"Monk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... belonging to the Owners of said Briganteen, which he has Since delivered to them, and nine hogsheads of Sugar, five Packets of Cotton and a Teirce of Rum which were Laden Upon freight, which he has since delivered to the Respective Owners, vizt. the nine hogsheads of Sugar to Wentworth and Monk, the five Packets of Cotton to Mr. John Woodhouse, and the Teirce of Rum to Capt. Foresyth, who paid ...
— Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period - Illustrative Documents • Various
... dramatically kills her Isabella. Perhaps the famous assassination of Henri III of France by the Dominican, Jacques Clement, gave a hint for Roderigo masqued as a monk. ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. II • Aphra Behn
... in view the relief of Mott's House, on the Congaree, but before reaching it had the mortification to find that with the garrison of 165 it had fallen into the hands of Marion and Lee. He continued his march to Monk's Corner, where he covered ...
— Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2 • John Frederick Schroeder and Benson John Lossing
... quoth the fellow with a gleam of white teeth. "O! a ponderous monk, brother, of most mighty girth of belly! Now, as ye see, though this ass be sleek and fat as an abbot, she is something small. 'And shall so small a thing needs bear so great a mountain o' flesh?' says I (much moved at the sight, brother). 'No, ...
— Beltane The Smith • Jeffery Farnol
... our breaths as he rides full-tilt at the Norman Knight and strikes him full on the visor of his helmet, throwing horse and rider to the ground. Here are Isaac the Jew and Rebecca his beautiful daughter; and Wamba the jester, disguised as a monk, ...
— The Junior Classics, V5 • Edited by William Patten
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