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... in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove? Let the wild falcon soar her swing, Sh... ...he Dane, And turned the Conqueror back again, When, with his Norman bowyer band, He came to waste Northumberland. XVI. But fain Saint Hilda’s nuns wou... ...ion’s falcon crest. But, at the Prioress’ command, A monk undid the silken band, That tied her tresses fair, And raised the bonnet from her head, A... ... martial Austria, and though all The might of Russia, and the Gaul, Though banded Europe stood her foes - The star of Brandenburg arose! Thou couldst ... ...thirst of prey, Had scarcely failed to bar their way. Oft on the trampling band, from crown Of some tall cliff, the deer looked down; On wing of jet, ... ...g-tide bloom so lavishly, Had then from many an axe its doom, T o give the marching columns room. 181 Sir Walter Scott XX. And why stands Scotland id...

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...ve mood Or jealous transport chafe his blood: I grant him true to friendly band, As his claymore is to his hand; But O! that very blade of steel More ... ...s their tread. Then prelude light, of livelier tone, Expressed their merry marching on, Ere peal of closing battle rose, With mingled outcry, shrieks,... ...pine dhu, ho! ieroe!’ 33 Sir Walter Scott XXI. With all her joyful female band Had Lady Margaret sought the strand. Loose on the breeze their tresses... ...ight, And, eagerly while Roderick scanned, For her dear form, his mother’s band, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. XXII. So... ...t sped. For thee, who, at thy King’s command, Canst aid him with a gallant band, Submission, homage, humbled pride, Shall turn the Monarch’s wrath asi... ...r of fight, When the sage Douglas may unite Each mountain clan in friendly band, T o guard the passes of their land, Till the foiled King from pathles...

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... and the time for sailing. T ritonian Athena herself urged him to join the band of chiefs, and he came among them a welcome comrade. She herself too f... ...eus sent to guard his son: thus Meleagrus, still a youth, entered the bold band of heroes. No other had come superior to him, I ween, except Heracles,... ...hapless women, and insatiate in jealousy to their own ruin! Not their hus bands alone with the captives did they slay on account of the marriage bed,... ...nd so there come to him great glory.” (ll. 875 887) Thus did he chide the band; but no one dared to meet his eye or to utter a word in answer. But ju... ...and sheep in their need; for he had heard a report that whenever a godlike band of heroes should come, straightway he should meet it with gentle words... ...e city. And with him in order due and arrayed in their harness of war went marching, band The Argonautica 149 by band, the chiefs of the Phaeacians. ...

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...y themselves in these forests, whence they rarely returned but in skeleton bands, that were haggard with care or dejected by defeat. Though the arts o... ...n the excitement and incidents of the hour. The simple array of the chosen band was soon completed. While the regular and trained hirelings of the kin... ...ove of no avail. CHAPTER 7 “They do not sleep, On yonder cliffs, a grizzly band, I see them sit.” —Gray “’TWOULD BE NEGLECTING a warning that is given... ...maintained, that, as yet, David had been the only sufferer in their little band. “Let them burn their powder,” said the deliberate scout, while bullet... ...Carabine! La Longue Carabine!” passed from mouth to mouth, until the whole band appeared to be col- lected around a trophy which would seem to announc... ...eir commander. 149 James Fenimore Cooper As if satisfied with the toil of marching through the wilderness to encounter his enemy, the French general,...

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...he Daily Tele- graph said, that the thief did not belong to a professional band. On the day of the robbery a well-dressed gentleman of polished manner... ...hant’s neck, and at nine o’clock they set out from the village, the animal marching off through the dense forest of palms by the shortest cut. 47 Jul... ...their inac- cessible mountain fastnesses. The travellers several times saw bands of ferocious Indians, who, when they perceived the elephant striding ... ...he guards of the rajah, lighted by torches, were watching at the doors and marching to and fro with naked sabres; probably the priests, too, were watc... ... foli- age filled the air with a penetrating perfume. Agile and grin- ning bands of monkeys skipped about in the trees, nor were tigers wanting in the... ...l he saw. San Francisco was no longer the legendary city of 1849—a city of banditti, assassins, and incendiaries, who had flocked hither in crowds in ... ... were frantic shouts of, “Hurrah for Mandiboy! Hip, hip, hurrah!” It was a band of voters coming to the rescue of their allies, and taking the Camerfi... ...ile off they perceived a little band returning in good order. Mr. Fogg was marching at their head, and just behind him were Passepartout and the other...

