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... the Seven United Provinces, was swelling in all its arteries with a black and red stream of hurried, panting, and restless citizens, who, with their knives in their girdles, muskets on their shoulders, or sticks in their hands, were pushing on to the Buytenhof, a terrible prison, the grated windows of which are still shown, where, on the charge of attempted murder preferr...

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... capital of the Seven United Provinces, was swelling in all its arter- ies with a black and red stream of hurried, panting, and restless citizens, who...

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...en dare trust themselves with men: Methinks they should invite them without knives; Good for their meat, and safer for their lives. There’s much exam... ... parents’ eyes! bankrupts, hold fast; Rather than render back, out with your knives, And cut your trusters’ throats! bound servants, steal! Large hand... ...choose but tell him, that I care not, And let him take’t at worst; for their knives care not, While you have throats to answer: for myself, There’s no...

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...o in a week.” “His name’ s Harvey ,” said Dan, waving two strangely shaped knives, “an’ he’ll be worth five of any Sou’ Bos- ton clam-digger ‘fore lon... ...ll be worth five of any Sou’ Bos- ton clam-digger ‘fore long.” He laid the knives taste- fully on the table, cocked his head on one side, and ad- mire... ....” Penn and Manuel stood knee deep among cod in the pen, flourishing drawn knives. Long Jack, a basket at his feet and mittens on his hands, faced Unc... ...ike the whirring of a grind- stone—steady undertune to the “click-nick” of knives in the pen; the wrench and shloop of torn heads, dropped liver, and ... ...pon. “Look by your foot, Harve,” cried Dan below . Harvey saw half a dozen knives stuck in a cleat in the hatch combing. He dealt these around, taking... .... “Say, you’re haulin’ ahead dretful fast,” said Dan, when they ground the knives after the men had turned m. “There’ s somethin’ of a sea to-night, a... ... and the opera-comique crew , with their hairy throats, red caps, and long knives, greeted him as a brother. Then the trade began. They had tobacco, p... ...o him. The bear was seeking his cub, not the bulls. Hard men who had their knives drawn to fight for their financial lives put away the weapons and wi...

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...them into their mouths with their fingers. “Look here!” and she showed the knives and forks. “Oh!” cried Lavo, “what good spikes to catch fish with! a... ...they had in their ears and noses. Lucy was distressed about Uncle Joseph’s knives and forks, which she knew she ought not to give away; but while she ...

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...among other fancies, persisted in carrying about with him two long- bladed knives with which he sometimes threatened her. Who has not seen the wonderf... ...me of the equinox, this remark had driven him to frenzy; he flourished his knives and shouted, “That joke dishonors me!” As for his daily life, he ate...

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...bar and struck a Malay and a Maltese dead, as they were gliding with their knives down the cabin stair aboard the barque Old England, when the captain... ...arrelled pis tol, a knife, and a fire box and matches. Most of my men had knives, and some had a little tobacco: some, a pipe as well. We had a mug a...

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...t those coming, and those far off getting ready to come. I asked for Magic Knives for my people. I said that my people would bring meat, and milk, and... ...rt grass outside the Trees, if the Children of the Night would leave Magic Knives for our people to take away. They were pleased. Their Priestess said... ...r two eyes in your head if you choose. But then you will not get any Magic Knives for your people.” ‘I said, “It would be easier if I knew that I were... ...s mouth. They showed me how they melted their red stone and made the Magic Knives of it. They told me the charms they sang over the fires and at the b... ...ith me meat, wool, and curdled milk, as I had promised. We found the Magic Knives laid out on the grass, as the Children of the Night had promised. Th... ...ll be both your eyes.” But I said, “I must show my people how to use their knives against The Beast, as you showed me how to use my knife.” I said thi... ...n we came to the Dew-ponds all our people were there. The men showed their knives and told their tale. The sheep guards also had seen The Beast flying... ...where you stand!’ They laid their crossbows on the bank, They threw their knives in the wood, And the ground before them opened and sank And saved ‘... ...ollowed ‘em close And broke her neck in the fall; So they picked up their knives and their cross-bows And buried the dog. That’s all. But whether th...

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...Poor Travellers frost hardened faces softened in the clatter of plates and knives and forks, and mellowed in the fire and supper heat. While their hat...

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...ead-pan and a wooden kit—and the Chinamen ate in silence with their sheath-knives and from tin plates. A liquid that bore a distant resemblance to cof... ...e feet sliding and slipping at every step. They held on by jab- bing their knives into the hide as glacier-climbers do their ice-picks. The head yield... ...irl standing up before Hoang and those cutthroat beach- combers with their knives and hatchets. Maybe it’s be- cause you are so unlike my kind of girl... ...re all armed with their little hatchets. He thought two of the men carried knives as well. There was neither pistol nor revolver among them. “It seems... ...y Letty with the enemy, the sun striking off heliograph flashes from their knives and spades, it was a vastly different matter. The thing, to Wilbur’s... ...rs suddenly sprang over the sand breastworks and ran toward Charlie, their knives held low in front of them, ready to rip. “Shoot! shoot! shoot!” shou...

