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... did not have everyday to roam the streets like homeless but highly mobile mendicants, their every movement enslaved and dictated by the pronouncement... ...ead unless, like many superstitious Thais, he were to seek a fortuneteller-mendicant sitting on a sheet or straw mat on a sidewalk or in a park. ... ... his cup, shoe repairmen fixing soles, a kiosk of a key maker, and a blind mendicant with a speaker and a microphone singing a strident folk tune, was... ...oes now." Jatupon remembered that she always did buy lottery tickets that mendicants sold from wooden attach ็ ้ cases hung around their chests. "I ... ...the man dressed on the bench Jatupon, the boy, put his hands together in a mendicant grasshopper pose with palms sandwiched together and held before h... ...ght have gone back to work to appease Kazem. He might have started taking orders from the customers with no explanation and let the hours make the wh... ... the whole show." "Stop it!" ordered Kazem. "Does he always give orders like that?" asked Kumpee to Suthep. Then to Kazem he said, "Hey, rem...

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...d to the point where he could not remember having been as impecunious as a mendicant and poorer than the fecundity of dirt? And for the hound that he ... ...els, and no pain would he have encountered in simple walks along Bangkok's mendicant ridden sidewalks and pedestrian overpasses). He sensed that such ... ...ejected Patpong whores, petrous automatons of suburbia, desperate homeless mendicants blowing bird whistles at pedestrians near the Chao Phraya river ... ...dolent fresh air after twelve hours of the rank agglomeration of repugnant orders in the train to which the fetid toilets were the main source, and it... ...self who did not know what to do with all the days of their lives. A sales mendicant came by with a dozen or more umbrellas in his hand. "Do you want ... ...ously absent of overt beggars. He had expected the same maimed, exploited mendicants whom gangsters, eager for profit that could be coerced by sympat... ...ning of his body and the execution of his son in Cambodia had been done at orders other than that first Chakri, Rama I and that Rama IX did not arise ...

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...r opened for business and from a window in one of the walls they would place orders for French Cream Cheese sandwiches. They were the oddest creatures... ...hed from the kingdom. They refused to stand outside begging like a Buddhist mendicant at 6:00 a.m. in Laos. They were the making of a more self- act... ...waiting on the sidelines with vicarious yearnings. The quest of a chocolate mendicant, a ghoulish monk seeking alms, was leading her into the simple ... ...om table and in her director's chair. Betty wouldn't even talk to him by the orders of General Sangfroid and, finding it hard to swallow food or under... ...lationships by offering a substantial supply of free samples, and processing orders on the telephone in a rather menial position that had no guarantee... ...he others. These passersby saw the stationary posture of his body bereft of orders from the brain for substantial movement, and in instantaneous judg... ...bout Jakarta ﾁEth its Rupiah coins as light as a childﾁOs play money; female mendicants ever so often dancing seductively into the open doors of tiny ... ...t only rarely was given for these dances of desperation and futility; guitar mendicants (usually children or teenagers performing in stalled buses); S... ...d in this honeymoon some hours until he came to a queue of miserable morning mendicants mingled in the malaise of having to be minions for morsels of ...

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...Excerpt: He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher -the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam-Zammah, that ?fire-breathing dragon?, hold the Punjab, for the great ...

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...Buddha at Kamakura! Buddha at Kamakura . HE SAT, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old A... ...In a few min utes the Curator saw that his guest was no mere bead telling mendicant, but a scholar of parts. And they went at it all over again, the ... ...ttily done. Now God He knows how many more there be upon the Road who have orders to test me–perhaps with the knife. So it stands that the boy must go... ...ng it. ‘Oh, that was a fancy of mine an old man’s fancy. T ruly the police orders are that no man must bear weapons throughout Hind, but’–he cheered u... ...loud. ‘Hai! Hai!’ said the soldier, leaping to his feet. ‘What is it? What orders? … It is … a child! I dreamed it was an alarm. Little one–little one... ... the news yesterday. Having seen the very man Himself, in a vision, giving orders for the war.’ ‘Hm!’ said his son, all deep in his broad chest. ‘He c...

