| 单词 | pigmy |
| 例句 | In this double demotion the old giants have become pigmies while you were looking the other way. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z What a pigmy intellect she had, and what giant propensities! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “But the pigmy goats and penguins are a bit confused, they like social interaction.” London Zoo seeking donations to safeguard animals 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z A proud imperialist, Rhodes believed that the burden of both history and progress belonged to the Anglo-Saxon who must strive to triumph over the savagery of the “ape, bushman and pigmy.” The Rhodes scholarship wasn’t designed for my people — that’s why I had to win 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Trout are fair to good in the surf on topwaters, pigmies and croakers. Texas Fishing Report 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z They suggest that dwarf humans roamed the island - hunting pigmy elephants and fending off komodo dragons - for more than half a million years. Fossil discovery on Flores provides clues to 'hobbit' ancestors 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The cause of the rare stranding of the female pigmy sperm whale off Banff Bay in Abderdeenshire is not yet clear. Whale strandings link investigated 2013-09-07T00:25:02Z In 2012, the British public is evidently assumed to be undersized pigmies, scarcely able to formulate thought. Morrissey attacks 'blustering jingoism' of Olympic Games 2012-08-06T11:01:33Z Most of the vegetable monsters went out with the ichthyosaurus, and as for the few that remain, they will yet be an affront to the pigmies who are swarming on the earth. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z I’ve spent hours there, puttering, talking, laughing, entertained by his curious, Indian cow’s tail, stones cut from men’s bladders, uterine balls of hair, paw of a bear, and skeleton of a pigmy. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Pliny the Elder describes pigmies, 17; upon Greek art, 28. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z When Henry VIII. constructed his Henry Grace de Dieu, of 1,000 tons,124 it was, indeed, a great giant among pigmies, for a vessel of two or three hundred tons was then considered large. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z This little personage was one of the most famous and agreeable of the pigmy race to which he belonged. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z And what pigmies men are; what paltry, useless things make up their lives! The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Producing an unexpected box of pastels, the Boy began to make a rapid sketch of the pigmy harbour with its blue water and the half circle of houses that outlined its rocky coast. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Pompeii, chalk caricatures from, 15, 17; pigmy pugilists from, 15; described, 16; its amphitheatre closed, 17; how discovered, 21. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z "And are there pigmies in that forest—little men, you know?" he asked Nando. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z She brought it forth, but when he saw it he started back aghast at its pigmy size. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z His biography is interwoven with the times of the giant Richelieu and the pigmy Buckingham. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Far beneath, looking like some gaily coloured map when seen from that height, lay the port of Sóller with its lake-like harbour and pigmy headlands. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The rescued souls are, indeed, a pigmy crew, of woe-begone aspect; but their resistless Deliverer towers aloft in such imposing altitude that the tallest of the saints hardly reaches above his knees. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z He knew that he was in the presence of Bambute, the dreaded pigmies of the forest. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Heaven is busy with other things--too indifferent to know or care what we poor pigmies feel. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Was this wretched little pigmy always to cross his path? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z From the room more pigmy steps wound upwards to a roofed mirador, but, as the inner walls of the staircase were broken away in great gaps, only the Boy was daring enough to ascend. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z But whoever they were, there were giants in the earth in those days; and the Cyclopean architecture they have left puts to shame the pigmy constructions of modern times. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z He was in the midst of a group of pigmies, who were pointing excitedly, uttering their strange coughing cry, to the branches of the tree. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z But Montbazon was not a strong fortress like Lorge, which could afford to smile grimly down on a crowd of excited pigmies. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z What subversive doctrines were these uttered by a presuming pigmy? The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z It is not as high as Pike's Peak nor Shasta, but it towers well up toward the level of Fujiyama, and beside it Mount Washington looks like a pigmy and the Adirondacks are mere foothills. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z It looks, by the side of its pigmy neighbours, like the Colossus of Rhodes, to the mandarin figures in our English grocers’ shops. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z The pigmies who had captured Samba at the river were a different tribe from those with whom he had lived in the forest. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The six pigmy Ciceros will in vain set forth before us in sumptuous dress their thoughts and bodies. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Below these mountains are shown a race of pigmies. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z What is left, however, is very fine, and from the great height above ground the people look like pigmies dotted about. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Moods changed a little as they took up their wandering again and presently waded, single file, through a jungle of bushes, scrub oak, dwarf pine, pigmy cedar and birch, laced with brambles. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z A plentiful dinner of antelope flesh and bananas was soon placed before Samba, and it was clear that the pigmies were ready to make much of the stranger who had so boldly attacked the serval. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z He was a giant among pigmies, a Socrates among clowns! Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Against a windmill would you try your might, Against a castle would a pigmy fight? The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z The memory of its hearty clasp remains on your mind as you are conveyed down the eight stories of Queen Anne's Mansions, and so, into the street, where you become one of the aforenamed "pigmies." Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z The Prince had a feeling of pity for those pigmies. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The chiefs of some of the big men had often adopted pigmy boys and made slaves of them; it was now his turn. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The wealthy Rajah made no objection to complying with the apparently moderate request of the pigmy being before him. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Accustomed to shout across an ocean of blue plush to an audience of pigmies situated upon the distant horizon, their gratification at finding human beings within a few yards of them was extreme. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The banks rose up in a straight wall of rock, of such a height that the inhabitants of the village, peering down at us from above, seemed like pigmies on the sky-line. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z In captivity specimens have eaten frogs, mice, birds, dead fish, pigmy rattlers and copperheads. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z The pigmies kept him with them, never letting him go out of their sight. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z They dwarfed the rig and team; she felt herself a pigmy by comparison. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z With great majesty, then, she rose from her seat, and approached the tea-table, stalking across the room with firm and dignified tread, as she looked around upon her pigmy foes. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z They are the great men of action and thought, the “lonely giants amid the pigmies.” Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z There are, of course, pines in the eastern states, but they seemed pigmies by comparison with these tremendous conifers which were already tall and stately when Columbus sailed from Spain. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z On the night when the pigmy tribe settled down in its new home, four days' journey from the old, Samba took advantage of the fatigue of his captors to steal away. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The difference in the size of the two birds was great; it was like a pigmy feeding a giant. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z There was a little pink box of a house on its farther side, with a few bunches of trees round it, and among them a pigmy village of prim wooden huts. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z So huge were they that the gazers felt themselves pigmies in comparison. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The Esquimaux in their deerskin dress, the aborigines of Australia, the pigmy tribes of Africa’s primeval forests, are a living testimony of the tenacious powers of the soul and body of mankind,—civilization’s trusty outposts. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z He nibbled morsels as he went, hoping that by good speed during the whole day he might get far enough from the pigmies to make his ultimate escape secure. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Great overhanging boulders looked ready to roll down upon and crush such pigmies as these that crawled along the road under them. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Note the pigmy figures in the ornamentation, which give the name of the Dolls' Court to this chamber. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Now, either men are giants in these days and were pigmies in those days, or else the pride and luxury of man claim a prominence now in God's House, which was quite unknown then. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z The people at the foot of the trail and beyond looked like pigmies, and the wagons like toys. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z I looked about expecting to see a gigantic being, but instead beheld a shrunken pigmy. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z So he gave voice to a terrifying roar, just to show these pigmies what would happen if they dared to interfere with his meal! Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z The world is full of mighty problems; and we ... we are pigmies ... in the tiny worlds of our own selves....” The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Is there any good reason for supposing that our pigmy planet, so insignificant compared with many celestial bodies, is the only one containing life? Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Standing side by side in the ring, the contrast appeared so great, that it looked as if the struggle was to take place between a giant and a pigmy. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z The fire of his genius, the never-ceasing, burning desire to embody the immortal inspirations which floated so richly in his brain, had "fretted the pigmy body to decay." The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Looking in the direction pointed out by Ulna, Sam saw, low down on the edge of the horizon, a number of pigmy figures that but for their movements might have passed for bunches of cactus. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z Tell me but under what semblance the pigmy enemies invade you? The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z As the mood took him he composed, tossing off sonnets and serenades like champagne, carelessly and without effort, a Titan with the indifference of a pigmy. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z I recall a pigmy, in size and brains, who through sheer luck and a sly use of his opportunities, became famous for a while, and made a fortune out of other men's thoughts. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Again, Homer is supposed to have been among authors the originator of the idea, as, in his third Iliad, he compares the Trojans to cranes when they descend to fight against pigmies or fairies. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z Fancy, if you can, the terror and affright of the pigmy on seeing the monster creeping stealthily after it. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z He was about four feet in height, being one of a race of pigmies, now nearly extinct. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z Here be no pigmies, predicating the outcome of little factions, no discourse about the smallness of word-meanings; but vast populations are arrayed under our eye. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z I hate the station, pigmy, drawn out there beside the sea. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Up and up 262 they flew, while the crowd below dwindled to pigmies, and the houses looked like so many toy Noah’s Arks. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z But very little indeed is known about these supposed autochthons, except that they were very small in stature, and that this pigmy race receded and vanished before the advancing Ainu. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z They were but a few inches long, and appear pigmies in contrast to the strange half-lobster-like crustacean Pterygotus, that lived with them, and attained sometimes as much as five feet in length. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z “They are little men, the savages who live here, they’re pigmies, you know.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z These boreal pigmies with golden skins, with muscles of steel, and hearts as finely human as those of the highest order of man, performed a task that cannot be too highly commended. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The Reverend Willett Ford Hunt was no pigmy himself, nor did he lack courage and vigor. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The theory had its foundation only in some Ainu legends, and was not supported by any arch�ological remains, which could be attributed, not to the Ainu, but to a special pigmy race only. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Mrs. B. If our consequence arose from the size of our bodies, we should indeed be but pigmies, but remember that the mind of Newton was not circumscribed by the dimensions of its envelope. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z A giant, conscious of his strength, need not hasten, for his security, to slay a few captive pigmies. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z On the Swiss shore the straggling towns and multitudinous villas lying among the fresh greenery of vineyards looked mere pigmy toys beneath the slopes of the great mountains. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z "O! sweet pigmy, have at thee with another." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Below are seen dragons and pigmies, always to the east of Asia, and a little further away in the midst of a strange country, the King of the Cyclops. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z We looked exactly like pigmies alongside of the huge boulders. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z The man-of-war's huge bulk belched answering flame, and ere the cannon's echoing roar had ceased, a sharp report was heard, a pigmy sound that woke its pigmy echo from the Rock. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Mere pigmies they looked, wending their way along the soaring face of the huge cliffs. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z "What my sweet old pigmy, be content, for if you live to next year you will be a foul sow." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z At the extremities of the earth were placed imaginary regions and fortunate isles, inhabited by giants or pigmies. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Immediately I could see the people running out of their villages; they seemed in the distance like pigmies; they shouted, and were, perhaps, just a little frightened as they ran to and fro. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z Genesis asserts that our pigmy earth was its precursor. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z After letting your gaze rest on him for a time, and then turning to the others again, they looked like pigmies, their heads contracted, their colour faded, their eyes small and dull. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z And behind it came the assaulting battalions, lines of black pigmies charging forward. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Ah! selfish pigmy! at such a moment you might have spared this poor, anxious, trembling soul, sinking, well nigh, in an ocean of tears for all the long, long past. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The structure bellied out at the sides and oddly, at each corner of the roof, two mansard windows projected like ears, while above all a pigmy dome arose covered with unpainted tin. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z And shall the minions of monarchies and the pigmies of tuppenny temporary republics snap their ridiculous fingers at us, and presume to say that the streets of New York are dirty? From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z The vegetation around me was of such unusual proportions that I felt myself a mere pigmy, a sort of Jack the Giant-Killer wandering in quest of the Ogre's Castle. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z This, in the British Museum collection, is coarsely coloured, the night having no aerial quality, no distance, and the lily itself and the vestures of the pigmies being disagreeably strained in tint. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z When a whole population consists of people of small stature, the proper term to apply to them is pigmies, not dwarfs. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z They twisted in and out through the laurel and rhododendrons, between bald rocks, mighty and pigmy, and over crumbling logs coated with liverwort. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Ashore Captain Seagrave might cause smiles to cross the faces of men who were as mere pigmies compared to him now. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z In the hour of excitement, and of public panic, pigmies, appear giants to them, and mole-hills, swell into mountains. Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z Next followed Theodosia with Dove, who looked like a pigmy by her side. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Far below on the bridge is the pigmy crowd, with the vulgar din of its May horns, blown thus early, in ill-survival of some Puritan custom, to drown the notes of the Latin hymn. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z "Hang it, I didn't come here to be made a pigmy of!" he shouted. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z Nature is still supreme, and man is still the divine pigmy audaciously seeking to impose his will and stamp his mark upon an unconquered half continent. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Across the plane of eastern sky hung a wild picture of forest and rockland where pigmy men rushed together without shock, where spectral weapons fell silently, and shadowy smoke burst and rose. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Not only that, but Bobby was grinning with intense glee at the successful issue of the encounter between the giant and the pigmy. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z But turn the tables, reverse the conditions, and, in his sphere, the unlearned man, intelligent, God-fearing and inspired, looms a giant, where his more polished brother might seem a pigmy by comparison. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Such were the Bushmen, as the Europeans have named these pigmies. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The great interest in connexion with a dwarf West African race of elephant is in relation to the fossil pigmy elephants of the limestone 261 fissures and caves of Malta and Cyprus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The last human pigmy seeks his pillow, to hide a diminished head. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z If on that point the gods are dumb, shall a pigmy speak? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He was a pigmy in the midst of some cosmic disorder.... Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z They were pigmies in size, yellowish-brown in color, hollow-backed, and with skins so loose that in times of famine their bodies were covered with wrinkles and flaps. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Still, the close relationship of the existing Liberian pigmy hippopotamus to the fossil Mediterranean species is significant, in relation to the foregoing observations on the elephant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z There were many pigmies who, because they walked on stilts, were thought to be giants in those days. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Therefore, never more will I play the vile pigmy, and by small memorials after death, attempt to reverse the decree of death, by essaying the poor perpetuating of the image of the original. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z In Madrid, the International is a pigmy failure. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z There is a tradition among the Glamorgan peasantry of a fairy battle fought on the mountain between Merthyr and Aberdare, in which the pigmy combatants were on horseback. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Many a popular man exhibits his pigmy soul to the multitude of a whole continent, idly mistaking it for greatness. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z But as a matter of fact they differed in stature extremely, and the remoter supposed progenitors were comparative pigmies. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer The Esquimaux in terror fled From spirits evil, so they said; But meeting them with friendly mien, The pigmies soon at ease were seen. Olof Krarer, The Esquimaux Lady A story of her native home The woodcutter, who was resting from his work, had his eyes fixed on the lake, and perceived with surprise the pigmy princess sailing towards the shore. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The Ellyllon are the pigmy elves who haunt the groves and valleys, and correspond pretty closely with the English elves. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z He was like a pigmy in the hands of the man who held him. The Missioner As the latter fared so hard at the hands of the pigmies of to-day, what would they do if they could not develop in time to resist the sons of Anak? A Bed of Roses The self that he had found was adrift upon a sea, solitary indeed, and saw pigmy figures moving in the shifting lights and shadows of the shore. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Then the pigmy princess, whilst snugly ensconced in the man's pocket as he walked along the street, began to reflect what should be her next step. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I It is applied by Welsh miners to pigmy fairies which dwell in the mines, and point out, by a peculiar knocking or rapping, rich veins of ore. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z We are mere pigmies in comparison with our progenitors. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. I saw a little pigmy belonging to the genus Phæthornis one day in the act of washing itself in a brook. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 These pigmies of mine shall not play the egregious puppies in deluding an ignorant rabble with the sad presentment of a roasted savage. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 "Cease your broils," shouted the pigmy princess in her tiny voice. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Back view of a woman, her face in profile to right, holding a pigmy in her right hand. Aubrey Beardsley If you observe the roots of most palms, you will see that, attached in an odd way to the rising stem is a sort of bulb, not unlike a pigmy potato. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them "And do you think of comparing me, an insignificant pigmy, with the Count de R�os and Mendoza, two stars of the first magnitude in Spanish politics?" Maximina His fists clenched, his shapely head thrown back, every muscle taut, his eyes flashing, chest heaving, he resembled a classic hero battling with pigmies. By Right of Conquest A Novel "Obnoxious beings," said the pigmy queen, "resume your respective forms." Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Pigmies are pigmies still, though perch’d on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes It is too late to dream of a really independent existence for each pigmy nationality, strewn about in Eastern Europe. American World Policies We seem, in passing from the Iliad to the Æneid, to have fallen, so far as character goes, from a race of giants to a brood of pigmies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 This is the pigmy, but now stand here, and I will adjust the lens to your sight—so! Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days These immortal names fit us as giants' armors do pigmies. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century The Common Spruce, for instance, has given birth to many pigmy forms. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Only for a moment; then a strong, lean hand detached his grasp, and lifting him as lightly as a giant would lift a pigmy brought him round face to face. An Unknown Lover This is hardly so good as Swift's pigmy lion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The houses of Chamouny, appeared like dwellings of ants, and the river which flows through the valley, seemed not sufficient to drown one of these pigmy animals. Narrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont Blanc To-day it is characteristic of the negro races, of the 389 Papuans, the Polynesians and the Australians, though among the negritos and some of the pigmy races of Africa brachycephalic skulls are the rule. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" People jostled one another, hurrying and scurrying, pigmies and ants adding their tiny load of work, of care, of sorrow to the titanic edifice of this living world. The Heart of a Woman To see the cloud lifted, to watch blank eyes grow deep, and sweet, and satisfied again,—that’s a wonderful thing, and it would be a pigmy soul who did not rejoice. An Unknown Lover Then, as he went down the roadway, the Sphinx would seem to rise higher and higher, till he must have felt himself quite a pigmy, looking up at the vast figure. What We Saw in Egypt They made no sign that they perceived this blazing pigmy advancing against them. The Three Mulla-mulgars He loved the game of chance, and it pleased him to tempt fortune by urging pigmies in their hundreds and thousands against each other. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels We do not laugh at the pigmy who claims an eight-foot leap; we sneer. A Novelist on Novels There is Vanitas over the way;—he once wore just such pigmy affairs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 After him had come Augustus, a pigmy by comparison, yet otherwise more depraved. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Mbopo led the way to the spoor already found, and Critch at once ordered the pigmy warriors to follow it up. The Blind Lion of the Congo High over these rather diminutive figures towered here and there the majestic forms of the blond natives of Sweden, who were moving about like giants among a race of pigmies. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna Still shorter of ear and hind leg is the pigmy rabbit which ventures outside its burrow to feed only among the tall and closely-spaced bushes of sagebrush among which its burrow is dug. A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha In contrast with these pigmies of probably African origin, there may come to our minds the ancient tradition of African Amazons. Oriental Women For the nonce, we are potential murderers and pigmy men had better have a care how they lounge across our paths. Seeds of Pine As Burt recovered from his surprise the pigmies were still prostrate in the attitude of worship. The Blind Lion of the Congo You are nailed, as it were, to the ground, feeling like a pigmy, awestruck in the presence of nature at her grandest. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things The pigmy rabbit lives in burrows, mostly dug by itself, preferably where tall sagebrush grows densely. A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha It is more particularly true of her influence within the precints of her domestic life, as was seen in the case of the pigmy women of the Andamese Islands. Oriental Women It seemed that all eyes were on me, and perhaps they were, for among all those Maine giants I belied my state, for I was a dot only, a pigmy beside those mighty woodsmen. Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer A Drummer Boy from Maine The hut was much larger than the other dwellings of the white pigmies. The Blind Lion of the Congo I went down by the cable car to a level with the rapids and the place where poor Captain Webb was last seen alive; a presumptuous pigmy, he, to dare such waters as these. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things In such a battle of the ice with the ice, a man knows what a pigmy he is, measured against the mightiest natural forces. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Their women are taller and larger than those of the neighboring Bushmen, who are the South African pigmies. Oriental Women And then all the pigmy figures would run out again and begin industriously to peck at these pieces, like ants, and carry them, with tiny staggerings, out of sight. Captain Macedoine's Daughter The excited pigmy was for following it up at once, but Burt held him back. The Blind Lion of the Congo Measured by their pigmy standards, I was a gigantic being of a new type and order, possibly I was even immortal. The Portal of Dreams Did you ever hear of an absolute monarchy, where those rights which are proposed by the pigmy politicians of this day, to be secured by stipulation, were ever preserved? Essays on the Constitution of the United States History, ethnology, and classic myth have united to make the Eastern pigmies the most interesting people in the world. Oriental Women The last thing she saw, as the launch shot up the bay towards San Pablo, was a wave of fire roll down Telegraph Hill, and hundreds of black pigmies fleeing before it. Ancestors A Novel The pigmies had started at once along the spoor of the lion, spreading out on either side and calling to one another continually. The Blind Lion of the Congo They were a long line of shadow shapes whose footfall made no sound, and whose pigmy bodies melted into the tangle as impalpably as the dissipating mists. The Portal of Dreams It sits on the verge of a plain, broken for a hundred miles to the northward only by pigmy volcanic cones heaped around extinct solfataras. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 Of the same race, but differing greatly in ethnic characteristics, are the pigmy people of the Andaman Islands, of the Malay Peninsula, and of the Philippines. Oriental Women Lust alone is but a pigmy; but it never, or rarely, attacks us single-handed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) The axes of the pigmies were keen, but they were also very small. The Blind Lion of the Congo The big soul of Mr. Jonas was imprisoned in his pigmy person as the spirit of the genius in the casket. The House of Fulfilment We had no idea that in any situation we could be such dwindled dwarfs, such perfect pigmies. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The box cañons are so narrow that half a dozen pigmy boys deft with a sling and stones could keep out an army of enemies. Through Our Unknown Southwest His opponents were pigmies who shrank back, appalled, by his murderous might. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch A shriek of terror went up from the Zwengi, while the pigmy arrows played havoc among them as they fled back to their canoes. The Blind Lion of the Congo I do not mean," he says, "the little pigmy dwarf terrier; they are tantamount to useless, even where they are well-bred, not having strength enough for hunting. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 See there-- there--that ugly little pigmy--see what capers he cuts. Weird Tales, Vol. II. Bridges were thrown from side to side across the top of these cliffs, and the people looking down upon us from them seemed like pigmies p. 38standing in the sky. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Then their thoughts reverted to the immediate past, and they heard the shock of colossal armaments, compared with which the armies of the past appeared but pigmies in strength. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror But his face was away from the pigmies, and his voice remained firm enough. The Blind Lion of the Congo In the 'Golden Swan' he sat then; Like a giant 'mid the pigmies Looked he in this crowd of players. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. That league existed before the war; but English painters appear to have preferred being pigmies amongst cranes to being artists amongst artists. Pot-Boilers No, no; I called for aught that might see fit to come, conditioned that it came in human guise; but yonder frothy fool, yon swarthy pigmy, I did not summon him. The Advocate And without further words, they were led from that ornate apartment. aken back to the dazzling chamber under the meteor, they were turned over to the pigmies. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 No sooner had they deposited the ankh than Burt chanced to touch one of the pigmies in the dark. The Blind Lion of the Congo He is a giant according to his own rule of measurement, but a pigmy according to that of other people. Talkers With Illustrations Hurriedly, she and Charley resumed their way up the wolf-haunted bottom, over rocks, through puddles, into pigmy forests of cherry and plum. The Plow-Woman The slight childish form crossed to the parapet, and stood there, looking down on the Piazza del Popolo, where the pedestrians were dwarfed to pigmies. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 "Now what the devil will be the next step?" queried Stoddard, when the last of the pigmies had gone. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The pigmies made not the slightest opposition, and the boys could see by his gestures that he was describing their desires. The Blind Lion of the Congo On the other hand, an adult animal of pigmy size might be expected to have large orbits, large otic capsules and a large foramen magnum. A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas He needs huge spaces in which to swim about; there he makes the compositions of other men seem pigmy. Ivory Apes and Peacocks But the mob wearied of even such spectacle as giraffes being killed by pigmies from the Iturbi forest. Frigid Fracas "But these curious creatures?" he said, indicating the whispering, pigmy host that filled the cavern. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Emerging from the thicket, they found the pigmies clustered about a clump of thorn-bushes. The Blind Lion of the Congo She felt an enormous creature surveying a pigmy world; and yet, mechanically, she resumed her sewing at the point where she had left it. Coquette Those weak old men would be swept aside as though they were pigmies; and what could he and his two chums do against half a dozen big cavalrymen, bent on pillage? The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France Clinton was accounted a rich man in his day, but he was a pigmy in that respect compared to Astor. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Myriads of the pigmies were swarming upon it, while a handful of Cossacks were holding them off. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 If we do get off, Burt, let's take a collection o' these pigmy weapons. The Blind Lion of the Congo I have lately been reading Shakespeare; and, when I turn from him to the Germans—p. 168even the best of them—they appear mere pigmies. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest Labor is really the giant, the Samson, and it would be impossible for the pigmy, capital, to rob him, but for his lack of knowledge. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View Just over the rim of the dome he could see the opaque white top of a lamp on a shelter, where a pigmy constable stood, directing the traffic. The Brass Bottle He turned and addressed the pigmy host in what must have been their own tongue. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 As the figures of the two boys came into sight of the pigmies, an indescribable murmur of awe swept from the crowd. The Blind Lion of the Congo But the pigmy was not altogether on parade. The Missourian Why, you are as pigmies with your childish schemes! Wings of the Wind He cannot help being a great man, because he lives in an age of pigmies; and he will be as great as great talents without a great mind can make anybody. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III If only he could burn them through and free himself and the professor before any of the pigmies re-entered that lethal chamber! Astounding Stories, July, 1931 A startled silence fell on the pigmies as they watched. The Blind Lion of the Congo Yet the ugly, revolting pigmy who was lieutenant of the Empire held them back in the terror of his heartless cruelty. The Missourian A man of such huge proportions, that Martin, but two inches less than six feet, himself, felt like a pigmy in comparison. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Simon was not a small man himself, but he felt like a pigmy as his hand disappeared into one that opened like a suitcase. The Monk of Hambleton As they proceeded, the pigmy horde following with incredible swiftness, Stoddard wheeled and fired time and again—and now his shots were answered by the reports of rifles. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The pigmy looked blank and Burt repeated his question. The Blind Lion of the Congo I never saw one this size, it is like the little personal affairs as a giant is like a pigmy, not only bigger but a bit different in proportion. The Lost Kafoozalum There is a diminutive hotel, in which, properly, the head waiter should be a pigmy and the chambermaid a sprite, and beside it there is a Casino on the smallest possible scale. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 With a scream like the keening of a dozen steam whistles, it charged back over its tracks toward the distant pigmies that were inflicting such exasperating punishment on it. The Red Hell of Jupiter His mind may have grown to be a giant in strength, but it must be compressed into the nut-shell of superstition—dwarfed to the capacity of intellectual pigmies. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures I determined to lead ye off to the edge o' the pigmy country, where we are now, an' then put it up to ye. The Blind Lion of the Congo This is the worst of all thy trials, for thou canst not defend thyself; and, in thy helplessness, fools and pigmies cut capers over thy grave. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The long, slim legs closed in around him; like a pigmy guarded by the skeletons of giants he was led quickly away. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 A shot came from the group of pigmy figures. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 It was a pretty perch, and gave one a feeling of consequence; for what pigmy perched on Alps ever failed to consider his elevation one of stature strictly, and not at all of position? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 They crouched down in the dark cramped interior and as they did so a pigmy thrust some roasted bananas in at the door. The Blind Lion of the Congo What is their city to the magnificent city of old, among whose ruins they walk like pigmies amid the relics of giants? Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Bowing, he handed it to the leader of the pigmy throng, with the awed word: “Cabiri!” Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 In certain extreme cases what have been well called "pigmy males" illustrate this contrast in an almost ridiculous degree. The Truth About Woman And all the multitudes below seemed mere pigmies to me now. The Harbor Sitting up with a startled exclamation he saw a pigmy blocking the door. The Blind Lion of the Congo We have not sufficient information on this point concerning the lowest human races, such as the pigmies and Weddas. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The pigmies went down in his path like grain before the scythe. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 They crowd seats of mental giants and honored statesmen of former days with golden pigmies or political highwaymen of recent growth and can be directly traced to our defective franchise system. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V From certain big men I had written about I had taken a spacious breadth of view that included a deep indulgence for all these skurrying pigmies. The Harbor It was evidently long after daybreak, for even the darkest recesses of the pigmy village were showing some light. The Blind Lion of the Congo So he began to play, feeling like a giant among pigmies. A Great Man A Frolic An esoteric novelist hath it that a pigmy is as good as a giant if he arrive in time. Dwellers in the Hills A Columbus from a vaster, kindlier universe had paused for a moment to learn the story of our pigmy system. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 What could we little pigmies do with the world? The Harbor The other white pigmies chattered something and Mbopo motioned to the boys to follow them. The Blind Lion of the Congo Not one of these pigmies of the disc either, but a tall, slender creature of his own world. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Here and there a few modern elms and pines have been planted in the Chapultepec grove; and though they are of respectable or average size, they look like pigmies beside these gigantic trees. Aztec Land We see—both combatants—that we are giants fighting, and not quarrelling pigmies, as the foreign enemies of us both have vainly attempted to prove. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In the garden behind our house on warm September evenings when these pigmies gathered to chatter reforms, the harbor hooted at their little plans as it had hooted at my own. The Harbor The pigmy approached and squatted down before them with a smile. The Blind Lion of the Congo With a lightning movement he took aim, but the pigmy was too quick for him. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 The mounds of our Western and Southwestern States are almost the counterpart of this grand elevation at Cholula, so far as the idea goes, except that they are mere pigmies in comparison. Aztec Land Its shape bore not a little similarity to the human hand, though of the smallest pigmy size. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories The miners were pigmies as they toiled in the sides of the towering mountain walls, where they had toiled for many a day. A Waif of the Mountains Had the situation not been so serious Burt could have laughed at the sickly gray look which overspread the features of the pigmies as they fell to their knees. The Blind Lion of the Congo Save for the head they are more like pigmy Angora sheep than anything. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 But while it was still an arm's length from Patrick, the clicks began to mount furiously, until they were like the chatter of a pigmy machine gun. The Moon is Green "The great man ... is set Among us pigmies, with a heavenlier stature, And brighter face than ours, that we must leap Even to smite it." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. On the lip of a projecting crag, half a mile above were three other pigmies, who neither toiled nor spun. A Waif of the Mountains The pigmies were not far behind the boys, and at the shout they came dashing forward. The Blind Lion of the Congo It consists of four superb Angora sheep and a pigmy bull. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 “Is it you, pigmy, who woke me up from my nap?” growled the Troll, rolling his great red eyes. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine The original inhabitants were Negritos, a race of pigmy blacks, of whom only a remnant remains, but the Filipino proper is a Malayan. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions We quickly made out that it was indeed an owl,—the pigmy owl, as it turned out,—not much larger than a bluebird. Camping with President Roosevelt He spoke slowly and distinctly in order to make the pigmy understand and supplemented his words with gestures. The Blind Lion of the Congo The pigmy bull has no history of any particular interest. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 As I slipped out of the poison-bottle house, I saw a funny little pigmy hurry out of a cottage across the lane and go z-z-zam! down the front steps. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts Trapped in the great dome, Darl valiantly defends Earth's outpost against the bird-man of Mars and his horde of pigmy henchmen. The Great Dome on Mercury Then a leather-colored mountain of a back heaved itself up through the smother and a colossal form, that would make the hugest elephant a pigmy, came ponderously forth upon the beach. In the Morning of Time He turned and poured out a flood of words at the darker pigmies who howled and beat the ground with their heads. The Blind Lion of the Congo Under the great dome there was the latticework of a huge reflecting telescope; strange pigmy figures scuttled here and there, working at curious machines. The Copper-Clad World Poor little pigmy, what a bump he did get that time! Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts By hundreds, by thousands, the Mercurian pigmies vanished in dark vapor, or plunged, blackened corpses, into the fog that billowed below. The Great Dome on Mercury Long-crested jays, Clarke's crows, and pigmy nuthatches are plentiful, and the wild note of the chickadee is heard on every hand. Wild Life on the Rockies He was convinced that Mbopo was their friend, and yet it might well be that the pigmies had demanded a sacrifice to Pongo from the new ruler and that Mbopo had yielded. The Blind Lion of the Congo The pitiful combat between 105 pigmies and Titans was on again. Heart of the Blue Ridge Then again we made occasional trips up the river, but the steamboats and other excursion craft of that day were of course mere pigmies compared with those of the present time. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century From the uttermost burrows of the planet the pigmies were flooding in at the call of the Martian who stood scatheless beneath and lashed them on with the strange dominance he held over them. The Great Dome on Mercury Then comes a restless pigmy of a Hungarian, a jeweller, last from Dresden, full of life and song, but who complains ruefully that the potatoes of Berlin are violently anti-dyspeptic. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France No sound had broken in on their labor except a throbbing beat of tom-toms from the village, mingled once more with the shrill, steady chanting of the pigmy warriors. The Blind Lion of the Congo I wanted to take this pigmy by the throat. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America Don't you see that you are a pigmy, who has stolen through the back door into the world where great things are dealt with? The Master Mummer The yellow pigmies were circling in a macabre dance, their crimson eyes turned always toward him, hate glowing from their crawling depths. The Great Dome on Mercury Are you deaf?" cries King Drake, "go, pigmy! The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers His chum was doing his own share—it was no easy matter to face that village of pigmies. The Blind Lion of the Congo It was a dugout in the rear of a ruined windmill, and contained several pigmy rooms. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Fortunately for him, the “yaller-jawed pigmies” understood not a word of all this; else, notwithstanding his superior size and strength, he might have had rough handling from them. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley The pigmies gave way before him; evidently they had been warned to keep their claws off. The Great Dome on Mercury By way of sign, an elephant was painted on the wall, enveloped by a large serpent and tended by a pigmy. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He did not doubt for a moment that he was captured by pigmies. The Blind Lion of the Congo The other trapper appeared to be some five or six years younger; and although by no means a man of small stature, he was but a pigmy alongside his gigantic companion. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora He seemed the superior of all superiors, and major-generals shrunk into pigmy corporals in comparison with him. The County Regiment A Sketch of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War A whirring rattle cut through the turmoil like a whip-lash, and the heap of pigmies swiftly scattered. The Great Dome on Mercury Far below lies the city, the dwellings and churches resembling toy-houses, while the people moving about in the thoroughfares assume pigmy proportions, horses looking like exaggerated insects. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands At sight of the sacred emblem and at his shout something like a groan of fear and horror went up from the pigmies. The Blind Lion of the Congo Although the second trapper was by no means a man of low stature, alongside his companion he appeared only a pigmy. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora When the time comes for changing its shape, the pigmy concerns itself, like the others, with future and present needs. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles A group of hundreds of pigmies suddenly left the main fight, and came forward with short, swift steps. The Great Dome on Mercury From the latter position the entire possessions of this Portuguese province can be comprised at a glance, and Macào lies beneath you a miniature city, with pigmies moving along the Praya and its principal streets. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas When Burt shook his head and repeated the sacred word a spasm of anger flashed across the pigmy's face and he motioned them to rise. The Blind Lion of the Congo But the soaring flames jeered at their pigmy efforts; twinkled derisively on their glistening bodies; and assailed the vast composure of the skies with leaping blades of light. Captain Desmond, V.C. How does the pigmy measure the enormous monument that is the human body? The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Neither has there been found any trace of pigmies. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era As I stood alongside of him, both the purser and myself, who were five feet seven, appeared like pigmies. A Sailor of King George The black hunters had not accompanied them and the six white pigmies were the sole guardians of the boys. The Blind Lion of the Congo By contrast with the lofty temperamental Upper Fall, the Lower Fall appears a smug and steady pigmy. The Book of the National Parks How willing and eager the pigmies and yahoos would have been to stone him. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Skilled in the arts of healing sickness and averting calamities from men or animals, this pigmy renders invaluable aid to the Great-Name Possessor. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era At the door, of course, were the two creatures with the enormous mandibles that had escorted the pigmy men to the larder. The Raid on the Termites Although the pigmies did not seem to mind the mosquitoes, they were very careful to avoid the hanging nests of the trumpet ants and the black wasps while passing through the jungle. The Blind Lion of the Congo On the ground, between the great African elephant's fore and hind legs, in the museum, I placed a stuffed specimen of the smallest terrestrial mammal—the pigmy shrew-mouse. More Science From an Easy Chair Placing her heavy hand on his shoulder, she seized him with a grip, which made him feel like a pigmy, in the grasp of a giant. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him They were of the same class as the pigmies. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Hear what once the pigmy clever To the stupid giant said: Things are not of highest value Which do highest rear their head; The sluggish horse is nothing better Than the donkey lowest bred. Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian Upon leaving the hut, the two boys found themselves objects of awed veneration from the pigmies. The Blind Lion of the Congo No towers of Babel envious of the skies; no pyramids in mimicry of the mountains of the earth; no streets that are a weariness to traverse, nor temples that make pigmies of the worshippers. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing See the Canaries in the distance, look down, ye pigmies, on the sea, with its breakers dashing against the shores of the island, of which you for the moment form the summit!... Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The blockade reminds me of a pigmy treacherously stealing up behind a giant and trying to cut his jugular vein. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War A pigmy standing on the outward crest of this small planet, his far-reaching spirit stretches outward to the infinite, and there alone finds rest.—Carlyle. Pearls of Thought He glanced at the waiting pigmies, who evidently had not the slightest intention of robbing him of the honor of going first. The Blind Lion of the Congo Nature is God, Anna, and the greatest artist of us all a pigmy. Anna the Adventuress The roofs and the spires lay far below, and the people looked as small as pigmies. The Sand-Hills of Jutland Shall I be coming across an unknown lake presently, or a race of pigmies? The Hero of Garside School There one puny engine puffed a single stream of water upon the burning mass, but its efforts were like the stabbing of a pigmy at a giant. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror That they would be obeyed now they had no fear at all, for the pigmies were their devoted slaves in every way, and stood in evident awe of the two boys and especially of "Mwanzi." The Blind Lion of the Congo The fourth member of the Sittinae subfamily in America is the pigmy nuthatch, known scientifically as Sitta pygmaea, a genuine westerner, not known east of the plains. Our Bird Comrades Love came, now, in such gigantic force, that the pigmy passion of early youth was dwarfed and superseded. The Mistress of Shenstone Paulina stops, and looks her up and down in a manner that makes Eleanor feel like a pigmy facing a giant. When the Birds Begin to Sing On the 3rd of July, the pigmy vessel, after hard fighting, had to surrender to three French line-of-battle ships. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Both floated well above the water, and the pigmies were highly delighted with their novel situation. The Blind Lion of the Congo She looks like a pigmy feeding a giant. Our Bird Comrades The beacon light looming, halo encircled, through the mist, seemed, like a monster eye, to watch with unmoved contempt the restlessness of these pigmies in the grand solitude of the night. The Light of Scarthey Sometimes the bare word 'reality' fills me with such loathing for this paltry world, with its pigmy minds and soulless bodies, that I can hardly control my contempt. When the Birds Begin to Sing The only pigmy nuthatches of this visit were seen in a ravine above Bailey's. Birds of the Rockies For three days more they floated down the river, but on the third evening both boys noticed signs of uneasiness among the pigmies. The Blind Lion of the Congo Is it indeed the infinitesimal doings of pigmies that bring about the great upheavals of the earth? The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days As the great continent of Australia became known, it was found that the great mass of its mammalia, from the gigantic kangaroo to the pigmy, mouse-like potoroo, belonged to this singular order. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. No towers of Babel envious of the skies; no pyramids in mimicry of the mountains of the earth; no streets that are a weariness to traverse, nor temples that make pigmies of the worshipers. Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 The life we lead in these degenerate days is so poor; the giants have left the earth, and only the pigmies are left. Girls of the Forest These pigmies have never seen inside the case, remember. The Blind Lion of the Congo It looked absurdly tiny and anxious; futile, in its pigmy haste, across the exquisite stillness. The Branding Iron He had no conception what a pigmy unit he himself was in the multitude who followed their remarkable leader. The Rapids It was assigned as an emblem of Ptah-Sokari-Osiris, the pigmy deity of Memphis, being placed on his head, and this deity was sometimes represented under the form of a scarab. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. It looked like the extreme of foolhardiness, like a pigmy advancing against a giant; yet Darius commanded one army, Alexander the other, and Issus had not been forgotten. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality If he did manage to get out he must get past the lion and face the pigmy village. The Blind Lion of the Congo Thus far our Manx language has kept alive our pigmies of Manx literature; but both are going down together. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Passing the pigmy lock of the old Hudson Bay Company, they floated a hundred yards from shore and immediately opposite the blockhouse. The Rapids The fierce pigmies, unknown even to Omar, their prince, seemed a sacred tribe who perhaps had lived here forgotten and undiscovered for generations. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason Young Edward Wilson, whose pointed attentions she could not mistake, seemed but as a pigmy compared with him. The Day of Judgment At a signal from Mbopo the tom-toms began a steady, regular beat and the pigmies broke into a low chant that swelled at intervals until the echoes came back faintly from the forest. The Blind Lion of the Congo The giant quailed before the fearless, condemning glance of the man who seemed like a pigmy beside him. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia It looked pigmy beside the enormous structures which began to rise hard by, but was all the more diminutively impressive. The Rapids He could not conceive, with an imagination warmed by the heroes of antiquity, what a race of selfish pigmies the generality of men really are. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Above all, are they dissimilar in size, some being of gigantic stature; the others alongside of them appearing like pigmies! The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Now, the bows used by the white pigmies were larger than those of any other tribe the boys had seen. The Blind Lion of the Congo But when a giant is made to drivel, his drivelings are very little better than those of a pigmy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 The penetrating gaze followed the pigmy vessel as it dipped to the larger stretch of the bay, dwindling with the glint of two blades that flashed with clock-like regularity in the afternoon sun. The Rapids When the great are really wrathful it ill becomes pigmy people to jabber or argue. War and the Weird And the pigmy places himself in a defiant attitude, fronting an adversary nearly twice his own size. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure "I suppose the pigmies got after your men?" The Blind Lion of the Congo We are pigmies in London," he continued in his own ardent fashion—"boys, children, infants—they are giants here. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 And as for the others who assemble there,—the cultured crétins, the blasé pigmies, the eternally feminine, the gastrically happy, in short the people—they also require the sublime, the profound, the overwhelming. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. A fish could just as well live out of water as this pigmy in the white man’s land. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Entangled amongst it, our men laboured with untiring energy, up steep acclivities and through pigmy ravines, in which the loose snow caused them to sink deeply, and sadly increased their toil. