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...d to be already. Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 56 It was her damned curiosity that pushed her closer and made her hunker down a couple of feet ... ...own a couple of feet away from it to assure herself it was the same piece. Curiosity and an underlying need to face and slay her demons. She owed Jury... ...rt yourself. Where were you when this thing found its way into our castle, Rover? She hoped that whatever came out of the thing this time, if anything... ...ah were there. If Milah were home, Therese would have had to deal with the curiosity of a concerned and perceptive family member and she didn't think ... ...s. She felt Darius following her with his long-lashed honey eyes, felt his curiosity. But instead of rushing her, he sat silently, waiting for her to ... ... Kane probably hadn't had time to be afraid. He was so like a child in his curiosity and innocence, she told herself now, seeing everything new, from ...

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...SING ALSO AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. ... ...ble storm and driven upon a strange shore -- Attacked by the natives -- A bold rover of the north -- A cruise among Atlantic islands -- A surprising d... ... -- The people hail his successor -- The skeletons of three large ships excite curiosity -- For what purpose had the King intended them? -- A hidden c... ... The vision of Calecut -- At anchor before the city waiting for a messenger -- Curiosity of the King of Calecut is excited -- A great story teller -- ... ...- Whence was derived the word "filibuster " -- Sailors turned soldiers -- Free rovers on desperate undertakings -- England and France give license to ... ...rican Continent. A report of the discovery having been made to Erik, that bold rover organized an expedition, and with thirty-five companions set out ... ...te, for it was the day of the Resurrection. The sailor of the olden time was a curiosity. All remember him as depicted in the novels and romances of D... ..., as the only thing that Pinzon took back to Spain with him which excited any curiosity was an opossum, which aroused the liveliest curiosity of the ... ...fts said the men were white, but otherwise they could give no information. His curiosity getting the better of his determination to keep the strangers...

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...anical passion the words pour forth in youthful naivety about Aston Martins, Rovers, engines, pistons, motor bike racing, the lot... But 'Don't you ... ...ealing nothing of financial worries robbing his nights of sleep. Insatiable curiosity driving him to devour books galore on history and science, phi...

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...othing Can Travel Faster that Light... and Other Explorations in Nature's Curiosity Shop, Contemporary Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8092-3821-7. [2] Bu... ...lanetary exploration, including the building and operating of the two Mars rovers which are presently active on the surface of Mars as this is being ...

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... and weeds, seats and benches crumbled. Laying aside our clothes, we toss rover reeds, have a try at archery, play catch. Or we race or go in for le... ... imminence... even shadows have their fire... the stars burn... O, sea rover, fight... P VOICES FROM THE PAST 114 The storm split roofs a... ...waist and offered me something. I hesitated to take it, feeling Charaxos’ curiosity—or was it gloating? I grew afraid as the castaway insisted, wagg...

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... and weeds, seats and benches crumbled. Laying aside our clothes, we toss rover reeds, have a try at archery, play catch. Or we race or go in for le... ... imminence... even shadows have their fire... the stars burn... O, sea rover, fight... P VOICES FROM THE PAST 118 The storm split roofs a... ...waist and offered me something. I hesitated to take it, feeling Charaxos’ curiosity—or was it gloating? I grew afraid as the castaway insisted, wagg...

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.... The Chinamen at the oars of the dory, with that extraordinary absence of curiosity which is the mark of the race, did not glance a 32 Moran of the ... ... a long breath. What followed thrilled Wilbur with alternate excite- ment, curiosity, and a vivid sense of desecration and sac- rilege. For the life o... ... Just how she should be awak- ened one morning to find that she—Moran, sea-rover, virgin unconquered, without law, without land, without sex—was, afte... ...oothing one huge braid between her palms. Wilbur looked at her with intent curiosity—noted again, as if for the first time, the rough, blue overalls t... ...elf with excitement. Once more she had lapsed back to the Vikings and sea- rovers of the tenth century—she was Brunhilde again, a shield-maiden, a Val... ...ly part of that winter shooting elk in Oregon, was among the ranks of the “rovers,” who grouped themselves about the draughty doorways, and endeavored... ...The “first set” was out again, and as Ridgeway guided Miss Herrick by the “rovers” she looked over the array of shirt-fronts, searching for Jerry Haig... ... every male dancer on the floor— ensigns in their gold-faced uniforms and “rovers” in starched and immaculate shirt-bosoms—cheered and cheered and str...

