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...the punishment of Cowardise XVI. A tricke of certaine Ambassadors XVII. Of Feare XVIII. That we should not judge of our Happinesse untill after our De... ...g good) wel may you (I doubt not) use the word, which my Authour heere (I feare) usurpeth: -----Viresque acquirit eundo. -- Virg. Æn. 1. 4, 175. ... ... actions, than of our knowledg e. We are never in our selves, but beyond. Feare, desire, and hope, draw us ever towards that which is to come, and r... ...t to our batterie: In imitation of the Thracians, who when it lightens or thunders, begin with a Titanian revenge to shoot against heaven, thinking ... ...f opinion', certain birds were even bred to prognosticate some things; of thunders, of turnings and backe-recourse of rivers.' Multa cernunt aruspic... ...place, No troublous wind the rough seas Master, Nor Joves great hand the thunder-caster. She is made Mistris of her passions and concupiscence, Lady... ... all their nimblenesse, teach any man to doe their loftie tricks and high capers, only with seeing them done, and without stirring out of his place,... ...Tempora sanctonico velas adoperta cucullo. Juven. Sat. viii. 144. If in a cape-cloake-hood befrenchifide Thou a night-whore-munger thy head dost hid... ...encæ Ferre patrem tergo: tua filia coniux: Quasque creavit, init pecudes caper: ipsaque cuius Semine concepta est, ex illo conecepit ales -- OVID. ...

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... through the latest chapter. I sup- pose that, for most of you, I remain a fearsome old man, irritable and aloof. Yet, with the Story, a piece of my ... ...on his papers. The sight of the strange script f lled him with wonder and fear. Occasionally, the Storyteller 4 Bozo and the Storyteller would deig... ...loved Bloons to f nd them all staring at him with a mixture of curiosity, fear and respect. They were the only friends he’d ever had and it was impo... ...for months at a time. Once in a while, the gods quarrel and they boom out thunderous argu- ments above the Earth. If no one backs down, then they f g... ...none, she placed a glass of milk on the bedside table. ‘It looks like the thunderstorm they forecast has turned up. It might get a little loud 14 B... ...torm arrived and all hell broke loose in the sky above. The echoes of the thunder made the windows rattle, and lightning left streaks on the back of... ...oryteller – they could even have been brothers. But he wore a long, black cape and carried a leather bag. He was much more serious and business-like... ...t. Bozo slapped him on the back. ‘Hey, kid, since I’ve met you, we’ve es- caped from a hospital, stowed away on a bus, looked into crystal balls, f o... ...forever falling off and clambering back on again. As the four old friends capered around and explored the hills and jungle, Theo mused that it was o...

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...ere, as his own tongue asserted and the later consignments proved, put the fear of God into a man so great that he feared only Parliament and said so ... ...ock wrought with him 7 The Day’s Work across his own dinner-table, and—he feared the Kashi Bridge and all who spoke in its name. Then there was the c... ...e would interrupt the field-councils of Findlayson and Hitchcock with- out fear, till his wonderful English, or his still more wonderful lingua franca... ...oth-bound stick and smote with the rubbing stroke that brings out the full thunder of the metal. Long before the last rumble ceased every night-gong i... ...- 16 Rudyard Kipling gry, to the straining of the stone-boats, the hollow thunder under the piers, and the hundred noises that make the full note of ... ...reen Parrot in the branches preened his wet wings and screamed against the thunder as the circle under the tree filled with the shifting shadows of be... ...Which has advanced—“That wave hove green water over the funnel. “As far as Cape Hatteras—” He drenched the bridge. “And is now going out to sea—to sea... ...made it hard to believe that only a few hours before Bukta was yelling and capering with naked fellow-devils of the scrub. “My people were very please... ...ill remember, had not been affected in the general wreck. The cylinder es- cape-valve he abolished with a flogging-hammer. It is difficult in far-off ...

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...Excerpt: CHAPTER I; DEPARTURE -- The fourteenth of August was the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or thr...

