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...Book XIII The Fourth Battle Continued, in Which Neptune Assists the Greeks. The Acts of Idomeneus The Iliad: Book XIV Juno Deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus The Iliad: Book XV The Fifth Battle, at the Ships; and the Acts of Ajax The Iliad: Book XVI The Sixth Battle: The Acts and Death of Patroclus The Iliad: Book XVII The Seventh Battle, for the Body of Patr...

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...ane eases her back to the ground, his fingers warm on her lower back as he girdles her waist with both hands. He makes lazy circular motions against h...

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...d Provinces, was swelling in all its arteries with a black and red stream of hurried, panting, and restless citizens, who, with their knives in their girdles, muskets on their shoulders, or sticks in their hands, were pushing on to the Buytenhof, a terrible prison, the grated windows of which are still shown, where, on the charge of attempted murder preferred against him b...

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...Seven United Provinces, was swelling in all its arter- ies with a black and red stream of hurried, panting, and restless citizens, who, with their kni...

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... of a serpent’s skin, and thereon were letters of gold and silver. And the girdle was but poorly to come to, and not able to sustain such a rich sword... ... to hang by, he shall not be shamed in no place while he is girt with this girdle, nor never none be so hardy to do away this girdle; for it ought not... ...ake a marvellous sheath. And when ye have made all this I shall let make a girdle thereto, such as shall please me. All this King Solomon did let make... ...the bed’s head, covered with silk, and laid the sword at the feet, and the girdles were of hemp, and there- with the king was angry. Sir, wit ye well,... ...w, said Galahad, where shall we find the gentle- woman that shall make new girdles to the sword? Fair sir, said Percivale’s sister, dismay you not, fo... ...ivale’s sister, dismay you not, for by the leave of God I shall let make a girdle to the sword, such one as shall long thereto. And then she opened a ... ...d, such one as shall long thereto. And then she opened a box, and took out girdles which were seemly wrought with golden threads, and upon that were s... ...precious stones, and a rich buckle of gold. Lo, lords, said she, here is a girdle that ought to be set about the sword. And wit ye well the greatest p... ...ought to be set about the sword. And wit ye well the greatest part of this girdle was made of my hair, which I loved well while that I was a woman of ...

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...y doe partake Herein, as thus. It lately so befell, That Satyran a girdle did vptake, Well knowne to appertaine to Florimell, Whic... ... And of them all she that is fayrest found, Shall haue that golden girdle for reward, And of those Knights who is most stout on ground,... ...efell, Of that great turney, which was blazed brode, For that rich girdle of faire Florimell, The prize of her, which did in beautie mo... ...f the darke, He open shewd, that all men it mote marke. A gorgeous girdle, curiously embost With pearle & precious stone, worth many a ... ... a whyle. The Faerie Queene : Book IV. 58 Canto V . The Ladies for the Girdle striue of famous Florimell: Scudamour comming to Cares h... ...e grace; In which to her that doth the most excell, Shall fall the girdle of faire Florimell: That many wish to win for glorie vaine, ... ...ntaine, Which Ladies ought to loue, and seeke for to obtaine. That girdle gaue the vertue of chast loue, And wiuehood true, to all that... ...a sunder teare. Whilome it was (as Faeries wont report) Dame Venus girdle, by her steemed deare, What time she vsd to liue in wiuely so... ..., As like can not be seene from East to West, Cannot find one this girdle to inuest. Fie on the man, that did it first inuent, To ...

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...more than this very tunic; which, if it sate close, did not even require a girdle. The same remark applies to the He- brew women, who, during the noma... ...o prevent their interfering with the free mo- tions of the limbs, a superb GIRDLE was bound about the hips. Here, if anywhere, the Hebrew ladies endea... ...s, and from the costume of the High Priest. Great as the cost was of these girdles, it would have been far greater had the knot been exchanged for a c... ...y were accumulated upon this conspicuous centre of the dress. Latterly the girdles were fitted up with beautiful chains, by means of which they could ... ...ture. In conclusion, I must remark, that in Palestine, as else- where, the girdle was sometimes used as a purse: whether it were that the girdle itsel... ...rdle itself was made hollow (as is expressly affirmed of the High Priest’s girdle), or that, without being hollow, its numerous foldings afforded a se... ...he face, and other bagatelles of personal convenience, in the folds of the girdle. However, the richer and more distinguished classes in Palestine app... ...ilver), or of the softest leather, &c. which was attached by a lace to the girdle, or kept amongst its folds, and which, even in the eyes of Isaiah, w... ...ts, they carried about with them the price of a consider- able estate. The girdle, however, still continued to be the appropriate depository for the n...

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...Samite, silk stuff with gold or silver threads Sangreal, Holy Grail Sarps, girdles Saw, proverb Scathes, harms, hurts Icripture, writing Search, probe...

