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...ued to suckle them, while birds of various sorts brought little morsels of food, which they put into their mouths; till a cow-herd, spying them, was f... ...throw of the Ceninensians, the other Sabines still protracting the time in preparations, the people of Fidenae, Crustumerium, and Antemna, joined thei... ...oodshed of that day; the cleansing of them in milk, a remembrance of their food and nourish- ment. Caius Acilius writes, that, before the city was bui... ... a pic- ture, without either life or motion. Nor were they allowed to take food at home first, and then attend the public tables, for every one had an... ...inued consul for the remainder of the year. Now, whilst Tarquin was making preparations in T uscany for a second war against the Romans, it is said a ... ...d an- ger felt by the Athenians against the Aeginetans, he induced them to preparation. So that with this money a hundred ships were built, with which... ...ies of Greece. And Alexander, when he undertook his expedition against the Indians, and found his Macedonians encumbered, and appear to march heavily ... ... to him, though he had enlarged the Roman empire to the Caspian Sea or the Indian Ocean. In a State where there is a sense of virtue, a powerful man o... ...t, Gaul, Germany, and Britain, to advance for his part to the east and the Indian Sea, by the conquest of Asia, to com- plete the incursions of Pompey...

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...the wild beasts reserved for the bloody exhi- bitions of the amphitheatre. Food could be had, and per- haps at no very exorbitant price, but on terms ... ...istant from Rome. The offer was accepted; and the emperor, without further preparation than that of throwing over his person a short mantle of a dusky... ...a connection of absolute dependence. Cæsar it was who provided their daily food, Cæsar who provided their pleasures and relaxations. He char- tered th... ...omposed wholly of rose-leaves; and even of these, not without an exquisite preparation; for the white parts of the leaves, as coarser and harsher to t... ...ere he lay indolently stretched amongst favorite ladies, “And like a naked Indian slept himself away.” He had also tables composed of the same delicat... ...vast repositories of apparel, furniture, jew- els, pictures, and household utensils, valuable alike for the materials and the workmanship. Many of the... ... the guardian- ship of the upright Misitheus, for a time he prospered; and preparations were made upon a great scale for the energetic administration ... ...arus: it has been conjectured by some writers that they were engaged in an Indian war. Carus, it is certain, met with little resis- tance. He insisted...

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...ier, to simmer a stew, such as porters’ wives are expert in. A few kitchen utensils, hung up against the wall, were visible in the twilight. At that h... ...asses, some matches, and a large, cracked white jug. Still, the floor, the utensils, the fireplace, all gave a pleasant sense of the perfect cleanline... ...f claret-colored merinos, a silk bonnet, and striped shawl of an imitation Indian pattern, came out to choose seats in a chaise at the corner of the R... ...arrying the baby in her arms, went into the dining-room to superintend the preparations for dinner. It was the 6th of May 1822, the anniversary of the... ...e always found her seated at a little 40 A Second Home table of some West Indian wood, and engaged in marking the linen of her trousseau. Angelique n... ...er even of the money saved to buy the clothes the children need, and their food for the morrow. Only three days ago she sold her hair, the finest hair...

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... The people were savages serving God and the King after the fashion of Red Indians. T o make this sketch of the struggle exact and true at all points,... ...her lips seemed to quiver on the verge of pronouncing it. Like an American Indian, she watched every muscle of the face of her enemy, tied, as it were... ...The Chouans Francine saw the long hedge undulating like one of those great Indian serpents of fabulous size and shape. Here and there, among the gorse... ... lamp hanging from the ceiling. It was easy to see that the miser had made preparations to spend more than one day in this retreat if the events of th... ...y cradle, a spinning-wheel, common chairs, and a carved chest on which lay utensils, were about the whole of Galope-Chopine’s domestic possessions. In... ...eft Paris, and I have had them!” Francine asked if she should get her some food, observing that she must be in great need of it. 178 The Chouans “No,... ...icturesque manner. Giving a last glance of satis- faction at these various preparations she sent Francine to the commandant with a request that he wou... ...n he found him in a little square, where he was busy with certain military preparations. The brave veteran had made a sacri- fice, the full merit of w...

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...d not stop to see what was left within, as he knew Ben would be crying for food, but he carried his foaming pail back to Goody Grace’s as fast as he c... ...t as well as for themselves, since they would find it a hard matter to get food even for the more necessary animals in the winter, and the poor beast ... ...t was either disposed of among the neighbours, who took it in exchange for food of other kinds; or else was salted and dried for the winter’s fare, la... ...om, and he gave out that there was to be a week of fasting, preaching, and preparation for the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. The better sort of peop... ...ould be one market day first, and on that Stead would come and explain his preparations, and hear what the Doctor had arranged. And so it was. The tim... ...made some furni- ture—a chair and table, some stools, bedding, and kitchen utensils, and she toiled to keep things clean, but still it was a mere hove... ... honest well-wisher to King and Church to boot?” “Master Henshaw, the West Indian merchant? His is a good, well-ordered household, and he holds with t... ...ay and night, but at that instant Goody Grace, who had been to her home in preparation for spending the night in nursing, walked in. “How now, mistres...

