!” “Mohegan! old Jo... ... Miquon. The white man may do as his fathers have told him; but the ‘Young Eagle’ has the blood of a Delaware chief in his veins; it is red, and the s... ... in two parts, as the river cuts the lowlands, and will say to the ‘Y oung Eagle,’ ‘Child of the Delawares! take it—keep it; and be a chief in the lan... ...detail the minute movements that succeeded. We shall briefly say, that the scouts came in and reported, that, so far from retreating, as had been anti...

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...on to find out the place where Theseus was buried, he, by chance, spied an eagle upon a rising ground pecking with her beak and tearing up the earth w... ...uches not them, though they are dead, as being of its own species, whereas eagles, owls, and hawks mangle and kill their own fellow-creatures; yet, as... ...wards, more being added, Patres Conscripti. By this more imposing title he distinguished the senate from the populace; and in other ways also separate... ...ritis, and the dart in the Regia is addressed as Mars, and those that were distinguished in war were usually presented with a dart; that, therefore, R... ...eling with Pythagoras. For it is said of Pythagoras, that he had taught an eagle to come at his call, and stoop down to him in its flight; and that, a... ...ness of his virtue as his power, and also since his death many amongst the distinguished families, even in our days, the Poplicolae, Messalae, and Val... ...ilence prevailed through all the camp. When Camillus learned this from his scouts, he drew out the Ardeatians, and in the dead of the night, passing i... ...sentinels on the tops of the hills, and at the break of day sent forth his scouts. And then taking with him the priests and Initiates and the Initiato... ...hemselves the unhoped for success of having cut off, among a few Fregellan scouts, the most valiant, the most potent, and most renowned of the Romans....

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...se haughty spirit, winged with desire, Will cost my crown, and like an empty eagle Tire on the flesh of me and of my son! The loss of those three lord... ...kedom and his chair with me is left. RICHARD: Nay, if thou be that princely eagle’s bird, Show thy descent by gazing ‘gainst the sun: For chair and d... ...ban’s to intercept the queen, Bearing the king in my behalf along; For by my scouts I was advertised That she was coming with a full intent To dash ou... ...ttended by a simple guard, We may surprise and take him at our pleasure? Our scouts have found the adventure very easy: Henry VI, Part III , Act IV , ... ... the wall! WARWICK: O unbid spite! is sportful Edward come? Where slept our scouts, or how are they seduced, That we could hear no news of his repair... ... yields the cedar to the axe’s edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept, Whose top branch overpee... ...nd more he spoke, Which sounded like a clamor in a vault, That mought not be distinguished; but at last I well might hear, delivered with a groan, ‘O,...

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... is an air of truth apparent through the whole; and indeed the author was so distinguished for his veracity, that it became a sort of proverb among hi... ...zing the enemy’s whole fleet; which, Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 39 as our scouts assured us, lay at anchor in the harbour, ready to sail with the f... ...e through the town of a strange creature to be seen at the sign of the Green Eagle, not so big as a splacnuck (an animal in that country very finely s... ... wings, and then be gan to perceive the woful condition I was in; that some eagle had got the ring of my box in his beak, with an intent to let it fa... ... in a windy day. I heard several bangs or buffets, as I thought given to the eagle (for such I am certain it must have been that held the ring of my b... ...as conducted by his order to an apartment in his pal ace (this prince being distinguished above all his pre decessors for his hospitality to strange... ... myself able to trace the particular features, by which certain families are distinguished, up to their originals. I could plainly discover whence one...

