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...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Do...

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...h din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries. Pope’s Odyssey. IN THAT PLEASANT DISTRICT of merry England which is wa- tered by the river Don, there extend... ...ats was at present occupied by Cedric the Saxon, who, though but in rank a thane, or, as the Normans called him, a Franklin, felt, at the delay of his... ...mals easily found their food. Besides these subjects of anxiety, the Saxon thane was im- patient for the presence of his favourite clown W amba, whose... ...do- mestic, whether in the royal household or in those of the aldermen and thanes. But the term cnicht, now spelt knight, having been received into th... ...ot, “must be unloosed, worthy Franklin, or permit me rather to say, worthy Thane, though the title is antiquated. Vows are the knots which tie us to H... ...hen, however, it was discovered, by a serious cross- examination, that the Thane of Coningsburgh (or Franklin, as the Normans termed him) had no idea ... ..., however unwilling to submit to the exactions of the feudal tyrant of the district. *A Tulchan is a calfs skin stuffed, and placed before a cow who h... ...roceeded in an unabated course of popularity, and might, in his pecu- liar district of literature, have been termed L ’Enfant Gâté of success. It was ... ...be of the ordinary class of readers, he has either never seen those remote districts at all, or he has wandered through those desolate re- gions in th...

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... was not of the highest or- der of Chiefs, replied to what had been said. “Thane of Menteith,” he said, “you have well spoken; nor is there one of us ... ... keep us united. Such is the man that must com- mand us. Are you prepared, Thane of Menteith, to say where such a general is to be found?” “There is b... ...esent occasion he threw himself into Badenoch, and rapidly traversing that district, as well as the neighbouring country of Athole, he alarmed the Cov... ... animated the gentlemen to the north of the Forth. The possession of these districts, with or without a victory, would give him the command of a wealt... ...ny a strong country and many a fortress, betrayed, on this occa- sion, the district of Argyle to his enemies. The invaders had only to contend with th... ...ner reached the summit of the ridge of hills dividing Argyleshire from the district of Breadalbane, than they rushed down upon the devoted vales benea... ...gles of Ben-Nevis; and so shall this haughty Knight, and this tri- umphant Thane, never learn the secret I alone can impart; a secret which would make... ... said Ranald; “he hath wagered deeply for a son of Diarmid—And you, gentle Thane—the report of the camp says, that you would purchase with life and la... ...the Harp is discovered to be the daughter of Duncan of Ardenvohr; that the Thane of Menteith is to wed her before the priest; and that you are sent to...

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... ac- quainted with, she fancied it best to try the chances of some remoter district. Lights she saw gleaming or twinkling at a distance, that still te... ... Mr. Williamson was a well-known and respectable man, long settled in that district; he was supposed to be rich; and more with a view to the employmen... ...exception, moved off. That was one of the customs by which, in so stormy a district, Mr. Williamson had found it possible to keep his house free from ... ...ch within ninety seconds will be maddening the population of this populous district—no picture of a ma- niac in flight of panic or in pursuit of venge... ..., the deadly roar of vengeance, and its sublime unity, could point in this district only to the one demon whose idea had brooded and tyrannized, for t... ...umage of a pheasant, leaving him to ‘mount far up- wards with the swans of Thanes’—and, finally, let it not be forgotten, that Samuel Clarke Burnet, o...

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... the cart into his calculations, he en- deavoured to turn up a narrow alley, and became greatly involved. He was taken into custody by the police, and... ...eir men when they be- gin to move again. At a small butcher’s, in a shy neighbourhood (there is no reason for suppressing the name; it is by Notting-h... ...us secrets of Nature had I come to the knowledge of in that sanctuary: of which not the least ter- rific were, that the witches in Macbeth bore an awf... ... wa- terproof head-gear for the moors and mountains, he has put upon the heads of his family as much of this stock as they could carry, and has taken ... ...s country are mighty works of Vauban, whom you know about, and regiments of such corporals as you heard of once upon a time, and many a blue-eyed Bebe... ...mehouse Hole be picked out for the site of a Children’s Paradise? Or would the legitimate and illegitimate pauper children of the long-shore populatio... ...ing man must be so far done by himself as that it is maintained by himself. And there must be in it no touch of condescension, no shadow of patronage....