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...een my two days’ inmate, and hath never spoken a word, save to ask for his food and his reckoning—gives no more trouble than a very peasant—pays his s... ...ou, too, Master Foster. Give orders that all is fitting, and that suitable preparations be made for my lord’s reception to-night.” With these words sh... ...nted to the guests various sorts of spices, or condiments, to season their food withal. The third apartment was called the withdrawing-room. It was hu... ...endants of the great and wealthy nobleman, for whose use these magnificent preparations had been made. The divinity for whose sake this temple had bee... ...idence at Cumnor Place formed the cause of the mystery observed in all the preparations for opening these apartments, it was sedu- lously arranged tha... ...n of the house to accom- modate you with a platter of furmity—an wholesome food for which I have found no Latin phrase—your horse shall have a share o... ..., and resorted to this vault, where I found the fires extinguished and the utensils in confusion, with a note from the learned Doboobius, as he was wo... ... “Thou business at court!” they both exclaimed at once, “and thou make the Indian voyage!” 165 Sir Walter Scott “Why, T ressilian,” said the younger ... ... for fear, nay, even for uncer- tainty, and she slept. Yes, she slept. The Indian sleeps at the stake in the intervals between his tortures; and menta...

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...he paper, drinking his beer, and smoking his huge porcelain pipe while his food digested; crop-full, stupid, and warm. By and by, gorged with steam be... ...x of a house vibrated with excitement and confusion, for not only were the preparations for Trina’s marriage to be made, but also the preliminaries we... ...e importance of his undertaking, than was Mr. Sieppe during this period of preparation. From dawn to dark, from dark to early dawn, he toiled and plan... ...es, and tips were calculated to two places of decimals. Even the amount of food that it would be necessary to carry for the black greyhound was deter-... ...n; expressmen tramped up and down the stairway. Mrs. Sieppe stopped in the preparation of the lunches to call “Hoop, Hoop” to the greyhound, throwing ... ...is enormous mouth. There was but little conversation, and that only of the food; one exchanged opinions with one’s neighbor as to the soup, the egg-pl... ...and invoking a familiar whom he called “Edna,” and whom he asserted was an Indian maiden. The evening was a period of relaxation for Trina and McT eag... ...the abrupt descent of the canyon, debouching into a grav- elly river bed. “Indian River,” muttered the dentist. “I remember—I remember. I ought to hea... ...rn part of Inyo County, while they were halted at a water tank, an immense Indian buck, blanketed to the ground, ap- proached McTeague as he stood on ...

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...ouls, would far have preferred to eat plain bread rather than the choicest food if she had to prepare it for herself; a woman capable of accomplishing... ...of 1830. If the same things were invariably done at the same hours, if the food was subjected to the regu- larity of times and seasons, this monotony,... ...t officers of the old navy. He had won the confidence of de Suffren in the Indian Ocean, and the friend- ship of the Comte de Portenduere. His splendi... ...e du Guenic her array of keys in order to obtain some necessary article of food outside of the meal hours, there was no other means of doing it than t... ... imagination, souls like his have been known to pass through all phases of preparation and to reach in silence and solitude the very heights of love, ... ... fault,” she said to him very gravely. “Go, now, and make 150 Balzac your preparations for to-morrow.” She made a gesture which Calyste did not ventu... ... des Touches, who read a book of theological mysticism while Calyste read “Indiana,”—the first work of Camille’ s celebrated rival, in which is the ca... ...laimed Sabine, as she woke the next morning, “Calyste wanted some of those Indian sauces they serve in England in cruets. Madame de Rochefide accustom... ... but it soon became impossible for her to make such discoveries in all the preparations invented by her rival. This period lasted some months; which i...

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... winter and many very fine balls, at which latter I danced. By the spring, preparations were ready for fresh campaigns. My regiment (I had bought one ... ... escaped being arrested, and upon his report these hopes were built. Great preparations were made, but they came to nothing, as was always the case wi... ...rs of age. In the mean time she was to be sent to the Court of France, and preparations were at once made there to provide her with a suitable establi... ...n of the interior, show- ing the precise position of the furniture and the utensils; and, when all was done, pulled down the house and removed it a sh... ...ght or ten days; and took care in future not to gorge himself so much with food. Had this accident happened a quarter of an hour later, the chief vale... ...sand pounds of powder left; very little of other munitions, and still less food. In the town and the citadel they had eaten eight hundred horses. Bouf... ...ight hundred horses. Boufflers, as soon as the others were reduced to this food, had it served upon his own table, and ate of it like the rest. The Ki... ...money and all our jewels; and this idea was in no way con- cealed, for the Indian Company was allowed to visit every house, even Royal houses, confisc... ...the issue of this decree an edict was drawn up for the establishment of an Indian commercial company, which was to undertake to reimburse in a year si...

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...nan not only as her husband, but as her God, he was so handsome and had so fierce a mustache. Then along toward the fourth year came the expedition of... ...o yonder shed, my friend,” said Aramis, pointing to a low building on the plain; “there you will find hay and straw for them; then come back here and ... ... conveying an allusion to the cardinal—so that he might have the pleasure of hang- ing Mazarin in effigy without being accused of having hung anything... ...o set. Monsieur de Beaufort had said that he had forty ways of getting out of prison. Did this proposed breakfast cover some stratagem? He reflected, ... ...mte,” replied Scarron, “I suppose 180 Twenty Years After you wish to propose to her an alliance offensive and defen- sive.” Raoul blushed again. “You... ...er, young man! so much the better! Don’t try to under- stand it—you will only lose your time.” “You forgive me, then, sir,” said Raoul, “and you will ... ...ons that lives— Mademoiselle Frances d’Aubigne.” “Does she belong to the family of the celebrated Agrippa, the friend of Henry IV .?” “His granddaught... ...lmost the whole of the night without sleeping. Contrary to the custom of a man so firm and decided, there was this morning in his personal ap- pearanc... ...and to the tone in which they stated them? Patience! They have selected a field of battle on which I am an abler general than they—that of a conferenc...