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...er, had speedily packed up his goods and decamped, Eumenes openly sent his scouts to discover the enemy’s posture, and commanded his men to arm, and b... ... and bridle their horses, as designing immediately to give battle; but the scouts returning with news that Menander had secured so difficult a post it... ...see the shows and sports there, and were violently seized upon by the most distinguished and bravest of the Romans for wives, it happened that some go... ...on their cattle and servants before them with their baggage, there came in scouts who brought word that they saw arms carried to and fro in the enemy’... ...tle about him, and a crown of gold on his head, rode by and showed them an eagle that soared just over Alexander, and directed his Right towards the e... ...ook prisoners, with his own legions, and gave a free pardon to many of the distinguished persons, and amongst the rest, to Brutus, who afterwards kill... ...to the people to resume their liberty, and invited the company of any more distinguished people whom they met. And some of these joined the procession... ... “If you have any designs upon the Lacedaemonians, begin before this young eagle’s talons are grown.” Presently after this, Cleomenes, encamping in Ar... ...n Thermodon that shall be Safe at a distance I desire to see, Far, like an eagle, watching in the air. Conquered shall weep, and conqueror perish ther...

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...e: “What,” says Archdeacon Wilberforce, “is the natural root of loyalty as distinguished from such mere selfish desire of personal security as is apt ... ...Naples a gentleman of the highest intellectual attainments, and who held a distinguished rank among the men of letters in the last century, he informe... ... Every one has something so singularly his own, that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features, than the poet has by their manne... ...r rein’d the noblest steeds? Eumelus’ mares were foremost in the chase, As eagles fleet, and of Pheretian race; Bred where Pieria’s fruitful fountains... ...s declares, And gives the people to their monarch’s prayers. 177 Pope His eagle, sacred bird of heaven! he sent, A fawn his talons truss’d, (divine p... ...he rest of the captains. They call a council of war, and determine to send scouts into the en- emies’ camp, to learn their posture, and discover their... ...rmy into five bodies of foot, begin the assault. But upon the signal of an eagle with a serpent in his talons, which appeared on the left hand of the ...

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...m the el- bow, and the latter from mid-leg to ankle. Silk and embroi- dery distinguished their dresses, and marked the wealth and importance of their ... ...nd principal gentry, to several of whom he was allied by birth, being of a distinguished Norman family. The ladies, in particular, were not disposed t... ...e which served in some degree to protect the dignitaries who occupied that distinguished station from the weather, and es- pecially from the rain, whi... ...light. A Saxon bard had called it a feast of the swords—a gathering of the eagles to the prey— the clashing of bills upon shield and helmet, the shout... ...ely form of the Norman ap- peared to dilate in magnitude, like that of the eagle, which ruffles up its plumage when about to pounce on its defenceless... ...297 Sir Walter Scott 2. The black cloud is low over the thane’s castle The eagle screams—he rides on its bosom. Scream not, grey rider of the sable cl... ...ar of De Bois- Guilbert, ere worse comes of it. Thou wilt find him, as our scouts have brought notice, at the next Preceptory house of his Order.—Said...

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...ng shopboys, chariots in motion, hair-dressers on the run, and pages toiling along, this tumult and bustle had surprised him, but without losing any o... ...IV., who, without this partner, might have eaten nearly alone, was at first much pleased with his aunt, and afterwards with M. de Saint-Remy, her 52 ... ...embly. The ladies then observed — there are certain things for which women are as good observers at Blois as at Paris — the ladies then observed that ... ...ay to smile; then, after a few sec- onds, he again fixed his limpid eye upon that countenance, so intelligent, so bold, and so firm, that it might hav... ...ervants and dragged by two oth- ers. In this box there was an enormous green-and-gold thing, which went along the smiling glades of the park, thus dra... ...le accustomed to barley-cakes, was hungry, and his staff, at least as hungry as himself, looked with anxiety right and left, to know what was being pr... ...een oaks. Monk was perfectly well acquainted with this position, Newcastle and its environs having already more than once been his headquarters. He kn... ... Charles II. had fallen into a profound reverie. For the first time he found himself face to face with Monk; with the man he had so much desired to se...

