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...ollowing year come almost a month sooner or later, as the same year proves colder or hotter: and yet, in the following Discourse, I have set down the ... ... embrace; And others spend their time in base excess Of wine. or worse. in war and wantonness The Compleat Angler — Walton 35 Let them that list, th... ...her, he is to be fished for towards the mid water, or near the top; and in colder weather, nearer the bottom; and if you fish for him on the top, with... ... wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull Slippers, lin’d choicely for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold; A belt of straw and ivy buds, With c... ...ut Time drives flocks from field to fold. When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold Then Philomel becometh dumb And age complains of cares to come. The fl... ...ess bodies. without Venus’ deed. The Compleat Angler — Walton 73 So, the cold humour breeds the Salamander, Who, in effect, like to her birth’s comm...

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...rue that we can buy Salvation Army lasses and football players, but we are cold to both of these. We have, of course, boy scouts. With such boxes of c... ... WERS, CASTLES AND CASTLES AND CASTLES AND CASTLES AND CASTLES AND W W W W WAR GAMES, B AR GAMES, B AR GAMES, B AR GAMES, B AR GAMES, BUT UT UT UT UT ... ...VERY Y Y Y Y LIT LIT LIT LIT LITTLE OF TLE OF TLE OF TLE OF TLE OF W W W W WAR GAMES AR GAMES AR GAMES AR GAMES AR GAMES I HAVE NOW GIVEN TWO GENERAL ... ...ned, they make scarcely anything but contemporary fighting men. And of the war game I must either write volumes or nothing. For the present let it be ... ... let it be nothing. Some day, perhaps, I will write a great book about the war game and tell of battles and cam- paigns and strategy and tactics. But ...

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...ar a red cross on his arm, and help to take care of the wounded in the sad war between the French and the Germans. But he had left Mother Bunch behind... ...atter with her, but she was not to go home for a fortnight; and being wet, cold, dull weather, it was not always easy to amuse herself. She had her do... ... does, but that will show that I am brave. When father comes home from the war he paints himself white.” “White?” “With lime made by burning coral, an... ...de by burning coral, and he jumps and dances and shouts. I shall go to the war one of these days.” “Oh no, don’t!” said Lucy, “it is horrid.” The boy ... ...king at three-cornered Sicily. “Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I’ll tell you.” Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, sh... ...GREENL GREENL GREENLAND AND AND AND AND “NOW suppose I tried what the very cold countries are like!” And Lucy bent over the globe till she was nearly ... ...ing down on the east side of America. Perhaps it was the making herself so cold that did it, but she found herself in the midst of snow, snow, snow! A... ...ding orders! Don’t you be running out, Miss Lucy; there’ll be a draught of cold air right in.” Lucy stood still; very anxious, and wondering whether s... ...t him last year to Europe and had put him to school at Paris; but when the war broke out, and most of the stranger scholars were taken away, no orders...

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...earts either to marry or not to marry. Marriage is terrifying, but so is a cold and forlorn old age. The friendships of men are vastly agree- able, bu... ...er desire was al- ways equally dull and spiritless, and possession equally cold. I cannot help fancying most people make, ere they marry, some such ta... ...seeing we are driven to the hypothesis that people choose in comparatively cold blood, how is it they choose so well? One is almost tempted to hint th... ...have done the evil that you loathed. You have waked at night in a hot or a cold sweat, according to your habit of body, remember- ing with dismal surp... ...it is astonishing. It arrests the petrifying influence of years, disproves cold-blooded and cynical conclusions, and awak- ens dormant sensibilities. ... ... fight, so they discovered a startling eager- ness for battle, and courted war like a mistress. When the news came to Essex before Cadiz that the atta... ... be on deck in a basket to direct and animate the fight. I said they loved war like a mistress; yet I think there are not many mistresses we should co... ... high and what we call heroic forms of excitement. If the Admirals courted war like a mistress; if, as the drum beat to quar- ters, the sailors came g... ... and why Burnaby rode to Khiva the other day, and why the Admirals courted war like a mistress. CHAPTER VIII – SOME PORTRAITS BY RAEBURN T HROUGH THE ...

