A new essay in which moments from her childhood and youth in Communist Romania are relived while remembering the frustrations, wrongs and menaces of that period. With a remarkable precision, the author follows the thin line border between life and literature, between the “written word” and ...
and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue...
After the Dagor Bragollach in FA 456, Sauron was bidden by Morgoth to destroy Barahir, ally of Finrod, King of Nargothrond; Sauron ensnared Gorlim, who was captured by his hunters, and interrogated him about the outlaw-lord's location. Gorlim refused to tell them anything, even under to...
The man who bows in that final direction is either a saint or a fool. I have no use for either."Tak shrugged and sipped his wine. "But of the demons. . . ?""Knowable. I did experiment with them for many years, and I was one of the Four who descended into Hellwell, if you ...
Ikushima-san: DRAGON QUEST III. Naturally, I liked the sense of fantasy, and I also loved the monster design! I was a child, so I didn’t pay proper attention to what the king says, so I didn’t realise for a while that other characters could join your party! I ended up going ...
Tobey Maguire is a pitch perfect anti-hero in this bizarre, absurd, dark movie about love and raccoons. The movie plays like a demented fairy tale, replete with butterflies, rainbows and cross-bows. The audience I saw it with was in stitches. But this isn't really a comedy. I wouldn'...
Perhaps the assumption that the birds were especially beloved by God gave rise to folk beliefs warning against harming robins or wrens. As the following folk verses teach, bad luck inevitably followed: Cursed is the man Who kills a robin or a wren. ...
Europe intervenes, bombs and kills innocent people, while the European people are deluded with some fantasy story about democratize and what have you. Though, once those innocent people start to run for their lives, seeing as they are bombarded, and reach Europe, the land of the free, ...
the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to...
Google Share on Facebook ballista (redirected fromBallistas) Thesaurus bal·lis·ta (bə-lĭs′tə) n.pl.bal·lis·tae(-tē′) An ancient and medieval engine of warfare, usually having a design similar to a crossbow, used to hurl heavy projectiles. ...