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...TER II ? FIRST IMPRESSIONS???SAIL HO!??, 3 -- CHAPTER III ? SHIP?S DUTIES?TROPICS, 6 -- CHAPTER IV ? A ROGUE?TROUBLE ON BOARD???LAND -- HO!???POMPERO?CAPE HORN, 9 -- CHAPTER V ? CAPE HORN?A VISIT, 13 -- CHAPTER VI ? LOSS OF A MAN?SUPERSTITION, 18 -- CHAPTER VII ? JUAN FERNANDEZ?THE PACIFIC, 21 -- CHAPTER VIII ? ??TARRING DOWN???DAILY LIFE???GOING AFT???CALIFORNIA -- ., 25 ...

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... — A ROGUE—TROUBLE ON BOARD—’’LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 HO!’’—POMPERO—CAPE HORN . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 CHAPTER V — CAPE HORN—A VISIT . . ... ...NG RETURN VOYAGE—A SCARE - i - CHAPTER XXXI — BAD PROSPECTS—FIRST TOUCH OF CAPE HORN—ICEBERGS—TEMPERANCE SHIPS—LYING UP—ICE—DIFFI CULTY ON . . . .... ...URSE— STRAITS OF MAGELLAN CHAPTER XXXII — ICE AGAIN—A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON—CAPE . . . . . . . . . . 167 HORN—’’LAND HO!’’—HEADING FOR HOME CHAPTER ... ...NARROW ESCAPES—THE EQUATOR—TROPICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 SQUALLS—A THUNDER STORM CHAPTER XXXV — A DOUBLE REEF TOP SAIL BREEZE—SCURVY—A FRIE... ...my first watch. I remained awake nearly all the first part of the night from fear that I might not hear when I was called; and when I went on deck, so... ...ils were filling out topsoil and backing against the masts with a noise like thunder. The wind was whistling through the rigging, loose ropes flying a... ...were too few to have done anything with her, if she had proved to be what we feared. Fortunately there was no moon, and the night which followed was ... ...m after fish, and as the weather is regular in certain seasons, they have no fear. After taking a new departure from Olinda, we kept off on our way t... ... could get them hoisted up, we heard a sound like a short, quick rattling of thunder, and the jib was blown to atoms out of the bolt rope. We got the ...

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... I’m ailing! I split the everlasting rocks with my glance, and I squench the thunder when I speak! Whoo oop! Stand back and give me room according to ... ...les! I scratch my head with the lightning, and purr myself to sleep with the thunder! When I’m cold, I bile the Gulf of Mexico and bathe in it; when I... ... the wind begin to moan around, and next the lightning begin to play and the thunder to grumble. And pretty soon there was a regular storm, and in the... ...lainly showed that I felt honored by his notice. He told me the names of dim capes and shadowy islands as we glided by them in the solemnity of the ni... ...eflect that somebody had to get up out of a warm bed to run them. I began to fear that piloting was not quite so romantic as I had imagined it was; th... ...y bunch of timber, because you would take the black shadow of it for a solid cape; and you see you would be getting scared to death every fifteen min ... ...f there had been a conspicuous dead tree standing upon the very point of the cape, I would find that tree inconspicuously merged into the general for ... ...ome pretty thoroughly acquainted with the river, he goes clattering along so fearlessly with his steam boat, night or day, that he presently begins t... ...iters of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly, but then we ‘modify’ before we print. In truth, every man and...

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... cook he bade,) ‘For feeble I am, and faint and mad. Of mine evil now I am fear; Serve me therewith at my soupere!’ Quod the cook, ‘That head I ne hav... ...! my Lord, mercy!’” 10 The Talisman The cook had certainly some reason to fear that his master would be struck with horror at the recollection of the... ...ollection of the dread- ful banquet to which he owed his recovery; but his fears were soon dissipated. “The swarte vis [Black face] when the king seet... ...h waves lay the once proud cities of the plain, whose grave was dug by the thunder of the heavens, or the eruption of subterraneous fire, and whose re... ...e silk, that their charms moved the hearts of those who were not mor- tal. Thunder muttered, the earth shook, the wall of the vault was rent, and at t... ...he prayer Is, Ahriman, thine own. Say, hast thou feeling, sense, and form, Thunder thy voice, thy garments storm, As Eastern Magi say; With sentient s... ... the words of the latter had induced him to anticipate; and it had not es- caped him that the former had called the latter by a name different from th... ...cting upon the party, during which time the perpetrator has leisure to es- cape. They can impregnate cloth and leather, nay, even pa- per and parchmen...

