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...ited States of America Dedication Dedicated to the memory of my own golden horse, Sally, who was the inspiration for Sal. Also in memory of... ...ult to dance if I am footsore.” A vision flashed into her mind: a beautiful winged horse, the color of the snow of the highest peak of Olympus. “Pe... ...oment, then the corners of his mouth turned up and he smiled once more. “A winged horse might give away the fact that you are not mortal, don’t you... ...one knew she loved riding across the heavens in her chariot, drawn by her beloved horses, Lampos and Phaithon. Perhaps they were tears of joy for t... ... new day. Terpsichore gazed up to see Helios, Eos’s brother, with his own team of horses: Bronte— Thunder, Steroes—Dazzling, Phlegon—Flaming and Py... ...r and to eat a little more slowly. He did not want to give the impression he was a ruffian— not that she looked the type who was easily perturbed an...

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...udges the terra cotta and black jar, its painted chariot, charioteer and horses: The charioteer wears a laurel wreath. Sappho, about 30 years ol... ... a strange pair. P Gems: A horseman on a gold agate, a Nike on chalcedony, a nude girl on jasper, ... ... sweeping doorways and steps, sprinkling the dusty street, cleaning where horses and cattle had passed. Birds sickled from the eaves, dogs and horse... ...aces, the faces of my men. I’d like to see a helmet and plume, the scarlet horse- hair plume...color...what a great thing... “My house has no window ... ...r, you have come to the most beautiful place on earth, the land of swift horses, where the nightingale sings its melodies among the sacred foliage... ...ound me. I had never smelled the death of a person. Taking in the street ruffians and the officials I said, in a loud voice: “Look at her, at her t... ...ind: the Touchstone will unblacken and reveal pure, pure gold: alchemy of ruffians and angels: SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 407 Tongues I’ll hang on... ...erend, think straight. Eater of broken meats I seem to be: knave, rascal, ruffian. Reverence to self... Perhaps this cold world will turn us all to ...

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...corner where the taxicabs lined up along the edge of Washington Square, the horses nickering and chuffing clouds of vapor into air that seemed sudden... ...needed to be driven off the master’s property. “Phhhsh. Can’t make a race horse out of a dairyman’s nag by giving her a silk saddle blanket to wea... ...tairs, for the pot flew into the air, and the rider was unseated. Both mop-horse and wooden sword bumped and racketed down the stairs. The gallant ... ...t to release Ronan, who scampered back up to the landing to retrieve his mop horse. Babbling, he patted Rags’s stringy mane, praising the horse’s va... ...t.” With his back turned toward his grandmother, Ronan signed to his mop horse, “Good boy. Good boy.” Daniel smiled and angled his body between... ...urs, Ivor? Any better than the old one?” “He broke up that gang of young ruffians that was bustin’ windows and overturning ash bins all summer.” ...

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...ar Capernaum I met an officer as I rested under trees along the road. His horse was lathered with sweat and the man was tired; he leaned forward in t... ... fond of his only child, yet so skeptical. Rising nervously, catching his horse’s bridle, he urged me to go to his home. “I can’t wait any longer..... ...don’t seem to understand that my son is dying. Ride to Capernaum. Take my horse. Ride...help my boy. Master, cure him...he VOICES FROM THE PAST ... ...ound me. I had never smelled the death of a person. Taking in the street ruffians and the officials I said, in a loud voice: “Look at her, at her t...

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...er of the continent where the most animals were to be had. Until they got the horse. Only then, when they found a way to dominate grazing animals d... ...d they invade their lands. The original Africans never did this; they had no horses. They never learned to domesticate the wild zebra. The animals... ...ue to the clash of cultures or languages? Once Asiatic Mongols started using horses, they became incredibly warlike. So did the North American pla... ...ered. For thousands of years: the most powerful military weapon had been the horse-archer. Up until the 14 th Century, the superior mobility, spee... ...th Century, the superior mobility, speed and long-range killing power of the horse-archer gave Nomads the power and means to continually expand onto... ...ers. It became acceptable for the poorest, lowest, most ignorant, brutes and ruffians to be as openly greedy as the richest robber Baron. Greed bec...

