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...nding again out of sight on the track over which we had come. Some rode on camels,—a whole family, in many cases, being perched on the same animal. I ... ...l. I observed a very old man and a very old woman slung in panniers over a camel’s back,—not such panniers as might be be- fitting such a purpose, but...

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...cen,” exclaimed the Christian, “if thou darest name in the same breath the camel-driver of Mecca with—” An electrical shock of passion thrilled throug... ...g the pres- ence of armed Saracens, and the huge deformed heads of several camels or dromedaries, overlooking the multitude by aid of their long, disp... .... Will it please you, who are of the King’s secret council, to cause these camels to be discharged of their burdens, and some order taken as to the re... ...ight’s averted looks and sullen deportment, “the ox for the field, and the camel for the desert. Were not the hand of the leech fitter than that of th... ...as it may be carried in the leech’s purse, would save the whole caravan of camels which they require to convey drugs and physic stuff; I marvel there ... ...ith no speech, and very little noise, made him aware they were loading the camels and preparing for departure. In the course of these preparations, th... ...and followed 245 Sir Walter Scott him into the moonlight, where stood the camels, most of which were already loaded, and one only remained kneeling u... ...ned kneeling until its burden should be completed. A little apart from the camels stood a number of horses ready bridled and saddled, and the Hakim hi... ...dispatch, and the tent-poles and coverings composed the burden of the last camel—when the physician, pronounc- ing solemnly the verse of the Koran, “G...

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...new Veneering crest, in gold and eke in silver, frosted and also thawed, a camel of all work. The Heralds’ College found out a Crusading ancestor for ... ...eralds’ College found out a Crusading ancestor for V e- neering who bore a camel on his shield (or might have done it if he had thought of it), and a ... ...s shield (or might have done it if he had thought of it), and a caravan of camels take charge of the fruits and flowers and candles, and kneel down be... ...according to the proceedings of the bee, or the dog, or the spider, or the camel. I fully admit that the camel, for instance, is an excessively temper... ...Dining-room no less magnificent than drawing- room; tables superb; all the camels out, and all laden. Splen- did cake, covered with Cupids, silver, an... ...impressible. They per- sist in not being frightened by the gold and silver camels, and they are banded together to defy the elaborately chased ice- 1...

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... special rules. We find we can buy lead dogs, cats, lions, tigers, horses, camels, cattle, and elephants of a reasonably corresponding size, and we ha... ...land on the right is a less settled country than the island of the temple. Camels, you note, run wild there; there is a sort of dwarf elephant, simila... ... and American Indians, are also disfranchised. So are riderless horses and camels; but the el- ephant has never attempted to vote on any occasion, and... ...o place for neurotic people. The gardens contain the inevitable elephants, camels (which we breed, and which are therefore in considerable numbers), a...

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...voice in French: ‘Du lait chaud pour les chameaux.’ ‘Some hot milk for the camels, she says,’ I translated for Emil. He was covered with confusion and... ...nd the sun was hot; and, with his bulky pack on his back, he suggested the camel of the French maid more than ever. We were on the downward slope. Onl...

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...f Articles, mere Forms of Churches; like the dried carcasses of once swift camels, which you find left withering in the thirst of the universal desert... ...as not there as the burden; it was there as the last ounce which broke the camel’s back. I take it, in this as in other cases known to me, ill-health ...

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... they put their trust in him. 21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thou sand, and o... ...ven unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunch... ... herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Me...

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...l us, at Arbela, but at Gaugamela, which, in their language, signifies the camel’s house, foras- much as one of their ancient kings having escaped the... ...their ancient kings having escaped the pur- suit of his enemies on a swift camel, in gratitude to his beast, settled him at this place, with an allowa... ...es and treasure, as much as ten thou- sand pair of mules and five thousand camels could well carry away. Amongst other things he happened to observe a... ...ver nails in his shoes, that Leonnatus em- 212 V olume Two ployed several camels, only to bring him powder out of Egypt to use when he wrestled, and ... ...urned after receiving from them a large amount of booty, and seven hundred camels. Not long after, Seleucus, whom Antigonus had formerly chased out of...

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...m food, clothing, tonsures, and surplices. But if we want to swallow such camels, and, instead, strain at gnats, let the beams stand and judge the m...

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...ette, mix your freshest, finest, clearest tints; choose your most delicate camel- hair pencils; delineate carefully the loveliest face you can imag- i... ...ets on her arms and the rings in her ears. It was Eliezer and Rebecca: the camels only were wanting. The divining party again laid their heads togethe...

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...as going to camp in Cave Hollow with two hundred elephants, and six hundred camels, and over a thousand “sumter” mules, all loaded down with di’mond... ...we could lick such a crowd of Spaniards and A rabs, but I wanted to see the camels and elephants, so I was on hand next day, Saturday, in the ambusc... ...down the hill. But there warn’t no Spaniards and A rabs, and there warn’t no camels nor no elephants. It warn’t anything but a Sunday school picnic, ... ... Theatres, In their Thrilling Tragedy of THE KING S CAMELEOPARD, OR THE ROYAL NONESUCH ! ! ! ...

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...—rather than be harried from place to place. The battle was arrayed on the Camel, over against the entrance to Cornwall. A bitter ha tred had drawn t...

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...sand. As there are no dromedaries at hand, the band facetiously plays “The Camels are coming.” An enormous Egyptian head figures in the scene. It is a...

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...hael Seymour, and Lord Cochrane, (the present Earl of Dundonald,) and Lord Camelford. The two last were the 142 Thomas de Quincey regular fireeaters ... ...ing and adven- turous, because including heavier responsibilities. 4 Lord Camelford was, I believe, his first cousin; Sir Sidney’s mother and Lady Ca... ...rst cousin; Sir Sidney’s mother and Lady Camelford being sisters. But Lord Camelford was then absent from Bath. CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTE... ...is aware by this time of my steadfast conviction, that more easily might a camel go through the eye of a needle, than a reporter, fresh from a campaig... ... Quincey “Did you observe,” said he, “that ill-looking fellow, as big as a camel, who stood on the landlord’s left hand? “Was it the man, I asked timi...

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...e Gospels; and that God never had the least intention of constituting that camel-driver His Prophet.” “If there were many men like you in France—and t...

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...he Old-street-road, London. The Forty Thieves might be played here, and every thief ride his real horse, and the dis- guised captain bring in his oil ...

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...be a picturesque survival, in the desert men will still find a use for the camel, and the elephant may linger to play a part in the pageant of the Eas...

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...ore were dropping their petals on the marble embroidery of the floor, pale camel- lias floated in the alabaster tazzas between the windows, haunt- ing... ... exquisite settings of the life of leisure: the long white house hidden in camellias and cypresses above the lake, or the great rooms on the Giudecca ...

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...It was not good enough, nor good; it was as slack as journalism, but not so inspired; it was excellent stuff misused, and the defects stood gross on i...

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... shook his head. ‘No good seein’ ‘im now,’ said Ortheris; ‘’e’s a bloomin’ camel. Listen.’ I heard on the flags of the veranda opposite to the cells, ...