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...beautiful, but have now fallen into disrepair.’ Helen was fascinated throughout the journey - the golden temples and stately mosques; the beautiful ... ...ked to the foot of the dais on which the Nawab sat cross-legged on the cushions of a magnificent golden throne. Mohammed Hassan Khan was a corpulent... ...the way to equalling the paternal girth. On the Nawab’s left stood Prince Ali, tall and slim, his golden skin and pale eyes testifying to his half F... ...French order on the lapels of his black tail coat. By his side stood an attractive, brown haired, golden skinned woman whose extremely low décolleta... ...John MacGregor; our charming Creole will keep him amused.’ So, thought Helen, that was where the golden skin of Blanche de Colbert came. She was a ... ...far off and all nature seemed to be waiting with bated breath for the rains, even the call of the jackals seemed louder at night, as if they, too, w...
...der, etc. Their one and only purpose is to teach us to control ourselves. The Golden Rule states: “Walk humbly with thy God” (Micah 6:8). One must h... ...r’s walk each way. In those days, there was also the possibility of meeting a jackal on the way. In the house of Baal HaSulam was poverty and shortag...
... did not take over the African Veldt. They did not exterminate the Lions and Jackals and Hyenas and Wild Dogs. They left the Lions their killing fi... ...dern humans stealing eggs from nests. It grew from humans stealing food from jackals in Africa. It grew from our ancestors living as scavengers for... ...lization The Effect of Civilization on Humans 744 When was the golden Age of American Music? When simple African American Ethnic Musi... ...thless. Everything they want: becomes idolized and untouchable. They have a ‘golden touch’. Americans have the ability to turn anything they touch ... ...ld. They have the ability to turn anything into an icon. But what does this golden touch do? It turns their music into mediocre garbage. It turns... ...ymptom of the modern elite rich; trying to regain their old Privileges of the Golden Age of Robber Barons. They are merely trying to recoup their l... ... slaves of the Greek polis’s had refused to work for their masters: the Greek Golden Age would never have happened. If all the slaves of the Persian... ... As a Nature documentary showed. One small Meer cat fights and outfaces a jackal that is trying to take possession of one of the colony’s dens. ... ... trying to take possession of one of the colony’s dens. After the fight: the jackal is gone and the brave Meer cat is mortally injured. Its entire...
... way, and you know it." Brand released his grip. "Alex has provided me with a golden opportunity...Besides, I like the guy." "You're going to get y... ... of bread. The long dining room table was exquisitely decorated and lit with golden 154 J.Cross/Artemis candlesticks. At each place setting, g... ...moment," Alex stated. "Michael," Gallucci pleaded, "you must understand. The jackals are at the door and we huddle here like children in fear. " ... ...e orange fire licked at the stone fireplace. The trees had transformed into a golden forest. Nolan read the front-page story of the Washington Pos...
...age A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of ... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania St... ...University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage Dedication To... ... Marriage Dedication To Eugene Delacroix, Painter. NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy. Part one is entitled Ferragus a... ...es are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen. THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN EYES ONE OF THOSE SIGHTS in which most horror is to be encoun- tered... ...ntiment, since man, his laws and his insti- tutions, make them steal, like jackals, from corpses that are still warm. At all hours the financier is tr...
...ding. G. P. T. 5 Rudyard Kipling I I I I I A A A A At t t t t t t t t the Golden Gat he Golden Gat he Golden Gat he Golden Gat he Golden Gate e e e e... ...tly insane people, whose women are of a remarkable beauty. Contents At the Golden Gate ..................................................... 5 America... ........... 60 6 American Notes When the “City of Pekin” steamed through the Golden Gate, I saw with great joy that the block-house which guarded the mo... ...icate-handed women, and long, elastic, well-built boys. It needs no little golden badge swinging from the watch-chain to mark the native son of the go... ...e the level of the lake which it faces, and generally to grovel before the golden calf. But you, who are desperately poor, and therefore by these stan... ...ys and mix cheerfully with “the boys”? No, it is the stranger—the homeless jackal of a stranger— whose interest in the country is limited to his hotel...
...Contents At the Golden Gate ..................................................... 5 American Politics ....................................................... 18 American Salmon ...................................................... 29 The Ye...
