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...a crooked Figure may Attest in little place a Million, And let us, Cyphers to this great Accompt, On your imaginarie Forces worke. Suppose within the Girdle of these Walls Are now confin?d two mightie Monarchies, Whose high, up- reared, and abutting Fronts, The perillous narrow Ocean parts asunder. Peece out our imperfections with your thoughts: Into a thousand parts divid...

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...pt, 19 On your imaginarie Forces worke. 20 Suppose within the Girdle of these Walls 21 Are now confin’d two mightie Monarchies, ...

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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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...his under garment was of excellent white linen down to the foot, girt with a girdle of the same; and a sindon or tippet of the same about his neck. He... ... ships and boats for going under water and brook ing of seas, also swimming girdles and supporters. We The New Atlantis – Bacon 37 have divers curi...

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... Ballads 27 And Rahero regarded her also, fixed, with a frowning face, Judging the woman’s fitness to mother a warlike race. Broad of shoulder, ample... ...s said to be worth an estate; for the beards of old men are the favourite head adornment of the Marquesans, as the hair of women formed their most cos... ...lence, heart! What is that? – that, that flickered and shone, Into the sun for an instant, and in an instant gone? Was it a warrior’s plume, a warrio...

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...and lightly took it up, and went to the water side; and there he bound the girdle about the hilts, and then he threw the sword as far into the water a...

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... twenty-six mosques, and whose walls, defended by fourteen forts, formed a girdle of two miles in circumference. The Nautilus then approached the Afri...

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...78 Hercules and the Argonauts...............................................................................................................179 The Girdle of Hippolyte....................................................................................................................180 The Oxen of Geryones....................................................................

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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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...d soldiers are clothed in the same color of gold, though of silk stuff, and a girdle wrought in gold and silver, which is given them with a pair of s... ..., but could not be induced to draw nearer until the quartermaster took off his girdle and held it up in an enticing way, at which, one of the canoes c... ...pped up, and spread at full length upon the ground before the priests. It is a girdle about five yards long and fifteen inches broad, and from its nam...

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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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...eadows where at afternoon The growing maidens troop in June To loose their girdles on the grass. 10 Underwoods Ah! speedier than before the glass The...

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...hen I have assayed it. Then Arthur took the sword by the sheath and by the girdle and pulled at it eagerly, but the sword would not out. Sir, said the... ...erefore ye shall assay to do what ye may. Then Balin took the sword by the girdle and sheath, and drew it out easily; and when he looked on the sword ...

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...uth. An your waist, mistress, were as slender as my wit, One o’ these maids’ girdles for your waist should be fit. Are not you the chief woman? you ar...

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... but for our approch, those sleeping stones, 523 That as a waste doth girdle you about 524 By the compulsion of their Ordinance, 525 By...

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..., “the ferryman is a friar.” “With a sword,” said Marian, “stuck in his rope girdle.” The friar pushed his boat off manfully, and was presently half o...

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...s indifference, to a courtier in a long gown, longer shoes, and a jewelled girdle, who became known to the sisters as Messire Jamet de Tillay. Eleanor... ... Yo n g e or we shall have thee in yon nunnery!’ exclaimed Jean. ‘See this girdle of Maggie’s, which she has given me. Must I not make another hole to...

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...ich they said belonged to other fa mous saints; penknives, and boots, and girdles, which they said belonged to others; and that all these bits of rub...

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...od, Nor look around with glances lewd. She held a measure in her hand, Her girdle was a golden band, A wreath of corn was on her head, Her eye the day...

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... floor of the balcony stood a large open travelling- hamper or basket, and girdles, veils, head-dresses, and gold and silver ornaments were scattered ... ... thyself in the dust, daughter of Babylon, and scourge thyself! Remove thy girdle and thy shoes, gather up thy garments and walk through the flowing s... ... of shot-silk fell from her shoulders, and was caught up at the waist by a girdle of fret- ted silver. Her full trousers, of black silk, were embroide...

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..., light steps. He had a musketoon over his shoulder and an ax stuck in his girdle. When he espied Denisov he hastily threw something into the bushes, ...

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...hou think I’ll fear thee as I fear thy father? nay, an I do, I pray God my girdle break. PRINCE HENRY: O, if it should, how would thy guts fall about...

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...save one that makes love in the hearts of men,” said Krishna, knotting his girdle. “It is but a little time to wait, and ye shall know if I lie.” “Tru...

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...ble, fitly pleaded. A second scaling of her window—no, night’s black hills girdle the scene with hoarse echoes; the moon rushes out of her clouds grim...

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...they should altogether praise me, how could I go to sleep on their praise? A girdle of spines is their praise 154 Thus Spake Zarathustra unto me: it ... ...he ice and winter of my peaks—and not that my mountain windeth all the solar girdles around it! They hear only the whistling of my winter-storms: and ... ...was about to descend came two kings walking, bedecked with crowns and purple girdles, and variegated like flamingoes: they drove before them a laden a... ... man, however, had set a crown on his head, and had put round him two purple girdles,—for he liked, like all ugly ones, to dis- 247 Friedrich Nietzsc...

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...e marks of his own logs, among which there were crosses, belts, crow’s feet, girdles, &c., as, “Y — girdle — crow foot,” and various other devices. Wh... ...ut a mile up it, where a large log had lodged in the spring, marked “W cross girdle crow foot.” We saw a pair of moose horns on the shore, and I asked... ...w wilderness, and all is still again. It is as when a migrating army of mice girdles a forest of pines. The chopper fells trees from the same motive t...

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...d daggers, with trousers tucked inside their high boots and with belts and girdles tightened, were taking leave of those remaining behind. As is alway... ...arev market with the pistol, and hid it under his waistcoat. Having tied a girdle over his coat and pulled his cap low on his head, Pierre went down t...

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...d out her arms to show her short-waisted, lace-trimmed, dainty gray dress, girdled with a broad ribbon just below the breast. “Soyez tranquille, Lise,... ...d daggers, with trousers tucked inside their high boots and with belts and girdles tight- ened, were taking leave of those remaining behind. As is alw... ...arev market with the pistol, and hid it under his waistcoat. Having tied a girdle over his coat and pulled his cap low on his head, Pierre went down t... ...ng round, was fully confirmed: Platon’s whole figure— in a French overcoat girdled with a cord, a soldier’s cap, and bast shoes—was round. His head wa... ..., light steps. He had a musketoon over his shoulder and an ax stuck in his girdle. When he espied Denisov he hastily threw something into the bushes, ...

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...ard descends, uncomb’d, unclean; His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire; A girdle, foul with grease, binds his obscene attire. He spreads his canvas; ... ...steed of conquer’d Rhamnes lay. Nor did his eyes less longingly behold The girdle belt, with nails of burnish’d gold. This present Caedicus the rich b...

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...From her swift steed, with fierce resolve to wrest With his strong hands the Girdle Marvellous From the Amazon Queen, while quailing shrank away The M... ...he tireless steeds Sprang, and sped onward like a thunderbolt That lightning girdled leaps through the wide air From Zeus’s hands unconquerable — the ...

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...ir round, And hands hurl in the deep The banners of East and West, And the girdle of light is unhound, Your breast will not lie by the breast Of your ...

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...e she stepped downstairs straight to the cellar, carrying a lantern at her girdle. She could not only load, but present and fire. Dandy was foremost i...

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...of foraying hoofs. He glories in his hard- fisted forefathers, of the iron girdle and the handful of oat- meal, who rode so swiftly and lived so spare...