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...erwise, he was undisturbed. His countenance was calm, and his quick, dark, eagle eye moved over the leafy panorama, as if to take in at a glance every... ...ustle of departure put an end to the conversation, and, the baggage of the scouts or guides being trifling, in a few minutes the whole party was ready... ...e sound of his own breathing. “Let my young men look as if their eyes were eagles’,” said the eldest warrior among those who were wading in the river.... ... had our canoe, might you not pass to the shore with a dry rifle?” “Can an eagle fly, Jasper?” returned the other, laughing in his usual manner, and l... ...fitness and judgment, as to give her an appearance that even Mabel at once distinguished to be gallant and trim. Her mould was admirable, for a wright... ...e as a part of his private provision for amuse- ment; many belonged to the scouts and friendly Indians, of whom more or less were always hanging about... ...the land forming one shapeless black outline of even forest summits, to be distinguished from the impending heavens only by the greater light of the s... ... his daughter will be the spoiling of one of the best and most experienced scouts on the lines.” “Not they, Pathfinder; they will try to make that whi... ...aw it was a bark canoe; for, though the darkness prevented hues from being distinguished, the eye that had become accustomed to the night might discer...

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...is; but from all sides of Europe. Where the car- case is, thither will the eagles gather. Think how many a Spanish Guzman, Martinico Fournier named ‘F... ...ithout wis- dom! For, it is in that thin element of the Sentimentalist and Distinguished-Female that Sillery-Genlis works; she would gladly be sincere... ...ting! And, behold, Bouille proves as good as his word: ‘at half- past two’ scouts report that he is within half a league of the gates; rattling along,... ...naced by Pikes, has taken a great attitude, or indeed the greatest of all? Scouts and Aides-de-camp fly forth, vague, in quest and pursuit; young Romo... ...e, thou shalt see! 149 Thomas Carlyle Chapter 2.4.V. The New Berline. But scouts all this while and aide-de-camps, have flown forth faster than the l... ... unknown to the world and to itself! A mere commonplace Mountain hitherto; distinguished from the Plain chiefly by its superior barrenness, its baldne... ...an interview on that business of the Twentieth; an interview and dialogue, distinguished by frankness on both sides; ending on King Louis’s side with ...

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...ing arcades that had been but a day ago pine spinneys, crawled the devoted scouts with the heliographs that were presently to warn the gunners of the ... ...s it would seem that the three took counsel to- gether and halted, and the scouts who were watching them report that they remained absolutely stationa... ...com- ing! Go on!” Then my brother’s attention was distracted by a bearded, eagle-faced man lugging a small handbag, which split even as my brother’s e... ...s of eight each. These bunches have since been named rather aptly, by that distinguished anatomist, Professor Howes, the hands. Even as I saw these Ma... ...looked, indeed, as though he had been dragged through a culvert. Nearer, I distinguished the green slime of ditches mixing with the pale drab of dried...

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...ilosophy, in our Ger- man Temple of Honor.” Mindful of old friendship, the distinguished Professor, in this the first blaze of his fame, which however... ..., crane-necked, clean-brushed, pacific individu- als, perhaps sufficiently distinguished in society by this fact, that, in dry weather or in wet, “the... ... First Part only in the most cursory manner. This First Part is, no doubt, distinguished by omnivorous learning, and utmost patience and fairness: at ... ... might feel called to afford explanation. Nay, since Books, like invisible scouts, permeate the whole habitable globe, and Timbuctoo itself is not saf... ...here, if our Buried ones there slumber!” Does Teufelsdrockh as the wounded eagle is said to make for its own eyrie, and indeed military 109 Thomas Ca... ...ll one day evolve itself? Such transitions are ever full of pain: thus the Eagle when he moults is sickly; and, to attain his new beak, must harshly d...