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...ceptual adaptation to be made. The difference between using a car and using a quick horse was like the difference between walking on foot and ridin... ...table flanked by two lightly equipped assistants. The hamlet is beset by a bunch of ruffians who molest their own families and, at times, violently ... ...eir wombs and mind, they tend to replicate, we tend to assimilate, they are Trojan horses, we are dumb Herculeses, they succumb in order to triump... ... sewn. It is rumoured that in her childhood she witnessed a gypsy being sewn into a horse's stomach and left to die. The girls were not killed out... ...rn railroad is identical to the width of Roman roads (equal to the backside of two horses). i. Predictive (prognostic) – The law or technology mu...

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...ceptual adaptation to be made. The difference between using a car and using a quick horse was like the difference between walking on foot and ridin... ...table flanked by two lightly equipped assistants. The hamlet is beset by a bunch of ruffians who molest their own families and, at times, violently ... ...eir wombs and mind, they tend to replicate, we tend to assimilate, they are Trojan horses, we are dumb Herculeses, they succumb in order to triump... ... sewn. It is rumoured that in her childhood she witnessed a gypsy being sewn into a horse's stomach and left to die. The girls were not killed out... ...rn railroad is identical to the width of Roman roads (equal to the backside of two horses). i. Predictive (prognostic) – The law or technology mu...

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...nswer, or maybe, Antonio thought, the Angel of Death would come like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and slay the enemy. “The Four Horsemen”, th... ...ad been given four names. The possibility that he might be cast as one of the Horsemen made even his shoes shudder. The next day he enjoyed a beau... ...cation, the economy, and family values. Any good jockey will tell you, give a horse his head, he'll run." Walter sat upright, "I hate to admit it, ... ...when Angelo was about nine, and on his way home from church, a group of young ruffians began taunting him until finally one of them grabbed him and ... ... your complete cooperation, I'll make sure the President has you cleaning out horse stalls and shoveling manure for the rest of your natural life. D... ... toddler up and down on his knee and making strange sounds, as if imitating a horse. The baby giggled in total delight. Soule’ started laughing so lo...

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...in Brussels - Moscow revisited - should prove to be a relief compared to the IMF's ruffians. The EU is evolving into a land empire, albeit glaciall... ...rn railroad is identical to the width of Roman roads (equal to the backside of two horses). i. Predictive (prognostic) – The law or technology mu...

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...Excerpt: An ancient leafless stump of a horse-chestnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south side by a row of houses of some pretension. Against this stump, a pretty delicate fair girl of seventeen, whose short lilac sleeves revealed slender w...

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...ies May fare as well as they. —BP . Corbet. AN ANCIENT LEAFLESS STUMP of a horse-chesnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south s... ... contradicted every mo- ment, and myself set up for a model. I may steal a horse, while he may not look over the wall! Did you observe the inconsisten... ...culties with male house- maids—black and brown—and washerwomen who rode on horseback in white satin shoes. She looked as if it were hardly natural tha... ...her train, saying, that the penalty of irregularity must be borne, and the horses should not suffer for such 28 Dynevor Terrace Vol 1 freaks; and he ... ...cal from the intrusive!’ ‘I should like it, of all things!’ ‘I’ll send the horse round to the stable, and begin at once!’ exclaimed Louis, all eagerne... ...ong side of a hedge, and not a squire but will swear that he is a hardened ruffian!’ ‘Usually with reason,’ said the Earl. ‘Pray when did this person’... ...e complete, surmounted with the red flag, and guarded by a fierce party of ruffians. All at once, tremendous yells broke out on all sides. The 268 Dy... ... 271 Yo n g e ‘How can you talk so!’ cried Lady Conway. ‘Delaford says the ruffians are certain to overpower the Guard. We must go directly. Very like...