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.... Thick scars of wounds covered the body and disfigured the face of Giulio Bandinelli. Agostino had crawled but half-a-year previously out of his Pied... ...ng soldier, who stated what he knew, listened, and took his orders. Giulio Bandinelli was also little better than the lieutenant in an enterprise. Cor... ... upon the ground again, inviting calamity by premature resignation. Giulio Bandinelli stretched his hand for Carlo’s glass, and spied the approach of ... ...ractical emphasis thrown upon numbers, upon the readiness of the organized bands, the dis- positions of the leaders, and the amount of resistance to b... ...uffling vagabonds up any of the Veronese side-streets fall upon the patrol marching like one man, and hope to overcome them! In Vienna there was often... ...nt events. The image of Vittoria, the traitress, floated over the soldiery marching on Milan through her treachery. Never had an Austrian force seemed... ...said the lady. ‘Fine men, General Pierson, very fine men. I never saw such marching—equal to our Guards,’ her husband re- marked. The lady named her M... ...What number of the white butchers have we in the city to-night?’ ‘They are marching in at every gate. I saw a regiment of Hungarians coming up the Bor... ... form. Carlo and Luciano leaned over the balcony, smoking, and scanned the marching of their fellow-countrymen in the livery of servitude. ‘They don’t...

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... country from the Sabbatical stuffiness behind and below them. There was a band still, a women’s suffrage meeting— for the suffrage women had won thei... ...trifle derisive, of the populace again—socialist ora- tors, politicians, a band, and the same wild uproar of dogs, frantic with the gladness of their ... ...oo phewoo! Come here, Bobs! Come here!’ The young scientific man, with his bandaged hand, sat at the green table, too tired to convey the wonder of th... ...aggressive in their bearing, they had no definite objective they were just marching and show- ing themselves in the more prosperous parts of London. T... ...ess with pink and golden flashes of illumination and end- less interlacing bands of dotted lights under a still and star- less sky, but also the whole... ... struggle of the world powers. And everywhere along the roads taken by the marching armies clustered groups and crowds of impartially observant specta... ...ipes. They had no fear of their invaders; the days when ‘soldiering’ meant bands of licentious looters had long since passed away…. That watcher among...

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...the marriage country, all were green and pleasant there: and wife and hus- band had nothing to do but to link each other’s arms together, and wander g... ...from all the East India ships in the river, and the military on shore, the band playing “God Save the King,” the officers waving their hats, and the c... ...- coat and duck trousers, with a foraging cap ornamented with a smart gold band. Having his carriage with him, and informing everybody on board confid... ...s a church to see, or a picture-gallery—there was a ride, or an opera. The bands of the regiments were making music at all hours. The greatest folks o... ...were the colours, borne by the senior and junior Ensigns —then George came marching at the head of his company. He looked up, and smiled at Amelia, an... ... of Mrs. Crawley, whose company she by no means courted. Becky watched her marching off, with a smile on her lip. She had the keenest sense of humour,... ...gan to pass for facts. “He has cut the armies in two,” it was said. “He is marching straight on Brussels. He will overpower the English, and be here t... ...nxious About Her THE KIND READER must please to remember—while the army is marching from Flanders, and, after its heroic actions there, is advancing t... ...riend. Should he continue to write to her from Paris, whither the army was marching? He might be able to give her interesting news from that capital, ...