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...to assure myself that the noise had not come from there. No, it was black, cold, and lifeless as before. There were few passengers astir; the street w... ...rking that soda water, though a good thing in the abstract, was apt to lie cold upon the stom ach unless qualified with ginger, or a small infusion o... ...t I am poor?’ ‘How often am I to tell you, ’ returned the other, look ing coldly at him, ‘that I know better?’ ‘You have chosen your own path,’ said ... ... for that lady’s mother, who re sided with the couple and waged perpetual war with Daniel; of whom, notwithstanding, she stood in no slight dread. In... ... by stealth. At length the day broke, and poor Mrs Quilp, shiver ing with cold of early morning and harassed by fatigue and want of sleep, was discov... ...son in law whether she felt faint, with a hint that there was abundance of cold water in the next apart ment, routed these symptoms effectually, and ... ...nt aspect. Thus violent deeds live after men upon the earth, and traces of war and bloodshed will survive in mournful shapes long after those who work... ...oar. Nor did the burden of this performance bear any reference to love, or war, or wine, or loyalty, or any other, the standard topics of song, but to...

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...MER AND THE S NAKE ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. ... ...Rider A HORSE SOLDIER took the utmost pains with his charger. As long as the war lasted, he looked upon him as his fel low helper in all emergencies ... ...per in all emergencies and fed him carefully with hay and corn. But when the war was over, he only allowed him chaff to eat and made him carry heavy l... ...vy loads of wood, subjecting him to much slavish drudgery and ill treatment. War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to h... ...longer equal to the burden, and said to his master, “You must now go to the war on foot, for you have transformed me from a Horse into an Ass; and ho... ..., and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings. The servant caught a severe cold, but he never changed his color or complexion. What’s bred in the bo... ...se, the Ox, and the Dog A HORSE, Ox, and Dog, driven to great straits by the cold, sought shelter and protection from Man. He received them kindly, l... ...INTERTIME, a Dog curled up in as small a space as possible on account of the cold, determined to make him self a house. However when the summer retur... ...his cloak. Not many days later, winter set in again with re newed frost and cold. When he found the unfortunate Swal low lifeless on the ground, he ...

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...ents,” said Harvey , delighted to think that he was making an impression. “Cold dollars and cents.” He thrust a hand into a pocket, and threw out his ... ...Hasken he would hev it that the East Wind was a commerce-destroyin’ man-o’-war, an’ so he declared war on Sable Island because it was Bridish, an’ t... ... I may die right here,” said Harvey , “if every word I’ve spoken isn’t the cold truth.” “Hundred an’ thirty-four dollars an’ all?” said Dan. “I heard ... ...orth, away yonder-you’ll hear him tune up in a minute is Tom Platt. Man-o’-war’ s man he was on the old Ohio first of our navy , he says, to go araoun... ...rthern dory. Harvey heard something about somebody’ s hands and feet being cold, and then: “Bring forth the chart, the doleful chart, See where them m... ... the leg, and ducked just in time to avoid a swinging blow from the man-o’-war’ s man. “ An’ they did that on the Ohio, too, Danny . See?” said Tom Pl... ...Scotch. Cape Breton’ s full o’ niggers whose folk run in there durin’ aour war, an’ they talk like farmers-all huffy-chuffy .” “That is not Scotch,” s... ...ed up their coal (there was no chance for the sailing-ships); of gales and cold that kept two hundred men, night and day , pounding and chopping at th... ...ananas; legends of saints, and tales of queer dances or fights away in the cold New- foundland baiting-ports Salters was mainly agricultural; for, tho...

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...rtake the task, because I knew that on this occasion the Reader would look coldly upon my ar guments, since I might be suspected of having been prin ... ...y for candle light. —This woman dwelt in Dorsetshire, Her hut was on a cold hill side, And in that country coals are dear, For they come far b... ...s then were dull and dead; Sad case it was, as you may think, For very cold to go to bed, And then for cold not sleep a wink. Oh joy for her! ... ...oody Blake? And now and then, it must be said, When her old bones were cold and chill, She left her fire, or left her bed, To seek the hedge o... ... “God! who art never out of hearing, O may he never more be warm!” The cold, cold moon above her head, Thus on her knees did Goody pray, Young... ...etter our dying bodies to obtrude, Than dog like, wading at the heels of war, Protract a curst existence, with the brood That lap (their very no...

