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recounting and adventures
Mipps escaped in the confusion of Syn's death and disappeared from England, but it is said that a little man very much like him is living out his days in a Buddhist Monastery somewhere in the Malay Peninsula, delighting the monks with recounting the adventures of Doctor Syn and the eerie stories of the Romney Marsh and the mysterious Scarecrow and his night riders.
With Private Eye riding the satire boom, Peter Cook soon took an interest and contributed two serials recounting the bizarre adventures of Sir Basil Nardly-Strobes and the Rhandi Phurr, both of which were admirably illustrated by Rushton, as was " Mrs Wilson ‘ s Diary ".
The English-language term can simply refer to an episodic recounting of the adventures of an anti-hero on the road.
In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythical hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great Time, the sacred time.
Unlike Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, Space Patrol was never featured in a daily or Sunday newspaper comic strip, nor was there a series of juvenile novels recounting Space Patrol adventures.
In it, Abbey vividly describes the physical landscapes of Southern Utah and delights in his isolation as a back country park ranger, recounting adventures in the nearby canyon country and mountains.
As he works, the Time Traveller writes down the recounting of his adventures and seals them in a Plattnerite packet, a " time capsule ", so to speak, in the hope that it will travel in time to a faithful scribe.
2, # 1-5 ( Feb. 2007-Jan. 2008 ), recounting the adventures of a team that Iron Man assembled after the war consisting of himself, Black Bolt, Mister Fantastic, Professor X, Namor and Doctor Strange, feeling that all of them together possessed information that could have averted Earth's involvement in the war if they'd worked together.
Bernie Bedore of Arnprior also wrote several books recounting Joe's adventures.
Mitchell frequently introduced live performances of " Carey " by recounting anecdotes about Raditz and their Cretan adventures.
The story concludes with an informal party at the Morton's farm again, with the boys recounting their adventures for their friends, while the clock strikes midnight again.
) which the zine's writers would explore in exhaustive detail, freely recounting their own suicide attempts, kinky sexual adventures, addictions or family horror stories.
Henderson frequently participates in the on-screen antics and sometimes is the star of short segments recounting his humorous adventures in New York.
All of the novels are told as a series of Henry's journal entries recounting his day-by-day adventures throughout the summer.

recounting and two
There are two chief sources of information concerning the life of Polycarp: the letter of the Smyrnaeans recounting the martyrdom of Polycarp and the passages in Irenaeus ' Adversus Haereses.
When he was accused of theft and taken before the judges, Zadig cleared himself by recounting the mental process which had allowed him to describe the two animals he had never seen: " I saw on the sand the tracks of an animal, and I easily
Over several years, he worked to pay off his debts and also continuously revised his manuscript for what, in 1854, he would publish as Walden, or Life in the Woods, recounting the two years, two months, and two days he had spent at Walden Pond.
At the end of the story, an anonymous man is talking to his wife about two strangers he picked up on a trip to Tennessee, recounting that the woman had a child and the man was not the father.
American author Matthew Polly, also has written a book recounting his story of his two years living, studying, and performing with the Shaolin monks in China in the early 1990s.
Also in The Dead Sea Scrolls is a recounting of a dream of Amram, the father of Moses, who finds two ' watchers ' contesting over him.
Stossel has written two books recounting how his experiences in journalism shaped his socioeconomic views, Give Me a Break in 2004 and Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity in 2007.
The story opens by recounting how two lovers decide that their marriage should be one of equal status, although they agree that, in public, Arveragus should make decisions so as not to draw suspicion.
Among Dr. Bateson's many books is With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, a recounting of her upbringing by two famous parents.
" Groucho also delivered two of his most famous lines in the Captain Spaulding role, both while recounting his exploits in Africa: " We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed.
As a family prepares to be " Jaunted " to Mars, the father entertains his two children by recounting the curious tale of the discovery and history of this crude form of teleportation.
The play Henry VIII by William Shakespeare mentions the two colleges during a recounting of the life of Cardinal Wolsey ; it was the college of Oxford University that outlasted him and had became widely known:
Paul Zaloom has produced two films ; the first is a mockumentary entitled In Smog and Thunder: The Great War of the Californias, recounting a fictitious war between Los Angeles and San Francisco, released in 2003.
Tales from Watership Down is in three parts: the first consists of five traditional tales of El-ahrairah and two more modern rabbit stories, the second contains four episodes recounting events that befell El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle on their return from visiting the Black Rabbit of Inlé, and the third contains eight chapters dealing with the Watership warren in the months following the events of the original book.
Pages 167-172 has more on the " Winds " Message, and on pages 698-699 is a recounting the recovery of the Nichi papers by U. S. Navy divers from the in Manila Bay ( last two photographs prior to page 423 ).
Persian Letters ( Lettres persanes, written 1721 ) is a literary work by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, recounting the experiences of two Persian noblemen, Usbek and Rica, who are traveling through France.
The album draws upon Mandinka Djeli traditions and consists of two epic recordings recounting Ture's anti-colonial resistance and nation-building.
Following a confrontation between the two old friends, in which Gowen was told ( by his own later recounting ) " you were not a very successful president of this company, and now other people have got hold of it ; we are responsible and you are not "; Gowen's hyperbolic response eventually obtained him a position as counsel, allowing him to offer advice but make no decisions.
In recounting a purported conversation in which the rabbi Judah the Prince, who said the soul ( neshama ) comes into the body when the embryo is already formed, was convinced by Antoninus Pius that it must enter the body at conception, and considered the emperor's view to be supported by, the tractate Sanhedrin of the Talmud mentions two views on the question.
Restieaux's account is that Hayes sold the cargo in Shanghai ; with Restieaux recounting two stories that he had been told about Pease's death: the first was that he drowned after jumping overboard from a Spanish Man-of-War, the second was that he was killed in a fight in the Bonin Islands.
The movie is largely based upon two books by Clark recounting his experiences during the production: My Week with Marilyn ( 2000 ) and The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me: Six Months on the Set With Marilyn and Olivier ( 1996 ).

