"Eld" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with Cervus frontalis and Hodgson's Cervus dimorpha, and which was discovered in 1838 by Captain Eld, has been well described by Lieutenant R. C. Beavan. The following extracts have been quoted by Professor Garrod; the full account will be found in the 'Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.' The food of this species seems to consist of grass and wild paddy. "In habits they are very ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale
... guess nor tell; only it comes and comes, As from a vaster world beyond my door, From centuries of eld, the death of freedom knelled, A host of mortal fears ...
— Behind the Arras - A Book of the Unseen • Bliss Carman
... verily warriors young harass and exhaust thee: Utterly spent is thy strength, and a grievious eld comes upon thee!" [Footnote: From ...
— Dio's Rome, Vol VI. • Cassius Dio
... and sells precious stones. Not'ed, well known. Eld'er, an officer of the Jewish church. Eph'od, part of the dress of a Jewish priest, made of two pieces, one covering the chest and the other the back, united by a girdle. 2. Di'a-monds, precious ...
— McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey
... of immemorial eld pervades this tavern. Silently the shrouded figures come and go. They have lighted the lamp yonder, and it glimmers through the haze like some ...
— Fountains In The Sand - Rambles Among The Oases Of Tunisia • Norman Douglas
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