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...o a decision! For half an hour he lies doubting while his water is getting cold, and then sends for his man again. The thermometer is still standing a... ... en- vies the condition of the man who hunts and likes it, remember that a cold thaw is going on, that our friend is already sulky with waiting, that ... ...But I think that men regard them as they do the chaplain on board a man-of-war, or as they would regard a herald on a field of battle. When men are as... ...he is altogether without control. He is not unlike the captain of a man-of-war; but, unlike the captain of a man-of-war, he carries no sailing orders.... ...capable of great austerity. It used to be said that no captain of a man-of-war could hold his own without swear- ing. I will not quite say the same of...

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...are certain that is the earliest?” he said. She was certain, with a marked coldness. “I should explain,” he added, “what I was really too cold and fat... ... would like to say some- thing. Should he remark that the weather was very cold for the time of year? He looked up as if to take aim with that introdu... ...at twilight he would go out muffled up invisibly, whether the weather were cold or not, and he chose the loneliest paths and those most over- shadowed... ...gain. Kept on sniffing all the time; evidently recently caught an infernal cold. No wonder, wrapped up like that! I developed the nurse idea, and all ... ...e bent forward and put her hand on the pillow and then under the clothes. “Cold,” she said. “He’s been up this hour or more.” As she did so, a most ex... ...hy not come? Yes—you come too! Come, and we must hold a sort of council of war— get Hopps to help—and the railway managers. By Jove! it’s urgent. Come...

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...ere we to en- ter a poor house and behold a wretched family shivering with cold and languishing with hunger, it would not incline us to laughter (at l... ...ight; for the parson had for many years lived in a constant state of civil war, or, which is per- haps as bad, of civil law, with Sir Thomas himself a... ...uld not insist on his clothes, which were not worth much, but consider the coldness of the night. “You are cold, are you, you rascal?” said one of the... ...t the poor creature’s condition, who stood bleeding and shivering with the cold, he at length agreed; and Joseph was now ad- vancing to the coach, whe... ...ifficulty which Joseph had started. The two gentlemen complained they were cold, and could not spare a rag; the man of wit saying, with a laugh, that ... ... now proceeded on its journey . He declared him- self almost dead with the cold, which gave the man of wit an occasion to ask the lady if she could no... ... and another affirmed she had not even the looks of a gentlewoman: a third war- ranted she was no better than she should be; and, turning to the lady ... ... those cursed guarda-costas who took our ships before the beginning of the war; and after a fight, wherein I lost the greater part of my crew, my rigg... ...emy, that he did not fear getting me promoted to a lieutenancy of a man-of-war, if I would accept of it; which I thankfully assured him I would. Well,...

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...lf, she kept her eyes on the floor, but could not help casting a glance to her left to see if he was watching. He was. They locked in a visual tug-of-war until…SPLASH. “Dammit! Watch where you’re going!” Michelle cried, “Sorry!” wiping off the cold, clear, olive-smelling liquid from the girl’s red blouse with her hand. “So sorry!” “I just bought that martini! Stop doi...

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...gladdened the hearts of mankind? Can I be blamed if some prefer to fight and wage war and then forget the joys of living?” Apollo’s countenance gre... ... she’d given her gift and they in turn encouraged others to dance. The shadows of war had lifted for a while, and once more, the land was filled wi... ...stood, waist deep in the shallows of the pool and let the water rush over her. The cold crystal clear liquid invigorated her. She felt the life forc... ...those eerie, mesmerising points of light. The ground grew soft beneath her feet. Cold mud oozed between her bare toes. The further she walked, th... ...ly his truis, and was bare-chested. “You’re trembling, you’ll catch your death of cold...but that would be better than the fate which almost befell... ...eld out his brat. “Thank you for this. I’ll be fine now.” “You’re sure you’re not cold?” She nodded. Myrddin took the garment from her and draped... ...k, the sun’s rays striking his bronze helmet and breastplate. “Ares?” “The god of war!” “What? Why is he after us?” “He isn’t...he’s after you.” ... ...but Terpsichore was a goddess. She felt only contempt for her brother, the god of war and destruction. “Why, Ares, why?” she demanded, her voice t... ... purple ram’s fleece, used by him to provide rain in times of drought, lay on the cold and empty seat. She peered into the shadows at the side of t...