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...Excerpt: The tower among the Apennines It was in June that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be called a castle) situated in a part of Tuscany somewhat remote from the ordinary track of tourists. Thither we must now acc...

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...INES ENNINES ENNINES I T WAS IN JUNE that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its... ...I must summon one of the contadini from the farmhouse yonder, to take your horse to the stable.” 8 The Marble Faun V ol 2 Accordingly, the young Coun... ...l sunshine; and the creaking cider-mill, set in motion by a circumgyratory horse, is all a-gush with the luscious juice. To speak frankly, the cider-m... ...xpected, and shatters our design in fragments. The travellers set forth on horseback, and purposed to per- form much of their aimless journeyings unde... ...rney. From village to village, ragged boys and girls kept almost under the horses’ feet; hoary grandsires and gran- dames caught glimpses of their app... ...d thrown its handful of dust upon the spot, and buried it from sight. Only ruffians knew of its existence, and kept it for murder, and worse crime. Su...

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...n your ears; for which of you will stop The vent of hearing when loud Rumour speaks? I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth: Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. I speak of peace, while covert enmit...

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...r speaks? I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth: Upon my tongu... ...d be the father of some stratagem: The times are wild: contention, like a horse Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose And bears down all befor... ..., Sir John Umfrevile turn’d me back With joyful tidings; and, being better horsed, Out rode me. After him came spurring hard A gentleman, almost forsp... ...an, almost forspent with speed, That stopp’d by me to breathe his bloodied horse. He ask’d the way to Chester; and of him I did demand what news from ... ...ck And that young Harry Percy’s spur was cold. With that, he gave his able horse the head, And bending forward struck his armed heels Against the pant... ... the rude imperious surge And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads and hanging them ... ...es of idleness! Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum: Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, Revel the night, rob, murder, and co...

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...r Eares: For which of you will stop The vent of Hearing, when loud Rumor speakes? I, from the Orient, to the drooping West (Making the winde my Post- horse) still unfold The Acts commenced on this Ball of Earth. Upon my Tongue, continuall Slanders ride, The which, in every Language, I pronounce, Stuffing the Eares of them with false Reports: I speake of Peace, while covert...

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... from the Orient, to the drooping West 7 (Making the winde my Post- horse) still vnfold 8 The Acts commenced on this Ball of Earth. 9 ... ...Father of some Stratagem; 59 The Times are wilde: Contention (like a Horse 60 Full of high Feeding) madly hath broke loose, 61 And b... ...ore- spent with speed) 92 That stopp’d by me, to breath his bloodied horse. 93 He ask’d the way to Chester: And of him 94 I did dema... ...t yong Harry Percies Spurre was cold. 97 With that he gaue his able Horse the head, 98 And bending forwards strooke his able heeles 99 ... ...ho, he? 114 He was some hielding Fellow, that had stolne 115 The Horse he rode- on: and vpon my life 116 Speake at aduenture. Looke, he... ...Surge, 1442 And in the visitation of the Windes, 1443 Who take the Ruffian Billowes by the top, 1444 Curling their monstrous heads, and ha... ...656 Now neighbor- Confines, purge you of your Scum: 2657 Haue you a Ruffian that will sweare? drinke? dance? 2658 Reuell the night? Rob? Mu...

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...AJOR GOLIAH O’GRADY GAHAGAN, H.E.I.C.S., Commanding Battalion of Irregular Horse, AHMEDNUGGAR. Seeing, I say, this simple visiting ticket, the world w... ...es, a brass hel- met surrounded by leopard skin, with a bearskin top and a horsetail feather, gave the head a fierce and chivalrous ap- pearance, whic... ... a moment, and then said— “Bobbachy, consomah, ballybaloo hoga.” The black ruffians took the hint, and retired. “Colonel and Mrs. Jowler,” said I sole... ...ut seven more to make head against at least thirty of these vagabond black horse- men. I never saw in my life a nobler figure than the leader of the t... ...o front teeth, fell one side on each shoulder, and he galloped on till his horse was stopped by my men, who were not a little amused at the feat. As I... ...who were not a little amused at the feat. As I had expected, the remaining ruffians fled on seeing their leader’s fate. I took home his helmet by way ... ...a candle and a drawn sword. “Liar! scoundrel! deceiver!” shouted I. “Turn, ruffian, and defend yourself!” But old Jowler, when he saw me, only whistle... ...d any effect upon them, had not I appeared in the room, and shouted to the ruffians to hold their hand. Seeing a general officer before them (I have t... ... the Ahmednuggar Irregulars were more dreadful to the view than any set of ruffians on which I ever set eyes. I would to Heaven that the Czar of Musco...