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... turn, or for anybody but the cook; to whom he was at tached—but only, I fear, as a Policeman might have been. Once, I met him unexpectedly, about h... ...ross the room sat down in a corner of the chimney, which the politeness or fears of the little clerk very readily as signed to him. ‘A highwayman!’ w... ...d person of this class might have pursued his unlawful calling with little fear of detection. Still, the traveller dashed forward at the same reckless... ...close and stifling atmosphere of the vault, the noise sounded like distant thunder. It certainly appeared, at first sight, a singular spot to choose, ... ...rink there!’ ‘The novice,’ pursued Mr Tappertit, not exactly in a voice of thunder, for his tones, to say the truth were rather cracked and shrill—but... ... to suit the taste of a gentleman of his years, with a short, black velvet cape, and laced pocket holes and cuffs, all of a jaunty fashion; his linen,... ...shered him into the bar, while he wrapped himself in sundry greatcoats and capes, and so tied and knotted his face in shawls and handkerchiefs, that h... ...re echo through the country, and roll 276 Barnaby Rudge with a noise like thunder. I will be worthy of the motto on my coat of arms, “Called and chos... ...he midst of all the vast assemblage; here a frightened woman trying to es cape; and there a lost child; and there a drunken ruffian, unconscious of t...

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...deration on ac- count of the prestige of his social connections, inspiring fear in the more timid by the severity and fearlessness of his criti- cism.... ..., the secret of his lifelong labour was revealed; and the Duc de Choiseul, fearing the result of these frank revelations, confiscated them and placed ... ..., and sense, busied her- self continually in forming my mind and body. She feared for me the usual fate of young men, who believe their for- tunes mad... ...iscourse again if you wish that I should continue to love you.” This was a thunderbolt for my father; the scales fell from his eyes; the idea of the K... ...ie in 1636. My father had an uncle who commanded in one of these towns, La Capelle, and who had several times asked for ammunition and stores with- ou... ...to the Cardinal de Richelieu, and to the King, but with no good effect. La Capelle, left without resources, fell like the places around. As I have sai... ...n his knees and begged him not to allow such a glorious opportunity to es- cape. Madame de Maintenon, by her tears when she parted from his Majesty, a... ...- ally angry with Daquin, to obtain his dismissal: it came upon him like a thunderbolt. On the previous evening the King had spoken to him for a long ... ...ble hopes of success; and upon M. de Noailles rested all the blame. What a thunderbolt this was for him may easily be imagined. But the trick had been...

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...dy whimpered several times at the idea of Amelia’s departure; and, but for fear of her sister, would have gone off in downright hysterics, like the he... ...rgument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not ven... ...tion, to dine with Alder- man Balls at Highbury Barn, there came on such a thunder- storm as only happens on V auxhall nights, and as obliged the youn... ...fortable evening together, that they declared they were rather glad of the thunder-storm than oth- erwise, which had caused them to put off their visi... ... her yesterday’s work. As Joe’s buggy drove up, and while, after his usual thundering knock and pompous bustle at the door, the ex-Collector of Boggle... ...olly that Emmy laughed too. All that day Jos never came. But Amelia had no fear about this; for the little schemer had actually sent away the page, Mr... ...ed in at the dining-room win- dow, managing his horse, which curvetted and capered beau- tifully —for one instant the young person might be seen at th... ...e couldn’t deny it. His father’s evident liking for Miss Sharp had not es- caped him. He knew the old gentleman’s character well; and a more unscrupul... ..., it was so harassing and severe, that the victim would be inclined to es- cape at the very first chance which fell in her way. Managing women, the or...

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... in your welfare would induce me to make this com- munication. I repeat, I fear Wisbottle is endeavouring to gain the affections of that young woman, ... ...—Mrs. Tibbs—consider—we shall be observed—pray, don’t!’ said John Evenson, fearing his whole plan would be interrupted. ‘We will set the matter at res... ...ners. The writing-mas- ter danced every set, springing about with the most fearful agility, and his wife played a rubber in the back- parlour—a little... ...presented a strange jumble of flats, flies, wings, lamps, bridges, clouds, thunder and lightning, festoons and flowers, daggers and foil, and various ... ... talent for the piano was too well known to be doubted for an instant; Mr. Cape had practised the violin accompani- ment with her frequently; and Mr. ...

