| 单词 | plunderer |
| 例句 | To call that feeling racial is to hand over all those diamonds, fashioned by our ancestors, to the plunderer. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I was the victim and the victor,” he asserted, much as generations of American plunderers had asserted before. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Insert a candle and it gives light only to the holder! Best friend of thieves and plunderers! Your son has fine taste, sir.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The breach allows for the efficient sorting of the plundered from the plunderers, the enslaved from the enslavers, sharecroppers from landholders, cannibals from food. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z These poets assured me that the PG County police were not police at all but privateers, gangsters, gunmen, plunderers operating under the color of law. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z No gimmick is beneath this group, which has become a prime plunderer of pop history in its quest for ubiquity. Music Review: Black Eyed Peas Play Central Park Benefit Concert - Review 2011-10-02T21:57:48Z But when considering the alternative — the plunderers, robber barons and overt racists who tried to wipe the native imprint from the land — Grinnell was ahead of his time. The Forgotten Man Responsible for Our Most Iconic National Parks 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The island was once so attractive to plunderers, it was deemed the “pearl of the Mediterranean.” Bypass Ibiza’s crowds and parties for Majorca’s beauty and tranquility 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Might Britpop's chronicler of contemporary life be one day remembered more for fighting off bulging-eyed Arctic plunderers than for "Common People"? Jarvis Cocker: the iceman cometh 2012-06-02T19:53:37Z What if we exist to serve as stewards of the planet rather than its plunderers? In Richard Powers’s New Novel, Hope for a Grieving Kid and Planet May Lurk in the Human Brain 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “Mercy for the lost. Vengeance for the plunderers.” The Walking Dead: season seven, episode four – Service 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Billy, who in civilian life is known as David Engel, performs a solo children’s show in which he teaches how to walk, talk and swashbuckle in the style of legendary plunderers. 9 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The gardeners use the name of one member’s mother as “a kind of shorthand for the many evils of the baby-boomer generation, a despised cohort of hoarders and plunderers.” Eleanor Catton follows a messy, Booker-winning novel with a tidy thriller. That's a shame 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “This museum is one of the main plunderers in this planet’s history, and it will not stop it,” Dr. Muscarella, who died Nov. 27 at age 91, told Newsday in 1995. Oscar White Muscarella, archaeologist who exposed looted artifacts and fakes, dies at 91 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Last month he lashed out at detractors, including 21 ex-presidents of Latin American countries and Spain who denounced his reelection scheme, condemning them as “plunderers” and “assassins.” El Salvador President Bukele's reelection bid stokes L.A. immigrants' fears of new civil war 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z In 1811, the poet Lord Byron ridiculed him in the poem “The Curse of Minerva”: “England owns him not: Athena, no! thy plunderer was a Scot.” The Robot Guerrilla Campaign to Recreate the Elgin Marbles 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Seeing the White professor, Bombala suspected he was yet another in a long line of plunderers. The race to defuse Congo’s carbon bomb The speaker denounces the country’s leaders as corrupt plunderers of the country’s resources. Mystery surrounds suspected mastermind of Haiti presidential assassination plot 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z While Francisco Pizarro, plunderer of Peru, larger than life, looked on from his commensurate horse, I was being plundered in his home town. Tabula Rasa: Volume One 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Nearby, the police shot in the air and then sprayed bullets to clear the plunderers and onlookers. Indonesia Tsunami Survivors Are Burying the Dead and Desperate for Aid 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Lenin, whose face is on the wall of the office in the photo described the kulaks as "bloodsuckers, vampires, plunderers of the people and profiteers, who fatten on famine." Putin Is Certain to Win Re-election, but His Support May Be Slipping 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The mountainsides were skinned in industrial clear-cuts, the end result of public servants colluding with corporate plunderers. The last best empty place in America 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z We allowed ourselves to be lulled into complacency by liars, plunderers, and propagandists – many of whom are now in the Trump administration. Trump and climate chaos: a letter to my daughter 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z And, plunderers looted the burial site in antiquity, possibly within a few hundred years of its royal inhabitant’s death. Mystery of ancient Egyptian legs likely solved: They’re Queen Nefertari’s knees 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Nathan Drake’s superb finale sees the series hero off on a final buccaneering escapade with his long lost brother, fending off fellow plunderers and his own sometimes errant internal compass. The 5 Best PlayStation 4 Exclusive Games Right Now 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z They say Marcos was a tyrant and a plunderer who is undeserving of the honor. Rodrigo Duterte plan for Ferdinand Marcos honor burial sparks backlash in Philippines 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The respondents asked the court Monday to stop officials and the Marcos family from giving “the tyrant” and “plunderer par excellence” a hero’s burial, saying that would flout principles enshrined in the constitution. Philippine court asked to block hero's burial for Marcos 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z “The police put up signs in five languages warning that plunderers would be shot.” Christine Knauth Arndt, an American trapped in Nazi Germany, dies at 96 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Pirates and plunderers have long sought to recover them. With Shipwreck Treasure Easier to Reach, a Duel Is On 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The grave escaped plunderers who looted a monumental beehive tomb discovered decades ago in the area, near the palace of Pylos - one of the most important Mycenaean administrative centers. Spectacular 3,500-year-old warrior’s grave found in Greece 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The grave escaped plunderers who looted a monumental beehive tomb discovered decades ago in the area, near the palace of Pylos — one of the most important Mycenaean administrative centers. Archaeologists in Greece unearth 3,500-year-old warrior's grave, filled with treasures 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z During the Second World War, a group of historians, curators and professors risked life and limb to protect Europe’s art and culture from Nazi plunderers. Heroism in Syria 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Then as now, one man's plunderer was another's romantic daring adventurer, as the squire said about Captain Flint in Treasure Island: When did 'buccaneering' become a good word? - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z “They called us thieves, looters, plunderers and pirates,” said Dan Porter, a Florida captain who led the expedition to find the San José. With Shipwreck Treasure Easier to Reach, a Duel Is On 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Mississippi, on prosecute plunderers of sacred mounds: Mississippi editorial roundup 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z And this is true for his protégé and plunderer Frank Alpine as well, a refugee from orphanages and foster homes who sees criminality as one of his few viable options. Big City Book Club Discusses 'The Assistant' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Lord Byron was one of the most vocal critics of Lord Elgin, referring to him as a “plunderer.” The British Museum Should Return The Parthenon Marbles To Greece 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z In addition, there are four conference commissioners, those plunderers known for their values and commitment to higher education. Who can fix college sports? NCAA seems to think the same people who broke them Since the NFL insists on behaving like the coal industry circa 1969, the only solution to its problems is for Congress to step in and regulate the business of these 32 billionaire plunderers. NFL must pay for its handling of concussion issues — or Congress should intervene Mr. Erdogan called the mostly young and nonpolitical activists a group of plunderers and conspirators, and accused them of being led by international groups intent on undermining his government. Development Project in Istanbul, Focus of Violent Protests, Is Stopped by Court 2013-07-04T01:12:24Z At airports passengers are greeted by banners with pictures of smiling Aboriginal faces in hard hats, promoting the plunderers of their land. Australia's boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people 2013-04-28T20:05:01Z They're what the late, great Ray Anderson would call plunderers: taking from the earth and putting nothing back. 100 Companies Growing Super Fast 2013-01-15T16:02:00Z The infantry, the rocket-train, and the guns have several times had to fire, and several of the plunderers have been killed. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The plunderers repaired to the wreck, and cut away everything they could come at of the sails, rigging, &c., while hundreds were taking away the deals to all parts of the country. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The plunderers, on seeing us, sneaked out with grim looks like wolves driven from the prey. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z At a late hour, he distinguished the dark forms of the plunderers stealing through the gloom. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z It described the investment bank as a plunderer interested only in its own profits and caring not a fig about the clients, referred to by senior bankers as “muppets.” City Room: Standing By the Bankers, Right or Wrong 2012-03-19T13:18:12Z For after all a man like Ginsburg and a titled plunderer of peasant lands are not without their bonds of affinity. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z I could not leave him; the plunderers who had already robbed him might return at any moment. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The “Arabians” of the Greek writer are the Shasu, the Bedouin “plunderers” of the Egyptian monuments, and none but an Egyptian would have described an Asiatic invader by such a name. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z These pirates and plunderers are gone, but they have left their tracks and traces in the civilization of the Isthmus. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z They are beginning to suspect 326 that priests are for the most part impostors and plunderers. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z It is difficult to devise effectual means of dealing with these plunderers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z There were a full score of these picturesque plunderers, and not a person of the nineteenth century in sight. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z They are enriched by the spoil which is the fruit of their bravery, and protect the agricultural and pastoral part of their tribe from the attacks of plunderers. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Adventurers, explorers for gain, greedy conquistadores made the beginnings here, and the moral foundations were laid by religious leaders who traveled with pirates and plunderers and officially blessed their every act of crime. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Unable to drive the plunderers out of the island, the Spaniards at last foolishly resolved to render the island not worth the plunder. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The59 timid people had already fled into the woods; only the beggars, who feared no plunderers, and the sick, who were praying for death, remained in Maracaibo. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Then, collecting all his scattered plunderers, Grammont prepared to attack Torilla, making a detour of forty-five leagues in order to take it by surprise. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z ‘What,’ said he, on another occasion, ‘do we not look to the security of our houses against robbers and plunderers, and shall we not defend religion?’ The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z The next plunderers were the soldiers of Napoleon, and it is a marvel that so many things still remain. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Apart from that, he's a robber, a common plunderer; he's got your money and Tubby's money and mine. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z At length he beat off my plunderers, and seemed on the point of yielding to my terms. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z A few of the inhabitants hired guards of adventurers, but, in general, these men also turned plunderers, the officers only attempting to keep up appearances. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Having already decided to rob us, on quite other grounds, our plunderers sit down to devise specious phrases which may serve to cajole their victims. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z The positive plunderers of the national capital were thirty thousand vagrants, such as gipsies, thieves, and beggars. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Place your body-guard at the gates, and bid them take from the plunderers what they are carrying out, and tell them that a tenth must be offered to Zeus. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z The New York papers, in fact, refused to publish my speech exposing this gang of public plunderers, and it was published in the Lyons, N. Y., Republican on April 22, '71. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z The two worthies agreed that, at the first opportunity, they would lay violent hands upon this plunderer of the fields of honest men, and make him wish that he had left such fields alone. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z And he left the company, and began to inquire of all he met, the road to the plunderers' ships. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Scarecrows which were effectual fifty years ago are no longer respected by the plunderers of the cornfield, and new terrors must from time to time be invented for its protection. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z "What conqueror except Cyrus," asks Xenophon, "has been called Father by his subjects, a name which is obviously given not to the plunderer but to the Benefactor?" The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z The other nations of the world had not yet adopted effective means for getting rid of them as the United States got rid of the Algerian and Tripolitan plunderers. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z The assembly started, with the intention of making an example of the plunderer of the fields of honest men. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z One time, when he was in his house unguarded, a fleet of plunderers landed on the coast, and spoiled his territory. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z They answered that he was on the side of the plunderers and the incendiaries. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Now their conquerors turned loose a horde of black plunderers to despoil the little that war had left. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z But of all plunderers in nature, the ant exceeds the whole. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Hereupon it came to pass that, several encounters falling out, there fell within a few days about sixty of the plunderers. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Now Maildun was resolved to find out these plunderers, and to avenge on them the death of his father. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The Honourable plunderer of his country, or the Right Honourable murderer of mankind, create such a contrast of ideas as exhibit a monster rather than a man. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z The disgraceful arrangement was completed,—the plunderers paying each other at the cost of the public welfare. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z The native was examining his prize in the torchlight, when, happening to come into collision with another plunderer, the concertina gave out a startling screech as if to atone for its days of idleness. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z The plunderers had retired to the camp outside the walls. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z "Plunderers from a fleet slew him and burned him in this church," replied Brickna; "and the same plunderers are still sailing in the same fleet." Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The plunderers of the Parthenon of 1800 could not henceforward throw stones at him in this respect. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z He had still the well-known old drum, and I could not sufficiently wonder how he had preserved it from Russian plunderers. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Immediately the plunderers of birds' nests slid down the trees, the berry pickers rushed up with crimson lips and those who had begun to fall asleep on the grass jumped up and rubbed their eyes. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z Their cries, the noise of doors and windows closed in a hurry, were mingled with the tramp of horses and the howling of the plunderers. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The Icelandic histories—including the history of Norway for three or four centuries—may be consulted for the domestic life of the people who made so bad a name for themselves as plunderers abroad. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z When he saw the fire and heard the shots, Stjalkovski went straight to the uproar and fell upon the plunderers. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z But because many plunderers are watching for the inheritance and we cannot get it all, we wish that a part, and that no small one, should come to us. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Davis and his company were not present at the taking of Guayaquil, but the services they had rendered, had saved both the plunder and the plunderers, and gave them a fair claim to share. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Along the road traces of the passage of plunderers were evident. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z War put the South under the rule of soldiers; reconstruction put us under the heel of the rapacious carpet-bagger and negro plunderers. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Besides, hidden among its woods and showing no fa�ade to tempt plunderers, he did not believe that my father's house was in any great danger. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z We are the last new-comers into Germany, and shall require time to acquire the noble German virtues: to become hypocrites, spies, bombarders, plunderers; to learn to receive slaps and kicks without winking. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z He opposed his personal and bodily strength to the entrance of the plunderers, but in vain. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z The plunderers, who had listened to their conflict in safety, being higher up the mountain, were left to bear off their booty in triumph. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The former masters were governed by their servants, while the latter were governed by a set of adventurers and plunderers. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z I have known gold rings so taken, but the plunder is more frequently a lady’s cuff or collar, or a piece of lace; and the plunderers are crows, and sometimes, but very rarely, a kite. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z This tribe felt hostile to all the settlers on the outskirts of Missouri and Arkansas, and were open robbers and plunderers of all the whites who fell defenceless into their hands. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The different camps of our army were for several days after more like rag-fairs than military encampments, such quantities of wearing-apparel of all kinds were disposing of by one set of plunderers to the other. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z This was a common trick for cheating the devil, practised by the organized plunderers of that day. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z Ah! these two were conquerors not plunderers; and there lies the difference, though perhaps Maria Theresa and one or two others might have had something to say against one of these fine fellows. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z The plunderer, too, perhaps catching the sulphurous flash, explores his wretched prey, and stalks to midnight murder. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z They are physically a fine tribe of men, of good stature and courage, but have had the reputation, among white and red men, of being thieves and plunderers. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z He was a daring fellow, beloved by his gang, and a merciless plunderer of landlords, and above all of Jews. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The plunderer uttered a loud cry, and attempted to draw his sword; but before he could do so, he received a thrust in the side from his opponent. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z He was well aware that the only course to pursue, with any hope of success, was to meet savagery with savagery, and the plunderers soon found themselves confronted with the alternative of submission or death. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z The green shoots thus left along the rows, as if they had been arranged with care, offer a melancholy memorial of the work which has been effected by these cunning and destructive plunderers. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z The father might be sick, and what opposition could be made by the daughter to the stratagems of violence of midnight plunderers? Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z How could they victual their troops; or how could they establish any safe line of transport across deserts traversed by flying hordes of warlike plunderers? Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Some of the plunderers dropped dead at our very feet. 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 The wealthiest ports of the global economy -- from New York to Rotterdam to Shanghai -- would become the targets of plunderers and pirates. Niall Ferguson and the brain-dead American right 2011-05-24T11:01:00Z I telled him that the Kernel would do what was jest rite, and that ef he would only keep a sharp lookout on the plunderers and stealers, I would be his friend till deth. