"Hawking" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Assassins. Hasik. Hassan Kala, hot springs at. Hassan, son of Sabah, founder of the Ismailites. Hastings, Warren, letter of. Hatan, rebellion of. Haunted deserts. Havret, Father H. Hawariy (Avarian), the term. Hawks, hawking in Georgia, Yezd and Kerman; Badakhshan; Etzina; among the Tartars; on shores and islands of Northern Ocean Kublai's sport at Chagannor; in mew at Chandu; trained eagles; Kublai's establishment of; in Tibet; Sumatra; Maabar. Hayton I. (Hethum), ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa
... were some fine Wouvermans, and other hunting and hawking pieces, and one in particular of the duchess and her ladies, from Don Quixote. Beauclerc, who had gone round examining and admiring, stood fixed when he came to this picture, in which he fancied he discovered in one of the figures some likeness to Helen; the lady ...
— Helen • Maria Edgeworth
... he admitted, he was going to own the biggest grocery store in the State. He was thrillingly independent and ambitious and assured. All that seemed admirable, but—if only he hadn't decided on groceries! "Peters' Grocery Store!" Missy thought of jousting, of hawking, of harping, customs which noble gentlemen used ...
— Missy • Dana Gatlin
... from beneath. They began with harsh and grating notes, interrupted by a violent hawking and spitting. Then followed renewal of the former unlovely noises. Presently, at a point in the song, for such it was, half a dozen other voices drowned the soloist ...
— Children of the Mist • Eden Phillpotts
... was near the hall, and, although three or four years older than Harry, he had as a boy frequently accompanied him when out hawking, and in other amusements. Harry felt that, with two attached and faithful comrades like these, he should he able to make his way through many dangers. At York he had procured for himself and his followers ...
— Friends, though divided - A Tale of the Civil War • G. A. Henty
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