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I warrant thee, that when the hump-backed Baron caught thee by the cowl, which he hath almost torn off, thou hadst been in a fair plight had they not remembered an old friend, and come in to the rescue. Why, man, I found them fastened on him myself; and there was odd staving and stickling to make them "ware haunch!"
You cannot but have heard of the Waltham Blacks, as they are called, a set of whimsical merry fellows, that are so mad to run the greatest hazards for the sake of a haunch of venison, and passing a jolly evening together.
I knew all that they said to each other, and all that they said to me. But there was yet a thud left in my forehead, a deadly trample in my hoof. They did not dare come into the cave. "'To-morrow, they said, 'we will tear out your throat, and gnaw on your living haunch'." "Then my soul rose to the height of Doom, and I intended all that might happen to me, and agreed to it.
EDGEWORTHSTOWN, August 28, 1824. Your entertaining account of the archery meeting at Lord Bagot's came yesterday evening. What a magnificent entertainment, and in what good taste! It was a delightful house for a fete champetre. The Roman Catholic Bishop, M'Gaurin, held a confirmation the day before yesterday, and dined here on a God-send haunch of venison. Same day Mr. Hunter arrived, and Mr.
"They were bought from Haidorov, in Lent," answered the coachman. "Capital horses. . . ." And Pyotr Dmitritch patted the trace horse on the haunch. "Well, you can start! God give you good luck!" The last visitor was gone at last; the red circle on the road quivered, moved aside, contracted and went out, as Vassily carried away the lamp from the entrance.
The bite is a lingering one: once the Spider has planted her fangs, she does not let go. She drinks, she sips, she sucks. When this first point is drained, she passes on to others, to the second haunch in particular, until the prey becomes an empty hulk without losing its outline. We have seen that Garden Spiders feed in a similar way, bleeding their venison and drinking it instead of eating it.
A sturdy twig, two yards in length and sharpened at the end, was utilized by the man in cooking the strips of meat cut from the haunch of the wild horse and very savory were the odors that filled the cave. There was the faint perfume of the crackling nuts and there was the fragrant beneficence of the broiling meat.
When I went to dinner next day, and on the street door being opened, plunged into a vapour-bath of haunch of mutton, I divined that I was not the only guest, for I immediately identified the ticket-porter in disguise, assisting the family servant, and waiting at the foot of the stairs to carry up my name.
Crosbie of London's servants; and that he has brought you a letter with his master's compliments, and also a haunch of venison." "Mr. Crosbie's servant!" said Mr. Fairchild, taking the letter and reading it aloud as follows: "DEAR MR. FAIRCHILD, "I and my wife, and my sister Miss Crosbie, and my daughter Betsy, have been taking a journey for our health this summer.
The shot in his haunch being in a fleshy part, bled much, and he was half dead with the loss of blood.
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