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...uded dell by the side of a rivulet. There, after they had partaken of such food as they brought with them, one of the party fell asleep; the other, un... ...his frenzy; we had better leave him, and send some one to provide him with food and necessaries.” They did so. The servant dispatched for this purpose... ...s and vegetables, he confined himself almost entirely to those articles of food. He accepted, notwithstand- ing, a pair of she-goats from Earnscliff, ... ...y of the world, are preparing for him? Why should I play the compassionate Indian, and, knock- 45 ing out the brains of the captive with my tomahawk,... ...f hurlyburly innovation. —Henry the Fourth, Part II. T here had been great preparations made at Ellieslaw Castle for the entertainment on this importa... ...ful clergy,” said the divine. “Think of the piracies committed on our East-Indian trade by Green and the English thieves,” said William Willieson, hal... ...ld collect around him. Several of the guests retired to make the necessary preparations; and Ellieslaw made a formal apology to the others, who, with ... ...brace it,” said Ellieslaw; “and I will leave you to talk upon our military preparations, while I go to prepare my daughter for so sudden a change of c... ...ed sympathy and help from no one. These stones are of my own piling; these utensils I framed with my own hands; and with this”—and he laid his hand wi...

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...at least I distinguished a chat- ter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or bak... ...e. I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow. When the preparations were finished, he in- vited me with—‘Now, sir, bring forward y... ...hanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch, made a m... ...ed her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; ... ...melt the rich scent of the heating spices; and admired the shining kitchen utensils, the polished clock, decked in holly, the silver mugs ranged on a ... ...sguise. Who knows but your father was Emperor of China, and your mother an Indian queen, each of them able to buy up, with one week’s income, Wutherin... ...ll!’ ‘No, you forget, Mrs. Linton,’ I suggested, ‘that you have eaten some food with a relish this evening, and to-morrow you will perceive its good e... ...l, and he turned to plunge his hand into the bowl; I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it s... ... it!’ answered Linton, snappishly. ‘T ake it away.’ Joseph snatched up the food indignantly, and brought it to us. ‘Is there aught ails th’ victuals?’...

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... to Livorno. 22 Catherine dé Medici Catherine herself, judging by all the preparations she be- held, began to suspect that her marriage was in questi... ... he lived too well to be ignorant of the great movements which were now in preparation. He saw clearly, and he saw justly, and knew that the kingdom w... ...the old man and kissed him on both cheeks. “I don’t want any one to see my preparations for depar- ture, and I have put them on a counter in the shop,... ...tion to a prisoner who had been left in his dark dungeon for hours without food, struck the poor lad as singular. One of the provost’s men bound his h... ...ct about him that he dared not allow any one but himself even to bring him food. This severity, which placed him virtually in solitary confinement, am... ...rived at the same time as Strozzi, whom she herself had summoned, gave her food for thought. Strong in the strength of her political combination, Cath... ... on the floor were books, instruments for distill- ing, chests filled with utensils for magic and astrology; in 253 Balzac one place I saw horoscopes... ...ence, sire, which is a very different thing. Materialism is the outcome of Indian doctrines, transmitted through the mysteries of Isis to Chaldea and ...

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...oman, even the most candid, seems to have at her command. During all these preparations—odd, to say the least—the National Guardsman studied the furni... ...nce. In the course of the following night, Lisbeth hearing over- head some preparations for suicide, went up to her pensioner’s room, and gave him the... ...l of commonness on every detail, from the cast-iron stove to the household utensils, and his gorge rose as he said to him- self, “And /this/ is virtue... ...itant prices calculated on the diffi- 124 Cousin Betty culty of procuring food, and the dangers to which every form of transport is exposed. That is ... ...ar in rent, we have four servants, we eat thirty thousand francs’ worth of food in a year. If you want me to pay off my bills—for I have pledged my sa... ...y single thing. T o say nothing of fifty per cent charged on every form of food, they demand large New Year’s premi- ums from the tradesmen. The best ... ...r taper fingers to admiration? As to rouge—the consciousness of guilt, the preparations for a deliberate fall, threw this saintly woman into a state o... ...lutches—” “In God’s hands, my child—” Lisbeth dressed in the famous yellow Indian shawl and her black velvet bonnet, and put on her boots; in spite of...

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...f the regular customers, and were pro- vided with comfortable fireside tin utensils, like models of sugar-loaf hats, made in that shape that they migh... ...uttering of his bread, and on the mixing of his tea, and other such little preparations. ‘You must leave father to me, Charley—I will do what I can wi... ... man’s bench. A Wice. T ools. Bones, warious. Skulls, warious. Pre- served Indian baby. African ditto. Bottled preparations, warious. Everything withi... ... warious. Skulls, warious. Pre- served Indian baby. African ditto. Bottled preparations, warious. Everything within reach of your hand, in good pres- ... ...ns’s yawning, falling asleep, and waking insensible), and there is hurried preparation for the nuptial journey to the Isle of Wight, and the outer air... ..., and procured him some offices to discharge there, which were repaid with food and lodging. Such were the circumstances that had brought together, Br... ...ce, if he took his supper after a hard day, to the Dead March in Saul, his food might be likely to sit heavy on him. Or, if he was at any time incline... ...urchased her and fitted her expressly for this voyage, being married to an Indian Prince, who was a Something-or-Other, and who wore Cashmere shawls a... ...ence grew stronger on her as she grew weaker, and it found more sustaining food than she did in her wanderings. Now, she would light upon the shameful...

