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...society, which existed since the fourteenth century and roamed the country pretending to befriend travellers and then robbing and strangling them wi... ...s of a traveller in India could be attributed to a wild animal or some other mishap. When British travellers went missing on journeys to the interior... ...ce the 14th century who under the guise of their worship of the Goddess Kali, robbed and murdered travellers by strangulation and secretly buried th... ...ce is forbidden by the British.’ From Allahabad, another sacred city at the confluence of the two holy rivers, the Ganges and the Jumna, the party l... ... answered the Scotsman. ‘In fact, in the north of the City. The Residency is, of course, built on land bought from the Nawab by the Dutch, who were ... ...pasties and had instructed her to ensure that Gavin was eating well and sensibly in ‘that foreign land’. Then Rosita joined them and Gavin hugged he... ... I shall remove my shoes before entering, which I believe is the prerequisite for visiting Muslim holy places; so fetch the key please, Isabel,’ sai... ...ere covered in oyster pink silk and hung with gilt framed paintings of English hunting scenes and landscapes. A large, bow-fronted, mahogany sideboa... ...ad.’ ‘So, I will return to England soon?’ asked Helen, fascinated by the depth of meaning in the holy man’s words. ‘No, not soon, but it will happe...

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...s of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of mur...

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...tion of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among the mermaids -- Voyage of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of M... ..."The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the W... ... MADE OCEAN HISTORY AND ESTABLISHED CHRISTIAN SUPREMACY OVER THE MOST SAVAGE LANDS OF THE EARTH. RECITING ASTONISHING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERT... ...ring fiends -- Strange funeral customs -- A surprisingly degrading practice -- Travellers permitted to take the place of husbands -- Efforts of the Kh... ...tion derived from the Greek word for palms, great numbers of which grow in the Holy Land. BUILDING A STRONG NATION. The Phoenicians were a nation dis... ...istianity, and led the van of the crusaders in the war for the recovery of the Holy Land. But while a portion of the nation was engaged at war with Gr... ...irits joined the Crusaders' ranks, leaving their Vinland Home to fight for the Holy Sepulchre. The last mention made of the Vinland colonists in the S... ...peror to retain their wise counsels. But in 1293 their services as experienced travellers were sought by the Emperor to conduct to Tabreez a bride, ch... ...hat it was inhabited by spirits, that caused great and marvellous illusions to travellers, and lured them to destruction. If a caravan became separate...

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...hapter. In reality, of course, they had little else to do – life in Bloon- land was a stress-free existence of eating, drinking and clowning around. ... ...e world wobbled. Animals bleated and barked in farms and homes across the land. Then the moment passed. It was remembered only by a poor Bloon, who ... ...ldings loomed beneath him like an ominous future and he hoped he wouldn’t land on anything sharp. He f oated closer to the ground and the wind blew ... ...ns, came from. 40 Bozo and the Storyteller ‘Some think that we were space travellers roaming though the galaxies like nomads until we found somewher... ...ady rising, and the air seemed to bend and distort close to the sand. The travellers hoped the carpet knew where it was going. Then to the east they... ...re a mischievous, capricious lot, and they enjoy the sight of cold, tired travellers.’ ‘But f re isn’t alive,’ Theo objected. ‘Then what is it?’ Ali ... ...ugh one of his changes and left the cities. I heard rumours he’d become a holy man in the Himalayas, but I can’t be sure. ‘You see, Theo, being an A... ...ntities of food that the villagers bring.’ ‘Ha,’ Theo laughed. ‘I thought holy men and saints were supposed to lead strict lives of hardship and fas...

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...the art of painting. Raphael wos born in Urbino, Italy, a distinctly rural land, rolling in hills. He was fond of painting and bad the good for- tune ... ...e refinement and elegance of the faces show him to be an idealist; but the landscape back- grounds, that appear in all, show that realism too had cons... ...r, of Lookport, N. Y., on March 4 as- sumed his duties as one of the three land appraisers of the Laiul Cffioo of the State of New York. Mr. Hoover is... ...of Hopkins Hall. There are twelve Raphaels, the most noted ofwhich arethe "HolyFamily"and tlie"Madotiinulel Cardellino. " Be- sides the portrait of Po... ...st 1910, at Williarastown; May 11, Troy Bcademy. at WilliBUlstown; May 18, Holyoke High school at Will- iamstowu; May 25, Hotchkiss school at Lakevill... ...lass meeting, J. H. 7.30 p, m.—Organ recital by Prof. W. C. Hammond of Mt. Holyoke. Thompson Chapel. THURSDAY, APRIL 18 8.00 p. m.—Cap and Bells prese... ...there seemed extremely cheerful and lavished their poor hospitality on the travellers. From this plateau, the expedi- tion ascended the first of the g...