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... between themselves and the boys must have been some- thing like the tight band—call it corset—over the chest, try- ing to lift and stretch for draugh... ... their eaves. He forsook the hunt to roam the Continent, one of the vulgar band of tour- ists, honouring town only when Mayflies had flown, and London... ...ly deeds done in a moment; they were somewhere ahead and over the hills: a band of brigands rather than a homely shining mansion, it was true; but dis... ... her horse at him and rode him down. You will say, the sister of your hus- band. No; not to make my niece a countess, would I, if I had known the kind... ...sed to have a nation of stout- braced men laughing at the foreign bully or bandit, instead of being a pack of whimpering women; whom he likened to the... ..., and hey presto plunged into the war a month after, shouldering a gun and marching. Fifteen battles in eighteen months; and Death a lady at a balcony...

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...e Spanish flags floating on the boats that danced over it, and Joinville’s band beginning to play stirring marches as we puffed out of the bay. THE NE... ... ball plantations; awkward squads are drilling in the open spaces:sentries marching everywhere, and (this is a caution to artists) I am told have orde... ...nking, however, can suit themselves perfectly at Gibraltar; where there is marching and counter-marching, challenging and relieving guard all the nigh... ...t flagstaff, where the sentry can look out over two seas, poor fellows are marching and clapping muskets, and crying “All’s Well,” dressed in cap and ... ... squat military in their bastard European costume; the sturdy police, with bandeliers and brown surtouts, keeping order, driving off the faithful from... ...n the way to his grand canoe. At last that vessel made its appearance; the band struck up his favourite air; his caparisoned horse was led down to the... ...em, and had an opportunity of seeing their evolu- tions, and hearing their bands, upon a fine green plain under the 69 Thackeray Seraglio walls, wher... ...on subsequent visits, kneeling in the Latin Church before the pictures, or marching solemnly with candles in processions, or lying flat on the stones,... ...s bon ton for them to go in processions; and you see them on such errands, marching with long candles, as gravely as may be. But I have never been abl...

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... and obscure allies, he set his feet toward conquest, and mingled with the marchings of an army that surged forever forward and back; now in mer- cile... ...ighbour, carefully stuck a file of paper javelins all around the Jew’s hat band, and then—still without mirth and still continuing to talk—set them on... ...ring the refuse of the floor into heaps. Between the wheat and corn pits a band of young fel- lows, some of them absolute boys, appeared. These were t... ...orses were not showy, nor were they made conspicu- ous by elaborate boots, bandages, and all the other sol- emn paraphernalia of the stable, yet men u... ...who liked plain, homely, matter-of-fact Mrs. Cressler, who adored her hus- band, who delighted in Mr. Howells’s novels, who abjured society and the fo... ... cavalier? Her married life was intolerable, he was sure of that; her hus- band uncongenial. He told himself that she detested him. Once, however, thi...

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...et as a rose that morning, all in tailor-made black but for the inevitable bands of white satin wrapped high and tight about her neck. The St. Bernard... ...ater and a leather-visored cap, with the letters U. S. L. B. S. around the band. Not an instant was given them for preparation. The thing had happened... ...lf as manager of a negro minstrel troupe, in a hired drum-major’s uniform, marching down the streets of Sacramento at the head of the brass band in bu... ... uniform, marching down the streets of Sacramento at the head of the brass band in burnt cork and regimentals. “The star of the troupe,” he told them,... ...er good, firm mouth and chin, because of her full neck and its high, tight bands of white satin. And he loved her because her arms were strong and rou... ...he shore, and sat there a while, looking down upon the long green rollers, marching incessantly to- ward the beach, and there breaking in a prolonged ...