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...of these deputies had been without avail, it had none the less won for them the people’s good-will. All attempts to dis- perse the groups collected in... ... of a man they had to deal, at once gave place to the patrol. The cardinal envied that composure, which he attributed to the habit of meeting danger; ... ...iberty?” “I knew it from the fountain-head—from Planchet. And what brought you here?” “I came to thank God for my happy deliverance,” said Rochefort. ... ...owed by D’Artagnan, who began to think he was in the merry maze of some fantastic dream. 75 Dumas Chapter 9 The Abbe D’Herblay. AT THE EXTREMITY of t... ...Gondy, laughing; “I was not aware my alms were so well invested.” In the meantime they were advancing toward the square, and the moment the coadjutor ... ...the sign of the cross; the coadjutor threw a piece of money into the hat, which was on the ground. “Maillard,” began the curate, “this gentleman and I... ...adjutor. “Yes,” continued the curate, apparently accustomed to this tone, “yes, we wish to know your opinion of the events of to-day and what you have... ...al may be seen in every part of Paris.” 363 Dumas “Shall I give you a line for the vicar of St. Jacques de la Boucherie? he will let you into the roo... ...rate. “Capital,” answered the mendicant. “Then,” said the coadjutor, “this evening, at ten o’clock, and if I am pleased with you another bag of five h...

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...ion to these concealed or public, secret or open wars, there were robbers, mendicants, Huguenots, wolves, and scoundrels, who made war upon everybody.... ...e was talking with great animation with the stranger. “His Eminence, then, orders me—” said the lady. “To return instantly to England, and to inform h... ...r, re- 23 Alexandre Dumas ceived visits, listened to complaints, gave his orders, and like the king in his balcony at the Louvre, had only to place h... ...sent for me, as my comrades inform me, and I have hastened to receive your orders. I am here; what do you want with me?” And at these words, the Muske... ...n ordinary family. Soldiers are big children; but as I main- tain that the orders of the king, and more particularly the orders of the cardinal, shoul... ...d with a turn- stile at each end. In the daytime nobody was seen there but mendicants devouring their crusts, and children at play. “Ah, Monsieur Port... ... man wishes to see Monsieur at home,” replied Bazin. “A man! What man?” “A mendicant.” “Give him alms, Bazin, and bid him pray for a poor sin- ner.” “... ...cant.” “Give him alms, Bazin, and bid him pray for a poor sin- ner.” “This mendicant insists upon speaking to you, and pre- tends that you will be ver... ...aid with mother of pearl, “here it is. Look.” “That is right,” replied the mendicant; “dismiss your lackey.” In fact, Bazin, curious to know what the ...

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...nd gilded princelings who live in vast palaces, and had servants salaaming before them or flying to execute their orders. And then, as usual, he dream... ...nd fastened with a clasp of brilliants. About his neck hung the order of the Garter, and several princely foreign orders;’ and wherever light fell upo... ...in fantastic rags; there were middle-sized youths, of truculent countenance, and similarly clad; there were blind mendicants, with patched or bandaged... ...h a slatternly woman and a diseased baby, to beg; but the result was not encouraging—he declined to plead for the mendicants, or be a party to their c... ...since it was plain he was worthy of some- thing higher and better—wherefore, on the spot he promoted him from the mendicant rank and appointed him to ... ...reat Seal— fetch it hither.” All the company wondered at this speech, and won- dered still more to see the little mendicant pick out this peer without... ...d his (the King’s) directions; and the King, having affixed the Royal assent to the Bill by commissioners, issued orders for the execution of Norfolk ...

