Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life With Flowers And Fruit

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life With Flowers And FruitFilippino Lippi Adoration of the ChildFilippino Lippi Madonna with Child and SaintsLouis Aston Knight A Riverside Cottage
Around noon the following day they rode into a small, mud-walled city surrounded by fields still lush and green. There seemed to be a lot of traffic going the other way, though. Huge carts rumbled past them. Herds of livestock ambled along the crown of the road. Old ladies stomped past carrying entire households and haystacks on their backs.
'Plague?' said Rincewind, stopping a man pushing a handcart full of children.
He shook his head. 'It's the star, friend,' he said. 'Haven't you seen it in the sky?'
'We couldn't help noticing it, yes.'
They say that it'll hit us on Hogswatchnight and the seas will boil and the countries of the Disc will be broken nd 'It's a shuprishe.'
'I could do with a new dress, too,' said Bethan.kings will be brought down and the cities will be as lakes of glass,' said the man. 'I'm off to the mountains.''That'll help, will it?' said Rincewind doubtfully.'No, but the view will be better.'Rincewind rode back to the others.'Everyone's worried about the star,' he said. 'Apparently there's hardly anyone left in the cities, they're all frightened of it.''I don't want to worry anyone,' said Bethan, 'but hasn't it struck you as unseasonably hot?''That's what I said last night,' said Twoflower. 'Very warm, I thought.''I shuspect it'll get a lot hotter,' said Cohen. 'Let'sh get on into the city.'They rode through echoing streets that were practically deserted. Cohen kept peering at merchants' signs until he reined his horse and said, 'Thish ish what I've been looking for. You find a temple and a priesht, I'll join you shortly.''A jeweller?' said Rincewind.

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