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... out of the high road, you see.” “But I saw them, a couple of hours agone, marching into Bristol,” said Jephthah coming forward. “There now,” said the... ...t to be rested, stood a tall thin man, in a heavy broad-brimmed hat, large bands, crimson scarf, and buff coat, who was in fiery and eager words calli... ..., but which meant what he knew too well. Some of the villagers formed into bands, and agreed to meet at the sound of a cowhorn, to drive anyone off on... ...if they could not tear themselves from the contemplation of the successful bands gathering together in their solid masses, and marching on- wards in t... ...tion of the successful bands gathering together in their solid masses, and marching on- wards in the direction of Bristol, leaving, however, a strong ... ...him, saying it was to bid Patience and the little ones farewell, since the marching orders were for the morrow. He was unusually kind and good- nature... ...oodley, a scholarly-looking person, who wore a black gown and col- lar and bands. The Elmwood folk were pleased to have prayers and ser- mon again, an... ...s a journey “be- yond seas” to Ireland, and mayhap Jeph’s prospective hus- band was a less tempting idea, because a certain young groom had shown symp...

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...le’s, and whose hair is not so much white as yellow like moldy linen, with bands of pink skull apparent between the tresses, anxiously lifts her bag, ... ...The bag is full of treasures and of memories: a leather buckle, an ancient band-concert program, scraps of ribbon, lace, satin. In the aisle beside he... ...uth-organ out of his coat pocket, wipes the tobacco crumbs off, and plays “Marching through Georgia” till every head in the car begins to ache. The ne... ...Haydock: if he would read poetry, like Longfellow, or if he would join the band—I get so much pleasure out of playing the cornet, and our band-leader,... ...l against the maize wall; a couch with pillows of sapphire velvet and gold bands; 72 Main Street chairs which, in Gopher Prairie, seemed flippant. Sh... ...r home, through the November wind. 167 Sinclair Lewis CHAPTER XIV She was marching home. “No. I couldn’t fall in love with him. I like him, very much... ...ed, “When do you want them?” “Oh, Monday.” The adventure was over. She was marching out. “What name?” he called after her. He had risen and, despite t... ...’ out 412 Main Street of you. But next time I go by your husband!” He was marching into the hall. Carol flung herself on him, her clenching hand on h... ...ision himself. She had leave from the office for two days. She watched him marching from the train, solid, as- sured, carrying his heavy suit-case, an...

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...ng remarks upon the young men that passed them. The tamale men appeared. A band of Salvationists began to sing before a saloon. Then, little by little... ...r people held 9 Frank Norris empty lunch baskets in their laps, while the bands of the children’s hats were stuck full of oak leaves. The girl car- r... .... Heaps and heaps of blue-black coils and braids, a royal crown of swarthy bands, a veritable sable tiara, heavy, abundant, odorous. All the vitality ... ...the monster. It would be a sacrilege, an abomination. He recoiled from it, banding all his strength to the issue. “No, by God! No, by God!” He turned ... ...e forgotten, since they would be thrown away upon her stupid, brutish hus- band. “Her husband!” That, was her husband in there— she could yet hear his... ... sunlight. Below, in the kindergarten, the children were singing gayly and marching to the jangling of the piano. Trina heard noth- ing, saw nothing. ...

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...wed also how much they governed within doors, and how indulgent their hus- bands were to them, in demeaning themselves towards them with all kindness ... ... time can wit- ness; for in two hundred and thirty years, neither any hus- band deserted his wife, nor any wife her husband; but, as the curious among... ...here was much care and art, too, used by the nurses; they had no swaddling bands; the children grew up free and unconstrained in limb and form, and no... ...ly on some few particular days in the year. They lodged together in little bands upon beds made of the rushes which grew by the banks of the river Eur... ...ence arrived, that the Gauls again, proceeding from the Adriatic Sea, were marching in vast numbers upon Rome. On the very heels of the report followe... ... kept a slow, orderly pace, and with their lighted heads resembled an army marching by night, astonishing the shepherds and herds men of the hills abo... ...mber of the Latins and other people of Italy joined their forces, and were marching with him toward the city, to procure his res- toration; not, howev... ...em on both sides. Cominius, to avoid this inconvenience, divided his army, marching himself with one body to encounter the V olscians on their approac... ...us, where it was told him the Carthaginians were drawn together. As he was marching up an ascent, from the top of which 422 V olume One they expected...