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...ted me during our passage from the cruising ground. I felt an irresistible curiosity to see those islands which the olden voy- agers had so glowingly ... ...g them. Once in the course of a half century, to be sure, some adventurous rover would break in upon their 23 Melville peaceful repose. and astonishe... ...eil of calico in which it was enshrined, and in the gratification of their curiosity so far overstepped the limits of good breeding, as deeply to offe... ...ll flocked in numbers about the encampment, and watched with the liveliest curiosity every- thing that was going forward. A blacksmith’s forge, which ... ...d this, although he was anxious to conceal it. He was one of that class of rovers you sometimes meet at sea, who never reveal their origin, never allu... ...A SLEEPLESS NIGHT— FURTHER DISCOVERIES—MY ILLNESS—A MARQUESAN LANDSCAPE My curiosity had been not a little raised with regard to the description of co... ...a retreat as possible, and bend our steps in some other direction; but our curiosity to see whither this path might lead, prompted us to pursue it. So... ...ly obtain the greater part of their information from retired old South-Sea rovers, who have domesticated themselves among the barbarous tribes of the ... ...d in his hand, and carried a sooty old pipe slung about his neck. This old rover having retired from active life, had resided in Nukuheva some time—co...

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...he days of adversity were upon him. So, although at times leading the Sulu rovers, he had also served as Serang of country ships, and in that wise had... ...the eyes of his chief, the fear- less Omar el Badavi, the leader of Brunei rovers, whom he followed with unquestioning loyalty through the long years ... ...ring of the crews of the man-of-war’s boats dashing to the at- tack of the rover’s village. Aissa, sitting on the high after-deck, her father’s blacke... ...lent men stretched on the shady side of the houses looked at him with calm curiosity, the women busy round the cooking fires would send after him wond... ... the warm and motionless air. He hurried on, driven by a suddenly awakened curiosity, and entered the narrow way between the bushes. At the next turn ... ...the Islands him past her, but an invisible force made up of sur- prise and curiosity and desire spun him round as soon as he had passed. She had taken... ... here and there, a fragment of a sentence, a loud exclamation. Impelled by curiosity he crept to the very edge of the black shadow under the tree. The... ... of those that died… . Tell me, Tuan,” he went on, looking at Lingard with curiosity—”tell me, Tuan, do you white people ever hear the voices of the i...

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...a row. Their heads were turned toward the brig with a strong expression of curiosity on their faces, which, in this glare, brilliant and sinister, too... ...There was nothing in it, maintained some. Others dissented. A good deal of curiosity, however, remained and the faint rumour of something big being in... .... “Foolishness!” he cried, then asked softly in a voice that trembled with curiosity—”Where did you leave them?” “With Belarab,” breathed out Lingard.... ...us thing for him now—in the society of Edith Travers. She had awakened his curiosity, which he thought nothing and nobody on earth could do any more. ... ...ir ruin. He believed that even she herself would never know; but his grave curiosity was satisfied by the observation of her mental state, and he was ... ...close to the fires. Each prau had, according to the customs of the Illanun rovers when on a raiding expedition, a smaller war-boat and these being lig... ...oy!” He thumped the thick curly sides, stroked the smooth head— ”Good boy, Rover. Down. Lie down, dog. You don’t know what to make of it—do you, boy?”... ...rd’s relation to the Wajo exiles, a great and warlike adventure such as no rover in those seas had ever attempted. That Tengga was much more ready to ...