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...although it had been as feasible as they had represented it to him, yet no preparation had been made, nor was anything ready to carry it into executio... ... countenance forbid such a suspicion, I might think myself the son of some Indian director, or rich citizen, who had more wealth than grace, and a han... ...n Scottish houses. There were stone seats within the chimney; and ordinary utensils, mixed with fishing-spears, nets, and similar implements of sport,... ...ater-noster of silver, with a crucifix of the same metal. This person made preparations for supper, by spreading a clean though coarse cloth over a la... ...two large water-dogs, who seemed perfectly to understand the nature of the preparations, seated themselves one on each side of the table, to be ready ... ...l and wanton sport, and eating them as lawful and grati- fying articles of food, after they were killed. On the latter point he had no scruples; but, ... ...sease, not by the hand of the butcher. In pastoral countries it is used as food with little scruple.] ‘He suffered then for his share in the insurrect... ...ttom of the room, apparently intent upon examining the figures upon a fine Indian screen, a present to the provost from his brother, cap- tain of a ve... ...ion, gave to his looks a disordered appearance, and his inattention to the food which was placed before him, to- gether with his silence and absence o...

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...d no maid, and such queer things to eat. Her cook does the washing and the food tastes of soap. I should hate that, you know.” “Y ou shouldn’t dine wi... ...e clear to Lily that she was to enjoy only the material advantages of good food and expensive clothing; and, though far from un- derrating these, she ... ...ink of my taking such a lot of trouble about a clergyman’s wife, who wears Indian jew- elry and botanizes! She made Gus take her all through the glass... ...urely reasonable not to contain the germs of rebellion. No sooner were her preparations made than they roused a smothered sense of resistance. A small... ...d all go a long way to see each other,” she said, absorbing herself in the preparation of fresh tea. Her visitor’s smile grew increasingly intimate. “... ...Morpeth’s guidance her vivid plastic sense, hitherto nurtured on no higher food than dress-making and upholstery, found eager expres- sion in the disp... ...es, and his appreciation of graces he had no time to cultivate. During the preparations for the Brys’ tableaux he had been immensely struck by Lily’s ... ...profiles, under exaggerated hair, bowed in the harsh north light above the utensils of their art; for it was something more than an industry, surely, ...

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... women the finest in the world, but had not an equally good opinion of the food, which was less plentiful than in Germany, and not so well served. He ... ...ad always obtained in the wars against them. In like manner certain of the Indians, in their battles with the Spaniards, carried with them the bones o... ...sisting upon the difficulties he should find in setting on foot so great a preparation as would be neces- sary to attack so potent a King, and urging ... ...arseilles,—[in 1533.]—the King, after he had taken order for the necessary preparations for his recep- tion and entertainment, withdrew out of the tow... ...practise. And in that part of the world where the Portu- guese subdued the Indians, they found some states where it was a universal and inviolable law... ...ter quality. I believe, in truth, that it is those terrible ceremonies and preparations wherewith we set it out, that more terrify us than the thing i... ...ius asking certain Greeks what they would take to assume the custom of the Indians, of eating the dead bodies of their fathers (for that was their use... ...le, auriculis alienis colligis escas?” [“Dost thou, then, old man, collect food for others’ ears?”— Persius, Sat., i. 22.] they have only retired to t... ...and saving in greater and less proportions, are all provided with the same utensils and instruments to conceive and to judge; but the diversity of opi...

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...th what deliberation 36 Pierrette those two human beings masticated their food! Their diges- tions were perfect; cancer of the stomach was not to be ... ...,—if we may use a term which alone describes that gulf. He did not eat his food, he engulfed it. A sabre cut had slit his nose, by which his speech wa... ...e of the little girl as if she were our own; and paid for her beds and her food, also her fare to Provins, and other little things.” “Forty-seven fran... ...carpets, the dining-room, the passages and stairs, together with the other utensils, with a care and particularity which no servant, not even a Dutchw... ...us, and found refinements of tyranny with al- most savage cruelty; the red Indians might have taken a les- son from her. Pierrette dared not complain ... ...ney.” Therefore the moment she had read the fatal letters she made instant preparations to start for Provins. She left Nantes that night by the mail; ...

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...y hair, but often covered with feathers, and is intended to typify the red Indian. The red Indian is generally supposed to be receiving comfort; but i... ... as- sembled round Washington; and now the effort of supply- ing them with food and clothing was as much as could be accomplished! But the contractors... ...interrupted whether he would consent to be so treated. “The gentleman from Indiana has the floor.” “The gentleman from Ohio wishes to ask the gentlema... ... has the floor.” “The gentleman from Ohio wishes to ask the gentleman from Indiana a question.” “The gentleman from Indiana gives permission.” “The ge... ...ds for the means of support. Everything must be done for them. They expect food and clothes, and instruction as to every simple act of life, as do chi... ...tance than these pioneers of civiliza- tion. They rarely amuse themselves. Food, newspapers, and brandy smashes suffice for life; and while these last... ... persons set in high authority to protect the government. We learn how all utensils for the camp, kettles, blankets, shoes, mess pans, etc., were sup-... ...form of tyranny. This in itself is much, and should, I think, be held as a preparation for greater things to follow. Such, I think, should be our opin... ...ough a study and practice of the law were necessary ingredients in a man’s preparation for political life. I have no doubt that a very large propor- t...

