For detailed information see Colden, History of the Five Nations; Schoolcraft, Notes on the Iroquois; Morgan, League of the Hodenosaunee or Iroquois; Parkman’s works; reports of the commissioners of Indian affairs for both the United States and Canada, and the excellent report on “The Six Nations of New York,” by Donaldson and Carrington, contained in an extra bulletin of the Eleventh Census of the United States. — from Myths of the Cherokee
Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney
if she comes here once
No; but because she knows that you are a good woman—and that if she comes here once she will have a chance of a happier, a surer life than she has had. — from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
Nevertheless I would have you to know that I sought not, either by art or by fraud, to impose any stain upon the honour and illustriousness of your blood in the person of Sophronia, and that, albeit I took her secretly to wife, I came not as a ravisher to rob her of her maidenhead nor sought, after the manner of an enemy, whilst shunning your alliance, to have her otherwise than honourably; but, being ardently enkindled by her lovesome beauty and by her worth and knowing that, had I sought her with that ordinance which you will maybe say I should have used, I should not (she being much beloved of you) have had her, for fear lest I should carry her off to Rome, I used the occult means that may now be discovered to you and caused Gisippus, in my person, consent unto that which he himself was not disposed to do. — from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio
instinct Smith Col Hamilton on
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Hamilton, on striped horses Smith, Dr., on the Polyzoa Smith, Mr. Fred., on slave-making ants —on neuter ants Snake with tooth for cutting through egg-shell Somerville, Lord, on selection of sheep Sorbus, grafts of Sorex Spaniel, King Charles' breed Specialisation of organs Species, polymorphic —dominant —common, variable —in large genera variable —groups of, suddenly appearing —beneath Silurian formations —successively appearing —changing simultaneously throughout the world Spencer, Lord, on increase in size of cattle Spencer, Mr. Herbert, on the first steps in differentiation —on the tendency to an equilibrium in all forces Sphex, parasitic Spiders, development of Sports in plants Sprengel, C.C., on crossing —on ray-florets Squalodon Squirrels, gradations in structure Staffordshire, heath, changes in Stag-beetles, fighting Star fishes, eyes of —their pedicellariae Sterility from changed conditions of life —of hybrids —laws of —causes of —from unfavourable conditions —not induced 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antennae of hymenopterous insects Whales Wheat, varieties of White Mountains, flora of Whittaker, Mr., on lines of escarpment Wichura, Max, on hybrids Wings, reduction of size —of insects homologous with branchiae —rudimentary, in insects Wolf crossed with dog —of Falkland Isles Wollaston, Mr., on varieties of insects —on fossil varieties of shells in Madeira Wollaston, Mr., on colours of insects on sea-shore —on wingless beetles —on rarity of intermediate varieties —on insular insects —on land-shells of Madeira naturalised Wolves, varieties of Woodcock with earth attached to leg Woodpecker, habits of —green colour of Woodward, Mr., on the duration of specific forms —on Pyrgoma —on the continuous succession of genera —on the succession of types World, — from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
it seems call him Old
The younger men quiz him, it seems, call him Old Fritz, Lager Beer, Ursa Major, and make all manner of jokes on his name. — from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
She thought that if she carried him off to some frightful cavern and chained him to a rock, then the fear of death would make him forget Bellissima and become her slave. — from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
if she continued her offensive
The Shah had [267] declared that he would raise the siege, if the British minister would afford him a pretext for the retrograde movement, satisfactory in the eyes of his countrymen, by threatening, on the part of his government, to attack Persia if she continued her offensive operations against Herat; but from this promise he had receded, or thrown such difficulties in the way of its fulfilment, as practically to nullify the pledge. — from History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Third Edition by Kaye, John William, Sir
She had been delighted with the idea of spending a week under Mrs. Burrage's roof; she had said, too, that she believed her mother would die happy (not that there was the least prospect of Mrs. Tarrant's dying) if she could hear of her having such an experience as that; and yet, perceiving how solemn Olive looked about it, how she blanched and brooded at the prospect, she had offered to give it up, with a smile sweeter, if possible, than any that had ever sat in her eyes. — from The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) by Henry James
if she could hold out
Black and thick and hot was the air around Susie and she scarcely could see, for dizziness, the machinery which she worked from habit, as she stood swaying in her place, and wondering if she could hold out till the noon whistle blew. — from The Witness by Grace Livingston Hill
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