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...must have been mistaken, surely?” “No, monseigneur; M. le Prince has charged me to con- vey this letter to your royal highness, and I am to wait for a... ...ing, I suppose?” “No doubt, mademoiselle; but the cardinal is the cardi- nal.” “The king is not a man, then! And he does not love Mary Mancini?” “He a... ...your lordship believe that I prejudged your resources; whilst to-day —” The unknown colored; the idea at once struck him that he was supposed to be po... ...alone to have chosen to dress herself in white amidst all her companions — if that dove’s heart, so easily acces- sible to painful emotions, had been ... ...ieur to the reception-rooms, which were not yet empty, notwithstanding the king had retired. The ten others were posted by their officer, who himself ... ...am twenty-two years of age, — to-day, when I have attained the grade of the majority of kings, — to-day, when I ought to have the key of the treasury,... ...al’s apartments?” “Y es, in the cardinal’s apartments.” “Then I am condemned, sire?” Louis XIV . made no reply. “Condemned is the word; for I will nev... ... Parliament; it was unbecoming, I acknowledge, but it was not unskillful from a political point of view, since, thanks to that treaty, I saved your ma... ...s head — “which the Fronde might have fatally complicated. And thus I prove to your majesty that to change our plan now; without warning our allies, w...

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...eap, and at the last he shall take thy hide to wrap his cubs when they are cold. Thou hast shown him no mercy, and none will he show thee.’ “The First... ...far, Lest others take part in the quarrel, and the Pack be diminished by war. 20 The Second Jungle Book The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge, and whe... ... well as of whole hosts of tourists who travelled up and down India in the cold weather, show- ing how things ought to be managed. In his spare time h... ... he need a chela—a dis- ciple—to beg for him? Had he a blanket against the cold weather? Was the food good? Purun Bhagat ate, and thanked the giver. I... ...er, but stronger. He wished to rub off the velvet of his horns against the cold stones of Kali’s statue, and stamped his feet when he saw the man at t... ...self all over with pure delight at the way in which Mowgli had managed his war. It was long after sunrise, but no one dreamed of going to sleep, and f... .... No one but the long-lived el- ephant could plan and carry through such a war. “Let them run as the men ran from the fields of Bhurtpore, till we hav... ...ill we watched the villages die under in the spring growth. Now I see. Thy war shall he our war. We will let in the jungle!” Mowgli had hardly time to... ...wallowed as is our custom. Immedi- ately I was afflicted with an excessive cold which, beginning in my crop, ran down to the extreme end of my toes, a...

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...epartment, expected was a C.I.E.; he dreamed of a C.S.I.: indeed, his friends told him that he deserved more. For three years he had endured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with responsibility almost too heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now,...

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... told him that he de- served more. For three years he had endured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with respon- sibilit... ...commissions if one, only one, rather doubtful consignment were passed; the war that followed the refusal; the careful, polite obstruction at the other... ...efusal; the careful, polite obstruction at the other end that followed the war, till young Hitchcock, putting one month’s leave to another month, and ... .... The gangs had spread themselves along the embankments, regardless of the cold rain of the dawn, and there they waited for the flood. Only Peroo kept... ...and through the flights of formulae that danced and wheeled be- fore him a cold fear would come to pinch his heart. His side of the sum was beyond que... ... know? They were born yesterday, and those that made them are scarcely yet cold,” said the Mugger. “tomorrow their Gods will die.” “Ho!” said Peroo. “... ...iently, saw the Mugger at his feet, and kneeling, slipped an arm round the cold neck. “Mother,” he said gently, “get thee to thy flood again. This mat... ...nsanity; but the whispering, level-headed little men of 75 The Day’s Work war considered it from every point of view, and thought that there might be... ...ke a tortoise- shell tom-cat. No end of a brute, it is, and a sure sign of war or pestilence or—or something. There’s a nice family legend for you.” “...