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...ed with flowers blackened and greasy with age; a fireplace full of kitchen utensils of the vilest kind, two bundles of fire-logs; a stone shelf, on wh... ...h- ing of medicine or surgery. The fact is strange. Wholesome and abundant food in the place of bad and inflammatory nourishment did not sustain Esthe... ...ade of the curtains of some dismantled boudoir, and one of those shawls of Indian design—out of date, worn, and valueless, which end their career on t... ...e lived again; for, to use her own words, she never liked the taste of her food since the day when Durut had threatened her. “You see, I have kept my ... ... capable of producing similar symptoms.” “The stomach is, in fact, full of food substances; but short of chemical analysis, I find no evidence of pois... ..., there—Pecaire fermati. Souni la—Vedrem,” shrieked old Asie, with the Red-Indian intonations peculiar to these female costermongers, who disfigure th... ...nough to write with and small enough to hide in his ear. Having made these preparations 282 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life with the rapidity and cert... ...ot went to bed, leaving her husband to arrange his papers and his ideas in preparation for the task of examining the two prisoners next morning. And t... ... “He has hanged himself—” No tigress robbed of her whelps ever startled an Indian jungle with a yell so fearful as that of Jacques Collin, who rose to...

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...on her shoulders; she got up early, she went to bed late; she prepared the food of the vine-dressers during the harvest, kept watch upon the market-pe... ...ame forward and kissed Eugenie on both cheeks, offering her a workbox with utensils in silver- gilt,—mere show-case trumpery , in spite of the monogra... ...t exchange on gold had doubled in price in consequence of certain military preparations undertaken at Nantes, and that speculators had arrived at Ange... ..., and beset the prey more unitedly. If Charles could have dropped from the Indian Isles, he would have found the same people and the same interests. M... ...gentle love, later on women of other kinds,—blacks, mulattoes, whites, and Indian dancing-girls,— orgies and adventures in many lands, completely effa...

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... all the many small islands, lying far from any continent, in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans, with the exception of the Seychelles and this ... ...the floods, and in those parts alone where the stream is rapid; or, as the Indians say, “the rocks are black where the waters are white.” Here the coa... ...ave to this appearance the name of sea-sawdust. Near Keeling Atoll, in the Indian Ocean, I observed many little masses of confervae a few inches squar... ... which somewhat resemble in form large prawns. The sealers call them whale-food. Whether whales feed on them I do not know; but terns, cor- morants, a... ...ee in the evening, and fish with coffee for breakfast. All this, with good food for the horses, only cost 2s. 6d. per head. Yet the host of this venda... ...deer had been killed on each of the three previous days. This profusion of food showed itself at dinner, where, if the tables did not groan, the guest... ...dcleugh most kindly assisted me in every possible way in making the little preparations which were necessary. In this part of Chile there are two pass... ...number of the ancient population. When their earthenware, woollen clothes, utensils of elegant forms cut out of the hardest rocks, tools of copper, or...

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... “Beneath low hills, in the broad interval Through which at will our Indian rivulet Winds mindful still of sannup and of squaw, Whose pipe... ...t appears to have been properly named Musketaquid, or Meadow River, by the Indians. For the most part, it creeps through broad meadows, adorned with s... ...lains and valleys of the substantial earth with the moccasoned tread of an Indian warrior, making haste from the high places of the earth to its ancie... ...e Indians, who taught this method to the whites, by whom they were used as food and as ma nure, until the dam, and afterward the canal at Billerica, ... ...tting lofty trees, and satiety came to his mind, And the desire of sweet food took possession of his thoughts; Then the Danaans, by their valor, b... ..., “fortified his house; and, although `obliged to send to Bos ton for his food,’ sat himself down in the midst of his savage enemies, alone, in the w... ...bank of the Merrimack, we heard some tyro beating a drum inces santly, in preparation for a country muster, as we learned, and we thought of the line... ...it were broad day, until at length, by three o’clock, we had completed our preparations and were ready to pursue our voyage as usual; so, shaking the ... ...ole drawers full of leaves at a puff. There seemed to be a great haste and preparation throughout Nature, as for a dis tinguished visitor; all her ai...

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...- missions in the English army, in 1756, in the war against the French and Indians. Both were killed that year. My grandfather, also named Noah, was t... ...thin a convenient distance to be 34 Personal Memoirs struck. Accordingly, preparations were begun for moving the army to the Rio Grande, to a point n... ...re was no need for haste, and some months were con- sumed in the necessary preparations for a move. In the mean- time the army was engaged in all the ... ... least one of these hamlets lived underground for pro- tection against the Indians. The country abounded in game, such as deer and antelope, with abun... ...own called San Patricio, but the inhabitants had all been massacred by the Indians, or driven away. San Antonio was about equally divided in populatio... ...with the animals we had, and having to rely principally on grass for their food, it was a good six days’ journey. We had to sleep on the prairie every... ...and possibly one night on the Colorado, without shelter and with only such food as we 37 U. S. Grant carried with us, and prepared ourselves. The jou... ...y as a soldier and gentleman. Our relations were always most pleasant. The preparations at Corpus Christi for an advance pro- gressed as rapidly in th... ... and there was none that stood the trip better. He never ate a mouthful of food on the journey except the grass he could pick within the length of his...