...To come to the Peace Rock fresh from a kill of Man—and to boast of it—is a jackal’s trick. Besides, he tainted the good water.” Mowgli waited for a mi... ...arshes waiting till Tha should keep his promise. And upon a night when the jackal of the Moon [the Evening Star] stood clear of the Jungle, he felt th... ...deep in his furry throat. “Does the Tiger know his Night?” “Never till the Jackal of the Moon stands clear of the evening mist. Sometimes it falls in ... ...ember the night is for hunting, and forget not the day is for sleep. The jackal may follow the Tiger, but, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown, Remem... ...80 The Second Jungle Book A RIPPLE SONG ONCE a ripple came to land In the golden sunset burning— Lapped against a maiden’s hand, By the ford returni... ...er and enamel, with jade-handled poles and amber curtain-rings; there were golden candlesticks hung with pierced emeralds that quivered on the branche... ...sheaves of diamond- hilted swords, daggers, and hunting-knives; there were golden sacrificial bowls and ladles, and portable altars of a shape that ne... ...the White Cobra striking furi- ously with his harmless fangs at the stolid golden faces of the gods that lay on the floor, and hissing, “It is Death!”... ...se ankus whirled through the hole in the wall, and clashed on the floor of golden coins. “Father of Cobras,” said Mowgli (he was careful to keep the o...
..., put a sintry over these two men.” ‘The men wint back into the tents like jackals, an’ the rest av the night there was no noise at all excipt the sti... ...I niver want to hear men laugh as they did—skylarkin’ too! ’T was like mad jackals. ‘“Shtop that blasted noise!” sez O’Hara in the dark, an’ pop goes ... ...nd howl under our bedroom window all night. Oh, bother! You’ll think I’m a jackal. Pip, what time is it? CAPT. G. I—I—I can’t help it, dear. VOICE. Ho... ...d him, from the well-square to the Caravanserai of the Pilgrims: ‘Oho! The jackals have quarrelled, and the gray one has been caught in the trap. In t... ...e Court decreed! Oh, bunnia, this shall be told for years against you! The jackals have quarrelled, and, moreover, the books are burned. O people inde... ...; Sikhs with all the details of the latest eccle- siastical scandal in the Golden T emple; red-eyed priests from beyond the Border, looking like trapp...
... A FARMER of the Augustan age Perused in Virgil’s golden page, The story of the secret won From Pro... ... the village, “is a fox, O Excel- lency Our Governor.” “It is not, then, a jackal?” “No jackal, but Abu Hussein the father of cunning.” “Also,” the wh... ... water-channel, changed leg cleverly on top, and hopped down in a cloud of golden dust. Abu Hussein from his earth watched with interest. He had never... ... scent of a madman—an afflicted of God?” “But the Hunt pays us to kill mad jackals,” said Farag’s uncle. “And he who questions my titles to my land “ ...
...ece Flash’d o’er his soul a few heroic rays, Such as lit onward to the Golden Fleece His predecessors in the Colchian days; ‘Tis true he h... ...tream Here and there studded with a seventy four; Sophia’s cupola with golden gleam; The cypress groves; Olympus high and hoar; The twelve... ...f workmanship so rare, they made you wish You could glide o’er them like a golden fish. The black, however, without hardly deigning A glance a... ...uits, And trees of goodly growth and spreading roots; And in the midst a golden apple grew,— A most prodigious pippin,— but it hung Rather t... ... bite it to the core; That just as her young lip began to ope Upon the golden fruit the vision bore, A bee flew out and stung her to the heart... ...d, May still expatiate freely, as will I, Nor give my voice to slavery’s jackal cry. That ‘s an appropriate simile, that jackal; I ‘ve hear... ..., And scent the prey their masters would attack all. However, the poor jackals are less foul (As being the brave lions’ keen providers) Than...
...ked; beyond, a quiet coppice wood, in which many leaves of burning red and golden yellow still remained upon the trees. Though the earth was cold and ... ...and. As his eyes rested on a short, slight, pretty fig ure, a quantity of golden hair, a pair of blue eyes that met his own with an inquiring look, a... ...As he said the words he looked down, with an admiring pity, on the flowing golden hair; as if he pictured to himself that it might have been already t... ...nd gentleness: calling her “my precious!” and “my bird!” and spreading her golden hair aside over her shoul ders with great pride and care. “And you ... ...r his frame; he laid the knife down’ softly, as he sat staring at her. Her golden hair, which she wore in long curls, had been hurriedly pushed aside,... ...able, and a long winding sheet in the candle dripping down upon him. V The Jackal THOSE WERE DRINKING DAYS, and most men drank hard. So very great ... ...hat although Sydney Carton would never be a lion, he was an amazingly good jackal, and that he rendered suit and service to Stryver in that humble cap... ...You and your luck, Sydney! Get to work, get to work.” Sullenly enough, the jackal loosened his dress, went into an adjoining room, and came back with ... ...himself on his back on a sofa on one side of the drinking table, while the jackal sat at his own paper bestrewn table proper, on the other side of it,...