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... had been royal houses. Her mother had wished to take it up; it was only the fear of seeming patronising to people in misfortune that had prevented he... ...d her decision; for her mother always chose the positive course. Olive had a fear of everything, but her greatest fear was of being afraid. She wished... ...ents; she became more and more interesting to Basil Ransom, who, it is to be feared, had a fund of cynicism. He asked her if she knew his cousin, Miss... ... had not yet taken his revenge in the newspapers; he was perhaps nursing his thunderbolts; at any rate, now that the operatic season had begun, he was... ...t she honestly send for a ballerina from Niblo’s—if she wanted a young woman capering about on a platform? They don’t care a fig about poor Olive’s ide... ...on at four o’clock in the afternoon, and rambled fitfully toward the southern cape, while the shadows grew long in the stony pastures and the slanting ... ...n August mornings the water must be brightly blue. Ransom had heard that the Cape was the Italy, so to speak, of Massachusetts; it had been described ... ...able episode at Cambridge. That seemed to her the worst, because it had been thunder in a clear sky; the incident had sprung from a quarter from which... ..., and who swept into the room in the manner of people seeking shelter from a thunderstorm. The mother’s face expressed the well bred surprise of a per...

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...some vast, tremendous theme, he- roic, terrible, to be unrolled in all the thundering pro- gression of hexameters. But whatever he wrote, and in whate... ... dark, and from dark to dawn again, primitive, brutal, honest, and without fear. Something (to his idea not much) had been done to catch at that life ... ...ir religion and profanity, their self-sacrifice and ob- scenity—a true and fearless setting forth of a passing phase of history, un-compromising, sinc... ...rt of the people, he loved the people and sympathised with their hopes and fears, and joys and griefs; and yet Hooven, grimy and perspiring, with his ... ...en- tire world. Ha! there it was, his epic, his inspiration, his West, his thundering progression of hexameters. A sud- den uplift, a sense of exhilar... ...throwing a glare far in advance, shooting by in a sudden crash of confused thunder; filling the night with the terrific clamour of its iron hoofs. Abr... ...auxiliaries, Spanish-Mexicans from the town itself,—swar- thy young men on capering horses, dark-eyed girls and matrons, in red and black and yellow, ... ... bay. A great quantity of shipping was in view, barques for the most part, Cape Horners, great, deep sea tramps, whose iron-shod forefeet had parted e...

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...precede you to a secluded place, where the affair can be conducted without fear of interruption.’ ‘Fear of interruption!’ thought Mr. Winkle. ‘Nothing... ...le’s frame as the conviction that he had nothing to hope from his friend’s fears, and that he was destined to become an animated target, rushed forc ... ...enhanced a hundredfold by the fantastic dress—the glassy eyes, contrasting fearfully with the thick white paint with which the face was besmeared; the... ...ankrupts, and we shan’t make our fort’ns. We eats our biled mutton without capers, and don’t care for horse radish ven ve can get beef.’ ‘Ah,’ said th... ...large maps; and several weather beaten rough greatcoats, with complicated capes, dangled from a long row of pegs in one corner. The mantel shelf was ... ...ve minutes, when a vivid flash of lightning was followed by a loud peal of thunder that crashed and rolled away in the distance with a terrific noise—... ... another flash of lightning, brighter than the other, and a second peal of thunder louder than the first; and then down came the rain, with a force an... ...kwick was perfectly aware that a tree is a very dan gerous neighbour in a thunderstorm. He had a tree on his right, a tree on his left, a third befor...

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... Went swaying; but the Powers who walk the world Made lightnings and great thunders over him, And dazed all eyes, till Arthur by main might, And might... ...ep to the great deep he goes.” ‘So Merlin riddling angered me; but thou Fear not to give this King thy only child, Guinevere: so great bards of hi... ...e King. ’ Gareth awhile lingered. The mother’s eye Full of the wistful fear that he would go, And turning toward him wheresoe’er he turned, Perple... ... truthful King will doom me when I speak. ’ Yet pressing on, though all in fear to find Sir Gawain or Sir Modred, saw nor one Nor other, but in all th... ... thee, ’ sighed Lynette. Then for a space, and under cloud that grew To thunder-gloom palling all stars, they rode In converse till she made her pa... ...rt, Which, if he spoke at all, would break perforce Upon a head so dear in thunder, said: ‘Not at my side. I charge thee ride before, Ever a good way... ...e the city-gates Came on her brother with a happy face Making a roan horse caper and curvet For pleasure all about a field of flowers: Whom when she s... ...p the great river in the boatman’s boat. Only ye would not pass beyond the cape That has the poplar on it: there ye fixt Your limit, oft returning wi...