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...reversed, and he stands amazed to be so little recollected. Elsewhere he is refreshed to see attractive faces, to remark possible friends; there he sc... ... cry myself up for courage; I have done well on many fields under the eyes of famous generals, and earned my late advancement by an act of the most di... ...to re- member. These paths were in ordinary times entirely desert; but the country was now up, the tribes on the war-path, the woods full of Indian sc... ...n a kind of guilty silence. A little be- yond the abbey the path debauched on the main road and some quarter of a mile farther, at the place called Ea... ...aise will be at the door. For I start from the door, Mackellar; I do not skulk through woods and take my chaise upon the wayside – shall we say, at Ea... ...him sitting with his Indian at a simple meal of maize por- ridge with some milk. The house within was clean and poor; only a few books upon a shelf di...

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... great masters of painting in Italy, surrounded the heads of Christ and of distinguished saints. 5 “The astonishment of science.”—Her medical attenda... ...respondent of Condorcet, D’Alembert, &c., and Mr. Charles White, the most distinguished surgeon at that time in the north of England. It was he who ... ...equally obscure. I was cashiered; I was restored “on the intercession of a distinguished lady;” (Mrs. Evans, to wit;) I was threatened with being drum... ...wise have yielded to internal decay. Here, on the contrary, we saw a young eagle, rising into power, and robbed prematurely of her natural honors, onl... ...sdainful of the enemy, led a division upon one of the two roads, having no scouts, nor taking any sort of precau- tion. Suddenly he found his line of ... ...t to a picture too amiable and pacific of the roads before him, Mr. Spread Eagle replied with the air of one who knew more than he altogether liked to...

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...I. The origin of the name Cervantes is curious. Nuno Alfonso was almost as distinguished in the struggle against the Moors in the reign of Alfonso VII... ...taking a new character, he should take a new name, and that it should be a distinguished and full-sounding one, befitting the new order and calling he... ...d in view, and that such a motive was natural and becoming in cavaliers as distinguished as he seemed and his gallant bearing showed him to be; and th... ... they fight, there for the sword, here for the horse, on that side for the eagle, on this for the helmet; we are all fighting, and all at cross purpos... ... Beauty by itself attracts the desires of all who behold it, and the royal eagles and birds of towering flight stoop on it as on a dainty lure; but if... ... to shift from place to place. There was nothing but sending out spies and scouts, posting sentinels and blowing the matches of harquebusses, though t... ...er, and the pedestal on which it stood was of the same material, with four eagles’ claws projecting from it to support the weight more steadily. The h...

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...icent ruin!’ said Mr. Augustus Snodgrass, with all the poetic fervour that distinguished him, when they came in sight of the fine old castle. ‘What a ... ... an impression in public assemblies—incog. the thing—gentlemen from London—distinguished foreign ers—anything.’ The door was thrown open, and Mr. Tra... ... and family to the top of the room. The Honourable Wilmot Snipe, and other distinguished gentlemen crowded to ren der homage to the Misses Clubber; a... ...ines. The manoeuvres of half a dozen regiments were to be inspected by the eagle eye of the commander in chief; temporary fortifications had been erec... ...t fell upon the tip of the bat, and bounded far away over the heads of the scouts, who had just stooped low enough to let it fly over them. ‘Run—run—a... ...s, took the good ones, and sent them flying to all parts of the field. The scouts were hot and tired; the bowlers were changed and bowled till their a... ...e consciousness of my well kept secret. I inherited an estate. The law—the eagle eyed law itself—had been deceived, and had handed over disputed thous...

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...es of grey and rust-red crags. At dawn the summit of the moun- tain has an eagle eye for the far Venetian boundary and the barrier of the Apennines; b... ...ed coat across his chest, the air as of one who waited and listened, which distinguished his figure, detracted from the promise of other than contempl... ...dy that slides and a soul that jumps. T aken altogether, more serpent than eagle. I misdoubt 35 George Meredith that little quick cornering eye of yo... ... whose crown was the sole flourish- ing blossom of diplomacy, particularly distinguished him- self by insisting that a lady should remember him in pub... ... her together; and but that war costs money, she would have been an empire distinguished 69 George Meredith by aggressiveness. The next best medicina... ...ction; ‘it is because the lighter you get the higher you mount; up like an eagle of the peaks! But we’ll give that hungry fellow a fall. A dish of hot... ...is ardour blazed from his swarthy crimson features like a blown fire, when scouts came running down with word that all about the Porta Camosina, Madon... ...d grins. They were to have rested at the inn, but Count Karl was warned by scouts, which was sufficient to make Pericles cling to him in avoidance of ...