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...g yourself,” said a ragged old woman, who grinned at him; “isn’t the Seine cold and dirty?” His answer was a ready smile, which showed the frenzied na... ... passed his hand over his forehead to shake off the drowsiness, and felt a cold breath of air as an unknown furry something swept past his cheeks. He ... ...try ablaze, blow their own brains out, plot for a republic or clamor for a war—” “Emile,” Raphael’s neighbor called eagerly to the speaker, “on my hon... ...made up for by the gout; and justice is likewise tempered by red-tape, and colds accompany cashmere shawls.” “Wretch!” Emile broke in upon the misanth... .... “Let us reckon it out. Three sous for bread, two for milk, and three for cold meat, kept me from dying of hunger, and my mind in a state of peculiar... ...of tapers. Pauline was fresh-hearted and affectionate—I would have had her cold and formal. “In the last days of my frantic folly, memory brought Paul... ... by reason of its contradictions; a life that afforded all the delights of war in the midst of peace? I was growing drowsy when Rastignac kicked the d... ...and imperatively demanding a prompt and enormous expenditure of vitality. War, Power, Art, like De- bauch, are all forms of demoralization, equally r... ...nt dis- tractions in an existence so remote from ordinary life as theirs? “War, after all, is the Excess of bloodshed, as the Excess of self-interest ...

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...rsted, with his axe and dog, tram- pling through the snow; the snow bitter cold to look at, the woodman’s pipe wonderful: a gloomy piece, that made yo... ..., and swagger, and fierce demeanor. But now that the guardsmen are gone to war, and the dandies of “The Rag”—dandies no more—are battling like heroes ... ...aying her hands on the kitchen table, whilst her policeman grumbles at the cold meat. They are cook’s and housemaid’s hands without mis- take, and not...

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...lamable. Women should walk in armour as if they were born to it; for these cold sneerers will never waste their darts on cuirasses. An independent bra... ...ocked in his hand, and he said: ‘Many would take that for a declaration of war, but I know it ‘s only your lordship’s diplomacy’; and then he let loos... ...was knocked off by the wind of a cannon-ball. He lost both legs before the war was over, and said merrily, ‘Stumps for life’’ while they were carry- i... ... marvel in her breast that the house she desired so much to love should be cold and repel her now it was a vacant shell. Her memo- ries could not hang... ...ran along the tracks to the forest by the light, which was neither dim nor cold, but grave; presenting tree and shrub and dwarf growth and grass auste... ...ood, as the rosy vapour born of our sensibility must do when we relapse to coldness, and the more completely when we try to command it. No, she though... ... ‘You can’t explain it, I suppose?’ ‘A sister could go too, when you go to war, Chillon.’ A sister could go, if it were permitted by the authorities, ... ... 67 George Meredith Sir Meeson Corby was a plump little beau of forty, at war with his fat and accounting his tight blue tail coat and brass buttons ... ... with the light in the morning, a pointed eagerness flushed Carinthia, the cold engraving became a picture of colour. She was out with the earliest li...

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... only too glad to trot about for us.—What else would he do?” Very soon the cold which old age spreads about itself be- gan to set in; the communicable... ...old which old age spreads about itself be- gan to set in; the communicable cold which sensibly lowers the social temperature, especially if the old ma... ... a cost. Alas! Pons did not dare to confess that heart and stomach were at war within him, that he could digest affronts which pained his heart, and, ... ...; or she would spill the gravy over his clothes. In short, she waged petty war after the manner of a petty nature, knowing that she could annoy an unf... ...ut it was all thrown away upon the audience. Mother and daughter exchanged cold, contemptuous glances.— ”What an oddity!” they seemed to say. “So it a... ... say. “So it amuses you?” remarked Mme. de Marville. The ques- tion sent a cold chill through Pons; he felt a strong desire to slap the Presidente. “W... ...eum rooms and furniture with the agility of sailors cleaning down a man-of-war. There was not a speck of dust on the carved wood; not an inch of brass... ...d of broken bread, crusts and crumbs, for a farthing, a porringer- full of cold potatoes for something less, and other scraps in proportion. Remonencq... ...e statesman, in the conceptions of the inventor, or the soldier’s toils of war; the fire within is apt to flash out in gleams of marvelously vivid lig...

