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Two great berserks of Jomsburg Havard the Hewer and Aslak Rockskull vaulted over the gunwale of Hakon's ship and made tremendous havoc, until an Icelander seized an anvil that lay on the deck and dashed it against Aslak's head. Havard had both his feet cut off, but fought on furiously, standing on his knees.
Did not Paulina survive him? Describe the death of Lucan. What other victim of Nero's cruelty deserves mention? What brought him into danger? How did he meet death? Were not other illustrious persons sacrificed? Were these cruelties committed with impunity? O breath of public praise, Short-lived and vain; oft gained without desert, As often lost unmerited: composed But of extremes -Havard.
There is a play of this name, written by Mr. Havard, a comedian now belonging to the theatre-royal in Drury-lane. The Married Beaux, or the Curious Impertinent, a Comedy; acted at the theatre-royal, 1694, dedicated to the marquis of Normanby. To this play the author has prefixed a preface in vindication of himself, from the aspersions cast on him by some persons, as to his morals.
"No, it is precisely."... "You are anxious, then?" "No, no! Be easy!" smiled Monsieur Havard. He caught Fandor by the lapel of his coat. "Look here, my dear fellow! It is precisely because you and Juve are on such intimate terms this friendship between you is a fine thing that I should like you to use your influence with Juve." "With Juve?" "Yes. With Juve. You know how highly I esteem him?
Earl Harold at first would not interfere; and though Magnus son of Havard Gunni's son insisted, Earl Harold again declined to pursue Thorbiorn to the death, but left Magnus to besiege him at Asgrim's Ergin or Shielings, now Assary, near Loch Calder, where, by setting fire to the hut in which he was, his pursuers succeeded in smoking him out and killing him.
So far as the statement contains this implication, it is wholly and absolutely false. The State of Texas arrived off Siboney at eight o'clock on the evening of Sunday, June 26. In less than an hour the Red Cross surgeons had offered their services to Major Havard, chief surgeon of the cavalry division, and as early as possible on the following morning Dr.
Thus Gisli came to his grave; and it has always been said, by one and all, that there never was a more famous defense made by one man in any time, of which the truth is known; but he was not lucky in anything." "I will doubt that," said Gust Havard. "He had Auda to wife, and never was there a woman more beautiful and loving and faithful. He had love-luck, if he had no other luck.
"After all," he meditated, "she got that rabbit unexpectedly when she sure needed it worst and she won out by staying with the game. Maybe my turn will come, too, if I don't get buffaloed and stampede. Was it Seneca or Lucretius no, Havard who said that perseverance is a virtue 'that plucks success Even from the spear-proof crest of rugged danger.
When Eric Bloody-axe had been defeated and killed, his sons came to Orkney and seized the jarldom, and his widow, the notoriously wicked Gunnhild and her daughter Ragnhild settled there for a time. Thorfinn Hausa-kliufr had five sons, Arnfinn, Havard, Hlodver, Ljotr and Skuli. Three of these, Arnfinn. Havard and Ljotr, successively married Ragnhild, and Ragnhild rivalled her mother in wickedness.
At that instant he utters a shout and makes a signal; the ropes are cut, the raft plunges downward, and disappears forever, while the boats recover their proper position." M. Havard merits the space we have given him; for he describes a work the like of which has never been seen elsewhere in the world, any more than have the conditions which necessitated it.
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