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...between Fiesole and Florence. He was then only fifteen, but he was already distinguished as a mathema- tician and possessed by a savage appetite to un... ...odded, emitted a word and be- came still again, brooding like the national eagle. His eyes were so deeply sunken under his white eyebrows that she cou... ...arly lucky and had been chal- lenged by no aeroplanes at all. The frontier scouts they must have passed in the night; probably these were mostly under... ...ng himself—’ ‘T o the life of a peasant! And my wife——Y ou do not know the distinguished delicacy of my wife, a refined helplessness, a peculiar depen... ... have entered upon an entirely new phase in history in which contention as distinguished from rivalry, has almost abruptly ceased to be the usual occu...

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...the execution. This favour had been granted to him in consideration of his distinguished family and of his father’s high po- sition amongst the chiefs... ...day, we heard of the defeat of one of his lieutenants in the Maipu valley. Scouts sent afar brought news of a column of infantry advancing through dis... ...lotted, and travelled all over Europe in order to add to his collection of distinguished personal ac- quaintances. As he is wealthy, well connected, a... ...icularly respectable, as I remembered it. “The house was the property of a distinguished gov- ernment official,” he added, sipping his champagne. “Oh,... ...colour cockades in their breast-pockets, and buttoned with the forbid- den eagle buttons their shabby uniforms, declaring themselves too poor to affor...

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...sa- loon deck house. He was smaller than I had fancied, and plain-looking; but his face was distinguished by strange and fascinating eyes, limpid grey... ...p, with all their house- hold gods, into the wood, whence, from some high spur, their timid scouts might overlook the coming and going of the marauder... ...the Pope beside a woodland cross. Here, on his way to Elba not so long after, he kissed the eagle of the Old Guard, and spoke words of passionate fare... ... Stevenson a generation, has continued to haunt me. I have said that I should set a passage distinguished by obvious and pleasing imagery, however fai...

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..., that it would have been difficult for one unused to such espials to have distinguished anything but various tools of uncouth make and shape, great b... ...My captain flies at higher game than Miggses. Ha, ha, ha! My captain is an eagle, both as respects his eye and soaring wings. My captain breaketh hear... ...ing presence of mind and readiness of speech for which he was so eminently distinguished above all other men. Mrs V arden expressed her sympathy for h... ...mu lation of his great example, bold and daring spirits, and aspired to a distinguished state in great political events. Hence their connection with ... ... not fail to have a won derful effect upon enthusiasts, however mistaken. Scouts had been posted in advance of the great body, to give notice of thei... ... other trustworthy persons in his employ, who went out into the streets as scouts; and for whose entertainment an ample allowance of good cheer (which... ...ands full. Shortly after they had gone away for the first time, one of the scouts came running in with the news that they had stopped before Lord Mans... ...dow forth his state of mind in the feeblest and lamest terms. If a roc, an eagle, a griffin, a flying elephant, a winged sea horse, had suddenly appea...

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... to entertain him while the table was being laid; for on the arrival of so distinguished a guest, Dona Christina was anxious to show that she knew how... ...f the third, and “Valour” of the fourth. Those that followed Interest were distinguished in the same way; the badge of the first announced “Liberality... ... and accompanied by the priest and the relatives of both, and all the most distinguished people of the surrounding villages. When Sancho saw the bride... ... Beauty by itself attracts the desires of all who behold it, and the royal eagles and birds of towering flight stoop on it as on a dainty lure; but if... ... to shift from place to place. There was nothing but sending out spies and scouts, posting sentinels and blowing the matches of harquebusses, though t... ...er, and the pedestal on which it stood was of the same material, with four eagles’ claws projecting from it to support the weight more steadily. The h...