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...they are all boys, and that this baby is a girl.” “Baby! Ah, poor Fanny, I feared that was the reason the did not come sooner.” “Yes, and she has been... ...y one with her cousins, until she was summoned to meet her fa- ther at the Cape, under the escort of his old friend, General Sir Stephen Temple. She f... ...ly detained her, and per- haps all the more because it was not so much the fear of her mother’s authority as of her horror and despair, that with- hel... ... Grace saw her mother so stunned and bewil- dered that she rejoiced in the fear of cold that had decided that Rachel alone should spend the evening th... ...f the lovely flowers you used to bring me one at a time, when I was ill at Cape T own.” There was no more sense to be had after those three once fell ... ...I know was your letter to dear Lady Alison, written from the hospi- tal at Cape T own, after your wound. She was ill even when it came, and she could ... ...terference as when the first harsh letter from Gowanbrae had fallen like a thunderbolt on the bright hopes of youth. She looked back at some verses th... ... you were lying on the sofa, so you created a hero- ine and a villain, and thundered down to the rescue.” “Very pretty, Bessie, but it will not do. It... ...her face. “There, I knew you would think it no good news, and it is just a thunder-clap to me. All you wanted me for was to defend the mother and make...

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...ius of its many masters,— blind To worth as freedom, wisdom as to wit, Fearless — because no feeling dwells in ice, Its very courage stagnates... ... Judiciously, from out the schoolboy’s vision, The grosser parts; but, fearful to deface Too much their modest bard by this omission, And ... ...? (I have forgot the number, and think no man Should rashly quote, for fear of a mistake.) I say, when these same gentlemen are jealous, The... ...ys are few, And the far mountains wax a little hoary, And clap a white cape on their mantles blue; And the sea dashes round the promontory, ... ... Had pour’d upon him for the last half hour, Quick, thick, and heavy—as a thunder shower. At first he tried to hammer an excuse, To which the... ...riek there rush’d, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush’d, Save the wild wind and the remorsel... ..., But changes night and day, too, like the sky; Now o’er it clouds and thunder must be driven, And darkness and destruction as on high: Bu... ... And averaged each from ten to a hundred dollars. Some he disposed of off Cape Matapan, Among his friends the Mainots; some he sold To his Tu... ...her time he might have liked to see ‘em, But now was not much pleased with Cape Sigaeum. There, on the green and village cotted hill, is (Flan...

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...ow deem I that we shall return wandering home again—if verily we might es cape death—if war at once and pestilence must indeed rav age the Achaians.... ... honour at the least ought the Olympian to have granted me, even Zeus that thundereth on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily... ... sate him by Kronion’s side rejoicing in his triumph, and the blessed gods feared him withal and bound not Zeus. This bring thou to his remembrance an... ... to snow clad Olympus to tell this thy saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he may... ... bow thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing there is naught for thee to fear; that I may know full well how I among all gods am least in honour.” T... ...midst lord Agamemnon, his head and eyes like unto Zeus whose joy is in the thunder, and his waist like unto Ares and his breast unto Poseidon. Even as... ...d of his cheeks, 43 The Iliad of Homer even so did godlike Alexandros for fear of Atreus’ son shrink back into the throng of lordly Trojans. But Hect... ...gain will he find heart to make trial of me, now that once more he has es caped death to his joy. But come, I will call on the warlike Danaans and go...