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 At every pigmy village Mbopo seemed to get reports or somethin' o' the kind, an' also tribute in the way o' slaves. The Blind Lion of the Congo But as a thresher pertinaciously pursues a whale till it has destroyed it, so did the little gig follow the large brig, which looked large enough to destroy a hundred such pigmy cockle-shells. The Three Midshipmen They have become creatures of the past, and their places have been taken by others of a similarly curious formation, of which even the giant armadillo, when compared to them, is a mere pigmy. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The wretched pigmy had been brought in to the city from his inaccessible retreat in the great forest; he was dazed and frightened at the white men and the things they did. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Walter Map, writing in the latter half of the twelfth century, relates a legend concerning a mythical British king, Herla, who was on terms of friendship with the king of the pigmies. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Then we spent a day at the village o' the white pigmies. The Blind Lion of the Congo As soon as I commenced, I felt as if an army of such assailants were as so many pigmies, and, my friends say, I handled them as such. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Here a number of the pigmy bees are stationed to act the part of sentinels. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The beaux distinguished themselves by their adroitness in replenishing this pot from a huge copper tea-kettle which would have made the pigmy macaronies of these degenerate days sweat merely to look at it. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Accordingly at Herla's wedding the pigmy king appears with a vast train of courtiers and servants, and numbers of precious gifts. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology We must ha' been on the edge o' the pigmy country, for we traveled hard. The Blind Lion of the Congo The wonderful piety of this devoted saint, during the long years of her widowhood, ought to humble pigmy Christians, like me, in the dust. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada He one day saw a little pigmy, belonging to the genus Phaethornis, in the act of washing itself in a brook. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The girdled trees standing near our camp looked at us reproachfully in the morning light; ten giants doomed to death to furnish a night's covering to six pigmies! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Having given so charming, and doubtless so accurate, a portrait of the pigmy king, it is a pity the courtier-like ecclesiastic has forgotten to inform us what his bride was like. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Then went up two bark-like notes from every throat, and once more the pigmies sank prostrate in the dust, saluting their new chief. The Blind Lion of the Congo "Giant Generosity with his pigmy purse," suggested Ivy. Peggy-Alone It is a pity fools are prone to scribble, Such pigmy rhymesters as sincerely yours, Who flabbergast their nursery-maids and dribble All down their literary pinafores. The Minstrel A Collection of Poems The "pigmy body" was "fretted to decay" by the "fiery soul" within it. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Some of his followers, forgetful of the pigmy king's prohibition, alighted without waiting for the dog to lead the way, and were at once crumbled into dust. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Finally we got down to the jungle an' touched the edge o' the pigmy country. The Blind Lion of the Congo They are the chosen home of a race of pigmy spiderlings who love musty theology with an affection found in no one else nowadays. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Stuart watched him with amazement at the revelation of volcanic passions which slumbered beneath his pigmy form. The Root of Evil But, Lord, what poor pigmies the women are now, Compared with the monsthers they must have been then! The Book of Humorous Verse There he remained fasting for two days; and then two men of pigmy stature appeared, and invited him to come with them, and they would lead him into a country full of delights and sports. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Didn't do 'em any good, for the next day the pigmies rushed us. The Blind Lion of the Congo The little party of pigmies stared at him blankly, and then at each other. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites There remain to be described two pigmy tits. Birds of the Indian Hills The path winds in zig-zags through a labyrinth of blocks, among which horse and rider appear like pigmies. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852 Kant tried to have the exercises in a hall, but failing in this, he did his duty, and marched like a pigmy drum-major at the head of the cavalcade. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 For another week we were stuck in one o' them pigmy villages. The Blind Lion of the Congo The pigmy raised his right hand, passed it across and gently stroked the white bandage the doctor had secured about the wounded limb. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Once at Mussoorie I noticed a pigmy collared owlet sitting as bold as brass on a conspicuous branch about midday and making grimaces at me. Birds of the Indian Hills What pigmies we felt as we stood beneath that giant tree. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader At the top of the ladder the children found themselves in the midst of a crowd of curious little pigmies, dressed in all sorts of quaint and fantastic costumes. Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo In fact the pigmies were many of them gazing expectantly toward the end of the village, where there was an opening in the circle of huts. The Blind Lion of the Congo I said it was one of those pigmies.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites That is the call of the pigmy collared owlet. Birds of the Indian Hills "They won't hurt much; but if they get near us with their clubs——" Another hail of the pigmy arrows rustled through the branches to rear of us. Adventures in Many Lands In this portion of Africa, or very near it, the early Arab writers and Portuguese navigators placed a nation of pigmies; and in this it would appear that they were correct. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Once or twice a black pigmy appeared silently, received a sign from Mbopo, and vanished again without a word. The Blind Lion of the Congo The “something else” the cousins looked across was one of the pigmies—evidently a chief of higher rank than the little leader they had last seen, though he seemed to be less in size. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites If so, I could not but expect that he would quickly come to ascertain who were the pigmy intruders into his domain. In the Wilds of Africa There were forces opposed to him that seemed to overmatch his puny purpose as much as the giants overmatched the pigmy hero of the nursery tale. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III The pigmy had contrived to ingratiate himself into every man's affection.”—Stanley. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois These Mbopo's men took care of and with the young pigmy at their side the boys were marched away from the village of the brown tribe. The Blind Lion of the Congo “Look here;” and he laid his hand tenderly about the pigmy’s shoulder, where the black skin was somewhat puckered up, showing that a great scar was forming. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites It was the giant among pigmies; Gulliver, in Lilliput, tied down by a thousand packthreads. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works He was individually strong and brave, while most of his enemies were physically but pigmies in comparison. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Like specks on the broad bosom of the waters, two pigmy vessels held their course up the lonely St. Lawrence. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole As though he had understood the words, the young pigmy sprang to his feet and began to speak rapidly in the clicking language of the dwarfs. The Blind Lion of the Congo But did you know that little pigmy again?” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites To pit him against such a pigmy as Polk seemed to them a miserable burlesque, and they counted their triumph as already perfectly assured. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 "Well," said Brantome, in a tone of stifled fury, glaring at Lilla with his eyes of an old conquered Viking, "have you seen these pigmies brandishing their fists at thunderbolts?" Sacrifice There it was, complete, though in miniature;—rocks, pines, the pigmy pool, the hillock squatting in one corner like an old, gray garden toad, and in another corner, scarcely of larger size, the cottage. The Dragon Painter From what I could learn from Mbopo, it seemed that long ago these white pigmies migrated from the east to where they are now. The Blind Lion of the Congo “I want you to practise pigmy, and teach me how to say, ‘Thank you; much obliged for the venison.’” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites We will welcome before and behind all the pigmy Catos like you, whose modesty is the prop of pride, and whose sobriety is a fine name for not being able to help yourselves. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. In comparison with the crags the great, floating fighting machine looked like a pigmy, indeed. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty Sunshine fell thick upon the garden, and warmed even the lazy gold-fish in their pigmy lake. The Dragon Painter He saw that the six men who followed the pigmy were no larger than he, but they were of a distinctly lighter color. The Blind Lion of the Congo “Yes,” cried Mark excitedly; “and it is there the pigmy obtained his gold.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Only a pigmy could be secreted inside the idol. A Master of Mysteries On the leaf point he built himself a pigmy throne of silk; and this was his citadel for a week. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The boy was a perfect pigmy, never growing beyond the stature of a small infant, but the girl increased with her years, so that the labour of providing food and lodging devolved wholly on her. Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian We had no trouble till we started inquirin' through some o' the pigmies that come in to trade. The Blind Lion of the Congo Why, we are now about opposite to the pigmy settlement.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites The Wild would crush those defiant pigmies that disputed the majesty of her invincible calm. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance For those men who stand on dignity are top-heavy things, pigmies upon stilts, triangles upside down. St. Cuthbert's The pigmy antelope inhabits some parts of Africa, and, in size, corresponds with the small deer of Ceylon. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals Man, but I'm eager to be done wi' the caravan and into the pigmy country! The Blind Lion of the Congo He turned the fragment over now, as he stood with his back turned to Mak and the pigmy. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Mr. Macaulay has quoted the charming lines of the poet, where the king of the pigmies is measured by the same standard. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American It is no exaggeration to say that in this matter he was a giant amongst the pigmies. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 On every hand rose the ridges, rocks and peaks of the hills, until, as he looked up at the cloudy sky so far above him, he seemed but the merest pigmy. Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys But, upon a closer inspection, it was found that these tiny figures represented pigmy knights in armor, scrambling, as it were, up the massive figure. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 “And you too,” he continued, turning upon the pigmy; “you will stand by us, after all?” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites This explanation is also necessary to do justice to the pigmy floater, as it was always painted in the gayest colours possible. Rattlin the Reefer The Eternal was present in all his majesty; yet pigmy mortals were contending. The King's Own Where the giant of Berlin had the wisdom to give way, the pigmies of Paris are likely to persist until they are crushed. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 People at the farther end look like pigmies. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar I meant to go into the pigmies’ little camp towards evening and see how my patient is. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites And we, pigmies of twenty and thirty years, had invaded this sanctuary to slay its lords, who counted age by centuries, and had lived and reigned here before our forefathers first trode the continent. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors The villages upon the table-land were apparently pigmy villages, inhabited by pigmy men and pigmy women, surrounded with pigmy cattle, and garrisoned by pigmy soldiery. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited To think that pigmy, that wart, that little grimacing monkey of a man, parchment-faced, antique,—a mere moneybag on two sticks,—should be the husband of the great and glorious Madam Waldoborough! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 He was master now, and this man who had clubbed and prodded, sworn at, and outraged him, was a pigmy in his arms. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear “What does that mean?” cried the doctor sharply, but without moving his eyes from the pale yellow ring that encircled the pigmy’s brow. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Our uncle’s pet, compared to it, was a mere pigmy. In the Eastern Seas These burning mountains, in spite of their fire and smoke, appear but insignificant pigmies compared to that mighty mountain which rises in their neighbourhood—the majestic Chimborazo. On the Banks of the Amazon Two dear good pigmies, but the giant for me! More About Peggy It is unmanly thus for giants to gird at pigmies! She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. I agree with Mark, though, that both Mark and the pigmy mean the city, only the little fellow tries to tell us that we shall find the gold there, while Mak means the big stones.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites The beaux distinguished themselves by their adroitness in replenishing this pot from a huge copper teakettle which would have made the pigmy macaronis of these degenerate days sweat merely to look at it. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year There pigmies move within a circle charmed And fatten on rich spoils with cruel glee. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts We talk of historical perspective, but I rather fancy there is too much perspective in history; for perspective makes a giant a pigmy and a pigmy a giant. A Short History of England It was a pigmy confronting a giant; but my blood was boiling. The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I “Then according to what you are showing, sir, in the fourteen days’ since those pigmies left us—” “No, we left them,” said Dean. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites What can a poor pigmy like me do? Short Studies on Great Subjects But it were matter of but little weight With Quezox as a mentor at his side, What he shall fashion in his pigmy state, For squirt from wisdom's fount can quench each flame. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts As one, a dozen swift beams of pale red flared out from the giant and bathed the pigmy craft. The Black Star Passes And the garment fit him as the coat of Goliath would fit a pigmy. Sermons on Biblical Characters “Why, boys,” cried the doctor, who had descended from the kopje and approached with Sir James, unobserved, “is this another of the pigmies?” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites "Hear me, O men," cried Diogenes, in the market place at Athens; and, when a crowd collected around him, he said scornfully, "I called for men, not pigmies." How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Each entity is filled With selfish impulse which doth ever hide Justice eternal from its clouded sight And pigmy self exalt to giant form. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts Below a small army of pigmy gardeners were doing expert things to flower beds and bushes that already seemed almost shamelessly prolific. Gigolo What this pigmy band thought it could do against our armed men, I do not know. Lords of the North Wounded pigmy—bad arm—doctor’s come to see him. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites But the change is rather in quality than in quantity; the smaller have taken the place of the larger, rather paltry pigmies of noble giants. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told For there are times when with a cold disdain One soars aloft and sees a pigmy not. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts The imagination of the author sent Hercules into the country of the pigmies. Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Gone were all my pigmy troubles, vanished into nothingness. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV And I don’t believe that those who came hunting ever ran against these trees, or saw these little pigmy chaps, or else they would have talked about it.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites There were no trees of the type we see now, but there were forests of club-mosses and horsetails which grew to a gigantic size compared with their pigmy representatives of to-day. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The noisy denizens of Grub Street, drinking perdition to that which they can not comprehend, always getting ready to do great things, seem like fussy pigmies beside a giant like Handel. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The verses even are short, and everything indicates pigmies. Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The Colossus of Rhodes was a pigmy compared with this latter-day wonder. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference And the black led the way onward along the edge of the forest till he reached the spot where he had dashed in after the pigmy. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Snow and cloud and rising walls of granite: this was their world, and they crawling pigmies within it. The White Desert Other Isl. writers assert that their ancestors did not worship the pigmies as they did the genii or spirits, also supposed to reside in the rocks.” Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales In that he was superb, he was wonderful—in a word, great; in all things else he was a pigmy of the pigmies. Chapters from My Autobiography A frigate was in the midst of us, walking through the crowd like a giant stepping among pigmies. Recollections of Europe The next moment Mark was holding the little black, boyish hand in his and pointing in the direction where the injured pigmy was nestled in his skin bed. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Macaulay's false saying, "the giants of one age, the pigmies of the next," 168. A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) The ancient Northern nations, it is said, prostrated themselves before rocks, believing that they were inhabited by these pigmies, and that they thence gave forth oracles. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales As hills seem Alps, when veil'd in misty shroud, Some men seem kings, through mists of ignorance; Must we have darkness, then, and cloud on cloud, To give our hills and pigmy kings a chance? The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Be under no concern, for so much I will tell thee, that not even a hundred such pigmies shall ever carry me away. Bubbles of the Foam “What do you think of this?” cried Mark, as he checked himself in laying his hand upon the scar of the pigmy’s wounded shoulder and placed it upon his right. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites The vulgar and incomparably false saying of Macaulay's, that the intellectual giants of one age become the intellectual pigmies of the next, has been the text of too many sermons lately preached to you. A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) |
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