... too late. The muzzle ofthe ray-gun on the battlements glowed dully, the blast of the supode-rays struck the row of spinning helicopters on top of the Viking's hull. The blades ofthe big ... quakes swept the planet. The holdings ofthe descendants of thoseinterplanetary travelers of long ago dwindled to only the city of Larr and the land of Savissa itself. The humming ofthe Tempora-scope ... produce enough ofthe alta-ra-dium to do more than supply the defences ofthe city and ofthe barrierforts. The possession ofthe secret of that ray has kept our borders freefrom the Scaly Ones...
... beneficent. But the Good also is beneficent. It should seem thenthat where the real nature of God is, there too is to be found the realnature ofthe Good. What then is the real nature of God?—Intelligence,Knowledge, ... in the samecondition of health as before, unless indeed his cure is complete. So-mething ofthe same sort is true also of diseases ofthe mind. Behind,there remains a legacy of traces and of ... a herd of deer. When they flee from the huntsman's feathers(10) in affright, which way do they turn? Whathaven of safety do they make for? Why, they rush upon the nets! Andthus they perish...
... was the subject of poetry. The War Cry ofthe Joneses” was the title ofthe lead item inMorgan Blake’s column.In days of old there was a JonesIf memory serves me right,Who shouted from the ... and rock hard when theydried out. The fact the greens were not watered amazed him the hosts applied several buckets of water around the pins of some of the driest holes when the Americans complained—and ... which he called the incumbent mayor, James Key, a “nigger-lover” as they stood togetheron a rostrum. The governor of Georgia and one ofthe state’s U.S. senators alsowere members ofthe Klan. So...
... picked the poppy seeds out ofthe garden. They finished before the end ofthe hour. Then they flew away. When the hour was over, the uncle and the leaders came in. They were very surprised! The ... Majka became the queen. She ruled the happy people ofthe Golden Island of many, many years. ANH VĂN THIẾU NHI – TRUYỆN CỔ TÍCH ANH NGỮ ( KO CÓ BẢN DỊCH) The Princess oftheGolden Island ... ants began to bite him. They were angry because the old man was in their way. Majka saw the ants biting Yust. She pushed them away so the old man could sleep. Many ofthe ants bit her hands,...
... Mountain. They lived together very happily, and the queen had a son. And thus eight years had passed over their heads, when the king thought of his father; and get into the circle if he could. Then ... to the bad or good luck of wind and weather. Then he took leave of his father, and set himself in the boat, but before it got far off a wave struck it, and it fell with one side low in the ... his word. Then Heinel said, ‘Father, give yourself very little trouble about that; I shall be too much for the little man.’ When the time came, the father and son went out together to the place...
... misconceptions about the appearance oftheGolden Ratio in the arts (e.g. in the works of Giotto, Seurat, Mondrian). The history of art has nevertheless shown that artists who have produced works of truly ... romantic idea that in the golden ratio “is contained the fundamental principle of all formation striving to beauty and totality in the realm of nature and in the field ofthe pictorial arts.” ... mathematicians. The term golden section” (goldene Schnitt) seems to first have been used by Martin Ohm in the 1835 edition ofthe textbook Die Reine Elementar-Mathematik. The first known use of this...
... ofthe old Memphite kings. These facts, ofthe situation of Itht-taui, of their burial in the southern an ex ofthe old necropolis of Memphis, and ofthe fori of their tombs (the true Upper Egyptian ... and the mountains on the west bank ofthe Nile opposite Luxor. Many of these are ofthe same type as those found on the surface ofthe mountain plateau which lies at the head ofthe great wadi of ... the Fruit-house," the "Tell ofthe Tablets," and the "Great Tell," and, rising as they do in the centre ofthe site,they mark the position ofthe temples and the other principal...
... to the south. He knew this to be the location of one of the great wells that dotted the Plains of Ofrid.In the times before the great massacre, these wells had been located in the hearts ofthe ... ofthe gentle Jlomec that his mind was moreoccupied with the romantic aspect ofthe incident than the violent. Hethought ofthe poem, the bit of doggerel carved in the foundation stone of the ... asked.41Chapter6On the Plains of OfridJlomec the Nadian guided his air car across the grassy plains of Ofridbut a scant few feet above the tops ofthe waving grasses.It was a fine day and the Nadian...
... thisspecies. The inclusion ofthe N. inaurata hemocyanins in amultiple alignment ofthe arthropod hemocyanins and the application ofthe Bayesian method of phylogenetic inferenceallow, for the first ... those of E. californicum allows the unambiguous assignment todistinct subunit types. The orthologous subunits of thesespecies share 69.1–76.2% of their amino acids, with the asubunits being the ... biochemistryAfter immobilization ofthe spiders for 1 h at 4 °C, the hemolymph was withdrawn by puncturing the heart with asyringe at the median-dorsal region ofthe opisthosoma. The hemolymph was collected...
... the advantage of erecting the standard ofthe cross, the emulation of his successor assumed the merit of subduing the Arian heresy, and of abolishing the worship of idols in the Roman world. Theodosius ... Egypt; and the Part II. 45visions, which attested the presence, or at least the protection, ofthe Mother of God. ^32 The pulpit of the Anastasia was the scene ofthe labors and triumphs of Gregory ... over the soul and body ofthe guilty. The decrees of the council of Constantinople had ascertained the true standard ofthe faith; and the ecclesiastics, who governed the conscience of Theodosius,...
... heads ofthe emperor and empress ofthe East. But the usual honors which the severity of Roman manners had allowed to the wives of princes, could not satisfy either the ambition of Theodora or the fondness ... deprived of his powers and his honors. He lost the superintendence ofthe supply and manufacture of arms; the uncontrolled charge ofthe public posts; the levying ofthe troops; the command ofthe ... as the last male offspring ofthe line of Amali, by the short-lived marriage of his mother Amalasuntha with a royal fugitive ofthe same blood. ^105 In the presence ofthe dying monarch, the...
... temptedby the disorders of Italy, the nakedness of Rome, and the unwarlike profession of her new chief. On the firstedicts ofthe emperor, they declared themselves the champions ofthe holy images: ... 379-382.) Of these the Franciscan Pagi is the most disposed to make the patrician a lieutenant ofthe church, rather than ofthe empire. ][Footnote 59: The papal advocates can soften the symbolic ... the exhortation of Gregoryhimself, in separating the personal guilt of Leo from the general cause ofthe Roman empire. ^49 The Greekswere less mindful ofthe service, than the Lombards of the...