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...remained cov- ered with a dazzling mantle of six inches in depth) when two horsemen rode up to the Wallace Inn. The first was a strong, tall, powerful... ...rey riding-coat, having a hat covered with waxcloth, a huge silver-mounted horsewhip, boots, and dreadnought overalls. He was mounted on a large stron... ...bs!” The hint was sufficient for my Land- lord, who, advancing to take the horse of the principal per- son, and holding him by the reins as he dismoun... ...amed to come back frae the hill without a buck hanging on each side o’ his horse, like a cadger carrying calves.” “I wish they had left some for us th... ...t villain,” exclaimed the Dwarf,—”that cool-blooded, hardened, unrelenting ruffian,—that wretch, whose every thought is infected with crimes,—has thew... ... the rowels of his spurs and the sides of his over-ridden horse. “How now, ruffian!” demanded the Dwarf, “is thy job chared?” “Ay, ay, doubt not that,... ... his ain hand before he breaks out.” Some now remembered that the party of ruffians had been heard to say they were acting for James VIII., and were c... ... amounted in substance to this:—That she was awaked by the noise which the ruffians made in breaking into the house, and by the resistance made by one... ...f, imprudently named him by his name, and besought him for mercy; that the ruffian in- stantly stopped her mouth, dragged her from the house, and plac...

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...y—only a theat- rical combat, as you could see by the picture in which the horseman was cantering off at three miles an hour, the bull tripping after ... ...ater in the day, came clattering along a smart rider on a prancing Spanish horse; and in the afternoon a few families might be seen in the queer- est ... ...s on shore, had a store of agreeable legends regarding the bulls, men, and horses that had been killed with unbounded profusion in the late en- tertai... ...ffed out of the bay. THE NEXT STAGE was Gibraltar, where we were to change horses. Before sunset we skirted along the dark savage moun- tains of the ... ...oor trem- bling little boys, was a fine scholar when he was a sizar, and a ruffian then and ever since. Where is the great poet, since the days of Mil... ...ay trembling, were accommodated somehow upon the ma- hogany backs of these ruffians, carried through the shallows, and flung up to a ledge before the ... ..., and the bug—oh, the accursed!Why was he made?What duty has that infamous ruffian to perform in the world, save to make people wretched?Only Bulwer i... ... village of Siloam I would not recommend the artist to loiter. A colony of ruffians inhabit the dismal place, who have guns as well as sticks at need.... ...velling cockneys, &c. , have affixed their rude marks upon it. Some daring ruffian even painted the name of “Warren’s blacking” upon it, effac- ing ot...

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...e heat and the knowledge of having lost his money and health and lamed his horses would sober The Boy down, and he would stand steady. In ninety-nine ... ...on; had mastered the thieves’-patter of the changars; had taken a Eusufzai horse-thief alone near Attock; and had stood under the mimbar-board of a Bo... ...for the breakfast-table, and who blacked—actually blacked—the hoofs of his horse like a Lon- don coachman! The turnout of Miss Youghal’s Arab was a wo... ... lights in “Benmore,” with his toes tingling for a waltz and his head in a horse-blanket, is rather amusing. One of these days, Strickland is going to... ...ry with the General for forcing his hand; so he said nothing, but held the horse’s head and pre- pared to thrash the General as some sort of satisfact... ... Station-Master believed him. He said that no Lieutenant could look such a ruffian as did Golightly, and that his in- structions were to send his capt... ... his post of pride at the head of the band, but the Regiment were a set of ruffians with bad consciences. The White Hussars shouted, and threw everyth...