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...hands. Now when a country dandy like this takes it into his head to make a distinguished reputation, and joins the great whale-fishery, you should see... ...- land was settled by the red-men. Thus goes the legend. In olden times an eagle swooped down upon the New England coast, and carried off an infant In... ...terlinked 112 Moby Dick terrors and wonders of God! But, though the world scouts at us whale hunters, yet does it unwittingly pay us the profoundest ... ...ld nominally live apart from the men be- fore the mast, and be in some way distinguished as their pro- fessional superior; though always, by them, fam... ...the present day has the original prestige of the Sperm Whale, as fearfully distinguished from all other species of the leviathan, died out of the mind... ...hale,” as some craft are nowadays christened the “Shark,” the “Gull,” the “Eagle.” Nor have there been wanting learned exegetists who have opined that... ...that is woe; but there is a woe that is mad- ness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and ...

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...hands. Now when a country dandy like this takes it into his head to make a distinguished reputation, and joins the great whale fishery, you should see ... ...island was settled by the red men. Thus goes the legend. In olden times an eagle swooped down upon the New England coast, and carried off an infant In... ...red with the interlinked terrors and wonders of God! But, though the world scouts at us whale hunters, yet does it unwittingly pay us the profoundest ... ...ould nominally live apart from the men before the mast, and be in some way distinguished as their professional superior; though always, by them, famil... ...e present day has the original prestige of the Sperm Whale, as fear fully distinguished from all other species of the leviathan, died out of the mind... ...hale,” as some craft are nowadays christened the “Shark,” the “Gull,” the “Eagle.” Nor have there been wanting learned exegetists who have opined that... ...m that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and ...

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...e to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be co... ...ect on which I had to consult Traddles was this, I had heard that many men distinguished in various pursuits had begun life by reporting the debates i... ...okery line) walking about for some days with a black eye. Any one of these scouts used to think nothing of politely assisting an old lady in black out... ...otions of no common description. This fact, my dear sir, combined with the distinguished el evation to which your talents have raised you, deters me ... ...ion card which he attached to the little brown valise of happier days, the eagle glance of matrimonial anxiety detected, d, o, n, distinctly traced. T... ...iended”, “melancholy”, nor (I may add) “slow”. Go on, my dear Sir, in your Eagle course! The inhab itants of Port Middlebay may at least aspire to wa...

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...am’s well-pleased rehearsal of all the compliments she had received on the distinguished appearance of both her young guests. Sidney, as the betrothed... ...oin in the festivities of her wedding with another. The absence of so many distinguished persons caused the admission of many less constantly privileg... ...o be brought together at last. Soon, soon shall we have her! A minister so distinguished as Isaac Gardon is sure to be heard of either at La Rochelle,... ...ntly taking orders from a young man in a gray and silver suit, whose brown eagle face, thin cheeks, arched nose, and black eyes of keenest fire, struc... ...in one of these chapels, where the sculptured fig- ure of St. John and his Eagle still remained on the wall; and a sufficient remnant of his glowing s... ...Bourbon at length became visible. Already the enemy below were sending out scouts—they rode to the top of the hill—then a messenger swan his horse acr...

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...cene of peace and retirement, and not a blot and drawback in ambitious and distinguished crowds; I should have been spared this trial. I have every re... ...ondition; or whether the late Mrs. Corney was par ticularly proof against eagle glances; are matters of opinion. The matter of fact, is, that the mat... ...al though there were several women who would have done very well for that distinguished character’s mother or sis ter, and more than one man who mig... ...one to Birmingham, they say,’ said one: ‘but they’ll have him yet, for the scouts are out, and by to morrow night there’ll be a cry all through the c...

