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...e put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, which, though constantly brushed away from a man's skin, sti... ...ushed away from a man's skin, still insists on biting him for the pleasure of human blood." --The Iliad Homer Book I: P... ...ey, with their driver, went down Ramkhamhaeng Road singularly in the scope of their thoughts but conditioned into repudiating their aloneness. It was ... ...ogramming of right and wrong no matter what he claimed to Noppawan. Being respectful to one's elders and giving the prayerful gesture of the "wei" (p... ...resheners or chewing gum for everyone. No Thai would refuse such friendly gestures and the two of them took from his hand greedily like tamed birds. ... ...d out that she was a dancer. There was no surprise there. Her flirtatious gestures and the presence of her frail mommy looking over at them and hopin... ...One worker who rested on a red stool enthralled him. Without any specific gestures or words sent to him, he nonetheless felt her listlessness and kne... ...to me." "No, I mean it literally, Ajarn," said Jatupon. Ajarn meant "respected teacher." "I went to the area outside of the Grand Palace in San... ...elings of sympathy for their plight or the senator's loneliness? --In some respects he did. He reminisced about his mother whom this high governing un...

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A second volume of short stories and poetry translated from the Hebrew.

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...lish and Hebrew http://gorgelink.org/vaknin/ http://samvak.tripod.com/sipurim.html Poetry of Healing and Abuse http://samvak.tripod.com/contents.h... ...m Revisited http://samvak.tripod.com/ Created by: Lidija Rangelovska, Skopje REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S Short Fic... ...UBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart Language of Black and Red On the Bus to Town The Butterflies are L... ...a with words of fire. Some passengers begin to push the Arab and shove her with innocuous gestures of their sweaty palms. They endeavour to avoid ... ...onditions and was about to return, I feel convinced. The driver brakes the bus, rises, and gestures to the Arab helplessly. She tries to extricate ... ... to my second line of defence, I surrender to your simulated wrath. The signs are here, the gestures, the infinitesimal movements that you cannot co... ...u one little thing, one minute of your life, make it one second" – he paused and then – "I respect you greatly. We can talk through the window curta... ... public library and spent a good few hours reading Kafka's "Metamorphosis", a story about a respectable clerk turned loathsome insect in his sleep. ...

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...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machination...

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...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...stigations, 1835 Major General Sir William Henry (‘Thuggee’) Sleeman Sleeman: ‘Are you afraid of the spirits you murder?’ Thuggee: ‘Never, th... ...nce and our faithful Rosita. ‘Your loving father, Arthur J. Forsythe.’ How Helen had loved and respected her father. Everything she was she owed ... ..., he lifted her face towards his with his hand and kissed her soundly on the lips. ‘A little more respect for your future husband, little sweetheart.... ...u and your horse out of this forest. It is not good to travel alone. Dacoits and badmashes are no respecters of even an Angressi THE CURSE OF KALI ... ...have sworn two hands of the Goddess started to move in the Audrey Blankenhagen 268 traditional gestures. With a thrill of fear and fascination, sh...

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...This experimental literary novel seeks to probe the mind of Kenyon, an isolated invalid in her home, as she goes through morphine induced sleep and lucid wakefulness, and in both seeking meaning for her life and to be reconciled to her estranged marriage...

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...The Unfettered Life of Kenyon of New Orleans By Steven David Justin Sills "My work is not a piece of writ... ...Justin Sills "My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last forever" --Thucydides Part I K... ...nduced sleep where dreams were as uneventful as the idealized restfulness of death; but though privileged enough to be impaired with such a substance... ...f their reign, were temporary occupants of the world no different, in that respect from human creatures) walked on her feet and legs freely. She pick... ... with death. So was this a consensual act? She certainly had followed his gestures and summons. Her weakness for intimacy had ravaged her as much as ... ...a hurricane; a man. once a plumber, but now a police officer; a woman, her gestures implied, who was captive; a woman with a type of scoliosis; an ug... ...of human flesh. But then, if she had done so how would the admonishment to respect her elders, a rule reiterated to her time and time again in her gi... ... they were family, and being in their company, she had been needed in one respect or another. Thus, back then, she had been of consequence, loved r... ...h their zippers undone were the wholy albeit oblong wafers the shapes and gestures of a standing sausages ready to take a bow. And what fetid aroma ...

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...In Sappho’s Journal, the author brings the famous Greek poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, a...

