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“We determined to remain for the purpose of making celestial observations and collecting some food, as the country through which we are to pass has no game for a great distance.” Meriwether Lewis, History of the Expedition under the Command of Capta · insight
“Therefore I should often make it my business to be going again and again into the company of these poor people; for I could not stay away.” John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · observation
“I often, when these temptations had been with force upon me, did compare myself to the case of such a child, whom some gipsy hath by force took up in her arms, and is carrying from friend and country.” John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · observation
“Pope Gregory XIII., therefore, again reformed the calendar, first bringing forward the year ten days, by reckoning the 5th of October the 15th.” Suetonius Tranquillus, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius C · insight
“for, said he, the Icelanders made lampoons about me and some wished to slay me, and to my mind it cannot be expected that that country will ever be made Christian.” Snorri Sturluson, The sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyran · observation
At a coffee-house Pepys hears East country merchants’ accounts of winter fish markets near “Quinsborough,” including fish frozen on sledges yet reanimating, and further tales of honey from fir-trees and hunting practices.
come to the Duke's house again; and of a rare play to be acted this week of Sir William Davenant's. The story of Henry the Eighth with all his wives. 11th. At the Coffee-house I went and sat by Mr. Harrington, and some East country merchants, and talking of the country above Quinsborough, [Perhaps Mr. Harrington invented the name of this place, and the account of the country.] and thereabouts, he told us himself t…
In the games, Clytoneus wins the footrace, Euryalus wrestling, Amphialus jumping, Elatreus disc-throwing, and Laodamas boxing, and then Ulysses is urged to compete.
Euryalus son of Naubolus, who was like Mars himself, and was the best looking man among the Phaeacians except Laodamas. Three sons of Alcinous, Laodamas, Halios, and Clytoneus, competed also. The foot races came first. The course was set out for them from the starting post, and they raised a dust upon the plain as they all flew forward at the same moment. Clytoneus came in first by a long way; he left every one else…
Irus the beggar challenges Ulysses to fight for blood-filled goats’ paunches, Antinous treats it as entertainment, Ulysses warns Amphinomus and swears off foul blows, and Telemachus offers protection if anyone attacks.
THE FIGHT WITH IRUS—ULYSSES WARNS AMPHINOMUS—PENELOPE GETS PRESENTS FROM THE SUITORS—THE BRAZIERS—ULYSSES REBUKES EURYMACHUS. Now there came a certain common tramp who used to go begging all over the city of Ithaca, and was notorious as an incorrigible glutton and drunkard. This man had no strength nor stay in him, but he was a great hulking fellow to look at; his real name, the one his mother gave him, was Arnaeus,…
Cide Hamete reports that a duenna spies on Doña Rodriguez, tells the duchess, and the duchess and Altisidora burst in to flog Don Quixote and punish the duenna, then send a page with letters to Teresa Panza.
WHEREIN IS SET FORTH WHO THE ENCHANTERS AND EXECUTIONERS WERE WHO FLOGGED THE DUENNA AND PINCHED DON QUIXOTE, AND ALSO WHAT BEFELL THE PAGE WHO CARRIED THE LETTER TO TERESA PANZA, SANCHO PANZA’S WIFE p50a.jpg (104K) Full Size Cide Hamete, the painstaking investigator of the minute points of this veracious history, says that when Doña Rodriguez left her own room to go to Don Quixote’s, another duenna who slept with…
Darwin explains gaucho hunting tools and techniques—lazo and bolas—including how they’re whirled and thrown, and tells how he accidentally caught his own horse while practicing.
thrown himself down. The Gauchos roared with laughter; they cried out that they had seen every sort of animal caught, but had never before seen a man caught by himself. During the two succeeding days, I reached the furthest point which I was anxious to examine. The country wore the same aspect, till at last the fine green turf became more wearisome than a dusty turnpike road. We everywhere saw great numbers of part…
Darwin and Mr. King ride from San Carlos across Chiloé to Cucao, describing the log road, travel without firearms, forest obstacles, and Indian guiding methods by the sun.
entire eastern coast, and the upraised recent shells along more than 2000 miles on the western coast, show in how equable and connected a manner the elevatory forces have acted. Captain Fitz Roy being anxious that some bearings should be taken on the outer coast of Chiloe, it was planned that Mr. King and myself should ride to Castro, and thence across the island to the Capella de Cucao, situated on the west coast. …
During a Burgundian hunting expedition, Siegfried proves himself the best hunter in a contest, kills a boar, lion, bison, elk, and other beasts, then captures a bear and brings it to camp with elaborate hunting gear.
need no dogs save one brach that hath been trained that he can tell the track of the beasts through the pine woods." Quoth Kriemhild's husband: "We'll find the game." Then an old huntsman took a good sleuth-hound and in a short space brought the lord to where many beasts were found. Whatso rose from its lair the comrades hunted as good hunters still are wont to do. Whatever the brach started, bold Siegfried, the her…
Sunday and Monday continue north along the river, describe prickly pear and scant timber, record hunts for deer, elk, and birds, and take a meridian latitude measurement at Traveller’s-rest creek.
Indians and were now quite wild. No fish was to be seen in the river, but we obtained a very agreeable supply of two deer, two cranes, and two pheasants. Sunday, 8. We set out early: the snow-top'd hills on the left approach the river near our camp, but we soon reached a valley four or five miles wide, through which we followed the course of the river in a direction due north. We passed three creeks on the right, an…
The passage continues the index with entries around “Sp-” and “Springolds,” discussing topics such as sport and games, hot springs, and the use of spices, each referenced to pages.
