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Then the king of Spain, who was then as terrible a conqueror and devourer of nations, as the Assyrians of old, sent against us the Great Armada. Then was England in greater danger than she had ever been before, or has been since. And what came of it? That that dreadful danger brought out more faith, more courage, than perhaps has ever been among us since.
A stark unhuman piece of flesh with a shark's hunger inside it." He leaned forward and took one of her hands as Lockwood whispered, "Christ, man, let's get out of here." The woman's fingers, dry and quivering, scratched against Dorn's palm. He felt them as a hot breath in his blood. "What's the matter, Warren?" he laughed, emptying a wine-glass. "I like this gal. She suits me. A devourer of men.
The Jackal, which is perhaps more like a wolf than a fox, and lives in Africa and parts of Asia, is also a great devourer of game and poultry. The Arctic-fox, which is found in the far north, is grey during the summer, but turns white as snow in winter, and its coat then becomes so thick as to cover even the soles of its feet.
"That," said Robert, home from the front "that is simply a sentimental point of view. My sympathies as a practical person are all with the spider. He is the friend of man, the devourer of insects, the scavenger of the gardens. He helps in the great task of keeping the equilibrium of nature. Moreover," said he, "I have seen you kill greenflies yourself.
"I have no such hope," answered Morton, calmly. "And for whom, then, hast thou ventured to do this great thing, to seek to rend the prey from the valiant, to bring forth food from the den of the lion, and to extract sweetness from the maw of the devourer? For whose sake hast thou undertaken to read this riddle, more hard than Samson's?"
"Would you believe," said the mistress of the house, suddenly addressing the prince, "would you believe that that man has not even spared my orphan children? He has stolen everything I possessed, sold everything, pawned everything; he has left me nothing nothing! What am I to do with your IOU's, you cunning, unscrupulous rogue? Answer, devourer I answer, heart of stone!
One of the stanchest patrons was little Ned Higgins, the devourer of Jim Crow and the elephant, who to-day signalized his omnivorous prowess by swallowing two dromedaries and a locomotive.
And, friend Rames, this day I came near to being eaten by a worse crocodile than that which dwells in the pool yonder." "I guessed as much, Queen, and the thought made me mad. Had it not been for that I should only have thrown him down. Now that crocodile will eat no more maidens." "No," answered Tua, rubbing her chin, "he has gone to be eaten by Set, Devourer of Souls, has he not?
Devourer bare them, and he had for a scutcheon the yawning jaws. The fifth captain was Captain Brimstone: he was captain over the perseverance doubters; his also were the red colours, Mr. Burning bare them, and his scutcheon was the blue and stinking flame. The sixth captain was Captain Torment: he was captain over the resurrection doubters; his colours were those that were pale; Mr.
And this fire, which the convenience of life requires, is the devourer and consumer of everything, and throws into confusion and destroys whatever it reaches.
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