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Updated: May 19, 2025
There men will choose rather to regard the well-wrought chariots, and the stamping of the swift-footed steeds, than thy great temple and much wealth therein. But an if thou that art greater and better than I, O Prince, and thy strength is most of might if thou wilt listen to me, in Crisa build thy fane beneath a glade of Parnassus.
Trojan bully and wily Greek wrestled in the winds, and the great pines in the canyon seemed to bow to the wrath of the son of Peleus. Mr. Oakhurst listened with quiet satisfaction. Most especially was he interested in the fate of "Ash-heels," as the Innocent persisted in denominating the "swift-footed Achilles."
Even so stood spear-famed Idomeneus at bay against Aineias, that came to the rescue, and gave ground no whit, but called on his comrades, glancing to Askalaphos, and Aphareus, and Deipyros, and Meriones, and Antilochos, all masters of the war-cry; them he spurred up to battle, and spake winged words: "Hither, friends, and rescue me, all alone as I am, and terribly I dread the onslaught of swift-footed Aineias, that is assailing me; for he is right strong to destroy men in battle, and he hath the flower of youth, the greatest avail that may be.
Do ye ascertain who it is that standeth before my eyes. Let him have quickly what he seeks. Thus commanded by king Virata, his swift-footed messengers went up to the son of Kunti and informed that younger brother of Yudhishthira of everything the king had said.
It was evident that Lucy was quite indifferent to the fate of the unlucky engineers. "Mercy on us!" Ellen gasped. "But their carelessness caused the death of the other men. It was only fair." "So that's the way you settle things in the West?" "Yes. At least, they did then." The mountain-bred girl obviously saw nothing amiss in this swift-footed justice.
Looking neither to the right nor the left, unconscious in what direction he was going, he urged forward, with whip and spur, the little mustang, to the utmost speed of the animal, and yet scarcely in the least diminished the distance between him and the swift-footed buffaloes. Ere long, it was evident that he was losing in the chase.
On one journal as many as four hundred and fifty or five hundred men are all labouring for dear life; every one is at high pressure, from the silent leader-writer to the fussy swift-footed messenger.
"Follow me," cried George in answer, as without a moment's hesitation he turned a sharp corner. Each felt rather than knew that the swift-footed Arabs were coming ever nearer, and that their only means of salvation lay in strategy. For this reason George preferred the gardens to the open roads.
The bear man again pursued the yelling and retreating mob, and was dealt with unmercifully by the swift-footed. He became much excited as he desperately chased a middle-aged man, who occasionally turned and fired off his gun, but was suddenly tripped by an ant-hill and fell to the ground, with the other on top of him. The excitement was intense.
"'Not to me does the prize belong, he cried, 'but to Atalanta, the swift-footed huntress. For the first wound the true death stroke, indeed was given by her; and to her, woman though she be, all honor and the prize must be awarded. "With these words, he bore the grinning head and the bristly hide to the young huntress, and laid them at her feet.
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