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...ral square brought Gottlieb on his legs to the window. It was a company of horsemen sparkling in har- ness. One trumpeter rode at the side of the troo... ...Cologne in our very teeth! ‘Fend that he visit me now! Ruin smokes in that ruffian’s track. I ‘ve felt hot and cold by turns all day.’ The horsemen ca... ...es in that ruffian’s track. I ‘ve felt hot and cold by turns all day.’ The horsemen came jingling carelessly along the street in scattered twos and th... ...cided? This’ll sharpen you, my jolly King Paunch!’ And Margarita heard the ruffian step as if to get swing for a blow. She hurried into the passage, a... ... crowd was collecting, but seemed to consider the circle now formed by the horse- men as in a manner charmed, for only one, a fair slender youth, came... ...d hitherto patiently acted their parts as spectators, immov- able on their horses. The assault on the Thier was all in the play, and a visible interfe... ...ds for your people below?’ he inquired, leering with chin awry. ‘Desperate ruffians some of those cowls. Y ou are right not to acknowledge them.’ 62 ... ...advance. Farina doubled his elbow, and presented sword-point. Three of the ruffians now disputed the way with bare steel. Margarita looked at the Gosh... ... him, and sang to him. Had the W ater- Lady laid an iron hand on all those ruffians, she could not have held them faster bound than did the fear of he...

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...d; on the whole, they had done very well, and had assisted readily. T en shillings had been paid for the bringing of each body up to the church, but t... ...t- ted to identify a reduced member of my honourable friend Mrs. Gamp’s family) said, ‘They has ‘em continiwal, sir. They drops without no more notice... ... is The Uncommercial Traveller 23 to have this lashing and tearing coming upon her? And whether this young woman, God help her, gives herself up then... ... the Britan- nia Theatre at Hoxton, a mile north of St. Luke’s Hospital in the Old-street-road, London. The Forty Thieves might be played here, and ev... ...anges and much work, I had preserved a tenderness for the memory of Joe, forasmuch as we had made the acquaintance of Roderick Random together, and ha... ...see that a flush has passed over her face, I immediately know without looking round that a Greenwich Pensioner has gone past. The Uncommercial Travel... ...ffian into Rough, which has lately be come popular, that I restore the right word to the head- ing of this paper; the rather, as my object is to dwell... ... object is to dwell upon the fact that the Ruffian is tolerated among us to an extent that goes beyond all unruffianly endurance. I take the lib- erty... ...- erty to believe that if the Ruffian besets my life, a profes- sional Ruffian at large in the open streets of a great city, notoriously having no oth...

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...ted as the abode of his father’s friend. The servants who came to take his horse told him he had been expected for two days. He was led into a study, ... ...went to rest. As soon as day dawned, Jean roused her guest, pro- duced his horse, which she had accommodated behind the hallan, and guided him for som... ...a hollow of the moor, sur- rounded by bushes. They instantly seized on his horse’s bridle with many shouts of welcome, exclaiming—(for he was well kno... ...tire just when— The mirth and fun grew fast and furious, and, mounting his horse accordingly, he took a French leave of his entertainers, but without ... ...his man, which was inexpressibly disgust- ing. His manners were those of a ruffian, conscious of the suspicion attending his character, yet aiming to ... ...ce of the law, They had commission to seize all thy fortune.— Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face, Lording it o’er a pile of massy plate, T umbled... ...hat one’s content,” meaning, probably, past resistance or com- plaint. One ruffian was armed with a cutlass, the other with a bludgeon; but as the roa... ...” They met accordingly, with the most murderous threats on the part of the ruffians. They soon found, how- ever, that their near opponent was equally ... ... mut- tered, a mair decent appearance.” At once three or four men, equally ruffians in appearance and dress rushed into the hut. “Meg, ye limb of Sata...