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...ters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the g... ...s. 11 The name of the rst is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good:... ...ame of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is i... ... put o thy shoes from o thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abr... ...soul shall be cut o from Israel. 16 And in the rst day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation... ...e which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take... ...e son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased,...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229 II New Testament 1258 46 The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew . . . . . . . . . . .... ...sus Christ, According to St. Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1260 47 The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to St. Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... Christ, According to St. Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1302 48 The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to St. Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done. 10 And God called the dry land, Earth; and... ...ads. 11 The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth. 12 And the gold of that land is very ... ... name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same pa... ...and of judgment to justify the un- godly: 3 Of the a air of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends: 4 Of exactness o...

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...Excerpt: Landfall and departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman?s life and of a ship?s career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship?s earthly fate. A ?Departure? is not what a vain people of landsmen may th...

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...Contents: I. Landfalls and Departures IV. Emblems of Hope VII. The Fine Art X. Cobwebs and Gossamer XIII. The Weight of the Burden XVI. Overdue and Missing XX. The Grip of the Land XXII. The Character of the Foe XXV. Rules of East and Wes...

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...sity. 3 Joseph Conrad The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad Contents: I. Landfalls and Departures IV. Emblems of Hope VII. The Fine Art X. Cobwebs a... ...III. The Weight of the Burden XVI. Overdue and Missing XX. The Grip of the Land XXII. The Character of the Foe XXV. Rules of East and West XXX. The Fa... ...mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman’s life and of a ship’s ca reer. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship’s earthly fate. A “De... ...good MacW- would not even come out to his meals, and fed solitarily in his holy of holies from a tray covered with a white napkin. Our steward used to... ...le restlessness. It seems unable to abide for many seconds together in the holy of holies of the captain’s state-room; it will out on deck and gaze ah... ...dwellers in tropi- cal woodlands. Following the example of certain prudent travellers, I withdrew unseen—and re- turned, not much wiser, to the Medite...

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...CONTENTS BOOK THE SECOND: RICHES 1. Fellow Travellers 2. Mrs General 3. On the Road 4. A Letter from Little Dorrit 5. Something Wrong Somewhere 6. Something Right Somewhere 7. Mostly, Prunes and Prism 8. The Dowager Mrs Gowan is reminded that ?It Never Does? 9. Appear...

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...ittle Dorrit by Charles Dickens CONTENTS BOOK THE SECOND: RICHES 1. Fellow Travellers 2. Mrs General 3. On the Road 4. A Letter from Little Dorrit 5. ... ...osed 32. Going 33. Going! 34. Gone BOOK THE SECOND RICHES CHAPTER 1 Fellow Travellers IN THE AUTUMN OF THE YEAR, Darkness and Night were creep- ing up... ...e visitors on mules, had risen thus to the rough convent walls, when those travellers were yet climbing the mountain. As the heat of the glowing day w... ... come this way in the winter or can have any possible business this way?’ ‘Holy blue! No; never heard of it.’ ‘So it is, I believe. And as they know t... ...sly served and attended, his eyes roving far away among the glories of the landscape, no miserable screen before them to darken his sight and cast its... ...authority, on whose authority. Reply sir. Explain. Answer why.’ Permit the landlord humbly to submit to Monsieur the Cou- rier then, that Monseigneur,... ...nteel lady’s English chariot being already horsed and at the inn-door, the landlord had slipped up-stairs to represent his hard case. This was notifie... ... girl stopped. ‘It’s a little inconvenient,’ said the man. ‘A little. But, Holy Blue! that’s nothing in such a service. I am without money to- night, ... ...now, when I’ve been so wishful to show that one thought is next to being a holy one with me and goes before all others—now, after all, you dodge me wh...

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... About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbors....