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...ain of the or gan gallery, was struck motionless by the double operation of curiosity and fear; while the organist, intent only on his performance, a... ...ervice, undertook the charge: and how he succeeded we have seen. Sir Ralph’s curiosity was strongly excited by the friar’s de scription of the young ... ... was half a shout and half a song, answered: Over, over, over, jolly, jolly rover, Would you then come over? Over, over, over? Jolly, jolly rover, ... ...y rover, here’s one lives in clover: Who finds the clover? The jolly, jolly rover. He finds the clover, let him then come over, The jolly, jolly ro...

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... the least informa tion. However, as it seemed to be the sole object of his curiosity, it soon became so to the rest of the specta tors, whose conje... ...t found that it resisted his utmost efforts. “Since Hell will not satisfy my curiosity,” said Manfred, “I will use the human means in my power for pre... ...ink, Madam, that this question about my Lady Isabella was the result of mere curiosity? No, no, Madam, there is more in it than you great folks are aw... ...ations are not totally without foundation — Isabella’s flight amazes me. The curiosity of the stranger is very particular; yet Isabella never conceale... ...uragement I am to expect for sincerity, I am not tempted to indulge thy vain curiosity farther.” “Then thou wilt not speak?” said Manfred. “I will not... ...h was situated on the coast, had, during his absence, been laid waste by the Rover who had carried my mother and me into captivity: that his castle ha...

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..., all gesture and vociferation, my own appearance was calculated to excite curiosity. A robe of the native cloth was thrown over my shoulders, my hair... ... was then stripped and sold for a trifle. Before leaving Tahiti, I had the curiosity to go over this poor old ship, thus stranded on a strange shore. ... ...tar; a crucifix to correspond, and gilded candlesticks and censers. Their curiosity carried them no further; noth- ing could induce them to worship t... ...occasion was subsequently accounted for: it merely arose from professional curiosity to behold a case most unusual in his Polynesian practice. Now, un... ...d a relic of times gone by, which, a few days after, we examined with much curiosity. It was an old war-canoe, crumbling to dust. Being supported by t... ...e not slow in perceiving that we were far different from the common run of rovers; and that our society was both enter- taining and instructive to a c... ...or inducements which most intertropical countries afford, not only to mere rovers like ourselves, but to penniless people generally. In these genial r... ...ved the name which they gave her. 253 Melville CHAPTER LXXVII. A PARTY OF ROVERS—LITTLE LOO AND THE DOCTOR WHILE IN PARTOOWYE, we fell in with a band... ...O AND THE DOCTOR WHILE IN PARTOOWYE, we fell in with a band of six veteran rovers, prowling about the village and harbour, who had just come overland ...

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...ps. Being by this time weary of such trifling performances, the boisterous rover hurried away rejoicing, roaring over moor and meadow, hill and flat, ... ...Lupin not a little consternation. But the young lady evincing no surprise, curiosity, or alarm, whispered her, with many thanks for her solicitude and... ...eading. Mrs Lupin had her full share and dividend of that large capital of curiosity which is inherited by her sex, and at another time it might have ... ...his clenched fist close to Mr Pecksniff’s eyes, as if it were some natural curiosity from the near inspection whereof he was likely to derive high gra... ...istance that, yielding partly to these persuasions and partly to their own curiosity, they suffered themselves to be ushered into the presence of that... ...ursued John, filling his own glass, and looking at his companion with some curiosity, ‘who are older than the majority of Mr Pecksniff’s assistants, a... ... gravity; for he felt it incumbent on him to disabuse the mind of this lax rover of any incorrect impressions on the subject; he signified that he wou... ...ntment, from almost hopeless- ness and despair, I have come back to you.’ ‘Rovers of this sort,’ observed Mr Pecksniff, as Chorus, ‘very com- monly co...

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...ny things untold. For, though it might be gratifying to a mere interest of curiosity, yet I believe that we should both be grieved if anything were to... ...h with more room at my disposal, it would be well worth translat- ing as a curiosity. It is the essay of a finished and perfect knave, who not merely ... ... what are you?’ And the beek in his turn, though so apt to indulge his own curiosity at the expense of the public, might find it very difficult to sat... ...han those which bred the gay and sunny superstitions of Greece,) that much curiosity and speculation have naturally gathered round the subject of late... ..., by which they are severally marked and featured, interesting only to the curiosity or to the spirit of minute research. All public acts in the degre... ...the Corinthian order of society, to borrow Burke’s image, was the bold sea-rover, the buccaneer, or, (if you will call him so) the robber in all his v...

