Fetch Sentence Examples

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  • The two boys saw him and ran to fetch his shoes.

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  • I'll fetch some next time I am in town.

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  • You fetch souls instead of the death-dealers.

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  • One morning I left the cage on the window-seat while I went to fetch water for his bath.

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  • A third case was needed and servants had gone to fetch it.

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  • Tell the Cossack to fetch my kit.

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  • Prometheus resembles the Polynesian Maui, who went down to fetch fire from the volcano of Mahuika, the fire-god.

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  • Then I see he's no good and think I'll go and fetch a likelier one.

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  • I wish you would go and fetch my satchel, two lanterns, and a can of kerosene oil that is under the seat.

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  • Thus during the Eleusinia they were told off to fetch the sacred objects from Eleusis and to escort the image of Iacchus on the sacred way.

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  • I will just try these three sentences of Confut-see; they may fetch that state about again.

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  • They live chiefly by pasturage - rearing camels, of which their chief agricultural stock consists, and horses of a fine breed, which fetch good prices.

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  • My husband is away in Tver or I would send him to fetch you.

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  • I'll fetch a piece of cloth at once for such an honorable gentleman, or even two pieces with pleasure.

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  • An oracle having declared that Troy could not be taken without the arrows of Heracles, Odysseus and Diomedes (or Neoptolemus) were sent to fetch Philoctetes.

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  • Women of these villages have to walk long distances to fetch water.

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  • At last Pan, the old god of Arcadia, discovered her hiding-place, and informed Zeus, who sent the Moirae (Fates) to fetch her out.

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  • Some of them keep small shops, and all fetch water, make fuel, and cook for their households.

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  • It was time for his master's breakfast, so he went to the kitchens to fetch his food.

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  • Fetch it on, but don't cook it, as you value your life.

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  • He was the "odd man" of the Fourth Party, apparently content to fetch and carry for his colleagues, and was believed to have no definite ambitions of his own.

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  • They have to fetch firewood at least once or twice per week.

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  • Let your dog chew it or enjoy a game of fetch together.

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  • Once you have taught the word "fetch", you can go on to teach the phrase "drop it".

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  • After the death of Decius Valerian retained the confidence of his successor, Trebonianus Gallus, who sent him to fetch troops to quell the rebellion of Aemilianus, governor of Moesia and Pannonia.

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  • When Death came to fetch him, Sisyphus put him into fetters, so that no one died till Ares came and freed Death, and delivered Sisyphus into his custody.

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  • One of the tasks imposed upon Heracles was to fetch Cerberus from below to the upper world, a favourite subject of ancient vase-paintings.

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  • Sargent then went to fetch it and the judging proceeded as usual.

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  • LoveToKnow guest colunist Wendy Nan Rees shares some tips that worked for her when teaching her dogs to play "Fetch".

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  • A wine that is in vogue can fetch a higher price than a better tasting wine.

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  • Here are a few fun tips for teaching your dog to "Fetch".

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  • Point to a toy on the floor, and say "fetch".

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  • The fur upon the necks usually runs dark, almost black, and in some cases the fur is black halfway down the length of the skin, in rarer cases three-quarters of the length and, in the most exceptional instances, the whole length, and when this is the case they are known as "Natural Black Foxes" and fetch enormous prices.

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  • Particularly well animated ' real photographic ' views which may fetch £ 20.00 upwards.

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  • The collection included unusual pewter flagons, measures, chargers and plates and was estimated to fetch between £ 10,000 â £ 12,000.

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  • In fact he goes off to fetch them, and returns with C. E says hurray!

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  • Then, if you asked Jack to fetch a pail of water, he could figure out how to do it.

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  • During the course of our meal our waiter was kind enough to fetch us some special duck pancakes which were really tasty.

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  • Get your hearts quickened with the Word; go to it to fetch fire.

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  • I am sure they could fetch a few quid to sink in someone's hedge fund.

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  • The humphead wrasse, that can fetch up to $ 130 per kilo in the live reef fish trade, has also benefited.

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  • Having gone ashore at Kios in Mysia to fetch water, he was carried off by the nymphs of the spring in which he dipped his pitcher.

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  • He shall have all the rooms in the house, and the ladies' parlor, too, I'll go right round to the Planters' and fetch him back.

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  • Princess Mary ran out of the room to fetch Mary Bogdanovna.

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  • Yes, go to the yard and fetch a fowl, please, a cock, and you, Misha, bring me some oats.

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  • Occasionally dressers ran out to fetch water, or to point out those who were to be brought in next.

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  • Those sent to fetch the deputation had returned with the news that Moscow was empty, that everyone had left it.

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  • Fetch some more wood! shouted a red-haired and red-faced man, screwing up his eyes and blinking because of the smoke but not moving back from the fire.

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  • I am sure they could fetch a few quid to sink in someone 's hedge fund.

