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For Cham, by the reason of his naughty demeanour towarde his father, beyng constrayned to departe with his wyfe and hys chyldren, planted him selfe in that parte of Arabia, that after was called by his name. And lefte no trade of religion to his posteritie, because he none had learned of his father. "And from her head ofte rente her snarled heare." Spencer, Faerie Queene, iii., xii., 17.
In crossing from Savoie into Dauphiné one seemed to hear the allegro movement after listening to the andante. With each twist of our road the prospect changed. The mountains grew, soared more abruptly, and the youthful-looking landscape smiled at their strange shapes. As for the Cham Chaude, which had been the Matterhorn at St.
He has smoked the calumet with the Indians of North America he has hunted with the Araucas in the South galloped on wild horses over the plains of Mexico, and rubbed noses with the Esquimaux. He hath used the chopsticks with the Chinese, swung the Cherok pooga with the Hindoos, and put a new nose on the Great Cham of Tartary.
I took a mounted commando and arrived at Schvemones Cleft after four days' marching through the Sabinek via Cham Sham, an arduous task, as we had to go over the mountains and through some rivers. Some of my officers went out scouting in order to find the best place for an attack on the convoy.
And whom should I marry? Surely not Reggie Armistead or Crosby Downs! Reggie and I have always fought like cats across a wire, and as for Crosby I would as life marry the great Cham of Tartary. No, dear, I'm not ready for marriage yet. I simply couldn't. There, there, don't cry. You've done your duty. I'm not worth bothering about. I'm not going to do anything dreadful.
When Duke Bernard had appeared before Ratisbon, and the Emperor as well as the Elector repeated still more urgently their demand for succour, he pretended he was about to despatch General Gallas with a considerable army to the Danube; but this movement also was delayed, and Ratisbon, Straubing, and Cham, as well as the bishopric of Eichstaedt, fell into the hands of the Swedes.
Presently, their sire awoke and learning, what had been done by his sons, blessed Shem and cursed Cham. And indeed all men of wit and wisdom accept this. Knowest thou not that black is the ornament of youth and that, when hoariness descendeth upon the head, delights pass away and the hour of death draweth in sight?
Sophia at the height of her power Military expeditions The Cham of Tartary Mazeppa Origin and history His famous punishment Subsequent history The war unsuccessful Sophia's artful policy Rewards and honors to the army The opposition Their plans Reasons for the proposed marriage The intended wife Motives of politicians Results of Peter's marriage Peter's country house Return of Galitzin The princess's alarm The Cossacks Sophia's plot The commander of the Guards Prince Galitzin Details of the plot Manner in which the plot was discovered Messengers dispatched The sentinels The detachment arrives Peter's place of refuge Sophia's pretenses The Guards Sophia attempts to secure them They adhere to the cause of Peter Sophia's alarm Her first deputation Failure of the deputation Sophia appeals to the patriarch His mission fails Sophia's despair Her final plans She is repulsed from the monastery The surrender of Thekelavitaw demanded He is brought to trial He is put to the torture His confessions Value of them Modes of torture applied Various punishments inflicted Galitzin is banished His son shares his fate Punishment of Thekelavitaw Decision in respect to Sophia Peter's public entry into Moscow He gains sole power Character and condition of John Subsequent history of Sophia
The tradition generally received derives them from Cham, the son of Noah, and they pretend, however improbably, that from his time till now the legal succession of their kings hath never been interrupted, and that the supreme power hath always continued in the same family.
When at last he could no longer neglect the orders of the Court, he marched slowly toward the Bavarian frontier, where he invested the town of Cham, which had been taken by the Swedes.
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