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...gar wench going? Stay below stairs, desire you.” But Jones at that instant thundered from above, “Let the lady come up,” in so authoritative a voice, ... ... by the arrival of Partridge; who entered the house at that in stant (for fear had caused him to run every step from the hill), and who, seeing the d... ... as he staggers through the churchyard, or rather charnelyard to his home, fear paints the bloody hobgoblin; now thieves and ruffians are awake, and h... ...ceny of the lady, it made her presently amends by considerably abating her fears; for no sooner had the calabalaro entered the room than he cried out,... ...anger and disdain could bestow upon it. “Mr. Fitzpatrick seemed a little thunderstruck with this, and more confused than I had seen him, though his ... ...ch was the noise which now burst from one of the rooms below; and soon the thunder, which long had rattled at a distance, began to approach nearer and... ...hat quick sighted penetration whose hawk’s eyes no symptom of evil can es cape; which observes not only upon the actions, but upon the words and look... ...n to utter the most violent protestations, when Partridge came dancing and capering into the room, like one drunk with joy, crying out, “She’s found! ... ...udent a manner. And here perhaps it may be proper to account for the es cape which this young gentleman had made from his uncle, and for his appear...

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...his teeth. Thus a lamb would stand between two ravenings of fierce wolves, fearing equally; thus would stand a dog between two does. Hence if, urged b... ... consents not to the wrong; but the will in so far consents thereto, as it fears, if it draw back, to fall into greater trouble. Therefore when Piccar... ... let not this new Charles 19 strike it down with his Guelphs, but let him fear its talons, which from a loftier lion have stripped the fell. Often er... ...posed to Eurus, that is, to winds from the south-east. 15 The sea between Cape Pachynus, the extreme southeast- ern point of the island, and Cape Pel... ...pered, at its effulgence thy mortal power would be as a bough shattered by thunder. We are lifted to the seventh splendor which beneath the breast of ... ...y, and not very distant from thy native land, rise rocks so lofty that the thunders sound far lower down, and they make a height which is called Catri... ...deep sound that here could be none like it, nor did I under- stand it, the thunder so overcame me. 8 These last words are obscure, and have given occ...

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... pity, but the conquered chief asked for nothing and exhibited no signs of fear. Claudius was kind to Caractacus; but the Romans went on conquering Br... ...to a great terrible god, named Woden, and Thursday to a god named Thor, or Thunder. They thought a clap of thun- der was the sound of the great hammer... ... Alfred was not only a brave warrior. He was a most good and holy man, who feared God above all things, and tried to do his very best for his people. ... ...used to fighting and struggling ever since he was a young child. He really feared God, and was in many ways a good man; but it had not been right of h... ...me, and therefore have a right to choose the pope. They wear scarlet hats, capes, and shoes, and are the highest rank of all the clergy except the pop... ...ve him the service of his fleet; but it was beaten by Admiral Russell, off Cape La Hogue. Poor James could not help cry- ing out, “See my brave Englis... ...by flying a kite, with such an iron wire up to the clouds when there was a thunder-storm. The lightning was attracted by the wire, ran down the wet st... ...eets had joined together against England, Lord Nelson fought them both off Cape T rafalgar, and gained the greatest of all his victories; but it was h...

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...by the Abatement of that Storm, so the Hurry of my Thoughts being over, my Fears and Apprehensions of being swallow’d up by the Sea being forgotten, a... ...atures, of we knew not what Kinds, that the poor Boy was ready to die with Fear, and beg’d of me not to go on shoar till Day; well Xury said I, then I... ...ms and two Jarrs for Water. I did not care to go out of Sight of the Boat, fearing the coming of Canoes with Savages down the River; but the Boy seein... ...s Coast before, I knew very well that the Islands of the Canaries, and the Cape deVerd Islands also, lay not far off from the Coast. But as I had no I... ...s to make the River Gambia or Sennegall, It is to say, any where about the Cape de Verd, where I was in hope to meet with some European Ship, and if I... ...er to this Coast of Guiney, or to Brasil, or to the East Indies, made this Cape or those Islands; and in a word, I put the whole of my Fortune upon th... ...loud, a sudden Flash of Lightning happen’d, and after that a great Clap of Thunder, as is naturally the Effect of it; I was not so much surpris’d with... ...and this made the Thoughts of it so surprising to me when it lighten’d and thunder’d, as I observ’d just now. And now being to enter into a melancholy... ...me exceedingly, and cool’d the Earth, but it was accompany’d with terrible Thunder and Lightning, which frighted me dread fully for fear of my Powder...