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... room SamitS N silk stuff with gold or threads Sangreal, Holy Grail Sarps, girdles Saw, proverb Scathes, harms, hurts Scripture, writing Search, probe...

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...n warrior, Oenomaus, Helenus the son of Oenops, and Oresbius of the gleaming girdle, who was possessed of great wealth, and dwelt by the Cephisian lak... ...allas Minerva drove the spear into the pit of Mars’s stomach where his under girdle went round him. There Diomed wounded him, tearing his fair flesh a... ...ed sword with its sheath and leathern baldric, and in return Ajax gave him a girdle dyed with purple. Thus they parted, the one going to the host of t... ... his shield, his two spears and his helmet; beside him also lay the gleaming girdle with which the old man girded himself when he armed to lead his pe... ... one another, the son of Atreus missed his aim, and Iphidamas hit him on the girdle below the cuirass and then flung himself upon him, trusting to his... ...uirass and then flung himself upon him, trusting to his strength of arm; the girdle, however, was not pierced, nor nearly so, for the point of the spe... ...ed Hippomachus the son of Antimachus by striking him with his spear upon the girdle. He then drew his sword and sprang first upon Antiphates whom he k... ...astened it about her bosom with golden clasps, and she girded herself with a girdle that had a hundred tassels: then she fastened her earrings, three ... ...ur king.” As she spoke she loosed from her bosom the curi ously embroidered girdle into which all her charms had been wrought—love, desire, and that ...

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... of a serpent’s skin, and thereon were letters of gold and silver. And the girdle was but poorly to come to, and not able to sustain such a rich sword... ... to hang by, he shall not be shamed in no place while he is girt with this girdle, nor never none be so hardy to do away this girdle; for it ought not... ...ake a marvellous sheath. And when ye have made all this I shall let make a girdle thereto, such as shall please me. All this King Solomon did let make... ...the bed’s head, covered with silk, and laid the sword at the feet, and the girdles were of hemp, and there- with the king was angry. Sir, wit ye well,... ...w, said Galahad, where shall we find the gentle- woman that shall make new girdles to the sword? Fair sir, said Percivale’s sister, dismay you not, fo... ...ivale’s sister, dismay you not, for by the leave of God I shall let make a girdle to the sword, such one as shall long thereto. And then she opened a ... ...d, such one as shall long thereto. And then she opened a box, and took out girdles which were seemly wrought with golden threads, and upon that were s... ...precious stones, and a rich buckle of gold. Lo, lords, said she, here is a girdle that ought to be set about the sword. And wit ye well the greatest p... ...ought to be set about the sword. And wit ye well the greatest part of this girdle was made of my hair, which I loved well while that I was a woman of ...

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...ed de- cent, what may?), they swagger to and fro with huge knives in their girdles. Almost all the men are handsome, but live hard, it is said, in ord... ...ng over with arms, each with a huge bellyful of pistols and daggers in his girdle; fierce, but not the least dangerous. Wild swarthy Arabs, who had co... ...er dear simple brethren of the city. Peaceful men, we did not ornament our girdles with pistols, yataghans, &c. , such as some pilgrims appeared to br... ...at we journeyed without certain qualms of fear. When swarthy fellows, with girdles full of pistols and yataghans, passed us without unslinging their l...

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...th pates do now wear nothing but high shoes, and bunches of keys at their girdles; and if a man is through with them in honest taking up, then they ... ...id firmness, melt itself Into the sea! and, other times, to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune’s hips; how chances mock, And chan...

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...ght sandals; tower up in high headgear, from amid peaks, spangles and bell-girdles; swell out in starched ruffs, buck- ram stuffings, and monstrous tu... ... I find, have Teusinke [a perhaps untranslat- able article]; also a silver girdle, whereat hang little bells; so that when a man walks, it is with con... ...redicated of so still a man, we might call a real love. None of those bell-girdles, bushel-breeches, counted shoes, or other the like phenomena, of wh... ...combination of buttons, thrums and skewers; to which frequently is added a girdle of leather, of hempen or even of straw rope, round the loins. To str...

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...regiments. Also it has to hear of Royalist Camp of Jales: Jales moun- tain-girdled Plain, amid the rocks of the Cevennes; whence Royalism, as is feare... ...on stepping forth, he needs presence of mind, and a pair of pistols in his girdle! For he is one of the toughest of men. Here indeed becomes notable o... ...llest Hebes; the loveliest of Paris, in their light air-robes, with riband-girdle of tricolor, are there; shovelling and wheeling with the rest; their... ...o Hundred shaven-crowned Individuals, ‘in snow-white albs, with tri- color girdles,’ arranged on the steps of Fatherland’s Altar; and, at their head f... ...d, assist. With pomp and circumstance, with episcopal Calicoes in tricolor girdles, Altar of Fatherland smoking with cassolettes, or incense-kettles; ... ...1791, looking from the sky- windows of Cap Francais, thick clouds of smoke girdle our horizon, smoke in the day, in the night fire; preceded by fugiti... ...rable Obscurantism is girdling this fair France; which, again, will not be girdled by it. Europe is in travail; pang after pang; what a shriek was tha...