49, 56, 66, 115, 116, 123, 202, 216, 234, 264, 272, 284, 389, 390n, 423, 438, 450 Spice wood, i. 405, 409n Spices in China, duty on, ii. 216 Spikenard, ii. 115, 272, 284, 287n, 390 Spinello Aretini, fresco by, i. 118n Spirit drawings and spiritual flowers, i. 460n Spirits haunting deserts, i. 197, 209n, 274 Spiritualism in China, i. 325n Spitoons, pocket, i. 458, 462n Spodium (Spodos), i…
He exhorts his soul to hear God’s Word calling it back to rest, insisting that created things are only “hence and hitherto” and should not be loved as final, because only God abides and does not pass away.
to stay things running their course from their appointed starting-place to the end appointed. For in Thy Word, by which they are created, they hear their decree, "hence and hitherto." Be not foolish, O my soul, nor become deaf in the ear of thine heart with the tumult of thy folly. Hearken thou too. The Word itself calleth thee to return: and there is the place of rest imperturbable, where love is not forsaken, if i…
Bunyan describes leaving behind the talk of wicked temptations but still carrying its force in his heart, which convinces him he lacks true godliness and grows eager for “tokens” of a godly man.
wicked heart. As for secret thoughts, I took no notice of them; neither did I understand what Satan’s temptations were, nor how they were to be withstood, and resisted, etc. 40. Thus, therefore, when I had heard and considered what they said, I left them, and went about my employment again, but their talk and discourse went with me; also my heart would tarry with them, for I was greatly affected with their words, b…
He describes how blasphemous thoughts overwhelm him, make him fear he is possessed or losing his wits, and drive him toward the idea that only some kind of peace from God can stop the torment.
one doth think his own religion rightest*, *both* Jews *and* Moors, *and* Pagans; *and how if all our faith*, *and Christ*, *and scriptures*, *should be but a think so too_? 98. Sometimes I have endeavoured to argue against these suggestions, and to set some of the sentences of blessed *Paul* against them; but alas! I quickly felt, when I thus did, such arguings as these would return again upon me, *Though we made …
The notes explain games and spectacles in Roman public life: gladiators, Circensian contests in the Circus Maximus, and harsh fighting formats where condemned malefactors fought to death unless spared by imperial clemency.
condemned malefactors, who fought to death, unless saved by the clemency of the emperor. If any thing unlucky happened at the games, they were renewed, and often more than once. [67] A meadow beyond the Tiber, in which an excavation was made, supplied with water from the river. [68] Julius Caesar was assisted by Sosigenes, an Egyptian philosopher, in correcting the calendar. For this purpose he introduced an add…
The passage describes Roman dice games, distinguishing tesserae and tali, and states that the highest throw had a special name.
have been much milder than they now are. There was one solitary palm standing in the garden of a convent some years ago, but it was of very stunted growth. [244] The Republican forms were preserved in some of the larger towns. [245] "The Nundinae occurred every ninth day, when a market was held at Rome, and the people came to it from the country. The practice was not then introduced amongst the Romans, of dividi…
He contrasts sacred versus taboo crocodile treatment in Egypt (Thebes/Moiris versus Elephantine), then explains a hunting method using a hooked pig bait and a second pig on the bank to lure the crocodile.
forthwith plasters up his eyes with mud, and having so done he very easily gets the mastery of him, but if he does not do so he has much trouble. 71. The river-horse is sacred in the district of Papremis, but for the other Egyptians he is not sacred; and this is the appearance which he presents: he is four-footed, cloven-hoofed like an ox, 66 flat-nosed, with a mane like a horse and showing teeth like tusks, with a …
Thangbrand returns from Iceland saying conversion is impossible there; King Olaf orders the Icelanders’ slaughter, but Kiartan, Gissur, and Hialti secure their baptism, then the saga praises Olaf’s athletic skill and notes Leif Eirikson accepting Christianity in Norway.
King. Then did the King give him the scabbard. Now from that which is told in the lays of Hallfrod have we much knowledge & testimony concerning King Olaf Tryggvason. || That same autumn came back Thangbrand the priest from Iceland to King Olaf and related to him how that his journey had borne no fruit, 'for,' said he, 'the Icelanders made lampoons about me and some wished to slay me, and to my mind it cannot be exp…
A brief military and sports context: notes describe Roman winter training with heavier arms and explain the pancratium as a boxing-and-wrestling contest and the pentathlon as a related event.
1. *Winter training.*--Such as the Roman troops underwent when in winter-quarters. They were accustomed to exercise themselves with arms of double the normal weight, and prepare themselves by marching, running, leaping, etc., for active service. 1. The Pancratium was a contest in which boxing and wrestling were both allowable. For the Pentathlon, see Bk. II. chap, xvii., *note* 3.
Schoolboys send Cocles to ask the master for a play-day, and the master grants it with strict conditions about staying together, avoiding tippling, and coming home before sunset.
say extort, for you may sooner wrest *Hercules's* Club out of his Hands than get a Play-day from him; but Time was when Nobody lov'd Play better than he did. *Nic.* That is true, but he has forgot a great While ago since he was a Boy himself; he is as ready and free at whipping as any Body, but as sparing and backward at this as any Body in the World. *Jer.* We must pick out a Messenger that is not very bashful tha…
Vincent and Laurence debate suitable leaping games, risks, exercise after dinner, and rewards, then a longer dialogue begins on “The Child’s Piety,” describing daily religious routines.
*Lau.* Then let the Victor's Reward be to go into the Town crowned with a Bur. *Vi.* Well, 'tis done, provided you'll go before playing upon a Pipe. *Lau.* It is very hot. *Vi.* That is not strange when it is Midsummer. *Lau.* Swimming is better. *Vi.* I don't love to live like a Frog, I am a Land Animal, not an amphibious one. *Lau.* But in old Time this was look'd upon to be one of the most noble Exercises. …