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...or a well-educated young fellow to feed all alone in his cabin—like a wild beast? That’s what Falk ex- pects his engineers to put up with for fifteen ... ...luck. And suppose I had the misfortune to pile her up high and dry on some beastly shoal? That would have been the final undoing of that voyage. It wa... ...iration, of these moments? I dragged the ex-hussar off. He was like a wild beast. It seems he had been greatly annoyed at losing his free afternoon on... ...When attentively considered it seemed appalling at times. He was a strange beast. But maybe women liked it. Seen in that light he was well worth tamin... ...y woman at the bottom of her heart considers herself as a tamer of strange beasts. But Hermann arose with precipitation to carry the news to his wife.... .... He choked, gasped, swal- lowed, and managed to shriek out the one word, “Beast!” From that moment till Falk went out of the cabin the girl, with her... ...ly received. The duty of a human being was to starve. Falk therefore was a beast, an animal; base, low, vile, despi- cable, shameless, and deceitful. ...

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...e on foot, across 12 Reprinted Pieces trackless deserts, infested by wild beasts and cruel savages, to the Dutch settlements at the Cape of Good Hope... ..., is pursued through his literary career by another, who writes ‘Insulting Beast!’ Miss Julia Mills has read the whole collection of these books. She ... ...ed, but triumphant. There is no parallel in public combats between men and beasts, because nobody can answer for the particular beast—unless it were a... ... nobody can answer for the particular beast—unless it were always the same beast, in which case it would be a mere stage show, which the same public w... ... wonderments from this exhibition. I have wondered ever since, Whether the beasts ever do get used to those small places of confinement; Whether the m... ...derous; addicted more or less to grease, 97 Charles Dickens entrails, and beastly customs; a wild animal with the ques tionable gift of boasting; a ... ...in the country once. Then, perhaps, there was something, which was not the beastly street, to see from the shattered low fronts of the overhang ing w... ...on, through a labyrinth of airless rooms, each man responding, like a wild beast, to the keeper who has tamed him, and who goes into his cage. What, y... ...stitution like Smithfield, they are unable to form the least conception. A Beast Market in the heart of Paris would be regarded an impossible nuisance...

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...hose master’s carriage was pursued by wolves, and who sprang out among the beasts, sacrificing his own life willingly to slake their fury for a few mi... ...g with elephants, namely, to leave lanes in their columns where these huge beasts might advance harmlessly; instead of which, the ranks were thrust an... ...hey had 1000 foot and 500 horse attached to the spe- cial following of the beast, who, gentle as he was by nature, often produced a fearful effect on ... ... the pits and dens round the arena were thrown open, and absolutely savage beasts were let loose upon one another—rhinoceroses and tigers, bulls and l... ...oose in its native forest, and, amid shouts of ‘A triumph! a triumph!’ the beast would prowl round the arena, upon the carcasses of the slain victims.... ... wine, that the perfume might overpower the scent of slaughter below. Wild beasts tearing each other to pieces might, one would think, satisfy any tas... ...ror on his throne. Persecution came to an end, and no more martyrs fed the beasts in the Coliseum. The Christian emperors endeavored to prevent any mo... ... and love of excitement prevailed even against the Emperor. Mere tricks of beasts, horse and chariot races, or bloodless contests, were tame and dull,... ...on foot, on horse- back, and in chariots; then followed a grand hunting of beasts turned loose in the arena; and next a sword dance. But after the swo...

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...etted couch; but Atreides the while strode through the host like to a wild beast, if any where he might set eyes on godlike Alexandros. But none of t... ...arth and starry heaven. So fared he to many fountained Ida, mother of wild beasts, even unto Gargaros, where is his de mesne and fragrant altar. Ther... ... keep difficult guard round the sheep in a fold, having heard a hardy wild beast that cometh through the wood among the 125 The Iliad of Homer hills,... ...hield of bull’s hide, and gazed round in fear upon the throng, like a wild beast, turning this way and that, and slowly retreating step by step. And a... ... and mounted his chariot, and forth he drove across the waves. And the sea beasts frolicked beneath him, on all sides out of the deeps, for well they ... ...ccomplished the way. T o many fountained Ida they came, the mother of wild beasts, to Lekton, where first they left the sea, and they twain fared abov... ...their breast, and they forgot their impetuous valour. And as when two wild beasts drive in con fusion a herd of kine, or a great flock of sheep, in t... ...his father’s brother. But his sister upbraided him sore, the queen of wild beasts, huntress Artemis, and spake a taunting word: “So then thou fleest, ... ...homso of them thou wilt. T ruly it is better on the mountains to slay wild beasts and deer than to fight amain with mightier than thou. But if thou wi...

