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He wants some Rugby air, and cricket. And you must take him some good long walks, to Bilton Grange, and Caldecott's Spinney, and show him what a little pretty country we have about here." What didn't the Doctor know? And what a noble use he always made of it! He almost resolved to abjure rook-pies and night-lines for ever.
"Scud knows nothing and cares for nothing but grub and mischief," said Tom; "but young rook pie, specially when you've had to climb for them, is very pretty eating. However, I say, Scud, we're all going after a hawk's nest to-morrow, in Caldecott's Spinney; and if you'll come and behave yourself, we'll have a stunning climb." "And a bathe in Aganippe. Hooray! I'm your man."
Sudden as was its rise, as sudden was its fall; till the terrible Zingis, descending on the Turkish dynasties, like an avalanche, coöperated effectually with the Crusaders and finished their work; and if Jerusalem was not protected from other enemies, at least Constantinople was saved, and Europe was placed in security, for three hundred years. Gibbon. Vid. Dow's Hindostan. Caldecott's Baber.
We could see all the arms and accoutrements as plain as plain. Then the officer came up to us. We were all standing on the wall that day, except Dora, who had to sit, because her foot was bad, but we let her have the three-edged rapier to wear, and the blunderbuss to hold as well it has a brass mouth and is like in Mr Caldecott's pictures. He was a beautiful man the officer. Like a Viking.
Modern, vol. iii. p. 346. I am here assuming that the Magyars are not of the Turkish stock; vid. Gibbon and Pritchard. Vol. v. p. 248. P. 127, ed. 1817. Travels in Syria, vol. i. p. 369, ed. 1787. Hor. Epist. ii 1, 155. Supr. p. 26. Montesquieu. Murray. Caldecott's Baber. Vid. Quarterly Review, vol. lii. p. 396-7. Univ. Hist. mod. vol. v. p. 262, etc. Ibid. vol. iv. p. 353. Meyendorff. Moorcroft.
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