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With all this talk about demons and fire and smoke, they had the same feeling as when trapped in a burning forest when the fire creeps along the moss upon which you are treading, and smoke clouds fill the air you breathe, and the heat singes your hair, while the roar of the fire fills your ears, and flying sparks set fire to your clothing.
"Best leave off thy efforts, knight Jens." Again it is the time of falling leaves, of stranded ships icy winter comes again, and the "white bees" are swarming, and sting the traveller's face till they melt. "Keen weather to-day," say the people, as they step in. Jens Glob stands so deeply wrapped in thought that he singes the skirt of his wide garment.
See Drake Captures Cartagena: He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, page 230. The story of its destruction is too well known for repetition. This was England's proudest achievement. Philip accepted the terrific downfall of all his scheming and ambitions with a gallant calm. He had truly believed that Heaven wished him to reassert Catholicism.
Since the ball at Roger's he had seen too clearly how the land lay he could put two and two together quicker than most men and, with the example of his own son before his eyes, knew better than any Forsyte of them all that the pale flame singes men's wings whether they will or no. In the days before June's engagement, when she and Mrs.
Since the ball at Roger's he had seen too clearly how the land lay he could put two and two together quicker than most men and, with the example of his own son before his eyes, knew better than any Forsyte of them all that the pale flame singes men's wings whether they will or no. In the days before June's engagement, when she and Mrs.
Icy winter comes again, and the "white bees" are swarming, and sting the traveller's face till they melt. "Keen weather to-day!" say the people, as they step in. Jens Glob stands so deeply wrapped in thought, that he singes the skirt of his wide garment. "Thou Borglum bishop," he exclaims, "I shall subdue thee after all!
There the commencing chemist rehearses the experiment of Schwarz, and singes off those eyebrows which shall some day feel the cool shadow of the discoverer's laurel.
Afore I comments this letter from the late rebil capitol I desire to cimply say that I hav seen a low and skurrilus noat in the paper from a certin purson who singes hisself Olonzo Ward, & sez he is my berruther. I did ONCE hav a berruther of that name, but I do not recugnize him now. To me he is wuss than ded!
Another a siren smiling when the sea rageth and ships are ouerwhelmed, including a cruell woman, that laughs, singes and scornes at her louers tears, and the tempests of his despaire, the word Cuncta pereunt, all my labor is ill imploid. A third being troubled with a curst, a trecherous and wanton wanton wife, vsed this similitude.
Hundred of houses were abandoned by their owners, who were unable to meet the charges upon them. In 1427 by a royal instrument the rent of the Maison des Singes was reduced from twenty-six livres to fourteen, "seeing the extreme diminution of rents." Hungry crowds watched the sumptuous banquet and then went away fasting, for nothing was offered them.
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