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...poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a carefu... ...ty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett re... ...ving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, and faith of this remarkable woman whose inti... ...the other officers...” But then, Gogu has never held anyone’s interest or respect for long. Who but Alcaeus would have hired an epileptic, in the fi... ... experience... “I assure you the truce was an honorable truce—and will be respected.” An older, solemn Alcaeus...who reviewed the war with wisdom. ... ... it you want?” I asked, coming directly to the point. “To be treated with respect, Rhodopis and I—not criticized.” “Do I say too much?” “I don’t li... ... an Ethiopian girl, slave for a merchant. She talked as I had taught her, gestures well timed, head poised. She has lost her island mannerisms, such...

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...e take an interest in Snakelex and aid him to learn the truth about their enemy and Hell's best kept secrets that mislead and control the lower ranks of Satan's establishment....

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...ooks.net Copyright © 2007 by Christine Jones. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,... ...m, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product... ...f fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance ... ...ter, words of encouragement or tea and biscuits; no, just the usual crude gestures, filthy looks and move your ugly butt your ride leaves in ten min... ...emainder of his idiotic brothers retreat to a safe distance and make rude gestures at the angel. “I bet that really hurts.” Snakelex rolled his eyes ... ...me lately.” “The only time I’ve seen you go to church Doc is to pay your respects to the dead, and collect what’s owing.” Morris grinned. “What do y... ...n on, imps composed disgusting noises whilst making some very rude finger gestures at the marchers. “That’s it Morris my man, use fire against fire! ... ...or coming to his rescue. He never dreamed that people he knew and vaguely respected could have participated in such gullible activities. Morris cond... ...ilip of being weak and lacking control of his wife, who apparently had no respect for him, which was obvious by her actions. Unfortunately for the B...

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...rean culture and that his own life is an outlier to this conservative society. As he lives there, making his living as an English teacher, he writes of Gabriele, a single parent in Ithaca New York who manifests a more open and less asphyxiating rebellion against society...

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...ter and imitate any object, and should propose to make a public display of his talents and his productions, we shall pay him reverence as a ... ... with woolen fillets; but for ourselves, we shall employ, for the sake of our real good, that more austere and less fascinating poet and le... ...s fascinating poet and legend-writer, who will imitate for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At Toksugum Pala... ... three had been functioning with such dead but hopeful words and perfunctory gestures which were then ripped out of them as the program, memory, and e... ...sexuality was so taboo there that nobody believed in its existence. In that respect, free of discrimination, one was free to be gay in Korea. Then th... ...sions--these judgments-- could not be real. They were based on brief outward gestures and the judges had nothing but their own usual experiences of th... ... Back then while students paraded themselves in the insouciance of sociable gestures reflecting their sexual rhythms he had dangled alone like a skel... ...e of happiness could not occur without them. He was a lot different in that respect: influences by hormones to sociability were thwarted by his warin... ...life there was only one claim to be made and that was upon himself. In this respect he was quite American. Chapter Three Traditional homes often had ...

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...“The Odyssey is not an adventure story. It is, rather, a book of wisdom that explains the art of humanity’s journey toward becoming artists of life and of the life of the universe. It tells the tale of a love story that is based on love as a decision and as a project. It is not a tale o...

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... 2 Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Creative Commons Licence -... ...censor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial pu... ...O MERCURIO HYPOTHESES ON ULYSSES This book presents a new way of interpreting the Odyssey that is ingenious, beautiful and elegant. It ... ...revenge behind, they help him learn to forgive, and they help him learn to respect himself and others. Each step is indispensable in creating the “g... ...nly one eye: she only sees her own needs and has neither consideration nor respect for her children. There are an infinite number of types of dev... ... “The fetal I is extremely sensitive. Any maternal attitude that is not respectful of the child and its personal dignity, or of its megalomanic ex... ...s I ordered them to grab the oars so we could escape the danger, making gestures with my head; they rowed with all their might. (Od.IX, 480-490) ...

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...This is the continuation of Nawin's story. Now a famous prostitute painter suffering a midlife crisis, he abandons supercilious makings of wealth for a train trip ride to Laos where he repudiates and ventures onto something new...

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...is By Steven Sills 1 He assumed that in being exhausted from sporadic fits of sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inerti... ... sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inertia of his confinement he would finally become ensconced there, in this train j... ...tying into his mouth from the upper coffin glided downward like the leaves of a deciduous tree; he was remembering happier times and in this confined ... ...re finding the dead people and each other, each of them had been wandering respectively through an asphyxiating smoke that was as inescapable as a lab... ...y overture, and anthromorphic self-made mythologies of the masses. In some respects, despite the enormity of his size, Nawin was like any raw meat tha... ...ne could not exactly grow old that way and seem inwardly wise or outwardly respectable, not that he accredited the latter as having so much importance... ...r a table though not in a queer sensuality toward comic books; the phallic gestures were a satiety of virulence that was innate in a man. The throbbin... ...et, the stranger had seen his eyes grazing his body. He was wondering what gestures or facial expressions might indicate that the man had seen him ogl... ...more affluent of the two parties and should not be the one initiating such gestures); and to leave for one of the now vacant seats would only aggravat...