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...sion by which we profited. With this knowledge, we could not linger in our preparations; we had resolved upon accomplishing an escape for Agnes, at wh... ...of the judges at a town which she had once visited in her childhood; other preparations would follow, and at last all the solemnities of a great trial... ...rope; ready to cut and run for port any- where. The finishing touch of her preparations was to pick 83 Thomas de Quincey out the proper keys: even th... ...r all, that did most to serve our Kate, was Kate. War was then raging with Indians, both from Chili and Peru. Kate had always done her duty in action;... ...r a 100 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers small party—galloped after the Indian column that was car- rying away the trophy—charged—saw all her own p... ...it the cavalry of Spain, at whose head so often she had charged the bloody Indian scalpers? Was it, according to the legend of ancient days, cavalry t... ... fell upon the Kalmucks, who were dispersed for many a league in search of food or prov- ender for their camels. The first day’s action was one vast s... ...mperance, must direct a religious vigi- lance, is the digestibility of his food: it must be digestible not only by its original qualities, but also by... ...ht and of darkness. Oromasdes it is, or the good principle, that sends the food; Ahrimanes, or the evil principle, that everywhere sends the cooks. Ma...

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...er to pillage more conveniently , were checked by a lofty barrier, made of Indian cane. They cut the lock-straps with their daggers, and then found th... ...iers. During the whole of the march he remained near Matho; he brought him food, assisted him to dismount, and spread a carpet in the evening beneath ... ...e tent-ropes, the ani- mals that were straying about, or the tripods where food was being cooked. Sometimes a fat hand, laden with rings, would partia... ...or three hundred elephants with stores for their caparisons, shackles, and food; other stables again for four thousand horses with supplies of barley ... ...s, cut out of the handsomest purple. Finally, as their drivers were called Indians (after the first ones, no doubt, who came from the Indies) he order... ..., who came from the Indies) he ordered them all to be cos- tumed after the Indian fashion; that is to say, with white pads round their temples, and sm... ...not return? There was nothing but anxiety. Hanno had at last concluded his preparations. One night when there was no moon he transported his elephants... ...atics, a linen girdle, and new garments. The old slave was amazed at these preparations, without daring, however, to ask any questions; and the day, w... ...ed in front of the walls. But several days were still needed to finish the preparations for the siege. The Mercenaries, taught by their defeats, would...

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...rter, and by purchase. With the money which one man gives him he purchases food. The old clothes which another bestows upon him he exchanges for other... ... exchanges for other clothes which suit him better, or for lodging, or for food, or for money, with which he can buy either food, clothes, or lodging,... ...ut together. It is remarkable, that neither the ancient Egyptians, nor the Indians, nor the Chinese, encouraged foreign commerce, but seem all to have... ...east in common language. The greater part of our North Ameri- can and West Indian planters are in this situation. They farm, the 50 The Wealth of Nat... ...ough half putrid and stinking, is as welcome to them as the most wholesome food to the people of other coun- 65 Adam Smith tries. Marriage is encoura... ...may likewise the capital of a great nation. In our North American and West Indian colonies, not only the wages of labour, but the interest of money, a... ...hem. They can easily be transported to distant countries; wool without any preparation, and raw hides 195 Adam Smith with very little; and as they ar... ... manufacturing that part of the rude produce which requires a good deal of preparation before it can be fit for use and consumption, it either would n... ...en away. In the different operations, however, which are necessary for the preparation of linen yarn, a good deal more industry is employed, than in t...

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...n, which despatched him quite. This was game indeed to us, but this was no food; and I was very sorry to lose three charges of powder and shot upon a ... ... together. My stock was but low, as well as his; and we rather planted for food than anything else, for about two years. However, we began to increase... ...hink of them), he had taken care to have all sorts of tools, ironwork, and utensils neces- sary for my plantation, and which were of great use to me. ... ... not their kinds; neither when I killed them could I tell what was fit for food, and what not. At my coming back, I shot at a great bird which I saw s... ... abundance of hatch- ets (for we carried the hatchets for traffic with the Indians); but with much chopping and cutting knotty hard wood, they were al... ...wn, which I could not find out. I searched for the cassava root, which the Indians, in all that climate, make their bread of, but I could find none. I... ...s to apply myself wholly , by labour and invention, to furnish myself with utensils proper for the performing all the operations neces- sary for makin... ...th the help of fire and infinite labour, made a hollow place in it, as the Indians in Brazil make their canoes. After this, I made a great heavy pestl... ...one; much less what now, after so much 151 Daniel Defoe consideration and preparation, I might be able to do. Indeed, after serious thinking of these...

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...s supported the honour of the family with a better grace, and married West Indian mag- nates of whom, I believe, the world has never heard and would n... ...cloudy stories of adven- ture, and next his heart, the daguerreotype of an Indian prince with whom he had mixed blood. The last of this wild family, t... ...artly, in fine, with hopes that Fleeming might at- tend the University; in preparation for which he was put at once to school. It was the year of Nova... ...an a mile. It was most difficult to decide whether to go on or not. I made preparations for a heavy pull, set small things to rights and went to sleep... ...the priest of the small village; and then run back to Spartivento and make preparations for the morning. ‘June 18. ‘THE BIG CABLE is stubborn and will... ...ws they are, too: the officers rather raffish, but with medals Crimean and Indian; the men 87 Robert Louis Stevenson a very sturdy set, with many lad... ...not my affair. Education of that kind! … I would as soon cram my boys with food and boast of the pounds they had eaten, as cram them with literature.’... ... there would be no room and, in so out-of-the-way a spot, most probably no food for the crew of the Purgle; and on the morrow about noon, with the bay... ...s far as Sanda Bay. Here they crept into a sea- side cave, and cooked some food; but the weather now fresh- ening to a gale, it was plain they must mo...