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...rious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his nativ... ...d simple; and the only fault I find is, that the author, after the manner of travellers, is a little too circum stantial. There is an air of truth ap... ...k as they did. But I have since found that the sea Yahoos are apt, like the land ones, to become new fangled in their words, which the latter change ... ... Indies, we were driven by a violent storm to the north west of Van Diemen’s Land. By an observation, we found ourselves in the latitude of 30 degrees... ...n my first copy, for fear of being censured as tedious and trifling, whereof travellers are often, perhaps not without justice, accused. CHAPTER II A ... ...eved; at least a severe critic would be apt to think I enlarged a little, as travellers are often sus pected to do. To avoid which censure I fear I h... ... posterity were never once known to degenerate. To these were joined several holy per Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 111 sons, as part of that assembl... ..., or some other sinister view, could have no place among them? Whether those holy lords I spoke of were always promoted to that rank upon account of t...

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...hen, and drank, elbow upward, the green-eyed wine of old romance, there lived, a bow-shot from the bones of the Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Three Holy Kings, a prosperous Rhinelander, by name Gottlieb Groschen, or, as it was sometimes ennobled, Gottlieb von Groschen; than whom no wealthier merchant bartered for the glory of his ancient mothercity, nor more honoured bur...

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...ed, a bow-shot from the bones of the Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Three Holy Kings, a pros- perous Rhinelander, by name Gottlieb Groschen, or, as i... ...bject of mine, Gottlieb!’ and he was easy with the proudest princes of the Holy German Realm. For Gottlieb was a money-lender and an honest man in one... ... ‘He must see for himself, and be satisfied,’ continued Aunt Lisbeth; ‘and Holy Thomas to warn him for an example! Poor Kraut!’ ‘Poor Kraut!’ echoed M... ...ese shameless songs,’ exclaimed Aunt Lisbeth. ‘For I would view the lands they view, And be where they have been: It is not en... ...hy best dresses and jewels in order, and look thyself; proud as any in the land. A simple burgher’s daughter now, Grete; but so shalt thou not end, my... ...off to rejoin Gottlieb. 18 Farina THE WAGER ERE MARGARITA had reached the landing of the stairs, she repented her haste and shrank back. Wrapt in a t... ...d gratu- lation for great deeds,’ said the monks. So with genuflexions the travellers proceeded, and entered the boats by the Archbishop’s White Tower...

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...west, setting, but still broad and bright. To the east, and right amidships of the dawn, which was all pink, the daystar sparkled like a diamond. The land breeze blew in our faces, and smelt strong of wild lime and vanilla: other things besides, but these were the most plain; and the chill of it set me sneezing. I should say I had been for years on a low island near the li...

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... of the dawn, which was all pink, the daystar sparkled like a diamond. The land breeze blew in our faces, and smelt strong of wild lime and vanilla: o... ... could make his next island by dawn, with a good tide, and the business of landing my trade was gone about lively. There was no call for me to fool wi... ... all away in the usual style, and died worth next to nothing, bar a bit of land at Falesa that he had got for a bad debt, which was what put it in the... ...nson said he, ‘you have told me there were wise men, not pastors, not even holy, who knew many things useful to be taught – about trees for instance, ... ...it would be damaging to avoid him. “‘So,’ says he, in native, ‘here is the holy man. He has been preaching against me, but that was not in his heart. ... ...r to him; and here it was knock- ing at his door. He had heard besides, by travellers, of their practices, and how when they are in a mind to eat a ma...

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...s of the times, to their own inoffensive con- duct, and to the laws of the land. A circumstance which greatly tended to enhance the tyr- anny of the n... ...rited, with few or no exceptions; nor were the numbers great who possessed land in the country of their fathers, even as proprietors of the second, or... ...cid and elsewhere silent streamlet. The human figures which completed this landscape, were in number two, partaking, in their dress and appearance, of... ...d the military rider; “’tis easy for them to arise and supply the wants of travellers such as we are, who will not stoop to beg the hospitality which ... ...en T urks and infidel Saracens; we islanders love not blows, save those of holy Church, who chasteneth whom she loveth.—Tell me, good fellow,” said he... ...ll his life engaged in fighting among the Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre; he is of the order of Knights T emplars, whom you may have ... ...manded of the guide who and what he was. “A Palmer, just returned from the Holy Land,” was the an- swer. 22 Ivanhoe “You had better have tarried ther... ...id this night to the Prior and me.” “How, sirrah!” said Cedric, “misdirect travellers? We must have you whipt; you are at least as much rogue as fool.... ...moment Gurth appeared on the opposite side of the moat with the mules. The travellers crossed the ditch upon a drawbridge of only two planks breadth, ...