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...A vivid and descriptive novel in search of a feature-length, animated film, Fire and Fur might more properly be called "Smart Dragons, Dumb Choices.? It is set in the pre-human Gobi desert and draws on Chinese mythology. Its major characters are dragons and cats. O...

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...ly beautiful…passionate, sensual…loved the sarcastic cat…bittersweet…full of action…awesome love scene in the thunderstorm…heartbreaking…best adole... ..."she" to make the pronouns easier. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A revised version of chapter 26 was published as "Of Age and Wisdom," copyright 1991 by Roge... ... mythology and the Gobi desert were inspired by The LaRousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, Roy Chapman Andrews' The New Conquest of Central Asia (The A... ... bring dragonkind to its full fruition. All of you are familiar with and respect the works of Lei-kung, Lord of Thunder. Since almost time immemor... ...s it rose from the concentrating General's twisted snout. Han's swinging gestures formed a silver halo above their demented dance over the map that... ...ng weaker or smaller! We aren't automatically smart, naturally worthy of respect." "All right, if make-believe is so ugly, what makes these tablet... ...d by his usual cloud of mucus, was talking with Erh-lang. Their animated gestures cut clean lines through the cloud, lines that quickly blurred as ... ... approach Lei-kung's cruelty, be power mad, but he was gaining increasing respect for this small creature's knowledge and wisdom. Could a dragon be...

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...Vol. 1: TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increases when he shelter...

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... Deviations: Covenant Elissa Malcohn Second Edition This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the prod... ...of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblanc... ...n 1985. I am very thankful for the guidance I received back then by members of the Cambridge Science Fiction Workshop (Jon Burrowes, Alexander Jablo... ...nd carry them into Basc. She would present them and the satchel, with great respect, to Ulik's widow. She would recount Ulik's death, speaking in Ya... ...ft. Instead they watched her, maintaining their distance, exuding an air of respect. Children whispered and pointed, asking questions and receiving ... ...The Honorable One to collect the inventories, when the hubbub quieted into respectful silence before the ritual invocations. Several children surro... ...sed in silhouette with another woman, whose hands moved in precise, careful gestures. A child ran giggling across a yard empty of goats, uncaring as ... ...n fixing on and scanning particular huts. Watu's laughter was too loud, his gestures exaggerated. Something in his face—an unintended glare, a sever... ...on of food and answering questions. He ordered the lanterns taken down. His gestures were the only signs of his authority. Otherwise he was as filth...

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...humanity into the perfected and defective. Dictated by science and technology, the search for immortality near destroyed the human race. What remains of mankind, struggles to survive in barbaric clans suppressed by Masters and false doctrine. Known as Project Noah, an underground community seeks to restore civilization by rehabilitating those snatched from the surface. An ...

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...n e s 1 Copyright © 2007 by Christine Jones. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,... ...em, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product... ...f fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance ... ...n top of her short, dark hair in readiness for the morning glare. With no respect for the dead, Roxanne made comments that should have seen her repr... ... be done. The underworld burnt the bodies to eliminate disease and out of respect for the dead. This differed from the practices of the Clans whereb... ...ated appearance. As an authoritative figure, his arrogance and demand for respect caused resentment amongst some who worked closely with the mature ... ... through the glass with a mere nod from her. Not understanding Alex's eye gestures confused him and he continued to shift his aim until she raised a...

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...Morgan Gable first falls for Daniel Connolly, a popular Irish tenor, when she hears him sing. Starstruck, she is consumed by thoughts of love with the handsome troubadour. Real life intrudes and Morgan must put aside her own dreams for awhile. Five years later, she and her troubadour meet again, AND fate hands her the chance to make her every wish come true...