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...first ladies of England when ringlets were in fashion. The introduction of bands, he says, made a difference of two thousand pounds a year in his in- ... ...ban, and still the strain proceeded. Eglantine, I say, took out his yellow bandanna, and brushed the beady drops from his brow, and laid the contents ... ...coarse red wrists and big hands, persist in the white kid glove and wrist- band system? Baroski’s gloves alone must cost him a little for- tune; only ... ...ubious pale governesses and professionals with turned frocks and lank damp bandeaux of hair under shabby little bonnets; luckless creatures these, who... ...answered the knight, ex- ceedingly frightened; “but ours is not a military band. Miss Horsman, Mr. Craw, my dear Mrs. Ravenswing, shall we be- gin the... ...e widow quit Leamington, but very soon af- terwards the 120th received its marching orders, and left 146 Men’s Wives Weedon and Warwickshire. Haggart... ... dear girl spoke in time, or where should we have been now? Well, one day, marching home from parade, I saw a lady seated at an open window, by anothe...

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... One could never detect a smirch or a grain of dust upon them. The street-car conductors and drivers wore pretty uniforms which seemed to be just out ... ...f first-mate of a hotel) [1. See Appendix A] appeared at the door in a spick-and-span new blue cloth uniform, decorated with shining brass buttons, an... ...ou want here?” I felt as foolish as if I had been caught in some mean act by a responsible being, and reproved for it. However, I made no reply; I wou... ...d around and around with thick wrappings which a sword could not cut through; from chin to ankle they were padded thoroughly against injury; their arm... ... nearer—not a quarter of a mile away; was it the muffled rasping and grinding of distant machinery? No, it came still nearer; was it the measured tram... ...nywhere; neither was he waiting, for the rope was still moving, consequently he was doing the same. This argued that he had not found the road, yet, b... ...by the rope, it yielded and let him tumble backward. The fre- quency of this result suggested an idea to me. I ordered the caravan to ‘bout face and f... ... a “man of the world.” There was something very delicious about his leaving Boston to her “narrowness,” unreproved and uninstructed. I formed the cara... ... party ahead of us, and stopped to observe them. They were toiling up a long, slanting ridge of snow—twelve persons, roped together some fifteen feet ...

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...at the stake or faced the levelled muskets of the firing party—“No, do not bandage my eyes”—because we would not betray the secret path that meant des... ... accident, Kepple was thrown by a pony and his ankle broken. He and Benham bandaged it as well as they could, and a litter was sent for, and meanwhile... ...han the first, and he suf- fered much from the pressure of this amateurish bandaging. In the evening Benham got cool water from the well and rearrange... ...as he was with empty hands. At least he would go as far as the end of that band of moonlight. If for no other reason than because he was afraid. Now! ... ...narily like a flower to Billy, a little dia- mond buckle on a black velvet band glittered between the two masses of butter-coloured hair that flowed b... ...and running and then a sound of wheels and the tramp of a body of soldiers marching quickly. White stood up and looked. “They’re seizing the stuff in ... ... corner, first a froth of scattered individuals and then a mass, a column, marching with an appearance of order and waving a flag. It was a poorly dis...

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...nerate fellow might as well have been a fiddler!” Such are the compliments bandied between my great grandsires and myself, across the gulf of time And... ...nd a sombre, but yet a studied magnificence. Deep ruffs, painfully wrought bands, and gorgeously em broidered gloves, were all deemed necessary to th... ...he Governor; military men wore it on their scarfs, and the minister on his band; it decked the baby’s little cap; it was shut up, to be mildewed and m... ... much misery and terror in it, had made a plaything of the sound, and were bandying it to and fro. “It is done!” muttered the minister, covering his f... ...e had stooped for. In fine, Hester Prynne resolved to meet her former hus band, and do what might be in her power for the rescue of the victim on who... ... and all the great people and good people, with the music and the soldiers marching before them. “ “And will the minister be there?” asked Pearl. “And...