... apparently of the same
species as the much-talked-of rokko of Uganda—they nevertheless at the
death of a chief sacrificed some of his slaves to "water the grave," while
the memory of the departed ... to the heavy
swell of the Atlantic the majority of the grumblers were glad enough to
seek the comfort and privacy of their berths and to remain there, for dur-
ing the two days that followed the ... maintain a dogged silence. From his back, shoulders, and
chest the brutal negro ruthlessly tore pieces, holding them up to the as-
sembled court in triumph, while the air was filled with the nauseating
odour...
... in the wind, all
offered as propitiation to the presiding demon of the place, while away
in the bush, behind the houses, we saw the giant leaves of the plantain
groves that yielded the staple ... maintain a dogged silence. From his back, shoulders, and
chest the brutal negro ruthlessly tore pieces, holding them up to the as-
sembled court in triumph, while the air was filled with the nauseating
odour ... coat, and together we left the
ground, while the partisans of Baynes picked up their fallen champion
and proceeded to make him presentable.
Like myself, Omar seemed friendless, for when the summer...
... them appear subject to
great variation, both in the size and colour of their blossoms
(whether in their wild state they are thus inconstant, or whether
there are seminal varieties raised by ... with the number of the
leaves of the Calyx, those of the latter are four; the base of this
Nectary originates deeper than the claws of the Petals, springing in
fact from the same part as the ... their flowering, and the very great
injury the plants had sustained from the Cobweb Mite (Acarus
teliarius) vulgarly called the red Spider, there seemed little prospect
that the seed-vessels would...
... welcomed into the oasis bythe pleasant notes of a
nightingale’s song. The poet has stated, that the song of the solitary reaper was so beautiful,
that it surpassed the song of the nightingale.
Several ... beautiful tunes. The cuckoo bird’s tune appears to break the
The final stanza the poet wonders of the effect of the song on him and any other passengers
by. The beautiful rustic song the maiden sings ... “or is it some more humble lay, familiar
matter of today’ which ties in with the theme the simpler peaceful times in the solitude of
the country.
Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang
As if...
... cattle, can scarcely draw a heavy cart, as the brutes sink to
their knees in mud at everystep, and the wheels of the vehicle are buried to the
axletree most of the time. Five or ten miles per ... for the crime that I committed."
Smith cracked his long whip to let the oxen know that he was not asleep, and the
cattle, rousing from their snail pace at the sound of the scourge, accelerated ... the sight as effectually as though there was a deep
eclipse. The eyes and nostrils of the traveller become irritated bythe fine particles,
and the dust is sifted into his ears and mouth. The...
... he then take another wife and she
bear him children: if then the father die, the sons must not partition the estate according to the mothers, they
Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1, The ... with the semi-barbaric period to which they are relegated: Ati the Wrestler, Teti the Runner,
Qeunqoni the Crusher, are suitable rulers for a people the first duty of whose chief was to lead ... the owner of the male or female slave recognize it: if the male or female slave be a
native of the country, he shall give them back without any money.
281. If they are from another country, the...
... streets
" ;by the shore of the Adrian Sea," hard bythe last relics of the Roman Empire the mausoleum of the children
of Theodosius, and the mosaics of Justinian than among the assembled dead ... between the King and the Pope; the lords and the
townsmen hastened thither irritated against the bull, heated bythe violence of the royal answer. The members
of the assembly were influenced each by ... whether they held estates from the King or not; then they
prayed the King to be allowed to go to the council convoked bythe Pope; the King and the barons declared
themselves formally opposed.
The...
... distinguished by magnificence, in the highest sense of the word, bythe most brilliant display of
great qualities of all kinds; and the hero of the Faerie Queene seems to be the personification of the splendid
attributes ... had left the throne to one after another of his
young and feeble sons. The first of these, Francis II, the husband of Mary Stuart, ruled only a year. He was
completely under the control of thegreat ... witnessing. The angel of death seems to hover over them; there is something dreadful
in their rejoicing; their gaudy robes, their mantles, their vases, their fringes of gold, assume the sable hue of
the...
... as they can, then they cover themselves
with them, and fasten them by a belt round the waist. When they do not wish to be clothed from the waist
upward, they let that half fall which is above the ... clothes. They are very agile people and do no harm, and thus follow their flocks; wherever
night finds them, there they sleep; they carry their wives along with them, with all the chattels they ... islands, the first one larger, and
the other, nearer toward the outlet, is the smaller one; and they went out between these islands and the coast
on the southern side, as it was deeper than on the other...
... left the citadel and issued forth from the city. One was the remnant of the
Mexican army, which slunk silently and noiselessly through the northern gate, and fled to Guadalupe-Hidalgo;
the other ... unfathomable misery they
foreshadowed, it was hard to preserve the sober rule of reason.
The gentry, who were responsible in the first place for the protection of the people from whom they drew their
income, ... from being
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... establish a settled agency here to
superintend the collection of the furs and the trade with the Indians while the ships should be on their long
journey between the two hemispheres. The agents thus ... growing
round them.
The next day, the men, being sent in the boat to explore the bay still farther, landed, probably on the Jersey
shore, where they were very kindly received bythe savages, who gave them ... the Grand Mogul which would survive the displeasure of
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