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...cried, “Nimad covre seax” (which being interpreted means “Pluck forth your knives,” and would not be understanded of the Britons), they were to snatch... ... cried loudly, “Nimad covre seax.” The Saxons, at his word, drew forth the knives from their hose, and slew that man sitting at their side. Hengist wa... ...y his mantle, so that this murder passed him by. But those who gripped the knives thrust the keen blades through cloak and mantle, breast and bowels, ... ...th. He clave a path through the press, without taking a wound; for all the knives which were flung at his body he escaped with not a hurt to the flesh... ...arldom of Kent which he had held before. T o remem ber this foul treason, knives were long hight seax amongst the English, but names alter as the wor... ...s done. When the story of the seax was forgotten, men spoke again of their knives, and gave no further thought to the shame of their forefathers. When...

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...at very imperfectly concealed his painted breast; “here are scars given by knives and bullets—of these a warrior may boast before his nation; but the ... ...atisfaction of a warrior?” “The arms of the pale faces are long, and their knives sharp!” returned the savage, with a malignant laugh: “why should Le ... ... most frantic cries, they rushed upon their prisoners in a body with drawn knives and uplifted tomahawks. Heyward threw himself between the sisters an... ...s; “and we, like stricken fools, were rushing to the woods, under the very knives of the Maquas.” The instant their mistake was rectified, the whole p... ...ural virtues; it brings two good rifles to my elbow, to say nothing of the knives and tomahawks. But we see that you are safe; now tell us what has be... ...ined, that the latter abruptly demanded: “Did you see the fashion of their knives? wee they of English or French formation?” “My thoughts were bent on... ... a scene of the most violent bustle and commotion. The warriors drew their knives, and flourishing them, they arranged themselves in two lines, form- ... ... human forms tossed and involved in inexplicable confusion. Arms, gleaming knives, and formidable clubs, appeared above them, but the blows were evide... ... they departed 258 The Last of the Mohicans without food, without guns or knives, without moccasins, na- ked and poor as they were born. Shall this b...

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...sleep, and they may have their throats about them at that time; and some say knives have edges. It must be as it may: though patience be a tired mare,... ...ke you two friends? We must to France together: why the devil should we keep knives to cut one another’s throats? PISTOL: Let floods o’erswell, and f...

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...ithout moving a muscle of his face: “Everybody in the district has similar knives. Doubtless your man was weary of fighting and put an end to his own ...

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...rue, there was twelve sheets, twelve tow- els, twelve table-cloths, twelve knives, twelve forks, twelve tablespoons, and twelve teaspoons, but my set ...

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...ding eyes grow bright, and pulses quicken: Incessant pop the corks, and busy knives Dispense the tongue and chicken. Flushed with new life, the crowd ...

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...f into my little scullery, and I afterwards found that they had cleaned my knives and that my slender stock of plate had an unprecedented sur- face. W...

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...able, they were indolently playing with the gilded blades of their dessert-knives. When a dinner comes to this declining moment some guests will be se...

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...st the sailor mounts on the roof; whilst the Jews hang round with oranges, knives, and seal- ing-wax: whilst the guard is closing the door. Where are ...

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...h up the street of men and women, waving clubs and bamboos and sickles and knives. Buldeo and the Brahmin were at the head of it, but the mob was clos... ...e edge; there were sheaves of diamond- hilted swords, daggers, and hunting-knives; there were golden sacrificial bowls and ladles, and portable altars... ...lves. But Mowgli naturally did not understand what these things meant. The knives interested him a little, but they did not balance so well as his own... ...m the south—driftwood for sleigh-runners, rod-iron for harpoon-tips, steel knives, tin kettles that cooked food much better than the old soap-stone af... ...Arctic Circle. Kadlu, being a good hunter, was rich in iron harpoons, snow-knives, bird-darts, and all the other things that make life easy up there i...

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...nd, and ripped a hole in the bottom of it with the saw, for there warn’t no knives and forks on the place — Pap done every thing with his clasp kni... ... and loafers roosting on them all day long, whittling them with their Barlow knives; and chawing tobacco, and gaping and yawning and stretching — a m... ...By jings, I most slumped through the floor! But there warn’t no time to swap knives; the old man grabbed me by the hand and shook, and kept on shaking... ...f we don’t want the picks and shov els, what do we want?” “A couple of case knives.” “To dig the foundations out from under that cabin with?” HUCKLEB... ...after I got my hand in. So I’ll mosey along now, and smouch a couple of case knives.” “Smouch three,” he says; “we want one to make a saw out of.” “To... ...“It ain’t no use to try to learn you nothing, Huck. Run along and smouch the knives — three of them.” So I done it. HUCKLEBERRY FINN 170 CHAPTER XXX... ...raise it up and look under to see the hole. So we dug and dug with the case knives till most midnight; and then we was dog tired, and our hands was b... ...t the one way: we got to dig him out with the picks, and let on it’s case knives.” “Now you’re talking!” I says; “your head gets leveler and level... ...e sheet, and the shirt, and your dress, and spoons, and tin plates, and case knives, and the warming pan, and the grindstone, and flour, and just no ...