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z Francisco is gone down hither now with some of the count's domestics to protect the valuable goods against those villainous plunderers, who robbed their fellow-creatures of what even the flames of Vesuvius would spare.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Further, these greedy plunderers will treat us as Saxons, nor spare aught we have of goods or cattle; or even our lives. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Shall we hold the corporate plunderer to strict account, and let the single separate plunderer go scot free? Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Are they any better than the professional auction buyers whom they call plunderers and mercenaries? City Room: Finding the Drama in What Life Has Left Behind 2011-05-01T15:17:04Z This brings us to the third act, where the accusing Buckie again makes his appearance, and denounces Sir Adam Weir, not only as a traitor, but as a plunderer of his own kin. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z They successfully climbed the steep ca�on walls, only to encounter a band of Indians who were looking for cattle thieves or other plunderers. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z And when you look once more at the Abbey and the Hospital, you will regret the ravages of plunderers. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z This is exactly the psychological affliction that leads Wall Street plunderers and tycoons and billionaires to see themselves as the victims of the resentful lower-classes and the "radical egalitarians" who run the U.S. Government. Billionaire self-pity and the Koch brothers 2011-03-27T14:28:00Z But there’ll be a turn to it soon, and we shall pay the score back to Rupert and his plunderers.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Those were times for thievery, and the plunderers of Europe were now on the alert, to make spoil of each other. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Which, to their chagrin, they find not only abandoned, but wellnigh despoiled, as if other plunderers had been there before them! The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Nor has the Export Trade on the River Thames been in any respect secured against the rapacity of this phalanx of plunderers. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z Our country was then divided into two parties, the murderers and the murdered, the executioners and the sufferers, plunderers and slaves; and all in the name of God, and whilst they were seeking the Lord. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z To speak so of the gallant Prince—calling him a plunderer. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z There was an army never larger than 40,000 men, but the camp followers were 140,000, consisting of gangs of Gypsies, Jewish camp traders, marauders, and plunderers. Fundamental Peace Ideas including The Westphalian Peace Treaty (1648) and The League Of Nations (1919) in connection with International Psychology and Revolutions 2011-03-10T03:00:55.230Z They were raiders and robbers and plunderers of cities, these Ayrans, east and west alike. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The plunderers immediately ran off, and three of them were soon lost in the plantations. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z We must shift from plunderers of the world’s ecosystems to their stewards. Understand Thresholds To Understand Problems 2011-02-17T04:11:05Z But the Bristolians also knew their city to be better game—a richer and more tempting prize—and that they might expect the plunderers at any moment. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z It is not the plunderers of the flock alone, but even the enemies of the nation, that these oxen are taught to combat. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z They have been, emphatically, a band of plunderers. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z I could not bear to have for a husband, the companion of nightly plunderers, drunkards, and sabbath-breakers. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z From thence the plunderers, the drunkards, the debauchees, the executioners; from thence came those who have carried dismay into a peaceful country, who have converted a happy, industrious population into a fearful, enslaved herd.... Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z In their absence, plunderers stripped the cabin, and carried off a portion of its material; but on the return of our troops the same busy hands and hearts of faith were again at work. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z So strongly was the image impressed upon his mind, that he started up in the maid’s defence, and run forward to seize the plunderer, with all the eagerness of real pursuit. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The devil is therefore a thief, a plunderer; and being so in himself, has instilled into man's soul the same unjust disposition, the same ravenous nature. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Even to her, until he was ready to prove his intent by his actual deeds, it seemed impossible to give that story without the seeming of the plunderer of her people. The Law of Hemlock Mountain What does your shade regret, O famous plunderer? Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z There, too, prowled the plunderer, robbing the dead—the new-made widow sought her husband, and the mother her son. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 But Domitian was a pettifogger as well as a plunderer; he would fleece or assassinate his victims under forms of law. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius A force of cavalry and light-armed infantry, formed and posted to meet sudden attacks, protected their own comrades and threatened the scattered plunderers of the enemy. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men Crowds of blacks in a high state of agitation came forth to meet and greet the plunderers of their own fellows! Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies One farm on the Laon road, being in a conspicuous place, had to suffer particularly from the plunderers and requisitioners who happened to pass by. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z A leader of the plunderers was arrested and his company secured. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution "No, faith!" returned the plunderer, opening, in his turn, a parcel of silk handkerchiefs; "I shall manage to pay myself for my trouble." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 "Because we charge that the city hall is in the hands of plunderers and that for tribute they give criminals a free hand in preying on the citizens." The Tempering From the gruff remarks of the would-be plunderers, it was evident that they were disappointed. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne Things were growing bad; the farmer could not keep down his anger, and gave the plunderers a piece of his mind. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z "It would therefore serve our purpose but ill if we permitted these two to be sacrificed to the bloodthirsty fury of a mob of plunderers!" The Firebrand After some successes over the plunderers, they went so far as to forbid the lords to take any dues from their vassals, on pain of incurring the indignation of the brotherhood. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 This, however, did not prevent the plunderers from continuing their descents, and they became so hardy that they sometimes even ventured to attack or carry off the guards themselves. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan Although the walls are seldom more than fifteen or twenty feet in height, whenever a year of bad harvests occurs, and bands of plunderers roam about, the use of even such defences is made obvious. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The grocer's wife, a small woman, dark and pale with large black eyes, stood by, unable to withstand the plunderers. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z I didn't suppose he was a sot and a petty plunderer. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop The more ravenous descended from their fortresses to pillage the wealthy traveller, or shared in the spoil of inferior plunderers, whom they both protected and instigated. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 And having made further inquiry and found that the story was true, he resolved that he would never rest till he had overtaken these plunderers, and avenged on them the death of his father. A Reading Book in Irish History The city was in the hands of plunderers; Europeans and Sikhs, Goorkhas, and camp-followers of every class, aided by the scum of the native population. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude The noble Earl Cornwally, With Refugees and Tories, Of southern plunderers chief, At Yorktown wept the folly Of stealing "Rebel" beef! "Evacuation Day", 1783 Its Many Stirring Events: with recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale Two plunderers came to grips; and in a moment one of them was a murderer. The Tremendous Event The towns established a police of their own for internal security, and rendered themselves formidable to neighbouring plunderers. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 "Plunderers from a fleet slew him and burned him in this house; and the same plunderers are now living in an island far out in the sea, and they still have the same fleet." A Reading Book in Irish History The Sikhs and Goorkhas were by far the most proficient plunderers, because they instinctively knew where to look for the most valuable loot. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude The termination of the word seems to have been early connected with “piller,” a robber, plunderer from the destructive habits of the larva, cf. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Such a plunderer of beauties would, one cannot but feel, become a great artist if only she possessed some standards. The Book of This and That Objects which plunderers had not been able to carry off lay scattered on the floor in wild confusion. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Their object is that of the plunderers who traverse the field after a battle, to rob the dying and the slain. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. It must not be brought against him as a personal reproach, that in dealing with these he acted on the principle that the Moslems were the chartered plunderers of all the rest of the world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Stokes must have found grog in there, which had been overlooked by the plunderers. Harley Greenoak's Charge Let the camp of these plunderers be destroyed as quickly and as silently as possible. The Induna's Wife He had gone forth to see that the way was clear so that he might do so in safety, and, returning, had found Jonémi, whom, mistaking for some plunderer, he had fired at. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising A suspicion that her husband must have been of the number served to anger her still more, and she resolved to follow the plunderers, and endeavour to obtain justice. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories "Out! out, ye thieves!—ye gang o' plunderers, born to the gallows!—out o' my house!" added the laird, addressing Willie Faa and his followers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative As usual with these plunderers, they had no authority to capture the colony, nor had they in this case even commissions against the Dutch. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Government officers prey on the people; the people, on each other; the giant plunderer is the stock company, to whose vast gobblings the pilfering of a Tweed or Winslow is a mere sugar-plum. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. The altars—and there were no less than seventy in the vast edifice—were overthrown one after another; their richly embroidered coverings rudely rent away; their gold and silver vessels appropriated by the plunderers. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Among the papers found in the cabin by the plunderers was an Admiralty order addressed to all the commanders of war vessels. The Tower of Dago The Africans fled to the woods; and now esteeming the Portuguese as a band of lawless plunderers, they provided themselves with arms, and lay in ambush. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem His alliances with the Turkoman plunderers of the frontiers increased the popular aversion. Women of Early Christianity She was a great pirate and plunderer from her youth. Women of England Preserve it from the passing feet, From plunderers of the air, The sultry sun's intenser heat, And weeds of worldly care. Sowing and Sewing A Sexagesima Story Other plunderers speedily followed the example of the marauding soldiers, but he made no attempt to stop them as they walked past him. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 For though fear and unrest abode in our homes as constant indwellers, with the fear of the troopers and plunderers, yet because it had always been so, it seemed not very hard to us. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway After the heavy barrel came the two plunderers, running rapidly. When the Cock Crows A few yards beyond the staring watchers, each of the little plunderers pivoted sharply in its turn and without even slackening speed vanished straight into the cliff-face. World of the Drone With the bloody knife in his hand, with his face begrimed by smoke, with his clothes torn, he was taken for a plunderer and murderer by the people, who willingly conceded him his prey. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Captain Ball was not a man to bring down upon himself an army of interferers and plunderers, and he now threw down the poor girl's well-meant letter with an outrageous expression of his feelings. Strangers and Wayfarers The only thieves and plunderers around are yourself and your men. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres So superstitious a reverence was attached to this ensign that its loss is said to have broken the spirit of even these ruthless plunderers. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The unregenerate Teuton was a pirate and a plunderer; the settled Saxon became an oversea trader and trafficker. The Annals of Willenhall And yet the plunderers go on almost unmolested. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 More and more fleshly is he made to appear, by way of frightening the plunderers of ecclesiastical goods. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages And yet thou orderest these poor people, under the penalty of hell, to obey those plunderers, those thieves, those ravishers, those murderers, who violate and kill mothers under the very eyes of their daughters! The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Yankees!' and the mass of plunderers and rioters, cursing, screaming, trampling on each other, alarmed by an enemy not yet in sight, madly strove to extricate themselves and make an opening for the troops. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War Brian was no long time in learning that the Dark Master had spread word of him as a plunderer and Parliament man. Nuala O'Malley On the other hand, if they conquer you, they will come like a vast band of plunderers into Lydia, where there is every thing to tempt and reward them. Cyrus the Great Makers of History It may hasten production and stimulate invention of destruction, but it is not constructive and always it develops an army of plunderers who prey upon the suffering and toil of others. History of Human Society To the poor who lacked the necessaries of life you gave the goods that you took from the conquering plunderers, or from the modern princes of the Church. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Its enemy is not the rich man but the aggressive rich man, the usurer, the sweater, the giant plunderer, who are developing the latent evil of riches. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Two days before they had come upon a dozen strayed Royalist plunderers, and had gained great store of food and drink—particularly drink. Nuala O'Malley At once a consuming flame shot into the air, followed by a terrific explosion; and when the smoke cleared neither plunder nor plunderers nor ship remained. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) The Coming of the Barbarians.—The picture usually presented by the historical story-tellers of the barbarian hordes that invaded the Roman Empire is that of bold pirates, plunderers of civilization, and destroyers of property. History of Human Society His force consists of 3000 fusileers, and 1000 men armed with matchlocks, but they have a great body of followers, male and female, and these last are eager and expert plunderers. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha The subjugation of these plunderers had ever been deemed possible. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 I was here ahead of the Dark Master, and raised the townpeople against him for a plunderer. Nuala O'Malley If the plunderer is not here by that time he will not come to-night—if he comes at all.” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam His food consists of reptiles, frogs, and lizards; he is a plunderer of other birds’ nests. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 3 March 1897 In 1770, an invasion of the Mahrattas, a robber nation, but the most renowned of Indian plunderers, determined to crush the new power, and poured down upon Mysore. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 And the fall of Presby of the Rattler, as a plunderer, was one that would echo widely in the mining world where he had moved, a stalwart, unbending king. The Plunderer Upon that they rode forth from the town, and all the townfolk bade the crafty Turlough farewell, and gave him gifts for warning them against the "plunderers." Nuala O'Malley It then became with these lawless plunderers, no longer a matter of simple robbery, but of revenge and death. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 Of the Roman Catholic peasantry, who were in the vigor of life, the majority had enlisted in the army or had joined gangs of plunderers. The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance With her bosom full of "that perilous stuff that preys upon the heart," she stood before the plunderer of her husband's destiny, and exclaimed in tones of startling anguish, "Give me back my husband!" The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems The founder of the race was Hans Christof, a famous warrior and plunderer of the Thirty Years' War. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges After this O'Donnell had kept watch and ward upon his lands, with better results; Cathbarr occupied himself with raiding against the scattered parties of plunderers in the hills, and had won some booty. Nuala O'Malley Those wretched plunderers seek not life, but booty; this quietly yielded, you may go; but if you use the sword, you perish by the sword. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 The Normans, originally pirates and plunderers, intermingled with the gentler inhabitants of France. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war They became legalized plunderers, and no American merchant vessel leaving port was safe from their depredations. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Must not the system have been wrong, when it had so lost all moral weight as to be at the mercy of a ruffianly plunderer? Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies I hope this goodness is not often abused by plunderers of the apple-trees, which were hung with tempting apples close to the path. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 In the defence of Amerinus and in the prosecution of Verres, his object was to stop the proscriptions, to shame the bench, and to punish the plunderers of the provinces. The Life of Cicero Volume II. On this account they subsequently were forced to observe more caution, and whenever the plunderers began to retire to the high ground, our soldiers yielded to the unfavourable character of the country and retired. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens So moves a nation in a career unparalleled in history, rescuing from the grasp of pirates and plunderers the garnered wealth of centuries. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field The latter, as is well-known, now lie mouldering in the lumber-room of the fort at Agra, for their authenticity is absolutely indefensible; but the mace could nowhere be found by the British plunderer. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement The Turk has always been a plunderer and has cursed everything he touched. Birdseye Views of Far Lands There were various laws as to which these governments were allotted to the plunderers. The Life of Cicero Volume II. The next morning at daylight a force had landed and driven the plunderers from the European part of the town, while the ships had battered the forts that still held out. A Chapter of Adventures Edward had gone to weaken the plunderers by plundering in return, and to fight battles only when they happened to come in his way. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII This was the waxen domicile of the lanyeh bees; and a slight mist-like cloud, which hung over the place, was the swarm itself—no doubt engaged in angry conflict with the plunderer of their hive. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt My father," said Apollo, quickly, "I have a tale to tell which will show that I am not the only plunderer. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life If it were entirely free, this opening would be dangerous: some plunderer might take advantage of it to enter the casket. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles These fellows, at length, organized themselves into a company of plunderers. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Some French plunderers had got into the rear to seize upon the baggage, and Henry, believing that a fresh enemy was upon him, gave orders, which were promptly carried out, to slay the prisoners. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII These the plunderers had evidently discarded as beneath their notice, for all that they represented wealth so vast as to be wellnigh incalculable. The Doomsman And the Weaver only smiled at the golden-winged army of plunderers, for secretly they ministered unto the vineyard in ways of love. Master of the Vineyard This document commenced with a statement that the ruin of the Taira had been due not to human prowess but to divine anger against the plunderers of sacred lands. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Cockburn was nothing compared with this immortal plunderer and burner of villages and destroyer of the provisions laid up for the men, women and children of the French settlements in Arcadia. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Philip welcomed David Bruce and gave him protection in France, and in 1336 French sailors attacked English shipping and landed plunderers in the Isle of Wight. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII This burner of peasants' hayricks, this pitiful plunderer of hen-roosts and cattle byres! The Doomsman They urged them into wild thickets, and dark ravines and chasms, and over dangerous glaciers, and up the steepest ascents, wherever there was the readiest prospect of getting them out of the plunderer's way. Hannibal Makers of History The goods appropriated in Korea were sometimes carried to China for sale, the pirates assuming, now the character of peaceful traders, now that of ruthless plunderers. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Was it the work of plunderers and thieves who inflamed the passions of the people, and incited them to deeds of violence, that they might rob in security? Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Plunderings went on as usual, and �thelred had no resource but to pay money to the plunderers to buy a short respite. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII With the Great Change at hand these paper promises had become valueless; only the precious metals themselves were worth the picking up, and the plunderers had accordingly made a clean sweep of the specie drawers. The Doomsman A Monday guy was a plunderer of clotheslines. Sundry Accounts It was done, and when at last the weary plunderers reached the shore, they gave a mighty cheer as they saw the white, bellying sails of their staunch, English vessel. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure One of the would-be plunderers and the weapons of both were in the boys' hands. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good The injured villagers despatched three elders as heralds, to remonstrate with the Grecian authorities; but these heralds, being seen in Kerasus by some of the repulsed plunderers, were slain. The Two Great Retreats of History But, as such adventures generally terminate in the most mortifying disappointment, the young plunderers were discovered by the farmer before they had gathered half their booty. Vice in its Proper Shape Or, The Wonderful and Melancholy Transformation of Several Naughty Masters and Misses Into Those Contemptible Animals Which They Most Resemble In Disposition. Pay up this year's premium—it will be the last to these plunderers. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Obviously such alliances with land-seeking plunderers could only prolong and embitter the strife. The Tell El Amarna Period Two of the plunderers fell out over the booty. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England From the Beacon of Brunanburgh behind us here, south and north it ran a full league—and all the woods were full of broken men from Santlache, Saxon thieves, Norman plunderers, robbers, and deerstealers. Puck of Pook’s Hill The earl was an old plunderer of the Abbey; he had wiled away one of its finest manors from its Abbot Athelm; but his seizure of the meadow beside Oxford drove the monks to despair. Stray Studies from England and Italy It is a delegation of the powers necessary for that purpose to the guardians, and 'all the difficult questions of government relate to the means' of preventing the guardians from themselves becoming plunderers. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill All this would form a rich booty for an army of nomad plunderers, could they obtain it, and the news filled the town with excitement and alarm. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A few days, and the destructive insects would have disappeared; but as for these heartless plunderers, when would their wild depredations cease? Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) Mr. Bierce wrote in "The Examiner," January 20, 1895, as follows: "We are plundered because we have no particular aversion to plunderers." The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Had they remained at home, they would have starved; and therefore they turned their backs on that home, and became plunderers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Several goings and comings are required for its transport to the pinnace; but at length it is stowed in the boat, the plunderers taking their seats beside it. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea The oxen were still in the yokes, but the people had vanished, and Bulgarian plunderers were helping themselves unresisted to the spoil. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He began questioning Fontain with a curiosity that threatened unpleasant consequences, and the alert scout ended the colloquy with a pistol bullet which struck the plunderer squarely in the forehead. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But the victims of the senseless crowd are food for the flames, and their offerings are the supplies for a licentious life to the plunderers of temples. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The captain answered that Mešica was in his district, and that he had no animus against Roumanians but only against plunderers. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 From one of the plunderers Gordon bought the Royal Throne, a gorgeous seat, supported by the Imperial Dragon's claws, and with cushions of Imperial yellow silk. The Story of General Gordon But before they had time to carry out their nefarious design, the crew came on deck with their cutlasses, and the plunderers went off in their canoes. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Saturday night was the time chosen to get into the bank, and the plunderers were to remain there until Sunday. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude They paid dearly for their blindness in the wrongs imposed on them by men who were neither Republicans nor reconstructionists at heart, but public plunderers. Stories Of Georgia In order to keep off nocturnal plunderers, the Yugoslav troops were told to fire a few shots now and then into the air. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 The dread of seeing those plunderers return, who had spared neither friend nor foe, rendered all parties averse to the cause in which they were employed. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 As Governor he had attacked and routed a formidable gang of plunderers connected with the canal management. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement If it escape the Scylla of these pitiless plunderers, it is soon dashed upon a more merciless Charybdis, when the miscreant moths have ascertained its destitution. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual At Kingston the loss of the supplies was soon ascertained, and Lieutenant Scott, of the Royal Navy, was despatched with a detachment of the 100th regiment, in gun-boats, to intercept the plunderers. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 For these pirates took the creed, the language and the manners of the French, and kept their own vigorous characteristics as mercenaries, plunderers, conquerors, crusaders. The Story of Rouen A medieval statute, recently revived to baffle the suffragettes, was originally directed against robbers and "pillers," i.e. plunderers, but the name Piller is also for pillar; cf. the French name Colonise. The Romance of Names The glaucous gulls' plunderer, the skua, and its chastiser the bold tern, were also observed, as were a few barnacle geese. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II In the course of the day, however, the plunderer returned, accompanied by thirteen other crows, when every one seized his bird, and carried off the whole brood at once. A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate for repressing the selfish undertakings of cliques formed on special interests and saving the public from raids of plunderers. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals That no ancient plunderer had entered this chamber, which the heretic King had cut out of the rook under the hills behind his city, was obvious. There was a King in Egypt The faction of the Moreote barons, as these greedy plunderers of the Greek shopkeepers would fain have been called, was dissolved by this unexpected victory. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 The carrack was set on fire, and had it not been for the courage of Captain Norton, both the plundered and the plunderers would have been blown together into the air. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 One of the savages stole an iron stanchion, when, as a warning, Cook gave an order to the marines to fire over the canoe in which the plunderer was making off. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold I am to deem the plunderer is caught? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry He listened breathlessly behind the thick curtain, hoping that the plunderers would be quick and leave, and give him the opportunity to escape. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story And behind all, plunderer, incendiary, and straggler, came the one vague, overlapping, dreadful fear of—the enemy. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Edward's temper was as lordly as that of his father, and had he once really reigned he would probably have dealt as roughly with the plunderers who had used his name as England hoped. History of the English People, Volume IV His body, if it was there, lay among the heaps of slain, most of whom had been stripped by rapacious plunderers, and disfigured by the hoofs of the enemy’s horses.” The Lily of Leyden The greatcoat took the plunderer’s fancy; he took it down off the peg, and there stood Carter before him! Eric, or Little by Little Then, too, there was a case with rings and brooches, beside many other elegant little trifles that would be welcome to a plunderer. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story As the cat crept on he retreated, hoping to draw her past his nest; but the cruel plunderer’s eye was too securely fixed on that. Stories of Animal Sagacity “Avaunt, ye pirates! ye plunderers! ye marauders!” shrieked out the person spoken of. Old Jack Did he never hear of any little plunderer, climbing a wall, o'erreaching himself to pluck an apple, and falling on the other side, into the hands of the gardener? Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc I luckily escaped out of the hands of my plunderers, and found as much strength, as enabled me to reach to my old man. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. And indeed Frank and the Bailie would soon have shared the same fate, had not Dougal appeared on the scene in the nick of time, and compelled the plunderers to restore their spoil. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Then they had been savage murderers, plunderers, devils. Divinity Well, well, I fear not for my child, she has no wealth to tempt a plunderer. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 Hearing upon one occasion that his herds, pasturing in the plains of Marathon, had been carried off by Pirith�us, Theseus collected together an armed force and sallied forth to punish the plunderer. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome They are still, indeed, dreaded as plunderers, but no great national convulsion has resulted from their efforts. History of the Moors of Spain They swept all before them as they came; plunderers left their work of outrage and slaughter and fell in with them, taking up their song. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain He is a plunderer! he is an assassin! Tales of the Caliph But just as likely as not the disorder merely indicated the slovenly indifference of plunderers to the fruits of a pillage that had overstocked them. The Frozen Pirate It is a singular fact that the majority of these plunderers of Christians were themselves born in the Faith. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs The vase had once contained the ashes of one of the imperial personages in the mausoleum; either Alaric's barbarians or Roman plunderers must have left it in the ustrinum, after looting its contents. Pagan and Christian Rome It will be long," he said, "before things settle down there; and it will be useless for me to put my money into a herd which might be driven off by plunderers, the next week. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes Peasants from the near-by villages soon joined the plunderers of the Red Guard in their work of looting and pillaging. The Jew and American Ideals He would merely go forth as a plunderer to revenge himself on the world which had used him so ill. The Madman and the Pirate One of those fiends in human form, the plunderers of a battle-field, had, in his ghoulish progress, come across the wounded man who lay close to Miles, and the man was resisting him. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Both the chapel and the crypt were found in a state of devastation hardly credible, as though the plunderers had taken pleasure in satisfying their vandalic instincts to the utmost. Pagan and Christian Rome What! must I go to the oblivious cooks, Those Cornish plunderers of Parnassian wrecks? Don Juan So busy were the plunderers that they left the room above the cellar quite unguarded. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale Tarrano's rule—with all the excesses of the Hairless Men who proved themselves mere rapacious plunderers in the name of warfare—was at an end on Mars. Tarrano the Conqueror “I have learned to take advantage of what luck throws in my way,” said Rattling Bill, picking up a rifle which must have escaped the observation of the plunderers who had followed the army. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan This was situated in a cellar beneath the house; and was boarded over so that plunderers, entering to search for provisions, would not discover it. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem As they were now in the neighbourhood of these plunderers, every care was taken of the cattle, which were tied up before dark to prevent their being stolen. The Mission; or Scenes in Africa The rajah went ahead with his sword drawn, thinking it probable that plunderers might be lurking about; but no one was met with. The Young Rajah After each occasion he had found that the nest had been robbed of a portion of its contents, and that from its position the plunderer had been unable to carry off the remainder. With Axe and Rifle Those flatter the plunderer who share in the spoil. Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse All the inhabitants of these wretched hamlets have their eyes fixed on the United States as the only hope of relief from their Indian plunderers. 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 On our return we found plenty of fodder for our horses, but the fare with which we were supplied was very scanty, almost everything having been carried off by the plunderers. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots When his plunderers began to quarrel for the spoil, the idea of escape came across his mind. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley I thought of all this in an instant as I ran, followed by the yells of the young plunderer’s companions. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden Taking the Frenchman, Raoul, along with me, I rode back until I had placed him beyond the danger of the straggling plunderer, when we shook hands and parted. The Rifle Rangers The other, which constituted the main body of the plunderers, was the band of the Tenawa Comanchey, under their chief, Horned Lizard. The Lone Ranche That there is the liveliest joy, public and private, wheresoever you come, the city regarding you as a protector and not a tyrant, the private house as a guest and not a plunderer? The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Then the delirium is over, heyday is done, and the nation wakes up to classify as public plunderers the very men whom it once regarded as the economic saviours of the country. The Masques of Ottawa Such was the rapacity of the plunderers, that they took even Lady Nairn's watch and clothes. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. A people naturally humane, naturally forbearing, had thus, by the habits of ages immemorial, become remorseless plunderers and resolute avengers. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. As the plunderers ransacked the house, they found a picture of Lochiel, and one which was accounted a good likeness. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. He was not a mere plunderer of the people, he was laying a foundation for an empire. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure For myself I have gone through the war so far without dishonor, and I do not like to degenerate into a plunderer and a robber,—and the same applies to every officer in my regiment. Memories and Studies The word for thief is "S�riq," and in this passage it is understood to include highwaymen, pickpockets, plunderers of the dead, &c. The Faith of Islam Thus were the remains of the unhappy Jacobites parcelled out among these military plunderers. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. To this band of plunderers Harald appealed and found them ready for the task. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. The door had shut with a mighty crash, the noise had even stopped the rioting plunderers. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo The plunderers, who had listened to their conflict in safety, being further up the mountains, were thus left to carry home their booty in triumph. Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure From the night of his election parasites and plunderers and agents of plunderers had imprisoned him in the usual presidential fool's paradise. The Plum Tree Over the plains came the shout of returning plunderers. Lords of the North He became their friend and not their plunderer. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV In Warsaw there was much misery, for the plunderer had worked conscription and seizure to its furthest limit. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians For instance: An equitable division can be made between all the plunderers. Sophisms of the Protectionists A bolder and firmer spirit is rising among all classes possessing property in defence of their rights against these bands of plunderers, who are the enemies both of law and of property. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 There was loud vaunting over the triumph, the ignorant rabble imagining their warriors heroes of a great battle, instead of the murderous plunderers they were. Lords of the North Come! come, I see how it is: you have received your freedom on condition of not betraying your merciful plunderers. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity This alone was enough to convince him that the Indians were outlaws and renegades, and that they were plunderers and thieves, as well; probably murderers hiding out from the United States troops. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Yet some Cossacks in her service, wandering plunderers really, invaded Siberia, defeated the few scattered Tartar tribes, and annexed the entire waste of Northern Asia to the Russian crown. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 His contemporaries, at least those beneath his own rank, looked upon him as a tyrant and plunderer. Illuminated Manuscripts The plunderers then line up in a long row, and the leader gets the booty and passes it along the line until it reaches the last of the band—the receiver. The Human Side of Animals He had no more legal justification for his act than the plunderers had for theirs; but it was a case where a man must step outside law, or be exterminated. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward When all human wealth had been carried away from Veii, they then began to remove the offerings to their gods and the gods themselves, but more after the manner of worshippers than of plunderers. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 "And yet," said Grey, "of all the great plunderers of property throughout Europe, the Popes have been the most greedy." Can You Forgive Her? With several volleys the soldiers drove the gang of foreign looters up Broadway, where a volley discharged near the spot where Gerald Hanbury had been murdered, dispersed the last compact mass of plunderers. Banzai! by Parabellum Where misery and wickedness seem most to abound; where desperadoes and plunderers go forth to destroy and pillage; the passive virtues pray, and endure. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel By 1800 the capital of Russian America had been moved down to the modern Sitka, called Archangel Michael in the trust of the Lord's anointed protecting these plunderers of the sea. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Fathers," says he, "I intend to cross the Tiber, and enter the enemy's camp, if I can; not as a plunderer, or as an avenger in our turn of their devastations. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Although raiders and plunderers since known to history, the Navaho cannot be designated a warring tribe, for however courageous they may be, their lack of political integrity has ever been an obstacle to military organization. The North American Indian He had seen and heard enough to appreciate that the vast territory of Southern Florida was in the hands of a set of powerful, fearless plunderers, with Garman the arch plunderer of them all. The Plunderer But look to yourself when he gets out; he belongs to a gang who call themselves Unionists, but who are nothing but plunderers and robbers. With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War Absurd as it seems that these plunderers of the deep always held prayers before going off on a hunt—is it any wonder they prayed? Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward The town had rapidly decayed, however, under the repeated assaults of the buccaneers, and the plunderers secured only £20 or £30 per man. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century This was, to some extent, heightened by the fact that the terms of many of the truces specifically permitted those who had suffered losses on either side to pursue their plunderers across the border. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower They are plunderers, if you will, but they are brave and fearless soldiers, and might, had they been united, have had all India under their feet before the coming of the English. The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib And now there it lies—defenceless, masterless—exposed to all the robbers and plunderers. John Gabriel Borkman Then, when the fog lies knife-thick over the dangerous rocks in summer time, there is a certain signal to these deep-sea plunderers. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward When Lilburne in February sent to ask the Governor of Havana whether the plunderers had acted under his orders, the Spaniard not only acknowledged it but threatened further hostilities against the English settlement. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century The population reappears; an active police is established, robberies are put a stop to; no more plunderers exist on the highways, or thieves in the towns. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers Except for a few thousand sternly disciplined troops under Bragg's command the whole Southern army suddenly degenerated into a mob of roving plunderers, mad with folly. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis You have full power to catch thieves, though the law reserves the right of punishing them for another official, apparently because it would remember that even these detestable plunderers are yet Roman citizens. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator But these Cossack plunderers did not stop with Siberia. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward The marks of violence, which I had seen on the closets and cabinets below, seemed to indicate the presence of plunderers. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 They had evidently received warning that a band of plunderers were approaching, and everything had been prepared for them. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden Some party of rascally plunderers might arrive here, or Ginckle may, for aught I know, have sent out parties of dragoons. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick It is not to the gang of plunderers and robbers of which I say this man is at the head, that we are only, or indeed principally, to look. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Probably this custom of half-concealed habitations is a 484 survival from the time when the Navaho were warriors and plunderers, and lived in momentary expectation of reprisals on the part of their victims. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 He had been cast out from his life work—the continuity of a National Life Work broken—because he had dared to interfere with the petty plans of peanut politicians and public plunderers. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Many other bands of plunderers had passed along, in the course of the summer, and the robbers themselves were often moved to pity by the misery that they everywhere met with. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden The most culpable plunderers were the stragglers, who are always numerous in frequent forced marches. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 A detective, or a friend of Mrs. Hallam's in a coign from which the plunderers of her pantry could be noted? Visionaries And being within the Union lines no plunderer had dared to touch it. The Tree of Appomattox Andrew had some Gruyere cheese, easily accessible to the boyish plunderers of his larder. My Life as an Author Of plunderers in fear, Their church the nuns sought fast, And forth would not appear, Until all risk was past.- Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse Castles were built of huge strength, and served as nests of plunderers, who preyed on travellers and made war on each other, grievously tormenting one another's "villeins"—as the peasants were termed. History of France God has so constituted his plans in the government of the world that the plunderer cannot prosper. Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation Glutted by the sack of Carcassonne and Narbonne the plunderers fell back to Bordeaux, "their horses so laden with spoil that they could hardly move." History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 His attendants were plundering in all the surrounding villages while he remained; and my people tried in vain to prevent them, lest they should themselves be taken for the plunderers. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II In the hurry of our second removal, many things which we had brought from our house, were necessarily left, to fall into the hands of the plunderers. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons So far as I can discover, the little plunderers seldom touch the pungent 'nasturtiums' or tropsælums of our flower-gardens, even when these grow side by side with other plants on which the aphides are swarming. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science They came as plunderers, and Musa having received no assistance was now ready to defend the goods. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 It is not likely that the agricultural people regarded as models of gods the plunderers who descended from the hills, and, after achieving successes, returned home with their spoils. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Never before have plunderers, dreaming of despoiling a conquered people, displayed such cynical heartlessness! Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy The citizens of Rome, made desperate by their losses, gathered in multitudes and drove the plunderers from their city, and Gregory with them. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German The Cossseans were plunderers, from whose raids Media suffered constant annoyance; but they were at no time of sufficient strength to cause any serious fear. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Looking into the sarcophagus, the lid having been thrown off by the plunderers, we found it empty except for a skull and a few bones of more than one person. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology There exist not the rigors of the northern peninsula; there the timber has not tempted woodland plunderers, nor have dried brook-beds followed shorn forests, nor the farmer invaded the region of light soil. A Man and a Woman The pope was confidentially informed of this secret plot, which was arranged at Grenada, and promised the plunderers his benediction, in consideration of the abundant reward promised to him. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Night after night he would sit handling his diamonds, chuckling over his wealth, and threatening imaginary plunderers with destruction. The Fatal Glove That of slavery and that of tariffs; that is, precisely the only two questions in which, contrary to the general spirit of this republic, law has taken the character of a plunderer. Essays on Political Economy But the trick was an old one, and the plunderers had easily detected the entrance, had pulled away the blocks, and had climbed through. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology The main portion of the structure was of stone, two stories high, but there were some extensions of wood, from one of which the floor had been taken away by plunderers. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Alexander—A soldier!—a thief, a plunderer, an assassin, the pest of the country; but I must detest and punish thy crimes. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader The plunderers were assisted by the peasants who had arrived from the adjacent villages. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) Sometimes it places all this ceremony of magistracy, police, gendarmerie, and prisons, at the service of the plunderer, and treats the plundered party, when he defends himself, as the criminal. Essays on Political Economy A swart Spanish brigand, with his sabre gripped in his teeth, was tearing a gold-thread and silk covering from a pillow; a second plunderer was wrenching from its chain a silver lamp. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The "skinners" were plunderers, but first of all and above all they were patriots. In the Days of Poor Richard As there was not the remotest chance of getting the Proserpine afloat again, they abandoned her to the island plunderers. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 The police, small in numbers, proved "powerless" against the huge hordes of plunderers and incendiaries. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) The young orator succeeded so well in that prelude to his future fame, that the plunderers of the orphan's portion were condemned to refund a large sum. A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Men of property who had not fled barred their doors and stood guard with their servants to beat back would-be plunderers. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. She also had $36 in silver, which the plunderer of the body did not get. The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States He is characterized, evidently with a little honest pride, as the third greatest plunderer of the English. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 It was not till the 14th that the admiral, after receiving reinforcements, felt able to send troops into the city, when a few severe examples cowed the plunderers and restored order. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Yet these and other illicit gains still left him but the second place as public plunderer. Montcalm and Wolfe The Sikhs flew to arms, and from this time on they were perforce little more than robbers and plunderers. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Disregarding the distinctions of rank, age or sex, these licentious and brutal plunderers subjected their helpless victims to every species of indignity and cruelty. Notes on the Apocalypse They had at their disposal a large body of "plunderers," or Beduin from the eastern desert, and Rib-Hadad accuses them of forming secret alliances with the kings of Babylonia, of Mitanni and of the Hittites. Patriarchal Palestine Imperious Norman, that's a modern trial That's always being argued more or less; The Press keeps now such vigilant espial On every grasping would-be public plunderer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892 I did not mean to insult Mrs. Penhallow," said Swallow; "I apologize—I—" "You miserable dog," said Penhallow, "you are both a coward and a lying, usurious plunderer of hard-working men. Westways The other three had probably been taken by some previous plunderer. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II If all went like this, King Alfred would have a fleet that could sweep the seas from Dover to Orme's Head, and keep his land from new plunderers at least. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet They led the lives and followed the pursuits of nobly born men, not valuing sloth and idleness, but exercise and hunting, defending the land against brigands, capturing plunderers, and avenging those who had suffered wrong. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I How far they were justified in holding the tribes responsible for the actions of these roving plunderers, the reader must judge for himself. Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer It was too frequently observed, that there was but a slender barrier between begging and stealing, that necessity seldom marks the limits of honesty, and that a country abounding with beggars, abounds also with plunderers. An History of Birmingham (1783) And all the while the unconscious face of the Duke of Saint-Maclou was turned up to heaven, and a stiff smile seemed to mock the baffled plunderer. The Indiscretion of the Duchess Now rush in the smaller boys to play their part, Their object is that of the plunderers who traverse the field after a battle, to rob the dying and the slain. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 There is no doubt but that here as elsewhere the Mission was plundered on every hand, and the officers appointed to guard its interests were among the plunderers. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California Before the house a dozen soldiers were moving to and fro, hungry plunderers, doubtless, on the prowl in quest of something to eat. The Downfall But war may not be made if they went out as a single band of plunderers, even when they have friends and relatives in the villages, who protect them and supply them with food. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century These plunderers are not dangerous from their size, but they have not yet been organized to the hep-hep-hep of partisanship. The Last Shot How the country can go on year after year paying its tribute to these plunderers passes my comprehension. Marcella Women are sometimes admitted to the society of these plunderers, and, on some occasions, are allowed to apply the noose. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Yes; the betting-ring is a bad school of morality, and the man who goes there as a fool and a victim too, often blossoms into a rogue and a plunderer. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour It was a sad sight to see the field of battle strewn for miles with the dead and dying, while gangs of plunderers swarmed in all directions. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune As they were now in the neighborhood of these plunderers, every care was taken of the cattle, which were tied up before dark to prevent their being stolen. The Mission On the other he saw the plunderer, grasping for a wealth that did not belong to him, through values he had not made. The Rules of the Game They say that she told them to become murderers and plunderers. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Your correspondent inclines to the view that the distinguished marine plunderer can hardly be held for piracy, but may be convicted of the murder of the gunner Moore. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Wessex scarcely tempts the plunderer now; neither does East Anglia. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune A very small time after our plunderer met with an old shepherd, who had sold a good parcel of sheep. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences This was, almost entirely, a receptacle of robbers and plunderers, and thence incursions were made on the peaceable parts of the province. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 Rise up and help us show the plunderers that we are men, not slaves. Starr, of the Desert I never learned his name nor where he lived; he was I should suppose an absolutely abominable plunderer and pirate and ruffian. The Secret City It happened during the days immediately following the Relief, when the prostrate city was given up to plunderers. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition The national and imperial survivors of these struggles in every known instance have been largely or wholly led by military adventurers and plunderers in search of booty, fame and power. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History In his first service he had deserters and plunderers "flogged," and threatened that if he could "lay hands" on one particular culprit, "I would try the effect of 1000 lashes." The True George Washington [10th Ed.] After taking this view of our condition, which was very gloomy, we began to suspect we were left on this desolate island by those merciless plunderers to perish. The Pirates Own Book The great-coat took the plunderer's fancy; he took it down off the peg, and there stood Carter before him! Eric Cambrioleurs are plunderers of rooms, either by force or with false keys. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829 It certainly would have been unusual for the great Muhammadan plunderer to have burdened himself with an archæological relic which, in those days, was not easily convertible into cash. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood There was not," he says, "in Anjou, in Touraine, in Beauce, near Orleans and up to the approaches of Paris, any corner of the country which was free from plunderers and robbers. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 But these incursions were of short duration, and most frequently undertaken by plunderers few in number, who retreated precipitately with their booty. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 At once, as was his wont, he raised a band of twenty men, and followed the plunderers across the Ohio. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 His hand was like iron upon the plunderers, the pluralists, the fraudulent officials, gorged with their ill-gotten booty. The Story of Ireland They are a simple people with all their savage characteristics, but it is very sad to contemplate a whole nation as a race of systematic plunderers. A Peep into Toorkisthhan It must have been put there for some purpose, probably to frighten would-be plunderers away. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life Alaskans themselves must fight against the licensed plunderers. The Alaskan The Kentuckians of the neighborhood sent word to General Harmar, begging him to break up this nest of plunderers. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 If I am not to have the privilege of discovering that Book of Chronicles, at least I would like to see that no common plunderer gets it. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace They look down upon the more civilized Moors with contempt, and consider them as the real usurpers of their country, and the plunderers of their property. Travels through the Empire of Morocco That these buccaneers had a large amount of physical bravery, goes without saying; for only a man who feared nothing could undertake such apparently hopeless tasks as these wild plunderers carried to a successful conclusion. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Who could know that the train was not being stealthily followed by cunning plunderers who would await their chance to get away with the wagons, if left weakly guarded? The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Nay, shrink not back, the inmate is asleep; Sunk 'mid yon sordid blankets, till the sun Stoop to the west, the plunderer's toils are done. English Men of Letters: Crabbe The plunderers had formed themselves into bands, pillaging everything they could lay hands on—carrying off boxes, goods, and coffers, breaking into cellars, broaching casks of spirits and ale, and emptying flasks of wine. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire Would Antonius have been a guardian of the city, or its plunderer and destroyer? The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Not blaming me for standing on my own defence against a crew of plunderers, who could suck me dry by driblets? Our Mutual Friend Some armed and some unarmed, they issued forth to meet the plunderers, who did not deign to retreat before them, but awaited them in a narrow pass. Four Arthurian Romances The Vigilance bands that had at first shot plunderers very freely were now either entirely dispersed by the plague, or busy between town and cemetery in a vain attempt to keep pace with it. The War in the Air This same year the plunderers in East-Anglia and Northumbria greatly harassed the land of the West-Saxons by piracies on the southern coast, but most of all by the esks which they built many years before. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle He who, during his life, had been flattered with an excess of adulation, to which history scarcely offers a parallel, was now cursed as a tyrant, a bigot, and a plunderer. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Yet it was long ago, and the plunderers are far away. Gulliver of Mars From the Beacon of Brunanburgh behind us here, south and north it ran a full league—and all the woods were full of broken men from Santlache, Saxon thieves, Norman plunderers, robbers, and deer-stealers. Puck of Pook's Hill It is certain that gamesters, reduced to desperation, and on the eve of committing suicide, have conveyed into these places infernal machines with an intention of destroying at once their cruel plunderers and themselves. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) It was the plunderers at gaming tables that filled the gazettes and made the gaols overflow with so many victims. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) Their genteel Norman landlords were their scourgers, their torturers, the plunderers of their homes, the dishonourers of their wives, and the deflourers of their daughters. The Romany Rye In some places plunderers had been at work, but rarely at other than the provision and wine shops. The War of the Worlds Both are plundered, and by the same plunderers. My Bondage and My Freedom Aristotle of old, as before stated, ranked gamesters 'with thieves and plunderers, who for the sake of gain do not scruple to despoil their best friends.' The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) The first step was a vigorous attack on the gang of financial plunderers, who, with Fouquet at their head, simply embezzled the bulk of the state revenues. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 The Roman emperors tried to prevent the northern tribes from crossing the frontier in great numbers, because, once across, if they did not find work and food, they became plunderers. Introductory American History By midday they passed through Tillingham, which, strangely enough, seemed to be quite silent and deserted, save for a few furtive plunderers hunting for food. The War of the Worlds As he grew up he became the most skilful plunderer that ever rifled the dying of both sides. Vivian Grey Judging from all these signs, Captain Truck was of opinion the wreck must have taken place but two or three days before, and that the plunderers had not left the spot many hours. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Notwithstanding the severity of the orders, and one or two pretty sharp examples of punishment inflicted by the commodore, the Black Jokers were not the only plunderers ashore that night. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Do not PUNCHINELLO'S subjects all know that whisk brooms sweep clean, and that no broom swept cleaner the Augean stables of Federal plunderers than that wretched Old BAILEY'S whisky broom? Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 The hot pursuit of the fugitive plunderers had ruined the day. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II The days are past, in the East, when a public treasure can be deposited in a place sufficiently sacred to guard it from the hands of plunderers. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred Base fear becomes the guilty, not the free; Suits tyrants, plunderers, but suits not me: Shall I, the terror of this sinful town, Care if a liveried lord or smile or frown? The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 It was an artful device of those plunderers to paint the red cross on the door, and thus scare away any visitor who might have discovered their depredations. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Harry Ormond instantly turned his horse's head, much provoked at having been duped, and resolved that the plunderers should not now escape. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Ever since the kitchen had been established at Granite House he had been saying that precautions ought to be taken against these four-footed plunderers. The Mysterious Island After his scathing onslaught on Verres for provincial plunder, he defended the plunderer of the Gauls, and held up the suffering allies of Rome to ridicule as being hardly entitled to good government. The Life of Cicero Volume One There was not in Anjou, in Touraine, in Beauce, in Orleans, and up to the very approaches of Paris, any corner of the country that was free from plunderers. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Against the invasions of the Norman, Saracen, and Hungarian plunderers, the kings and the counts proved themselves incapable of defending territory or people. Outline of Universal History The plunderers had escaped to their hiding- places, and all the rest of the inhabitants had accompanied the poor young gentleman, who had fallen a sacrifice to his exertions in our favour. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Our roystering plunderers doubtless intended to sup on their spoils at that tavern. Satanstoe Have you stacked a great deal in the barn?' he would ask with a smile, looking straight into the plunderer's eyes. A Desperate Character and Other Stories We were surrounded only by the dying, by plunderers, by incendiaries. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Thence, as I believe, it is some sixteen miles to Hastings, and so far as I have heard the Norman plunderers have not gone so far west. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest One minute it seemed patent beyond dispute that the girl and the great plunderer were hand-in-glove; the next minute Maitland was positively assured that their recent meeting had been altogether an accident. The Brass Bowl At the second milestone from the city they came upon the plunderers, who fled at once, leaving their arms behind. The Hermits I should be glad if you will send out a dozen foraging parties in different directions; there must be little villages scattered among the hills that have so far escaped French and English plunderers. With Moore at Corunna |
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