... telling; and bare in his hands the fillet of Apollo the Far darter upon a golden staff; and made his prayer unto all the Achaians, and most of all to... ... and had care for them. She stood behind Peleus’ son and caught him by his golden hair, to him only visible, and of the rest no man beheld her. Then A... ...the Achaians.” So said Peleides and dashed to earth the staff studded with golden nails, and himself sat down; and over against him Atreides waxed fur... ... telling, and bare in his hands the fillet of Apollo the Far darter upon a golden staff, and made his prayer unto all the Achaians, and most of all to... ...ep visited him. There went he up and slept, and beside him was Hera of the golden throne. 21 The Iliad of Homer BOOK II HowZeusbeguiledAgamemnonbyadr... ...en found they Odysseus dear to Zeus, and the T rojans beset him like tawny jackals from the hills round a wounded horned stag, that a man hath smitten... ...e strong, but when the swift arrow hath overcome him, then do the ravening jackals rend him in the hills, in a dark wood, and then god leadeth a murde... ...ls, in a dark wood, and then god leadeth a murderous lion thither, and the jackals flee before him, but he rendeth them, so then, round wise hearted O... ... yore they were like fleeting hinds, that in the wild wood are the prey of jackals, and pards, and wolves, and wander helpless, strengthless, empty of...
...lways slept; and when he had got on to it he went to sleep, with Juno of the golden throne by his side. BOOK II NOW THE OTHER GODS and the armed wa... ...s staff about the back and shoulders till he dropped and fell a weeping. The golden sceptre raised a bloody weal on his back, so he sat down frightene... ...reat king Oeneus had now no sons living, and was him self dead, as was also golden haired Meleager, who had been set over the Ætolians to be their ki... ..., so keen is the edge of your scorn. Still, taunt me not with the gifts that golden Venus has given me; they are precious; let not a man disdain them,... ... applause. BOOK IV NOW THE GODS were sitting with Jove in council upon the golden floor while Hebe went round pouring out nectar for them to drink, ... ...t with him. The T rojans had gathered round Ulysses like raven ous mountain jackals round the carcase of some homed stag that has been hit with an ar... ...d his strength has lasted, but when the ar row has overcome him, the savage jackals devour him in the shady glades of the forest. Then heaven sends a... ...y glades of the forest. Then heaven sends a fierce lion thither, whereon the jackals fly in terror and the lion robs them of their prey—even so did Tr... ...our ships— they , who were heretofore like panic stricken hinds, the prey of jackals and wolves in a forest, with no strength but in flight for they c...
...ask, presumptuous, what the king detains Hence, with thy laurel crown, and golden rod, Nor trust too far those ensigns of thy god. 58 The Iliad of Ho... ...For both the princes claim’d her equal care); Behind she stood, and by the golden hair Achilles seized; to him alone confess’d; A sable cloud conceal’... ...” He spoke; and furious hurl’d against the ground His sceptre starr’d with golden studs around: Then sternly silent sat. With like disdain The raging ... ... art: Jove on his couch reclined his awful head, And Juno slumber’d on the golden bed. 73 Pope BOOK II BOOK II BOOK II BOOK II BOOK II AR AR AR AR AR... ..., Renown’d for wisdom, and revered for age: Around his temples spreads his golden wing, And thus the flattering dream deceives the king. “Canst thou, ... ...114, note. 481 Pope 183 “Circled with foes as when a packe of bloodie jackals cling About a goodly palmed hart, hurt with a hunter’s bow ... ...r to move: but (maistred by his wound) Embost within a shady hill, the jackals charge him round, And teare his flesh—when instantly fortune se...