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...rticular.” “What a kulak!” thought Chichikov to himself. “And what a brute beast!” “Then you do not want any women souls?” queried Sobakevitch. “I tha... ...tch, he is good for nothing but show, since by nature he is a most cunning beast. Never in my life have I seen such a horse.” “Fool! Whenever I may wi... ...ies will, in such case, turn away, and mutter to themselves: “Phew! What a beast!” Yes, the author is well aware of this. Yet, though he could not, to... ... preoccupied with a philosophical prob- lem usually stated by him thus: “A beast,” he would say, “is born naked. Now, why should that be? Why should n... ...,” he would say, “is born naked. Now, why should that be? Why should not a beast be born as a bird is born—that is to say, through the process of bein... ...sians call a “hero,” and while his father was pondering the parturition of beasts, his, the son’s, lusty, twenty-year-old temperament was violently st...

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...y Esmond – Book Three if your Reverence will hold him—” “I take the little beast!” says the Doctor, starting back. “I am engaged to your betters, fell... ...behind at Rochester, to take care of the tired horses, whilst we had fresh beasts pro- vided along the road. And galloping by the Prince’s side the Co...

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...hispering, rather than proclaiming, our relations to the state; whilst the beast from Birmingham had as much writing and painting on its sprawl- ing f... ...ature,” as though all animal life beside formed one group, and this odious beast (to whom, as Chrysippus observed, salt serves as an apology for a sou... ...t. Here, by the suppo- sition, is that other creature on the one side, the beast of the world; and he (or it) gets an epitaph. You and I, on the con- ...

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...es and animals talked to each other, and began the education of the fumbling beast that was to deviate into Man. They have used their longer experienc...

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...m be? 597 And being now trimm’d in thine owne desires, 598 Thou (beastly Feeder) art so full of him, 599 That thou prouok’st thy selfe ... ...: take heed of him: he stabd me 627 in mine owne house, and that most beastly: he cares not 628 what mischeefe he doth, if his weapon be out... ...nesty in such dealing, vnles 647 a woman should be made an Asse and a Beast, to beare e-uery 648 Knaues wrong. Enter Falstaffe and Bardolfe...

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...hou wouldst have him be! And being now trimm’d in thine own desires, Thou, beastly feeder, art so full of him, That thou provokest thyself to cast him... ...the day! take heed of him; he stabbed me in mine own house, and that most beastly: in good faith, he cares not what mischief he does. If his weapon b... ... is no honesty in such dealing; unless a woman should be made an ass and a beast, to bear every knave’s wrong. Yon der he comes; and that errant ma...

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...be cooped into garrets, laughed at as a maniac, left to starve like a wild beast in his cage;—but he could not be hindered from setting the world on f...

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... to trace their vast, silent circles around the intruders, whilst the light of the torch made their shadows tremble on the high stone walls. Monk conc... ...pper, or at supper itself. D’Artagnan had seen their nags in the stable, and their equipages in the salle. One traveled with a lackey, undoubtedly a p...

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.... Eager to die in imitation of his Savior, it was Ignatius who wrote this to the Roman church: I am God's wheat, and I am ground by the teeth of wild beasts that I may be found pure bread [of Christ]. (Summary by Sam Stinson)...

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...VE, BRIARIOS or TYPHON, whom the Den By ancient TARSUS held, or that Sea-beast 200 LEVIATHAN, which God of all his works Created hugest that sw... ...rgrowth 175 Of shrubs and tangling bushes had perplext All path of Man or Beast that past that way: One Gate there onely was, and that look’d Eas... ...n happie nuptial League, Alone as they. About them frisking playd 340 All Beasts of th’ Earth, since wilde, and of all chase In Wood or Wildernes... ... gray Had in her sober Liverie all things clad; Silence accompanied, for Beast and Bird, 600 They to thir grassie Couch, these to thir Nests We... ..., more colour’d then with stone Of costliest Emblem: other Creature here Beast, Bird, Insect, or Worm durst enter none; Such was thir awe of man... ...rth bring forth Fowle living in her kinde, Cattel and Creeping things, and Beast of the Earth, Each in their kinde. The Earth obey’d, and strait ... ...mb’d and full grown: out of the ground up-rose As from his Laire the wilde Beast where he wonns In Forrest wilde, in Thicket, Brake, or Den; Amo... ...t them Names, Needlest to thee repeaed; nor unknown The Serpent suttl’st Beast of all the field, 495 Of huge extent somtimes, with brazen Eyes ... ... rich attire Consummate lovly smil’d; Aire, Water, Earth, By Fowl, Fish, Beast, was flown, was swum, was walkt Frequent; and of the Sixt day yet...

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...ence. For the son of Cronos has ordained this law for men, that fishes and beasts and winged fowls should devour one another, for right is not in them... ...bounteous earth in mountain glens: then all the immense wood roars and the beasts shudder and put their tails between their legs, even those whose hid... ...er of Lycaon and lived in Arcadia. She chose to occupy her- self with wild-beasts in the mountains together with Artemis, and, when she was seduced by... ...d Homerica ered. Upon this, the goddess was enraged and changed her into a beast. Thus she became a bear and gave birth to a son called Arcas. But whi... ...n company with Artemis and Leto. It seems that he threatened to kill every beast there was on earth; whereupon, in her anger, Earth sent up against hi... ...one forth portentous fire: and once in high Calydon he slew the destroying beast, the fierce wild boar with gleaming tusks. In war and in dread strife... ...e loud- roaring Holder of the Earth. There he found an old man grazing his beast along the pathway from his court-yard fence, and the all-glorious Son... ...ford of Alpheus, and came to the fields and the high-roofed byre where the beasts were cherished at night-time. Now while Hermes went to the cave in t... ...untress with shafts of gold; for she loves archery and the slaying of wild beasts in the mountains, the lyre also and dancing and thrilling cries and ...