recounting and note
With characteristic humour, when recounting this at the British Horn Society's festival in 2005, he turned to the audience and said, " One note a time, piece of cake!

recounting and neither
In the films, Lazenby plays a businessman who listens to Kristel's character recounting her sexual history ; neither Lazenby nor Kristel participated in any of the films ' frequent sexual scenes.
In Wiesenthal ’ s testimony to the War crime investigators in May 1945, he does not mention these incidents or Kohlrautz ’ s part in them, and neither were the events included in an affidavit he made in August 1954, recounting his wartime experiences.

recounting and has
In a chapter recounting the history of libertarian socialism, economist Robin Hahnel relates that thus far the period where libertarian socialism has had its greatest impact was at the end of the 19th century through the first four decades of the twentieth century.
People frequently allege that such tales happened to a " friend of a friend "; so often, in fact, that " friend of a friend " (" FOAF ") has become a commonly used term when recounting this type of story.
For example, in The Usual Suspects, the character of Roger " Verbal " Kint has voice-over segments as he is recounting details of a crime.
The sketch was so popular that it was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, with a plaque, gold record and transcript of this famous sketch included in the museum collection — although they were not actually inducted into the Hall of Fame — over their less well-known word-play routine " Slaughter the Baseball Player " ( Who's On First full radio broadcast ), where they were looking for to buy a baseball bat and the one available was made for Enos Slaughter, and the more sadistic " Ninth Inning Steal " routine in which Bud and Lou rob an unsuspecting person by distracting him with a sensational baseball game recounting, unaware that someone else has already robbed the intended target using the same distraction.
The later St Andrews tradition recounting the supposed arrival of Saint Regulus ( or Saint Rule ) at St Andrews, with relics of St Andrew, has him met at Forteviot by three sons of Óengus: Eogán, Nechtan and Finguine.
The poems present a frame story, recounting Dante's love of Beatrice from his first sight of her ( when he was nine and she eight ) all the way to his mourning after her death, and his determination to write of her " that which has never been written of any woman.
They appreciated the direction, story, and cinematography, writing, " Pabst has made it a powerful recounting and accentuates more the happenings than the men ... Photography and architecture are excellent and the sound is clear.
There has been, however, some irritation and criticism expressed by a group of historians about Schama's condensed recounting of the British Isles ' history on this occasion, particularly by those specialising in the pre-Anglo-Saxon history of insular Celtic civilisation.
While recounting his life, Arthur has a fatal seizure, as disturbed patrons and an annoyed maître d ' look on.
Buffy often has prophetic dreams and the Master is nearly obsessed with recounting and confirming written prophecies.
drives a coach-and-four through the official version by recounting in detail the events which preceded the massacre as well as the massacre itself ", although he also notes that " He suggests that they may have been a special commando or death-squad, and this suggestion has attained a large currency in recent years.
Hunter turned to the after-dinner circuit recounting his anecdotes, and since 1993 has worked for local station BBC Radio Leeds and Yorkshire Radio as a summariser at Leeds games.
Krakauer's recounting of certain aspects of the ill-fated climb has generated considerable criticism, both from the climb's participants and from renowned mountaineers such as Galen Rowell.
; Betty the Auld Slapper: A female OAP who has an obsession with recounting her x-rated memories of the war ; usually sits with her legs spread and skirt clearly open.
He has also published memories from his exile, recounting his life and work in Paris, France and Niamey, Niger.
Joe is unaware that recounting his story on the radio has won the hearts of listeners and made him an overnight media sensation.
The story, set in 1889, mainly consists of a young London consultant hydraulic engineer, Mr. Victor Hatherley, recounting strange happenings of the night before, first to Dr. Watson, who dresses the stump where Mr. Hatherley's thumb has been cut off, and then to Sherlock Holmes himself.
The 43, 000 lines which it contains are of but little interest to the historian ; they are too evidently the work of a romancier courtois, who takes pleasure in recounting love-adventures such as those he has described in his romance of Troy.
When the ships drives are briefly activated, Dr. Werner Von Seeckt, a former Nazi scientist and original member of the Majestic 12, gives a recounting of the history behind what he has seen since his involvement in the alien artifacts to Majestic 12's newest member ( and the President's Scientific Adviser ) Lisa Duncan.
Furthermore, as literary critic Donald Greene has pointed out, Boswell's works only describe 250 days that Boswell could have actually been present with Johnson, the rest of the information having to come from either Johnson himself or from secondary sources recounting various incidents.

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