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...stab lished herself behind the highly ornamented table, at tended by the distinguished effigies before mentioned, and ordered the doors to be thrown... ...uncommon ardour to the study of law; not wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which are rare, but tracing it attentively through all the s... ...for the present all such attempts were hopeless, he appointed two or three scouts, with promises of large rewards in case of their forwarding him any ... ...a cold from damp living. Look ing intently that way one night, he plainly distinguished an eye gleaming and glistening at the keyhole; and The Old Cu... ...e helps, any observer might have supposed it the authen tic portrait of a distinguished merman, or great sea mon ster. Being originally much too lar...

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...or his Government,—scents or descries richer quarry from afar. He, like an eagle or vulture, or mixture of both, preens his wings for flight homewards... ...hem, shuts up in the Bastille. A second larger deputation he meets, by his scouts, on the road, and persuades or frightens back. But now a third large... ...significant staff-officers, inclined to taciturnity; plumed aides-de-camp, scouts, orderlies flying or hovering. He himself looks forth, important, im... ...e- hood still environs him; intriguing Dukes de Guiche, with Body- guards; scouts of Bouille; a new flight of intriguers, now that the old is flown. W... ...have come to do they know not what; figures that have come to see it done! Distinguished among all figures, who is this, of gaunt stature, with leaden... ...aris; but from all sides of Europe. Where the carcase is, thither will the eagles gather. Think how many a Spanish Guzman, Martinico Fournier named ‘F... ... without wisdom! For, it is in that thin element of the Sentimentalist and Distinguished- Female that Sillery-Genlis works; she would gladly be sincer... ... unknown to the world and to itself! A mere commonplace Mountain hitherto; distinguished from the Plain chiefly by its superior barrenness, its baldne...

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...f Philosophy, in our German Temple of Honor.” Mindful of old friendship, the distinguished Professor, in this the first blaze of his fame, which howeve... ...outhed, crane necked, clean brushed, pacific individuals, perhaps sufficiently distinguished in society by this fact, that, in dry weather or in wet, “t... ...is First Part only in the most cursory manner. This First Part is, no doubt, distinguished by omnivorous learning, and utmost patience and fairness: a... ... might feel called to afford explana tion. Nay, since Books, like invisible scouts, permeate the whole habitable globe, and Timbuctoo itself is not s... ...here, if our Buried ones there slumber!” Does Teufelsdr¨ ockh as the wounded eagle is said to make for its own eyrie, and indeed military deserters, a... ...will one day evolve itself? Such transitions are ever full of pain: thus the Eagle when he moults is sickly; and, to attain his new beak, must harshly...

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...or his Government,—scents or descries richer quarry from afar. He, like an eagle or vulture, or mixture of both, preens his wings for flight homewards... ...hem, shuts up in the Bastille. A second larger deputation he meets, by his scouts, on the road, and persuades or frightens back. But now a third larg-... ...significant staff-officers, inclined to taciturnity; plumed aides-de-camp, scouts, or- derlies flying or hovering. He himself looks forth, impor- tant... ...falsehood still environs him; intriguing Dukes de Guiche, with Bodyguards; scouts of Bouille; a new flight of intrigu- ers, now that the old is flown.... ...have come to do they know not what; figures that have come to see it done! Distinguished among all figures, who is this, of gaunt stature, with leaden...

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........................................... 384 CHAPTER X WE ENTERTAIN A VERY DISTINGUISHED GUEST A T KENSINGTON. .......................................... ...d’s kind mistress sent to the library of her father the Dean, who had been distinguished in the disputes of the late king’s reign; and, an old soldier... ...o Cambridge, rather than to Oxford, of which place Mr. Atterbury, though a distinguished member, spoke but ill. Our messenger found the good priest al... ...vening prayer. But Mr. Tusher was one of the officiants, and read from the eagle in an authori- tative voice, and a great black periwig; and in the st... ...Esmond? Had I not best have joined the manly creed of Addison yonder, that scouts the old doctrine of right divine, that boldly declares that Parliame...