The Egyptian was to him a wonderfully beautiful woman--beautiful of face, beautiful of form. In his thought she always appeared to him as he saw her at the fountain; and he felt the influence of her voice, sweeter because in tearful expression of gratitude to him, and of her eyes--the large, soft, black, almond-shaped eyes declarative of her race--eyes which looked more than lies in the supremest of wealth of words to utter; and recurrences of the thought of her were returns just so frequent of a figure tall, slender, graceful, refined, wrapped in rich and floating drapery, wanting nothing but a fitting mind to make her, like the Shulamite, and in the same sense, terrible as an army with banners. In other words, as she returned to his fancy, the whole passionate Song of Solomon came with her, inspired by her presence. With this sentiment and that feeling, he was going to see if she actually justified them. It was not love that was taking him, but admiration and curiosity, which might be the heralds of love.
The landing was a simple affair, consisting of a short stairway, and a platform garnished by some lamp-posts; yet at the top of the steps he paused, arrested by what he beheld.
There was a shallop resting upon the clear water lightly as an egg-shell. An Ehtiop--the camel driver at the Castalian fount--occupied the rower's place, his blackness intensified by a livery of shining white. All the boat aft was cushioned and carpeted with stuffs brilliant with Tyrian red. On the rudder seat sat the Egyptian herself, sunk in Indian shawls and a very vapor of most delicate veils and scarfs. Her arms were bare to the shoulders; and, not merely faultless in shape, they had the effect of compelling attention to them--their pose, their action, their expression; the hands, the fingers even, seemed endowed with graces and meaning; each was an object of beauty. The shoulders and neck were protected from the evening air by an ample scarf, which yet did not hide them.
In the glances he gave her, Ben-Hur paid no attention to these details. There was simply an impression made upon him; and, like strong light, it was a sensation, not a thing of sight or enumeration. Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet; thy temples are like a piece of pomegranate within thy locks. Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is h
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“The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history”
Previously on the Wheel of What?!?
Episode 7: Review/Recap
Episode 6: Review/Recap
Episode 5: Review/Recap
Episode 4: Review/Recap
Episodes 1/2/3: Review/Recap
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I'm glad you're with me, my dearest friends. Here at the end of all things.
If you're wondering why this is stickied, it's because >!Duty is heavier than a mountain, but Moderating is lighter than a feather. !<
Tl;dr:
Don't cry because it's over. Cry because it happened.
This review is going to be really long, and very detailed because I'll be focusing in on a lot of things. Don't feel bad about skipping this one, or going right to the end.
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Episode 8: The Eye of the Shit-storm:
3,000 years ago.
Oh cool, we're finally getting the prolo-
Oh... nevermind. We're getting a completely butchered scene that was invented on a whim by Robert Jordan and was never featured in the main books for a very clear reason. That reason being that when you actually show the legend, it can sometimes ruin the mystery. Seeing the Age of Legends should only be done through the eyes of a character who isn't actually in the Age of Legends, because nothing is ever legendary while you're living in it. It was fine to show the Kinslaying and the Breaking, because that is the death of the legend.
Furthermore, this scene is trash because Strong-Woman Sedai has apparently read the script and predicts the fucking future.
That anything, including the Dark One, could ever taint the True Source was so unthinkable that it wouldn't even have been considered of as a potential threat. No one would have even thought about it because it was literally inconceivable until it did happen.
Adding on to this, there is a huge issue with the presentation here. In the books, this wa
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To get read-up on everything, check out Part 1.
#Previous Threads Part 1 (AL-CA) | Part 2 (CO-GA) | Part 3 (HI-IA) | Part 4 (KS-MO)
#Colorado
- Home Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City (Capacity: 18,000)
- Notable players: Ethan Horvath, Sam Vines, Khiry Shelton, and Tajon Buchanan
- Likely CONCACAF equivalent: Panama
- Rivals: Utah
Do your worst!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Under appreciated General of the Union Army? I'll say Union General Fighting Francis Barlow
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