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  • We first stop off at Mats house to fetch his guitar.

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  • Wines that age well are the ones that fetch the big bucks.

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  • While you won't have to get out of bed to fetch something like the previous two examples, the Gun Shooting Alarm Clock is another great way to help you wake up each morning.

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  • It is believed that Friday was the best day because most families are together or off from work for the weekend (Thursday through Sunday) which would fetch the largest crowds of the year.

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  • These animals tend to be very affectionate and social, and they also enjoy games like fetch and catch.

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  • There are a number of exercise-related activities that you can engage in with your dog, including walking, jogging and playing fetch.

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  • The original dietary recommendations for protein were developed during the country's agrarian past, when people needed the energy from abundant protein to chop wood, fetch water, plow fields, and walk five miles to school every day.

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  • The Hogans are hoping their mansion, located just outside of Tampa and featured in the VH1 series Hogan Knows Best, will fetch $25 million.

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  • Great photos of big-name celebrities do fetch a hefty price, after all.

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  • So just how much did Jude Law's cover girl baby fetch for mama? $300,000.

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  • There is even a line of Martha Stewart homes, designed by Stewart herself, which fetch from $200,000 to $400,000 apiece.

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  • It was there that they placed the scene of the sufferings of Prometheus (vide Aeschylus, Prometheus Vinctus), and there, in the land of Colchis, which corresponds to the valley of the Rion, that they sent the Argonauts to fetch the golden fleece.

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  • The necklace was given up. Rohan took it to the countess's house, where a man, in whom Rohan believed he recognized a valet of the queen, came to fetch it.

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  • The correlative of the Via Salaria was the Via Campana, so called because it led past the grove of the Arvales along the right bank of the Tiber to the Campus Salinarum Romanarum,' the salt marshes, from which the Via Salaria took its name, inasmuch as it was the route by which Sabine traders came from the interior to fetch the salt.

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  • A single skin has been known to fetch 400.

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  • The royal agents immediately afterwards sent to London a treasonable letter, falsely attributed to Mather; but its spuriousness seems to have been suspected in England and Mather was not "fetch'd over and made a Sacrifice."

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  • If he thought she wouldn't run or try to kick him again, he'd let her go fetch her coat.

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  • In future, too, it will be possible to fetch a completed passport at an honorary consulate.

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  • But a fresh corpse could fetch £ 8, £ 9 or even £ 10, with all the work done in a day.

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  • A housewife has inherited a rare Shakespeare book from a long-lost cousin which could fetch millions at auction.

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  • Then you have to go fetch and install an ARP daemon.

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  • The users ' browser will in this case automatically fetch the page from the new location.

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  • Not suprisingly, he went to fetch a policeman.

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  • Only wait till it gets dark and I'll fetch you any of them you want--three if you like.

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  • Many love to walk on a leash and enjoy a good game of fetch.

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  • Retrieval - Consider this "go fetch" for the serious.

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  • You might use "fetch" or "get it", whichever word or phrase is best for you.

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  • Say the word "fetch" or any word you want to use to teach.

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  • When your dog is releasing the toy to take the treat reward for "fetch", say the words "drop it".

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  • When your dog seems to understand that he needs to bring the toy to you every time you throw it and say the word "fetch", you can try doing this game at the park or beach.

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  • They will all play "fetch" and bring the scattered toys from around the house, and I put them in our toy basket for another day.

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  • They will take toys out as the day goes on, and at the end of the day we will play "fetch" and put all the toys away for another time.

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  • Engage him in a game of fetch or Frisbee.

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  • Dogs can easily drink, eat, pant, bark or fetch while wearing the collar.

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  • In the city, he needs a big enclosed yard to run around and play fetch in each day.

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  • Acid washed jeans, black denim, and Wranglers should be stored in the attic, where one day they may fetch you a small fortune on Ebay.

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  • Is it worth it to spend time looking for an organic mattress pad and then paying the premium price that organic items tend to fetch?

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  • Casually ask a coworker to fetch you something out of the cabinet and watch for the startled look on his or her face.

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  • So far, the types of designers that fetch high prices for eyeglass frames don't appear to have broken into the prescription safety goggle space yet.

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  • After a little tutorial scenario where you fetch a refresheroom for Toadsworth, the time machine returns, full of cracks and looking more-or-less completely and utterly broken.

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  • Classic titles like Chrono Trigger still fetch up to $40 on eBay.

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  • If a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) goes up for sale on eBay, assuming it still works, it can usually fetch a decent amount of money.

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  • The non-gold version can fetch about $4000 to $5000 and while that game is not as rare (only 90 copies were made), the gold edition has sold for $10,000 and more.

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  • To an antique lover, however, value is not often measured in terms of the price a particular item might fetch.

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  • Some of the most valuable antique tomes have been known to fetch stunning sums at collectors' auctions.