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...s fresh breezes blow; The sable billows foam and roar below. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band With due observance wait the chief’s comman... ...fly); Go then; to Sparta take the watery way, Thy ship and sailors but for orders stay; Or, if my land then choose thy course to bend, My steeds, my c... ...suade: He to thy palace shall thy steps pursue; I to the ship, to give the orders due, Prescribe directions and confirm the crew. For I alone sustain ... ...eptre sway’d. His sons around him mild obeisance pay, And duteous take the orders of the day. First Eehephron and Stratius quit their bed; Then Perseu... ...n: “Hermes, thou chosen messenger of heaven! Go, to the nymph be these our orders borne ’Tis Jove’s decree, Ulysses shall return: The patient man shal... ...visit and the lawless train: Me thither in disguise Eumaeus leads, An aged mendicant in tatter’d weeds. There, if base scorn insult my reverend age, B... ...call’d his swain “These viands, and this bread, Eumaeus! bear, And let yon mendicant our plenty share: And let him circle round the suitors’ board, An... ...f Ulysses with Eurymachus. While fix’d in thought the pensive hero sate, A mendicant approach’d the royal gate; A surly vagrant of the giant kind, The... ...ire to crown our joy; See ready for the fight, and hand to hand, Yon surly mendicants contentious stand: Why urge we not to blows!” Well pleased they ...

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...treet, the place, and the court all re- mained deserted alike. Monsieur dismounted without speaking a word, went straight to his apartments, where his... ... will in all probability arrive this evening.” “But how, then, could he have known my reply if it had been in the negative?” “I was desired, monseigne... ...y, as well as her sisters, has just set off for Brouage. I make them follow the opposite bank of the Loire to that along which we have traveled; and i... ...“I am fatigued, and, besides, wish to write this evening.” A smile stole over the lips of the minister, who appeared, by a bend of the head, to give t... ...lked behind. This little cortege escorted the king to the chamber des- tined for him. The apartment was the same that had been occupied by Henry III. ... ...rs Later – V ol. 1 “Is that all — a little million, if you please!” said the cardinal, ironically, with an effort to conquer his Italian accent. “A li... ...ived Gourville. “Mordioux! my dear monsieur,” said he, “these are sad lessons which you gentlemen of finance teach us; I come to M. Fouquet to receive...

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...thy friend now involved in great distress sundry personages whose idle and mendicant habits his own lochesse had contributed to fos- ter, until these ... ...uting the awmous (alms), in shape of a gowpen (handful) of oatmeal, to the mendicant who brought the news. The cot- tage felt inconvenience from inter... ...rants. They had 60 Guy Mannering no doubt that he determined to suffer no mendicants or stroll- ers in the country, but what resided on his own prope... ...cottages, and the broken wood and thatch which had been pulled down by his orders. At that moment the prophecy, or anathema, of Meg Merrilies fell hea... ...hey almost quarrelled about me. My uncle, the bishop, would have had me in orders, and offered me a liv- ing—my uncle, the merchant, would have put me... ...en a dog would be of importance if he came in the king’s name, gave prompt orders for securing the goods in the hall, arming the servants, and defendi... ... at home in such a scene, walked from one to an- other, and reiterated his orders, that no one should presume to fire until he gave the word. Hazlewoo... ...at of Megaera from under a round-eared cap, toiling, scold- ing, receiving orders, giving them, and obeying them all at once, seemed the presiding enc...

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...is love, ’tis love that makes the world go round! Chapter 5 CONCERNING THE MENDICANT’S BRIDE THE IMPRESSIVE GLOOM with which Mrs Wilfer received her h... ...osition to her advice: ‘—your daugh- ter Bella has bestowed herself upon a Mendicant.’ ‘Good gracious, my dear!’ ‘Show your father his daughter Bella’... ...h she has united her- self to one who is, in spite of shallow sophistry, a Mendicant. And I may feel well assured that your daughter Bella,’ again tur... ...’ again turning to her husband, ‘does not exalt her family by becom- ing a Mendicant’s bride. But I suppress what I feel, and say nothing of it.’ Mr S... ...sympathetic words very gladly withdrew. Within a few weeks afterwards, the Mendicant’ s bride (arm- in-arm with the Mendicant) came to tea, in fulfilm... ...rt little ways in sharp action, she had got a doll into whitey-brown paper orders, before the meal was over, and was displaying it for the edification... ...very day . ‘Suppose you was just to step round to-night then, and give him orders from me—I say from me, because he knows I won’t be played with—to be...