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... extremely pleased to meet a gentleman so well informed in my quarterings. Is mon- sieur Born himself?’ This I said with a great air of assump- tion, ... ...panion; for though he walked with an ugly roll and no great appearance of speed, he could cover the around at a good rate when he wanted to. Each look... ...draw good ale, sir. Would you be so condescending as to share a pot with me?’ There was something so ambiguous and secret in the little man’s perpetua... ... attention to his cruelty; and I continued without effort to maintain my po- sition alongside, smiling to myself at the futility of his at- tempts, an... ... I might get the sack, and I shouldn’t wonder! But, it’s a pity, too,’ he added, and sighed, shook his head, and took his glass off sadly. ‘That remin... ...ainly go there, and you must permit me besides to do the honours of the ceety and send you a ticket. I am a thorough believer in a young man being a y...

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... larger than himself. A new comer of any age or either sex was an impressive curiosity in the poor little shabby village of St. Petersburg. This boy w... ...it again.” And he did “tackle it again” — and under the double pres sure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accompl... ...rk with his left hand. For a time the girl refused to notice; but her human curiosity presently began to manifest itself by hardly perceptible signs... ...s reach, cocked his head to one side and eyed the strangers with a consuming curiosity; a gray squirrel and a big fellow of the “fox” kind came skurry... ...not know any particular reason for this state of things; had had some little curiosity, but it was rather feeble; had made the most of the mystery by ... ...ent ways of getting hot and tired were gone through with, and by and by the rovers straggled back to camp fortified with re sponsible appetites, and...

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...illicit, there are few men who never do good ones. If only from self-love, curiosity, or by way of variety, or by chance, every man has his moment of ... ...d fearing, with some reason, that Pere Leger might be seized with the same curiosity, he took out the deed of sale for the 51 Balzac farm at Moulinea... ...ere, you know that all the people at that end of the Adriatic are pirates, rovers, corsairs retired from business, as they haven’t been hanged—” “Usco... ...aid Clapart, appearing like a spectre at the door of the salon whither his curiosity had brought him. “Oh! what shall we do with him?” said Madame Cla...

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...ight dazzle the reader, nor ambition that could carry his eye forward with curiosity to the future, nor successes, fixing his eye on the present; noth... ...n print, has been mentioned as dealing with a question of pure speculative curiosity: so little suspicion is abroad of that real question which lies b... ...om the main one, which awaited the prosecutress. And yet, though so little curiosity “awaited” her, it happened of necessity that, within a few moment... ...dants, (if you travel with any,) are regarded with attention, perhaps even curiosity; at all events, you are seen. But after passing the final posthou... ...eeply impressed. One thing interrupted our pleasure. The superb objects of curiosity within the cathedral were shown for separate fees. 165 Autobiogr... ...fect solitude) had been murdered in pure wantonness by some of the lawless rovers who frequented this solitary archipelago. Whether it were 276 Thoma... ... of compensation. My brother’s wild adventures amongst these desperate sea rovers were afterwards communicated in long letters to a fe- male relative;...

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...a, or the subsidence of some former continental area, to have driven into the tops of the mountains multitudes of refugees. Or we may suppose, more so... ...; and yet, when I once chanced to put the question, Brother Michel counted up ten whom he knew to be sick beyond recovery. It was here, too, that I co... ... to do the husband’s housework. The sight of Brother Michel’s family estate led the con- versation for some while upon the method and consequence of a... ... we were inestimably rich and travelled in a floating palace. We, upon our side, ate of his baked meats with no true animus affiliandi, but moved by t... ... befell that they were invited to my feast. I dare say it was quite a piece of politics in the pigsty whether to come or not to come, and the husband ... ...band, and the two poor antiques sat juxtaposed under the high canopy of palms, the human tragedy re- duced to its bare elements, a sight beyond pathos...