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...ter used to meet him at Epply’s—the great dancing-place in the city before District Marshal Will- iam Nichols bought it. They told me he was always gl... ...d give my England to the Great Duke.” He turns on us all crying, shrilly: “Thanes, he had caught me at Rouen—a lifetime ago. If I had not promised, I ... ...a!” he cried. “I know better. Every time I tell my tale men stone me. But, Thanes, I will tell you a greater thing. Listen!” He told us how many paces...

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...Burgundians. The fact, too, that the Franks rapidly took possession of the district de- populated by the crushing defeat of the Burgundians like- wise... ...refore one beheld many strangers riding to their realm. Four hundred sword-thanes (4) were to put on knightly garb with Siegfried. Many a fair maid wa... ... from the Latin “ad sanctos”) is at present a town in the Rhenish Prussian district of Dusseldorf. It does not now lie on the Rhine, but did in the Mi... .... It does not now lie on the Rhine, but did in the Middle Ages. (4) “Sword-thanes” (M.H.G. “swertdegene”) were the young squires who were to be made k...

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...he country side, ‘cared for none of these things.’ He had been long in the district, and the Buria Kol loved him and brought him offer- ings of speare... ...so the Buria Kol turned out and hammered HIM rather savagely. I was in the district, and he sent a runner to me with a note saying: “Persecuted for th... ... or rever- ence, with a longing for absolute power which his undesir- able district gratified. ‘No one wants my post,’ he used to say grimly, ‘and my ... ...s of Howli. Now there was an assistant commissioner—a Stunt Sahib, in that district, called Yunkum Sahib. Aha! He was hard- hard even as is the Sahib ... ... his protection. Many eyes had Yunkum Sahib, and moved quickly through his district. Men called him The Tiger of Gokral-Seetarun, because he would arr... ...the Havildar, and others, ill-condi- tioned rascals against whom we of the Thane bore spite. It was well done, and the Havildar was proud. But the Dip...

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...t certain travellers know and rec- ognize from its likeness to its brother district in all other places where are congregated the habitations of men. ... ...in, or Stamboul, or New Y ork, or Timbuctoo, or London, there is a certain district where a certain man is not a stranger. Where the idols are fed wit... ...haracter for brav- ery, so remarkable were its services in that delightful district of India. Major Sir George Gutch was next in command, and Tom Thru... ...agan? The thing is manifestly impossible. 159 Burlesques the most warlike districts of our Indian territory. “When on parade and in full uniform we m... ...king backwards, holding a pair of wax-candles. At this hour of bedtime the Thane used to be in such a condi- tion, that he saw two pair of candles and... ...tle of his fathers. As they rode along the forest, they met Athelstane the Thane powdering along the road in the direction of Rotherwood on his great ... .... And who shall be surprised, if she was happier with the stupid and boozy Thane than with the gentle and mel- ancholy Wilfrid? Did women never have a... ... at the last line, but Rowena would have had the fool whipped, had not the Thane interceded; and to him, she said, she could refuse nothing. CHAPTER I... ...y was playing on Athelstane’s knee; Rowena smil- ing and patting the Saxon Thane fondly on his broad bullhead, filled him a huge cup of spiced wine fr...

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...there is a change. This is still the big, burly, fleshly, handsome-looking Thane; here is still the same face which in the earlier acts could be super... ...en after he meets Macduff his courage does not fail; but when he hears the Thane was not born of woman, all virtue goes out of him; and though he spea... ...of Mr. Archer’s trunk. The other was carried by an aged beggar man of that district, known and welcome for some twenty miles about under the name of ‘...

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...f clay. It was their moment. Most of them were women from the dead woman’s district, to whom black garments had been served out by Mr. Wilcox’s orders... ...p you. But I thought you wanted to be in town. One bit of advice: fix your district, then fix your price, and then don’t budge. 151 EM Forster That’s... ...ast, saw it as an ancient guest-hall, where the lord sat at meat among his thanes. Even the Bible— the Dutch Bible that Charles had brought back from ...

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...to carry with them, would keep them so long in the little towns of his own district, that they would not have time to see Rome. I mentioned this, to p... ...n a fine suit of clothes, “And what art thou to-night?” Tom answered, “The Thane of Ross;” (which it will be recollected is a very in- considerable ch...