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...r, being scarlet, showed that he did not belong to any of the four regular orders of monks. On the right shoulder of the mantle there was cut, in whit... ...he shield of the antagonist to whom he wished to oppose himself. The lower orders of spectators in general— nay, many of the higher class, and it is e... ...nge.” “Good night to you, kind sirs,” said Gurth; “I shall remem- ber your orders, and trust that there is no offence in wishing you a safer and an ho... ...resent to dazzle men’s eyes by his hospitality and magnificence, had given orders for great preparations, in order to render the ban- quet as splendid... ... of the land or the privileges of the crown. He returns to avenge upon the Orders of the Temple and the Hospital, the preference which they showed to ... ...’s pause, “I will pay it with the help of my brethren; for I must beg as a mendicant at the door of our synagogue ere I make up so unheard-of a sum.— ... ...ing to avail themselves of the good cheer which was so liberally supplied. Mendicants were of course assembled by the score, together with strolling s...

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..., from the battle, whither he had been cruelly led, it was to find that my orders had been disobeyed—that there had been foul and cruel slaughter; and... ...fy the eyes of the gazers, and mayhap shower down such bounty as the elder mendicants averred had been given when Prince Edward (the saints defend him... ...red the faces of those who stepped beyond their tents by day. The Prince’s orders, however, strictly confined his army within its bounds, except that ... ...t twilight parties were sent ashore for water and provisions, under strict orders, how- ever, to hold no parley with any one from the French or Sicili... ...cals on the one side, and on the other, English and the Knights of the two Orders. All stood, or sat on horseback in shining steel, guarding the way a... ... rest of the day in close attendance on their lord, conveying his numerous orders for the embarkation of the troops on the morrow, on their return to ... ...he wallet; with many a gibing scoff had he driven from the field presuming mendicants, not of his own fraternity; and with half-bitter, half-amused re...

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...g, the other always grumbling; the men- at-arms and retainers some obeying orders, others being scolded, the steel clanging, hammers ringing without i... ...se his visor, and spring into the open plain, where, according to previous orders, they arrayed themselves in two divisions, the first commanded by th... ...lish fashion, but it was growing late and dark, and the Knight gave strict orders that they should keep together in their progress to their own tents.... ...l land of Castile. There was a general cry of joy throughout the camp when orders were given that the tents should be struck and the army begin its ma... ...began to be filled with the neighbouring villagers, with beggars, palmers, mendicant friars of all orders, pressing to the buttery-hatch, where they r... ...the neighbouring villagers, with beggars, palmers, mendicant friars of all orders, pressing to the buttery-hatch, where they received the dole of brea...

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... as it on a Monday morning, when the butcher-boy had been to our house for orders, and bought a ballad of me, which, being unacquainted with the tune,... ...nything like you do; but he could take my work home, and he could call for orders in his clumsy way. And he shall too. I’ll trot him about, I can tell... ...aqui- line hands upon her brow, to arrange the throbbing intellect within; orders out the carriage; and repeats in a distracted and devoted manner, co... ...uliar strengthening from Veneering’s cellar. Therefore, the Analytical has orders to produce the cream of the cream of his binns, and therefore it fal... ...is love, ’tis love that makes the world go round! Chapter 5 CONCERNING THE MENDICANT’S BRIDE THE IMPRESSIVE GLOOM with which Mrs Wilfer received her h... ...osition to her advice: ‘—your daugh- ter Bella has bestowed herself upon a Mendicant.’ ‘Good gracious, my dear!’ ‘Show your father his daughter Bella’... ...h she has united her- self to one who is, in spite of shallow sophistry, a Mendicant. And I may feel well assured that your daughter Bella,’ again tur... ...’ again turning to her husband, ‘does not exalt her family by becom- ing a Mendicant’s bride. But I suppress what I feel, and say nothing of it.’ Mr S... ...sympathetic words very gladly withdrew. Within a few weeks afterwards, the Mendicant’ s bride (arm- in-arm with the Mendicant) came to tea, in fulfilm...