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...le. “You are wrong to say that, madam,” said the old man. “The animals are beasts, but man has received the law.” “But, nevertheless, how is one to li... ...gh kindness. She did not change her conduct. She plunged into all sorts of beastliness. She began to steal his money. He beat her, but she grew worse ... ...ly and briefly what were the first signs of my love. I abandoned myself to beastly excesses, not only not ashamed of them, but proud of them, giving n... ...t was! This hostility is nothing but a protest of human nature against the beast that enslaves it. It could not be otherwise. This hatred was the hatr... ...r. And why? Because, when a man does not live as a man, he is worse than a beast. A woman cannot look upon a child otherwise than as a pleasure. It is... ... the calf dies; the hen clucks and the cow lows for a time, and then these beasts continue to live, forgetting what has happened. With us, if the chil... ...God! How my heart leaped! What were my imagina- tions! When I remember the beast that lived in me at that moment, I am seized with fright. My heart wa... ...ced an extremely painful impression upon me. My heart swelled, and the mad beast of jealousy began to roar in his lair, and seemed to want to leap upo... ...s lair, and seemed to want to leap upon his prey. But I was afraid of this beast, and I imposed silence upon it. “What an abominable sentiment is jeal...

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...g males in many circles, like the poor quavering flute-howl of transformed beasts, which at some remembering touch bewail their higher state. Those wo... ...and drinking-horns, and spears, and chain-belts bearing clasps of heads of beasts; old gold ornaments, torques, blue-stone necklaces, under glass-case... ...age dragged him bodily into the gulf: he became one of four, numbering the beast twice among them. The subtlety of his hatred so reckoned it; for he c... ... hook-nose, fox-eyes, grizzled billow of frowsy mous- tache, and chin of a beast of prey. This fellow, habitually one of the dogs lining the green tab... ...ing end of all things for you lies crouching like a Java-Tiger—a ferocious beast painted undertaker’s colour—for a leap at you in particular out of th... ...ip?’ ‘You wouldn’t have me caring for a married woman?’ ‘She has a perfect beast for a husband.’ ‘I’m sorry she didn’t make a better choice.’ ‘He’s a ... ... me as easy if you ‘ll examine the powerfully different colours of the two beasts in it.’ Mr. Rumford protested that he had abandoned his inquiry: it ... ...would be glad to account for his one horn and the sickly appearance of the beast. I’m prepared to say he’s there to represent the fair one half of the... ...f the mass, and our private opinion is detected as a discord by the mighty beast, and won’t be endured by him.’ ‘It’s better not to think of him quite...

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...r bell? Sand-strewn caverns, cool and deep, Where the winds are all asleep; Where the spent lights quiver and gleam, Where the salt weed sways in the ... ...waves, The mountains ring them. They see the Scythian On the wide stepp, unharnessing His wheel’d house at noon. 63 Selected Poem...

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...laced that however much they work they can’t escape from their position of beasts of bur- den. All the profits of labor, on which they might im- 105 ... ...k, the greater the profit of the merchants and landowners, while they stay beasts of burden to the end. And that state of things must be changed,” he ... ... horse, that had been his saddle-horse, past his prime now, but a spirited beast from the Don, he began to see what had happened to him in quite a dif... ...e had been an important and joyful event: Pava, his best cow, an expensive beast, bought at a show, had calved. “Kouzma, give me my sheepskin. And you... ...e or a stranger. “What’s that on the arm of the chair, a fur cloak or some beast? And what am I myself? Myself or some other woman?” she was afraid of...

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...d and happy and proud, when the master’s voice shouted: “Begone you cursed beast!” and I jumped to save myself; but he was furiously quick, and chased... ... was a kind of discovery; and some of them said it was wonderful in a dumb beast, the finest exhibition of instinct they could call to mind; but the m... ...hat the dog had gone mad and was destroying the child, whereas but for the beast’s intelligence—it’s reason, I tell you!—the child would have perishe... ...h to say the truth to them: ‘The humble little friend is gone where go the beasts that perish.’” 43 Mark Twain WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL? CHAPTER I “You... ...ses of grass and woods but the drowsy hum of insects; no glimpse of man or beast; nothing to keep up your spirits and make you glad to be alive. And s... ...nd the town was drowned in happy tears over the re restoration of the poor beast and struggling victim of the fatal bowl. A grand temperance revival w... ..., remounted, and went to sleep contentedly till it was time to restore the beast to the path once more. He states that a growing youth among his ship’... ...iterated my tracks as well as I could, but she hunted me out by means of a beast which she has tamed and calls a wolf, and came making that pitiful no... ...tful noises, and in one moment the plain was a frantic commotion and every beast was destroying its neighbor. I knew what it meant—Eve had eaten that ...