...ring him. So, when she was weary of this, she said, ‘O light of my eyes! O golden crop and adorable man! what hath he done to thee?’ 12 The Shaving o... ...sed in divers fashions, spiced, and coloured, and with herbs, and wines in golden goblets, and slaves in attendance. So Shibli Bagarag ate and drank, ... ...ull robe of flowing crimson silk; and she wore slippers embroi- dered with golden traceries, and round her waist a girdle flashing with jewels, so tha... ...his was the country of Bhanavar, and she gazed mournfully on the glades of golden green and the glens of iron blackness, and the wild flowers, wild bl... ...ht and scorn, Thy time is near, and when ’tis come, Long will a jackal howl that this thy request had been dumb. O Aswarak! star of... ...with his heel to speed, and bore him fleetly across the fair length of the golden meadows to where Noorna bin Noorka sat awaiting him. She uttered a c... ..., and the serpent and the striped tiger; also the antelope, the hyena, the jackal, and above them, eminent in majesty, the lion. Surely, he sat as ‘tw...
... They shuddered as they remembered the hyenas’ 67 Yo n g e laughs and the jackals’ howls they had heard at nightfall; but though they hoped that the ... ...like this dark place.’ For dark the room was, being windowless, though the golden sunlight could be seen beyond the open doorway, which was under a so... ...ild. You know how to bargain. His price might be my ransom.’ ‘Ay, when the jackals and hyenas have picked your banes, 90 A Modern Telemachus or you h... ...ard over spangled floors, Broad-based flights of marble stairs Ran up with golden balustrade, After the fashion of the time, And humour of the golden ... ...blackness of their limbs, each with a formi- dable curved scimitar. At the golden cusped archway beyond, all had to remove their shoes as though enter...
................................................................... 70 With a Golden Necklace. ............................................................. ..................................................................... 86 To a Golden Heart That He Wore Rond His Neck. ..................................... ...ad; If by fresh-waken’d blessings flowers are twin’d Around your path, and golden fruits bestow’ d, We’ll seek the coming day with joyous mind! Thus b... ...ar, All alone I pined, As within the womb. Yet thou drov’st away my gloom, Golden phantasy! I became a hero true, Like the Prince Pipi, And the world ... ...king, Musing there I lay. And I dream’d of hours with joy o’erflowing, Golden, truly blest, While thine image so beloved was glowing Deep within... ...ings pass’ d between us Then I pluck’ d some pigeons tender For the fox of jackal-genius, Adding grapes in full-grown splendour. Long-neck’ d flasks I...
...st: E’en such a falcon, on his shield, Soared sable in an azure field: The golden legend bore aright, “Who checks at me, to death is dight.” Blue was ... ... careless hand O’er a dead corpse had heaped the sand, To hide it till the jackals come, To tear it from the scanty tomb. See what a woful look was gi... ... be safe, though not at large? They durst not, for their island, shred One golden ringlet from her head.” XVIII. While thus in Marmion’s bosom strove ... ...he blithesome eye; His crook, his scrip, his oaten reed, And all Arcadia’s golden creed? Changes not so with us, my Skene, Of human life the varyin... ...er mantle rich, whose borders round, A deep and fretted broidery bound, In golden foldings sought the ground; Of holy ornament, alone Remained a cross...
...ow soon the wrecking discords cease, When every wandering wave is gay With golden argosies of peace! Now when the ark of human fate, Long baffled by t... ...wers. The sun’s betrothing kiss it never knows, Nor all the glowing joy of golden showers; But ever in a placid, pure repose, More like a spirit with ... ...tic with splendour and softness; Vales where sweet life is all Summer with golden romance: Forests that glimmer with twilight round revel-bright palac... ...nd joy in every sacrifice That beautifies its Paradise! And gently, like a golden-fruited vine, With earnest tenderness itself consign, And creeping u... ...s; – Even within the urn Let them burn! Heroes of thy race – Warriors with golden crowns, Ghostly shapes with marbled frowns Stare thee to stone; Matr... ...ur kind, And how their brave Society took shape. Lion, wolf, vulture, fox, jackal and ape, The strong of limb, the keen of nose, we find, Who, with so...
...lapping in the air, their long line of polished jack-boots gleaming in the golden sunlight. “And now we are here,” said Major-General Sir Theophilus T... ...bled here?’ Here the ladies shrieked and raised a howl as I have heard the jackals on a summer’s evening. Belinda, my dear Belinda! flung both her arm... ... birds of Paradise, his long-tailed words? they are imprisoned between the golden bars of his teeth!” “Kush,” said his companion, “be quiet! Bobbachy ... ... grow- ing, and offered them an excellent food. Towards the spot which the golden fish and royal purdahs, floating in the wind, desig- nated as the te...