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...cation, being on the banks of a fine trout stream, and in the midst of wood land coverts, abounding with excellent game. The bride, with her father a... ...da,” said the earl, “did you give your love to the Earl of Huntingdon, whose lands touch the Ouse and the T rent, or to Robert Fitz Ooth, the son of h... ...a friarly ghost, began to roll out of the chapel as fast as his bulk and his holy robes would permit, roaring “Sacrilege!” with all his monks at his h... ...n the profane, to accomplish the pious purpose of bringing a blessing on the land by rescuing it from the frail hold of carnal and temporal into the f... ...nged with the crimson stain. “Thus you see how good comes of evil, and how a holy friar may fare better on fast day for the violent death of two love... ...hing to spend; and with these he kills the king’s deer, and plunders wealthy travellers of five sixths of their money; but if they be abbots or bishop... ...s, Maid Marian T. L. Peacock 36 honest friar? Hold, ghostly friar! Hold, holy friar!”—till Matilda interposed, and delivered the battered sheriff ... ...l here hard by, in the shape of a hollow tree, where I put up my prayers for travellers, and Little John holds the plate at the door, for good praying... ...them bete and bynde,” 61 minions without let or molestation. “II. All other travellers through the forest shall be graciously invited to partake of R...

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...s millet. Pray do not laugh; a word is worth quite as much as an idea in a land where the ticket on a sack is of more importance than the contents. Ha... ...pheasants,—are handed down at their birth from the brain to the commercial travellers who are employed to spread them discreetly, “urbi et orbi,” thro... ... said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more. The king of travellers was ame- nable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as the... ...a,—a journal, a newspaper, written for chil- dren. In our profession, when travellers have caught, let us suppose, ten subscribers to the ‘Children’s ... ...kin, ruddy cheeks, and regular features of the type which sculptors of all lands adopt as a model for statues of Abundance, Law, Force, Com- merce, an... ... “As to the article journal—the devil! that’s a horse of an- other color. Holy saints! how one has to warble before you can teach these bumpkins a ne... ...s thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way, admiring the landscape, and little dreaming that in the happy valleys of Vouvray his com...

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...ght from housetop to housetop under cover of the hot dark. Then there were holy men, ash smeared fakirs by their brick shrines under the trees at the ... ... worth perhaps half a million ster ling, but India is the only democratic land in the world. ‘The Hindus fell off Zam Zammah too. The Mussalmans push... ...At his belt hung a long open work iron pencase and a wooden rosary such as holy men wear. On his head was a gigantic sort of tam o’ shanter. His face ... ...e Middle Way, living in peace in our lamasseries, and I go to see the Four Holy Places before I die. Now do you, who are children, know as much as I d... ...e Mahbub Ali, the horse trader, lived when he came in from that mysterious land beyond the Passes of the North. Kim had had many dealings with Mahbub ... ...vant might at tract a moment’s interest as they wandered about India, the land of pilgrims; but no one would suspect them or, what was more to the po... ...res, walked back and forth in twos and threes almost under the feet of the travellers; and shufflings and scufflings in the branches showed that the b... ...reat pieces out of the charm. So, long and furious are the debates between travellers and Eurasian ticket col lectors. Kim assisted at two or three w... ...ing put on their jewels again. At first they breathed temperately upon the travellers, winds good to meet when one crawled over some gigantic hog’s ba...

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... on her crags. In a word, and above all, she is a curiosity. The Palace of Holyrood has been left aside in the growth of Edinburgh, and stands grey an... ...uffoons and grave ambassadors, played their stately farce for centuries in Holyrood. Wars have been plotted, dancing has lasted deep into the night, –... ...stands one of the most satisfactory crags in nature – a Bass Rock upon dry land, rooted in a garden shaken by passing trains, carrying a crown of batt... ...e popular tumult under the Blue Blanket alternated with the brawls of out- landish clansmen and retainers. Down in the palace John Knox reproved his q... ...o be partitioned off into a bedroom by the new. CHAPTER II. OLD TOWN – THE LANDS. THE OLD TOWN, it is pretended, is the chief characteristic, and, fro... ...still erect, with some insignia of its former state – some scutcheon, some holy or courageous motto, on the lintel. The local an- tiquary points out w... ...in this anonymous accidental way, to watch more than one of these downward travellers for some stages on the road to ruin. One man must have been up- ...