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...936000-02-4 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-02-9 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gail R. ... ...y Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc © 2009 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any elec... ...rding or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in this ... ...n rainbow that surrounded her. “I swear I’ll have him blackballed in every respectable house in the country. Opening night! He picks opening night... ... escape from this house where not even the privacy of a mother’s letters was respected. Barbara Scott 16 “Are you finished with your meal, Miss ... ...d the police will hear of your activities and the taint you bring upon this respectable neighborhood.” Camilla handed Morgan over to Grace and went... ...oy.” Daniel smiled and angled his body between Lydia and Ronan to block his gestures from her view. “Now,” Lydia said, pointing her finger at Morga... ...Dutch cocoa for all. Morgan sliced the apples and watched the patchwork of gestures, facial expressions, and words that formed the communication be... ...Connolly.” Daniel’s fingers moved awkwardly through a series of shapes and gestures as he carefully pronounced her name. “She’s very interested Ron...

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...to win his heart in the most embarrassing ways. A family tragedy turns her life upside down and her little farm into spook central. Learn the secrets of the after life; you too may have many freeloaders at your address and not all were once human. Australian author Christine Jones writes for many genres from science fiction fantasy to humor. Though the characters in this b...

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...ooks.net Copyright © 2007 by Christine Jones. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,... ...m, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product... ...f fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance ... ...e older ones always are. I put it down to needing the job and having more respect for their employers. Now, I’d like to tell you I had a smooth trip... ...e lounge room floor. So many people have gathered to supposedly pay their respect to the dead; however, it seemed more like a business convention th... ... and please remove your hair from the plug hole; it’s so unhygienic.” She gestures for me to come closer; you can’t miss those long, painted, manicu... ...ego, know what I mean.” Cat’s in my face again. “You better treat me with respect or...” His paw flexes and out pops, one by one, his long claws. Oh ... ... late kiddo.” Steven draws my attention. “Here comes Prince Charming.” He gestures to look out the window. “Oh shit! What’s for dinner?” I’m in panic... ...n the head. Raising his finger, the stool slides across the floor. Steven gestures for me to be seated. Obviously, he wants a pow-wow; this better b...

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...Reading age 10+ You might not know it but you, everyone you know and the world itself are all but figments in the imagination of a Storyteller on another planet. Each night foolish creatures called Bloons gather around him to listen to the latest crazy antics of Hoomanity. But it seems as though the Story itself has gotten out of control. The Hooman...

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...magic happens. Copyright © Tom Glaister 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or tr... ...ical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published in Great Britain in 2008 Firecrest Publis... ...om The moral right for the author has been asserted A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-9560192-0-2 P... ...ons 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 impossible to... ...I’m there, I might install some valuable lessons about good behaviour and respect for authority, too. Bunsen reached the end of the corridor and swu... ...lash-boxes. ‘Those were the days!’ he cried. ‘Time was that old folks were respected. There was none of the smart answers that go on today – oh no! A... ...made a move. Finally, Bozo got a little bored and, despite Theo’s frantic gestures to stay put, he picked himself up and strolled on ahead. He retur...

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...Laura Kate O'Connell left her life of excitement as an overseas news correspondent to return to her Georgia hometown to raise her two young cousins. When Royce Lee, Laura Kate's attorney, supposedly commits suicide, too many pieces of evidence tell a different...

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...ISBN 10: 1-936000-13-X ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-13-5 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gai... ...opyright by Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc © 2009 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by a... ...ng, recording or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in... ...owing her head. “Sensei. Karate seeks perfection of character, fidelity, endeavor, respect and non-violence.” She walked onto the mat and flexed h... ...ul and desirable as Hannah likely was to men, her reputation wouldn’t look good on a respectable man’s arm. Hannah was saying, “When Royce calle... ... Cajun French, although he’d sounded classically Parisian just then. And he had the gestures to go with the words. Guy strode ahead up the rocky ... ...ette and let smoke pour from her nose. Laura Kate saw the accusation in her gestures. “I needed to talk to Bobby. He needed to go to Table... ... leaving a long paper trail. He had a real estate license. He’d made money, became respectable, if a thief can ever become respectable.” Laura Kat...

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...Excerpt: The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many...

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...sics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ed purse, proceeded to tell down the ransom, like a mother who pays little respect to gold in comparison of her son’s liberty. In this operation, a pe... ...erable liberties have also been taken with the truth of history, both with respect to Conrade of Montserrat’s life, as well as his death. That Conrade... ...ered for the ransom of the captives. The ambassadors were persons the most respectable from their age, their rank, and their elo- quence. They deliver... ... at the unmitigated astonishment with which Sir Kenneth looked on the wild gestures and heard the wayward muttering of Theodorick, who, after swinging... ... of his guests. This appearance of courtesy, though mute, and expressed by gestures only, seemed to Sir Kenneth something entirely irreconcilable with... ...sade. T o find, in a person so reverend and so much revered, the fran- tic gestures of a mad fakir, induced the Christian knight to pause ere he could...