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...th black lumps. And when the morning came and the mists were all white and cold, he saw the man’s child pick up a wicker pot plastered inside with ear... ... kicked the fire with his foot, and the sparks flew up. “There shall be no war between any of us in the Pack. But here is a debt to pay before I go.” ... ...ung monkeys in the night. The whisper of his name makes their wicked tails cold. Let us go to Kaa.” “What will he do for us? He is not of our tribe, b... ...e Bandar-log have taken him beyond the river to the monkey city—to 37 the Cold Lairs. They may stay there for a night, or ten nights, or an hour. I h... ...nto him,” said Bagheera. “But I am proud of him, and now we must go to the Cold Lairs.” They all knew where that place was, but few of the Jungle Peop... ...but few of the Jungle People ever went there, because what they called the Cold Lairs was an old deserted city, lost and buried in the jungle, and bea... ...silence. Then from the ruined wall nearest the jungle rose up the rumbling war-shout of Baloo. The old Bear had done his best, but he could not come b... ...t, Buldeo. Thou wilt never give me one anna of the reward. There is an old war between this lame tiger and myself—a very old war, and—I have won.” To ... ...nd wave his flipper politely to the stumpy-tailed Albatross and the Man-of-war Hawk as they went down the wind; how to jump three or four feet clear o...

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...hings in the world. It was blowing almost a gale, and the weather was very cold—it being late in October. I sprang out of bed, nevertheless, in a kind... ...before said, blew freshly from the southwest. The night was very clear and cold. Augustus had taken the helm, and I stationed myself by the mast, on t... ... sea-biscuit, three or four im- mense Bologna sausages, an enormous ham, a cold leg of roast mutton, and half a dozen bottles of cordials and liqueurs... ...Pres- ently feeling an almost ravenous appetite, I bethought myself of the cold mutton, some of which I had eaten just before going to sleep, and foun... ...from the pitcher left by Peters, storing his pockets at the same time with cold potatoes. To his great joy he also came across a lantern, with a small... ...- ing the desolate solemnity echo and re-echo with yells like the terrific war-whoop of the Indian: and onward, still onward rolled the dumpy Tarpauli...

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...but not of his family—just before he was ordered to the Lake frontier. The war had stirred up the Indians to acts of violence they had not committed f... ...irited, resolute woman as she was. “I understand,” she said, with a stiff, cold tone. Jaquetta heard the echo of it, and wondered. “But,” he added, “w... ...if she could hardly bear to own such a brother, but she did take his hand, coldly though, and saying, “Let me see my father.” He was obliged to tell h... ..., but not very readily, and I am 21 Lady Hester afraid we were needlessly cold and dry; but we were taken by surprise when my brother brought her int... ... advice by the yard! Alas! I fear we were equally ungrateful to them, both cold and impa- tient. No, we did not bear it really well, though they said ... ...for her demeanour, quite as much as for her beauty. Old Miss Prior—whom no coldness on my part could check in her assiduous kindness, and nothing woul...

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...Apparently, there’s been an underground, cold war going on, not noticed much by humans, between “good” vampires—those who have altered their biological needs and can use synthetic blood—and “bad” vampires—Rogues who actively enjoy hunting, draining and butchering hu...

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...is “barbaric yawp” along with all the details that constitute them, a few being sexual love, commonplace American scenes and personalities, the Civil War, the physical landscape of America, and freedom in all its many facets—sexual, religious, political, philosophical, etc. Whitman was very much aware of his book’s singularity, and his preface to the 1855 edition as well a...

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...            O the bleeding drops of red,                               Where on the deck my Captain lies,                                    Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the s...

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...eteors With Antecedents A BROADWAY PAGEANT SEA-DRIFT Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life Tears To the Man-Of-War-Bird Aboard at a Ship's Helm On the Beach at Night The World below the Brine On the Beach at Night Alone Song For All Seas, All Ships Patroling Barnegat After the Sea-Ship BY THE ROADSIDE A Boston Ballad Europe ...

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...t not if there’s a witness! No one I cared about was around to witness any rebuff, so I dared. London commerce had shaken off the vicissitudes of war with a vengeance. Shops overflowing with goodies, food plentiful and varied, restaurants of every persuasion opening their doors to an increasingly adventurous public; theatres full, film studios on a roll, television had...

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...r mind unable to comprehend just yet. “Where?” “Over there!” Beth pointed behind her. “It took off to the north, and we chased it into the cave.” A cold shudder ran down Sarah’s spine as she realized someone had actually seen the object of her obsession. We’re so close! We can’t afford any mistakes now. “This is Sarah calling all members.” She cleared her throat before s...