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... Yo n g e THE HERD BOY AND HIS HERMIT By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE Henry, thou of holy birth, Thou, to whom thy Windsor gave Nativity and name and grave Heav... ...y so! There’s a whole sort of these orphans, after all the bad luck to the land, to be picked up on every wayside.’ ‘On Towton Moor, mayhap,’ said Ann... ... Wakefield Bridge. They say her young son is in hiding in some moss in his lands, for the King holds him in deadly feud for his brother’s death.’ ‘He ... ...rom the good Sister, but went as far as the chapel porch, was touched with holy water, and bending her knee, uttered in a low voice her ‘Gratias ago,’... ...efectory, where the few Sisters had already had their morning’s meal after Holy Communion; and from it there was a slight barrier, on the other side o... ... De Vescis, who had followed his mistress in her mis- fortunes; and on his lands Hob Hogward might be estab- lished as a guardian of the herds with hi... ...II CHAPTER XIII FELL FELL FELL FELL FELLO O O O OW W W W W TRA TRA TRA TRA TRAVELLERS VELLERS VELLERS VELLERS VELLERS And sickerlie she was of great d... ...ited country, the Prioress preferring the smaller hostels for pilgrims and travellers, and, it may be suspected, monasteries to the nun- neries, where... ...the Prioress was good-humoured, and forestalled all excuses by jests about travellers’ meals and surprises in the way of guests, and both she and Sir ...

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...urmured through his white beard, ‘Have mercy, good Lord, have mercy on the land. 7 Yo n g e Have mercy on my son,—and guard him when he goes out and ... ... on our King, break his fetters, and send him home to be the healer of his land, the avenger of her cruel wrongs.’ So absorbed was the old man that he... ...‘that Father Ninian should be picking up and bringing home stray wandering land-loupers;’ and with an anxious glance at Lilias, he went forward un- wi... ...ittle gorge, which was the place where the at- tack had been made upon the travellers. This was where it was possible that they might find Sir David; ... ...nifold purposes of an ecclesiasti- cal school, a model farm, a harbour for travellers, and a for- tified castle. At this period, the Prior, John de Ak... ...lic which had had so great an effect upon Walter Stewart, ‘I swear on this holy Rood of St. Andrew, that Malcolm Stewart of Glenuskie shall be my char... ...d back at the grand mass of buildings. ‘These are the only spots where the holy and tender can grow, like the Palestine lilies sheltered from the blas... ...peak with. Ever since Harry borrowed my Lady of Westmoreland’s book of the Holy War, he has not had a word to fling at me.’ ‘Ah!’ said Sir James, ‘I s... ...ered in, torches came forth, flick- ering and hissing in the darkness. The travellers went through what seemed to Malcolm an interminable number of co...

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...nd leather use. Beauty is barren oft; best husbands say, 35 There is best land, where there is foulest way. Oh what a soveraigne Plaister will sh... ...a man bee 15 Chain’d to a galley, yet the galley’is free; Who hath a plow-land, casts all his seed corne there, And yet allowes his ground more c... ... but force my’opinion To love not any one, nor every one. To live in one land, is captivitie, To runne all countries, a wild roguery; 30 Waters... ...ils ever thought; Want after plenty; poore and gouty age; The plagues of travellers; love; marriage Afflict thee, and at thy lives last moment, ... ...s in the Pains we feel? Or have we left undone some mutual Rite, Through holy fear, that merits thy despight? 20 No, no. The falt was mine, imput...

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...ed to a defined power like his descendants. We forget that the head of the Holy Roman Empire had been, ever since the extinction of the Swabian line, ... ...oup carved in oak, representing the carpenter’s shop at Nazareth, with the Holy Child instructed by Joseph in the use of tools, and the Mother sitting... ... figure ere he summoned her on. All day they rode, at first through meadow lands and then through more broken, open ground, where at mid-day they halt... ...anse, the stream had changed its course. It was the bound- ary between the lands of Schlangenwald and Adlerstein, but it had within the last sixty yea... ...the old channel, the Graffen von Schlangenwald held that the river was the land- mark; and the dispute had a greater importance than seemed explained ... ...tched by both nobles, and it was not their fault if no disaster befell the travellers. Hugh talked of the Schlangenwald marauders with the bit- ternes... ...ing forth from the window, lady,” she said, returning. “Ah! thou saw’st no travellers at the Ford?” cried Ermentrude, starting up with lively interest... ...he exerted herself to frame was for finery to be gained from the spoils of travellers. And this was Christina’s charge, whom she must look upon as the... ...baulk him? Why should I deny my office to the dying?” said Norbert. “Alas! holy father, thou art new to this country, and know’st not these men of blo...