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  • While it would be wonderful to discover a volume that could fetch millions of dollars in an auction, finding beautiful and meaningful antique books to add to your own personal collection can also be a very rewarding experience.

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  • A desirable book that doesn't have many available copies will fetch more at auction than a book that has many copies.

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  • Antique law books with interesting or funny content will often fetch more at auction than other types.

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  • Books that are signed by the author or have been owned by a celebrity will also fetch more at auction than books that have an unknown history.

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  • Having someone handy to tell you if an outfit is flattering or to fetch a different size when needed will make the process of shopping much less stressful.

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  • Egyptian cotton feels heavier to the touch, more substantial than the average cotton, and so towels made with this fabric fetch a slightly higher price.

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  • These often feature on online auction websites and these can fetch many thousands of dollars.

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  • Cars from now-defunct automobile companies like Packard or Duesenberg can fetch top dollar.

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  • In order to fetch the highest price from buyers, an antique car should be in pristine original condition.

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  • If you really love a vehicle, it is worth more to you than it will ever fetch at an antique car auction.

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  • Sometimes, these box toppers can fetch decent money.

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  • Underneath him, though, is the very pragmatic search engine box, with a "go fetch" button next to it.

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  • For those who don't want to have animations or pictures of cats on their desktop, simpler versions of the DogPile widget are also available that are just a plain search box with "fetch" buttons.

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  • He wasn't about to murder this Deidre to fetch the soul of past-Deidre.

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  • In open places that height is seldom more than about one and a half times the square root of the " fetch " or greatest distance in nautical miles from which the wave has travelled to the point in question; but in narrow reaches or lakes it is relatively higher.

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  • He again went to Rome in 780, to fetch the pallium for Archbishop Eanbald, and at Parma met Charlemagne, who persuaded him to come to his court, and gave him the possession of the great abbeys of Ferrieres and of Saint-Loup at Troyes.

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  • Soon after this there came into the dark chamber to fetch Pierre, not the Rhetor but Pierre's sponsor, Willarski, whom he recognized by his voice.

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  • They were easily defeated, though Ralph sent to Denmark for ships and went there himself to fetch them.

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  • This process produces the so-called Auslese wines, which frequently fetch as much as 30s.

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  • In lengths not exceeding about 2 m., twice this height may be reached, giving for a 2-mile " fetch " about 32 ft., or 14 ft.

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  • I promised to keep still while she went to the house to fetch it.

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  • Nicholas and Denisov rose, asked for their pipes, smoked, went to fetch more tea from Sonya--who sat weary but resolute at the samovar--and questioned Pierre.

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  • Its first portion must be of early origin, and was the route by which the Sabines came 'to fetch salt from the marshes at the mouth of the Tiber.

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  • The vineyards of these two properties are tended with extraordinary care, and the wines, of which several qualities are made in each case, fetch exceedingly high prices.

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  • In 205, alarmed by unfavourable prodigies, the Romans were ordered to fetch the Great Mother of the gods from Pessinus in Phrygia; in the following year the image was brought to Rome, and a lectisternium held.

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  • A general with a brilliant suite galloped off at once to fetch the boyars.

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  • When the Persian war was over the Delphic oracle bade the Athenians fetch the bones of Theseus from Scyrus, and' lay them in Attic earth.

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  • Money not only became less scarce but it became cheaper, so that the couple of pence for which a day of manual work was bought off in the beginning of the 13th century did not fetch more than half of their former value at its end.

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  • Here they found and took on board the four sons of Phrixus who, after their father's death, had been sent by Aeetes, king of Colchis, to fetch the treasures of Orchomenus, but had been driven by a storm upon the island.

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  • He had just arrived on the spot and met a man going to fetch powder to blow in a door; instead Hodson, with his usual recklessness, rushed into the doorway and was shot.

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  • This depicts the journey of the soul from heaven to earth, its life in the body, and its final return to the heavenly home, under the figure of a Parthian prince who is sent from the court of his parents to the land of Egypt to fetch the serpent-guarded pearl; after a time of sloth and forgetfulness he fulfils his quest, and returns triumphant and again puts on the heavenly robe.

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  • These cakes, sold as food for cattle, fetch as much as £4 per ton in Rumania, where four or five beetroot factories are now at work.

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  • Cotton and sugar-cane would fetch far higher prices, but they could only be grown while the Nile was low, and they required water at all seasons.

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  • Although the first definite endeavour to locate the Golden Chersonese thus dates from the middle of the 2nd century of our era, the name was apparently well known to the learned of Europe at a somewhat earlier period, and in his Antiquities of the Jews, written during the latter half of the 1st century, Josephus says that Solomon gave to the pilots furnished to him by Hiram of Tyre commands " that they should go along with his stewards to the land that of old was called Ophir, but now the Aurea Chersonesus, which belongs to India, to fetch gold."

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