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...an’s conscience less than the others, besides that it is of no diffi- cult preparation, nor hard to be found, a consideration not altogether to be des... ... bodies into the fire, and at last leaped into it himself. Ninachetuen, an Indian lord, so soon as he heard the first 35 Montaigne whisper of the Por... ...e lighted of aromatic wood. Everybody ran to see to what end these unusual preparations were made; when Ninachetuen, with a manly but displeased count... ...t the same, and that, after all, it is not worth the pains I take, so much preparation and so much assistance as I call in, to undergo the stroke. But... ...in a great body, as beauty is in a conspicuous stature: the Ethiopians and Indians, says he, in choosing their kings and magistrates, had regard to th... ...ll the traffic that I have in this with the public is, that I borrow their utensils of writ- ing, which are more easy and most at hand; and in recom- ... ... was a whole night forming in her head. It is quite another thing with the Indian women for it be- ing the custom there for the men to have many wives... ...ty been found out of curing kibed heels, or as if in the radish we eat for food there has been found out some aperitive operation. Galen reports, that...

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...f the long running Mississippi, and down to the Mexican sea, Chants of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, Chants going forth from... ...male of the States, Exulting words, words to Democracy’s lands. Interlink’d, food yielding lands! Land of coal and iron! land of gold! land of cotton,... ...f the diseas’d and despairing and of thieves and dwarfs, Voices of cycles of preparation and accretion, And of the threads that connect the stars, and... ...he cock is treading the hen, Where the heifers browse, where geese nip their food with short jerks, Where sun down shadows lengthen over the limitless... ...onless on the breast of the darkness, Our vessel riddled and slowly sinking, preparations to pass to the one we have conquer’d, The captain on the qua... ...’d the ordure of humanity, Nor the sacs merely floating with open mouths for food to slip in, Nor any thing in the earth, or down in the oldest graves... ...e fetid carbon. Long I was hugg’d close—long and long. Immense have been the preparations for me, Faithful and friendly the arms that have help’d me. ... ...taracts, forests, volcanoes, groups, Malaysia, Polynesia, and the great West Indian islands. 3 What do you hear Walt Whitman? I hear the workman ... ... in Manhattan, Or with large steps crossing the prairies out of Illinois and Indiana, Rapidly crossing the West with springy gait and descending the A...

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...th one hand and continued motionless, his eyes lowered. In the evening, at preparation, he pulled out his pens from his desk, arranged his small belon... ...er fashion- plates that she borrowed. When Charles visited the farmer, the preparations for the wedding were talked over; they won- dered in what room... ...nce of manners with delicacy of sentiment. 53 Flaubert Did not love, like Indian plants, need a special soil, a particu- lar temperature? Signs by mo... ...reached even to Emma. Endless sarabands ran through her head, and, like an Indian dancing girl on the flowers of a carpet, her thoughts leapt with the... ...?” “What! What does it matter? It seems to me that when one has firing and food—for, after all—” “My God! my God!” she sighed. “It is indigestion, no ... ...king. He was sadder than ever, as Madame Lefrancois saw from the amount of food he left on his plate. T o find out more about it she questioned the ta... ...ere, why not set out at once? What prevented him? And he began making home-preparations; he arranged his occupations beforehand. He furnished in his h... ... water at Paris, don’t you know! The dishes at restaurants, all the spiced food, end by heating the blood, and are not worth, whatever people may say ... ... It was thus the druggist called a small room under the leads, full of the utensils and the goods of his trade. He often spent long hours there alone,...

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...ithout examination or qualification, to open a school any- where; although preparation for the functions he undertook, was required in the surgeon who... ... and rain—or it might be hail or snow—for hours together, without shelter, food, or warmth; and let the public never forget upon the latter point, tha... ...n the hearts in which they rose to impede their utterance; that the little preparations for his journey were made mournfully in- deed. A hundred thing... ...erless dispute brought them nearer and nearer to the close of their slight preparations, Kate grew busier and busier, and wept more silently . The box... ...person in company, grinned at nothing in particular, and helped himself to food. ‘Old wooman awa’, bean’t she?’ said Mr Browdie, with his mouth full. ... ...annual salary of five pounds payable at indefinite periods, and ‘found’ in food and lodging like the very boys themselves; and this too in the presenc... ...andished 287 Charles Dickens a walking-stick. ‘They are going through the Indian Savage and the Maiden,’ said Mrs Crummles. ‘Oh!’ said the manager, ‘... ...lly conducted her into the wash-house, where she stumbled upon the brewing utensils, among which she might have wandered for an hour, if the mere ment... ...and ‘went on’ chattering his teeth and brandishing his tin tomahawk as the Indian Savage. ‘So these are some of the stories they invent about us, and ...

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...ithout examination or qualification, to open a school any- where; although preparation for the functions he undertook, was required in the surgeon who... ... and rain—or it might be hail or snow—for hours together, without shelter, food, or warmth; and let the public never forget upon the latter point, tha... ...n the hearts in which they rose to impede their utterance; that the little preparations for his journey were made mournfully in- deed. A hundred thing... ...erless dispute brought them nearer and nearer to the close of their slight preparations, Kate grew busier and busier, and wept more silently . The box... ...person in company, grinned at nothing in particular, and helped himself to food. ‘Old wooman awa’, bean’t she?’ said Mr Browdie, with his mouth full. ... ...annual salary of five pounds payable at indefinite periods, and ‘found’ in food and lodging like the very boys themselves; and this too in the presenc... ...andished 287 Charles Dickens a walking-stick. ‘They are going through the Indian Savage and the Maiden,’ said Mrs Crummles. ‘Oh!’ said the manager, ‘... ...lly conducted her into the wash-house, where she stumbled upon the brewing utensils, among which she might have wandered for an hour, if the mere ment... ...and ‘went on’ chattering his teeth and brandishing his tin tomahawk as the Indian Savage. ‘So these are some of the stories they invent about us, and ...