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...s and beaded head- dresses, and the boys in their embroidered shirts, with girdles round their waists, stared intently at the new worshipper, turning ... ... the voice amidst the sound of bells and whistles; workmen in blouses with girdles round their waists, their hair fastened with straps, work girls in ... ...ve minutes to take a pinch of snuff, two minutes to fasten the whip in his girdle, and two whole hours to harness the Immovable alone. If when out dri... ...t with a pale blue point, a tunic of camel’s hair edged with velvet, and a girdle wrought in gold. A glove embroidered in silk was gracefully tucked i... ...rought in gold. A glove embroidered in silk was gracefully tucked into the girdle, and a dagger chased in black and silver hung at the side. In one ha...

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...for an instant; But his arms have scarcely slid Round her waist in cestian girdles, And his low voluptuous lid Lifted pleading, and the honey Of his m... ...s the spray Of the sapphire sea-wave on the rock, Where the rock stars the girdle of sea, White-ringed, as the midday flock, Clipped by heat, rings th... ...g interlaced! O the treasure-tresses one another over 226 Nodding! O the girdle slack about the waist! Slain are the poppies that shot their random ... ...ale as rye, Long since your sheaves have yielded to the thresher, Felt the girdle loosened, seen the tresses fly. Soon will she lie like a blood-red s... ...touched. And O the grace of his air, As he at the goblet sips, A centre of girdles loosed, With their grisly label, Sold! Credulous hears the fidelity... ...ear of a shade of sin. II He laid a finger under her chin, His arm for her girdle at waist was thrown: Now, what will happen and who will win, With me... ... Royal wreath, They ringed her steps with crafty prison pits. Without they girdled her, made nest within. There ramped the lion, here entrailed the sn... ...lood in their cheers. Unequalled since the world was man they pour A spiky girdle round her; these, her sons, His cataracts at smooth holiday, soon to... ...his eyes and his head, as when Zeus glows glad in his thunder, He with the girdle of Ares, he with the breast of Poseidon. AGAMEMNON IN THE FIGHT—Ilia...

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... the story of this tiring to the end. Many a hand played with well-wrought girdles, rich and long, above gay colored robes, over costly ferran (2) ski... ...r her love and rumpled all her clothes. The high-born maid then seized her girdle, the which was a stout band she wore around her waist, and with it s... ...he shrieked aloud. Passing sore his strength did hurt her. She grasped the girdle around her waist and would fain have bound him, but his hand prevent... ...inger ring, without that she wist it, the noble queen. Thereto he took her girdle, a good stout band. I know not if he did that for very haughtiness. ... ... have held thy peace, an’ thou hold thine honor dear. I’ll prove it by the girdle which I wear about my waist, that I lie not. Certes, my Siegfried be... ...leman.” Quoth King Gunther: “Then hath she done ill.” “She weareth here my girdle, which I have lost, and my ring of ruddy gold. It doth repent me sor...

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...most refined society, and she had the implements in a pouch hanging to her girdle; but she was not prepared for the unwashed con- dition of the bowls,... ...me of the broth of the dinner set on the fire; then with the shears at her girdle, and her soft, light fingers, she re- moved the torn strip of cloth ... ...l and loving, and therewith were sent a few more of her favourite books, a girdle, and a richly- scented pair of gloves, together with two ivory boxes... ...al that had always distinguished Ebbo, and the coral rosary at Christina’s girdle. Her own trinkets had gone in masses for the souls of her father and... ...ing from under their blue caps, staves in their hands, and knives at their girdles. Behind them came the journeymen, in leathern jerkins and steel cap...

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...our majesty’s com mands, diligently searched all his pockets, we observed a girdle about his waist made of the hide of some prodi gious animal, from... ...see few great persons about this court who are not adorned with one of these girdles. The horses of the army, and those of the royal stables, having b... ...I let my shirt down to my waist, and drew up the bottom; fastening it like a girdle about my middle, to hide my nakedness. My master observed the whol...

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...Eternity be it;—and Earth has become a penal Tartarus for him; his horizon girdled now not with golden hope, but with red flames of remorse; voices fr... ... and gesture, their long Eumenides’ hair hanging out of curl; nay in their girdles pistols are seen sticking: some, it is even said, have beards,—male... ...lad in white,’ says Riouffe, ‘with her long black hair hanging down to her girdle, ’ she is gone to the Judgment Bar. She returned with a quick step; ... ...igh queenly face, its soft proud eyes, long black hair flowing down to the girdle; and as brave a heart as ever beat in woman’s bosom! Like a white Gr...