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Arriving at the islands, he trained his cannon ashore, demanded that the murderers of the Daedalus's officers be surrendered, tried the culprits with all the solemnity and speed of English court-martial, sentenced them to death, had them tied up to the mast poles and executed. That is the blot against Vancouver; for the islanders had put up a trick. The real murderers had been leading chiefs.
Others there are who follow Daedalus's example; such minds eschew the upper air, and keep their wax within splashing distance of the sea; these generally get safely to their journey's end. Mi. Shrewd, sensible fellows. Cock. Yes, but among the others you may see some ugly shipwrecks. Croesus is plucked of his feathers, and mounts a pyre for the amusement of the Persians.
He went to the King, to beg him either to give him his inheritance, or to grant him leave to seek his fortune in other lands. "Go where thou wilt, for what I care," said Henry. "Take Daedalus's wings, and fly away." Taking this as sufficient consent, Strongbow sent before him 3,000 men under his friend Raymond le Gros, and, landing on St.
The fact is, I needed neither ladder nor amorous eagle; I had wings of my own. Fr. Stranger and stranger! this beats Daedalus. What, you turned into a hawk or a crow on the sly? Me. Now that is not a bad shot; it was Daedalus's wing trick that I tried. Fr. Well, talk of foolhardiness! did you like the idea of falling into the sea, and giving us a Mare Menippeum after the precedent of the Icarium?
Or if only he were made of wood instead of bronze, he might quite well be one of Daedalus's ingenious mechanisms you say he plays truant from his pedestal just like them and not the work of Demetrius at all. 'Take care, Tychiades; you will be sorry for this some day.
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