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...h- out accident upon the juicy sand, and forthwith surrounded by a host of mendicants, screaming, “I say, sir! penny, sir!I say, English! tam your ays... ...l Sir James, or Sir Joseph—ay, or Lord Vis- count Bundy, knight of all the orders above the sun. I think this is a sufficient, if not a complete catal... ...ies marching everywhere, and (this is a caution to artists) I am told have orders to run any man through who is discovered making a sketch of the plac... ...en, and the terror of any enemies who may attack the fortress, we received orders to embark forthwith in the “Tagus,” which was to early us to Malta a... ...th their pedi- grees, and would be marshalled into heaven according to the orders of precedence. Cumbrous handsome paintings adorn the walls and chape... ... again; and that the scepticism prevalent amongst the higher 73 Thackeray orders must descend ere very long to the lower; and the cry of the muezzin ...

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... play, they went there attended by a numerous livery. Their ser- vants had orders to pick a quarrel with those of the Duchess. They executed these ord... ...splease the King, and begged to be confined there. The governor, having no orders to do so, refused; and sent off an express for instructions how to a... ...demoiselle la Choin was driven away the next day; and M. de Luxembourg had orders to strip Clermont of his office, and send him to the most distant pa... ...parties of pleasure they concocted together. All the burden of marches, of orders of subsistence, fell upon a sub- ordinate. Nothing could be more exa... ...eroy sent word to M. du Maine to com- mence the action. Impatient that his orders were not obeyed, he sent again five or six times. M. du Maine wished... ...- mand higher rents, were put in connection with the convent garden. These mendicant Jacobins thus derive fifty thousand livres a-year. Harlay, accust...

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...ily clothed in that salmon-colored cloth which one as- sociates with Hindu mendicants, and, at first sight, gave me 37 Rudyard Kipling the impression... ...red,” he would reply, “and I do not yet know any one who has disobeyed the orders.” “Only wait till my servants find that I am missing,” I re- torted,... ...knew he was thinking plans I could not advise about, and I just waited for orders. “But Dravot never showed me disrespect before the people. They were... ... matter. We’ll break for Bashkai if we can.’ “I tried to give some sort of orders to my men,—the men o’ the regular Army,—but it was no use, so I fire...

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...lish, which had brought me into that scrape, now helped me very materially to bear it. I had a thousand advantages. I was often called to play the par... ...him in the prison beer. ‘You have chosen to speak in a certain way of a young child,’ I continued, ‘who might be your daughter, and who was giv- ing a... ...who spiked him. Tell them that first.’ I did so. ‘Then you can tell ‘em,’ he resumed, ‘that the fellow, Goggle—what’s his name?—wants to see some of t... ...old gentleman, so hot was his resentment. 31 Stevenson But from one thing to another, matters have a little changed. Or I should rather say, not a li... ...n movement of retreat I must trouble the reader with a reminiscence of my services. I lay one night with the out-pickets in Castile. We were in close ... ...rest point for Dunstable. I am determined to go so far with our friends, Colonel X and Major Y , but my busi- ness is peremptory, and it takes me to t...

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...n who had a smattering of English; but never a word for Carnival. Poor Carnival! here was a humiliation. He who had been so much identified with the c... ...Sortez par la porte!’ I do not know how it happened, but next moment we were out in the rain and darkness, and I was cursing before the carriage entry...