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... 22 J.Cross/Artemis Artemis thought for a long time before speaking. "A war on drugs!" he said vehemently, pounding the top of his desk. "No... ...ugs!" he said vehemently, pounding the top of his desk. "No, Senator. Not a war. There have been too many wars." "Father, I appreciate your senti... ...untries. No, Father, if we are to stop the drug trade we must have an all-out war. Call it a 'Holy War' if you like, but nonetheless, a war!" "Sena... ...mis managed a smile. "In the meantime, I will consider other ideas, besides a war." Artemis wanted to say something more, but didn't know how, so he... ..., and tears started welling up in his eyes. “You need help, Alex,” she said coldly. “Marian, I need your help,” he said, emphasizing ‘your’. “I... ...e some unexpected help." Antonio stiffened, and broke out, instantly, into a cold sweat. 123 J.Cross/Artemis The latter, was probably the mos... ...he alcohol the night before. Sleep was now impossible, so he decided to take a cold shower. The icy shards brought him to a reasonable sense of norma... ...ICE A dark, gray dusk was beginning to settle over D.C. as an unusually cold October wind howled across the grounds of the Capital, ripping br... ...nklin here?" Just then, Franklin, Director of the FBI, walked in. "God, it's cold out there," he said shivering and rubbing his hands together. He ...

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.......................................... 9 Andrew Michael ?How To Get Completely Lost? .......................................... 11 Chris Hanney ?The War of the Stars? ............................................................ 12 Dana Helsel ?Role Reversal within MacBeth? ................................................ 14 Douglas Webster ?What Are We Fighting For?? .......

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...etely Lost”.......................................... 11 Chris Hanney “The War of the Stars”............................................................. ...o be chosen for a sacrifice. In conclusion, if our visitor is tired of the cold weather, heavy clothing, and the pressure and rush of the world, she c... ...lled into the parking lot, I saw the large ce- ment building. It looked so cold and expression- less, and I barely noticed the small, old, ragged sign... ...Tom Hoburn New Kensington – English 4 Snow Storm Baby THE YEAR WAS 1992; a cold December arctic wind had brought a chance of snow to the area. It was ... ...ecause it sets the mood for the holiday season. By this time I was getting cold and tired from the never ending shoveling, so I de- cided man against ... ...est of Freshman Writing 12 Chris Hanney Delaware County – English 15 The War of the Stars IN 1975, a young director named George Lucas wrote the s... ...ss while Macbeth is acknowl- edged by his colleagues as a fierce and loyal war- rior; however, the Macbeths behave quite the op- posite when in only e... ...murder plot and takes charge of the situation. This is made evident as she coldly explains to her husband, “Only look up clear,/ T o alter favor ever ... ..., a , a , a , a concept that many nations would scoff at. We have fought a war to abolish slavery, an insti- tution that would hold whites over blacks...

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...nd mechanical contrivance. I am reminded again of the days during the Boer war, when one realised that it had never occurred to our happy-go-lucky Arm... ...I thought also that I might be very giddy, and that I might get thoroughly cold and uncomfortable None of those things happened. I am still in a state... ... never really slumbered again since the chastening experiences of the Boer War. Since then the national spirit, hampered though it is by the tradi- ti... ...ean of our resources in money or stuff. It is manifest that the next naval war will be beyond all precedent a war of mechanisms, giv- ing such scope f... ... shallow), and immensely costly. If I were Lord High Admiral of England at war I would not fight the things. I would as soon put to sea in St. Paul’s ... ...No current politics,” whispers the school- master, “no religion—except the coldest formalities Some parent might object.” And he pours into our countr... ...—then it gives a sort of depth, a sort of subjective reality, that no such cold, almost affectedly ironi- cal detachment as that which distinguishes t... ...ne must have been in life, and consider Lord Morley’s “Life of Gladstone,” cold, dignified—not a life at all, indeed, so much as embalmed remains; the... ... bowels carefully removed. All biography has something of that post-mortem coldness and respect, and as for autobiog- raphy—a man may show his soul in...

