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When "Crudo" sprang upon her, Laing had been working on a nonfiction book about bodies, and was stuck.
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Bruce sprang upon the tailboard to ride, the dogs chased the cow and calf to the crossing.
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Unable to resist the temptation, he pulled an arrow from his quiver and sent it through the deer's heart. Then with several of his half-starved companions, sprang upon the yet quivering body of the animal to cut out the liver which was sometimes eaten raw. One of the men was allegedly knocked down by the last kick of the dying buck, but the warriors swallowed a few mouthfuls liver before rushing upon and routing their enemies. It is still told of how American Horse killed game and feasted between the ambush and the attack.
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On asking for her hand, she told him she must be won in fight. He took on the form of Mahisha, the bull and fought; at length Durga dismounted from her lion, and sprang upon the back of Mahisha, who was in the form of a bull and with her tender feet smote him on the head with such a terrible force that he fell to the ground senseless. Then she cut off his head with her sword and henceforth was called Mahishasuramardini, the Slayer of Mahishasura., The legend also finds mention in Varaha Purana and the classical text of Shaktism, the Devi-Bhagavata PuranaThe triumph of the goddess: the canonical models and theological visions of the Devī-Bhāgavata Purāṇa, by Cheever Mackenzie Brown.
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By the time we were fairly > out in the lake and away from the sheltering shore, a black squall to > windward, hiding all the West, warned us to fly, for birches swamp in > squalls. We deemed that Birch, having brought us through handsomely, > deserved a better fate : swamped it must not be. We plied paddle valiantly, > and were almost safe behind an arm of the shore when the storm overtook us, > and in a moment more, safe, with a canoe only half- full of Bammydumcook > water. It is easy to speak in scoffing tone ; but when that great roaring > blackness sprang upon us, and the waves, showing their white teeth, snarled > around, we were far from being in the mood to scoff.
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Infante Carlos In March 1875 Cabrera sprang upon Don Carlos a manifesto in which he called upon the adherents of the pretender to follow his own example and submit to the restored monarchy of Alphonso XII, the son of Queen Isabella, who recognized the rank of captain-general and the title of count of Morella conferred on Cabrera by the first pretender. His decision was tempered by his growing belief of the futility of a protracted civil war. Only a very few insignificant Carlists followed Cabrera's example, and Don Carlos issued a proclamation declaring him a traitor and depriving him of all his honours and titles. The Carlist cause never recovered as a political force from the sole decision of Cabrera, captain-general and formerly the recognised leader of all Carlist forces in defining battlefield victories, to bring a bloody civil war to a definitive end.
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