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...ove the leaves and turf from the spot where they intend to build a camp, for fear of fire; also, that “the spruce tree is generally selected for camp b... ..., and “a little corn for the hens,” for this was all that he dared risk, for fear that it would not ripen. Melons, squashes, sweet corn, beans, tomato... ...waited for the batteau to come up. We had been here but a short time, when a thunder shower was seen coming up from the west, over the still invisible... ...hen we should reach the lakes; and made the woods ring, between the claps of thunder, with such boat songs as we could remember. The horses stood slee... ...y took the precaution to take out the most valuable part of the baggage, for fear of being swamped. As we poled up a swift rapid for half a mile above... ...n taken for Quakers, with their broad brimmed hats, and overcoats with broad capes, the spoils of Bangor, seeking a settlement in this Sylvania, — or,... ...o overtake it, faithfully following the windings of every inlet and of every cape, and stepping to the music of the surf, — with a desolate fishing tow... ...ose features which the discoverers saw, apparently unchanged. Now we see the Cape Ann lights, and now pass near a small village like fleet of mackerel ... ...ad gone about three miles down the Penobscot, we saw through the tree tops a thunder shower coming up in the west, and we looked out a camping place ...

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...is in danger of plucking. Far from relapsing into hypocrisy, as Sganarelle feared, he has unexpectedly discovered a moral in his immorality. The growi... ...-works of the world were produced by ordinary men, they would express more fear of women’s pursuit than love of their illusory beauty. But ordinary me... ... hero and coward, Henry V and Pistol or Parolles, beside Mr Valiant and Mr Fearing, and you have a sudden revelation of the abyss that lies be- tween ... ...s to Algiers and to Biskra, at sixty miles an hour. Come right down to the Cape if you like. That will be a Declaration of Independence with a vengean... ...ce with Violet, you go with an- other man’s wife. She is married. HECTOR. (thunderstruck] You don’t tell me so! TANNER. We do. In confidence. RAMSDEN.... ... ANARCHIST. [rising] A point of order, Mendoza— MENDOZA. [forcibly] No, by thunder: your last point of order took half an hour. Besides, Anarchists do...

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... traditional canons of romance; but taking each separately, one would have feared to make too much of these departures, or to found any theory upon wh... ...he palest ab- stractions of thought come before us, and move our hopes and fears, as if they were the young men and maidens of customary romance. The ... ...h her the names of grasses and wild flowers, or to sit by her side when it thundered. Distance to strangers, deep family tenderness, love of knowledge... ...ly days at least, he was determined to shine by any means. He made himself feared in the village for his tongue. He would crush weaker men to their fa... ... from time to time, the Rever- end Mr. Auld should swoop upon him with the thunders of the Church, and, in company with seven others, Rab the Ranter m... ...r dulness.” He inflicts his full quantity upon the reader in such books as Cape Cod, or The Yankee in Canada. Of the latter he con- fessed that he had... ...d terrible effects, and to enchance pity with ridicule, like a man cutting capers to a funeral march. It is in this, also, that he rises out of himsel... ...ial obligations. It appears that Louis, after a narrow escape he made in a thunder-storm, had a smart ac- cess of penitence, and announced he would pa...

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...ike chil- dren with toys; and what an engaging nervousness of man- ner, as fearing that his efforts might not succeed! Truly he made us all feel like ... ...wed. Nothing troubled him but the memory of what had passed, and an abject fear of its return. “Gallo canente, spes redit, Aegris salus refunditur, La... ...e grew but the more ab- sorbed in the distress of his recollection and the fear of his past fear. At the appointed hour, he came to the door of the pl... ...his bowed back, the stick would fly abroad in demonstration, and the sharp thunder of his voice roll out a long itinerary for the dogs, so that you sa... ...he song of the wonderful birds, Source of happiness; That I might hear the thunder of the crowding waves Upon the rocks: At times at work without comp... ...terests, the same unquenched ardour in pursuit, the same gusts of talk and thunderclaps of contradiction. Cockshot* is a different article, but vastly... ..., Robin Hood, The Waterman, Richrd I, My Poll and My Partner Joe, The Inch Cape Bell (imperfect), and Three-Fingered Jack, The Terror of Jamaica; and ... ...all house at night, and people groping on the stairs by the light that es- caped from the open door of a sickroom. In another, a lover left a ball, an...