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...travelling. And then, they must have good lungs and not be always catching cold. Above all, their clothes must be of good wearing material. Otherwise ... ... and the arch; whilst, if susceptible to draughts, he would probably catch cold from a little Moorish door in the wall behind him to his right. T wo o... ...in an agony of protest). Naow, naow. Look eah— BRASSBOUND (ruthlessly). In cold water. DRINKWATER (shrieking). Na-a-a-a-ow. Aw eawn’t, aw toel yer. Na... ...u should have taken my warning. SIR HOWARD (immediately taking the tone of cold disgust for moral delinquency). Am I to understand, then, that you are... ...he railway from the Cape to Cairo. Who are you, that a nation should go to war for you? If you are missing, what will your newspapers say? A foolhardy... ...e hands of them that set the sea on fire but yesterday with their ships of war? Where are the Franguestani cap- tives? LADY CICELY. Here we are, Cadi.... ... curious ethnological speci- men, with all the nations of the old world at war in his veins, he is developing artificially in the direction of sleekne... ...ry. But you know, Captain, the one thing that one misses on board a man-of-war is a woman. KEARNEY. We often feel that deprivation verry keenly, Lady ... ...tters) the letters my uncle wrote to my mother, with her comments on their cold drawn insolence, their treachery and cruelty. And the piteous letters ...

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...ildren usually are in no mood to ski: they miss their parents, and they’re cold. Because of their lack of coordination and hav- ing uncomfortable skis... ...their time lying in the snow. A child who misses his or her parents and is cold and wet is never pleasant. The ski lift is an instructor’s worst night... ... him for the rest of his life. Bruce trained all his young life to start a war against crime to avenge his dead parents. Superman, however, was the so... ... has used sources improperly or without documentation. Besto of Four ON A COLD, dreary morning in January, I left my house for school. I departed a f...

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...ack in the dark ages. But talking of books, there is Southey’s `Peninsular War.’ I am reading that of a morning. Y ou know Southey?” “No” said Mr. Cas... ...ding is the most healthy of exercises.” “I am aware of it,” said Dorothea, coldly. “I think it would do Celia good—if she would take to it.” “But you ... ...ur pattern of a lady.” Dorothea looked straight before her, and spoke with cold brusquerie, very much with the air of a handsome boy, in amusing contr... ...be laying herself open to a demonstration that she was somehow or other at war with all goodness. But on safe opportunities, she had an indirect mode ... ...ing. There’s a sharp air, driving. W on’t you sit down, my dear? Y ou look cold.” Dorothea felt quite inclined to accept the invitation. Some times, w... ...er been tired of listening to old Monsieur Liret when Celia’s feet were as cold as possible, and when it had really become dreadful to 42 Middlemarch... ...nd trees, with a pool. “I am no judge of these things,” said Dorothea, not coldly, but with an eager deprecation of the appeal to her. “Y ou know, unc... ...n the mouth and a venom in the glance which would almost justify declaring war in spite of past benefits. He was much obliged to Casaubon in the past,... ... about the new King and the numerous handbills on the walls, had seemed to war- rant a little recklessness. It was a maxim about Middlemarch, and rega...

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...er Herzog was born in a small town outside of Frankfurt to an emotionally detached mother and a Nazi-sympathizing stepfather at the tail end of World War II. Teenage Walter and his pals come to school drunk and oversexed; eventually, they skip classes altogether to make out with girls and earn drinking money. Over the years, restless Walter finds himself loving numerous wo...

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...s' use. Germany's infrastructure had been destroyed by British and American bombing and by fighting on the ground. Twelve months after the end of the war in Europe, it still took seventy-two hours to travel by rail from Munich to Hamburg. Heavy war reparations had to be paid by the remaining Germans. The alleged father of the baby, Friedrich Herzog, had yet to return from...

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...ay to the bar. Before films and television arrived to bewitch the world, paintings could sway multitudes, convert sceptics and provoke intellectual war. Today, they’ve been reduced to decoration, and the only certainty for aspiring painters is that a market for their outpourings is not assured. I slunk to a corner, sipped my drink and nibbled humble pie. ‘Cheer up you m...

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...r join voluntarily. The majority of those soldiers come from less well-to-do backgrounds and Space Force Grunts tells about their perspective of that war....

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...netary tanks and basic anti-jet capabilities. They had come with their field artillery and were supplied with self-guided missiles and a new batch of war drones and fighter robots. Their previous set of bots and drones had all been used up. They came to a base that was in urgent need of repair and they had to restore even their sleeping quarters before they could lay down ...