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... that I could draw it easily in case of need. Just as I had finished these preparations, I heard Damian shouting in the forest: ‘He’s up! He’s up!’ Tw... ...s work. Work was cheap but bread was dear, and what he earned he spent for food. The man and his wife had but one sheepskin coat between them for wint... ... God has punished me. ‘Of course God rules all. Still, you’ll have to find food and shelter somewhere. Where do you want to go to?’ ‘It is all the sam... ...arn a living for yourself. If you will work as I tell you, I will give you food and shelter.’ ‘May God reward you! I will learn. Show me what to do.’ ... ...uld take that rich man’s soul. And I thought to myself, “The man is making preparations for a year, and does not know that he will die before evening.... ...there was nothing in the hut: everything had been sold for bread — cooking utensils, clothing, and all. So Elisha began replacing what was necessary, ... ...amped all the powder in Simon’s camp, and made more straw soldiers for the Indian King than you could count. And when Simon’s soldiers saw the straw s... .... Then Simon’s soldiers were quite frightened, and ran like sheep, and the Indian King slaughtered them. Simon was disgraced. He has been deprived of ... ...was delighted. ‘Now,’ said he, ‘I will conquer the King of India.’ But the Indian King had heard about King Simon and had adopted all his inventions, ...

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...me moujiks were working on a railway embankment. You know what a peasant’s food is,— bread, kvass,* onions. With this frugal nourishment he lives, he ... ...two pounds of meat and game, we who absorb all sorts of heating drinks and food, how do we expend it? In sensual excesses. If the valve is open, all g... ...onable dress to-day, the course of reading, plays, music, dances, luscious food, all the elements of our mod- ern life, in a word, from the pictures o... ...t I, following in their wake, had wet all their powder. I also went to the Indian ruler and showed him how I could create numberless soldiers from str... .... Simeon’s army, seeing that they were surrounded by such a vast number of Indian warriors of my creation, became frightened, and Simeon commanded to ... ... Simeon, overjoyed at his success, declared his intention of marching into Indian territory and subduing the Vice- roy of that country. But Simeon’s i... ...the family washing was done. At the latter also Polikey was at work on the preparation of some materials for use in his profession—that of an amateur ... ...ur veterinary surgeon. A calf, some hens, the family clothes and household utensils, together with seven persons, filled the little home to the utmost...

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...y and obviously into three cardinal phases. There is a period of youth and preparation, a great insurgence of emotion and enterprise centering about t... ...d of this central reproductive as- pect, of births and of the training and preparation for future births. All that literature, great and imposing as w... ...nly must a man in his individual capacity (physically as par- ent, doctor, food dealer, food carrier, home builder, protec- tor, or mentally as teache... ...es of measles in Polynesia and the ruin worked by fire-water among the Red Indians, he gives in great abundance. He infers from this that interference... ...cism and experiment as this question demands, the world offers him neither food nor shelter, neither attention nor help; he cannot hope for a tithe of... ...chieved. Men of exceptional gifts have the same broad needs as common men, food, clothing, honour, atten- tion, and the help of their fellows in self-... ..., and interesting activity of domestic work on the part of its mother, the preparation of meals, the intermittent presence of the father, the whole ga... ...lling him the earth is round; amidst trees, animals, men, houses, engines, utensils, that are all capable of being good or naughty, all fond of nice t...

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...et a little while: For with Us are strong fetters, and a flaming fire, And food that choketh, and a sore torment. The day cometh when the earth and th... ...labour of working up his materials in rhythmical and rhyming Suras, and in preparation for the public assumption of the pro- phetic office. Comp. espe... .... And let them worship the Lord of this house, who hath provided them with food against hunger, And secured them against alarm. 1 1 In allusion to th... ...ut man hath not yet fulfilled the bidding of his Lord. Let man look at his food: It was We who rained down the copious rains, Then cleft the earth wit... ... from the metals which are molten in the fire for the sake of ornaments or utensils, a like scum ariseth. In this way doth God depict (set forth) trut... ...42-48 are said to have been revealed during the march. 20 Lit. prepared a preparation. 21 Lit. written. 22 That is, victory or martyrdom. 23 Compa... ...e letter of the Koran forbid the game of chess. The Persians, however, and Indians generally interpret this verse more liberally. 35 This and the two...

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...painters call a subject, and he had promised himself to come back with his utensils. This morning he returned to the inn and took possession of them, ... ...times in the strangest places—suddenly, abruptly, in the still- ness of an Indian temple, or amid the shrillness of an Oriental crowd. He became famil... ...ing autumn day; there was a golden haze in the air; he supposed it was the Indian summer. The broad sidewalk of the Fifth Avenue was scattered over wi... ...for his luggage and remain, and promising to give immediate orders for the preparation of his apart- ment. Bernard opened the door for her to pass out... ...vite a man at half-past six. That ‘s what I call being in a hurry for your food. You know they always accuse the Americans of making a rush for their ... ...n Bombay,” said Captain Lovelock, speaking with the authority of an Anglo- Indian rich in reminiscences. Blanche gave him a little stare. “Ah well, th...