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  1.  A Woman Tenderfoot / Seton-Thompson, Grace Gallatin
    , the year after our marriage, Nimrod announced that the mountain madness was again working in his blood ... . Nimrod used to play this trick on me occasionally when it was time to get up--it is more efficacious  details...
  2.  The Puritan Twins / Perkins, Lucy Fitch, 1865-1937
    . They had named the dog Nimrod, "because," as Nancy said, "he is surely a mighty hunter before the Lord, just like Nimrod in the Bible. He sniffs around after field mice all the time, and if he only sees a cat he barks ...  details...
  3.  A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. / Bryant, Jacob, 1715-1804
    feigned personages with those that are real, that it is not possible to arrive at the truth. NIMROD. It is said of this person, by Moses, that he was the son of Cush. [28]_And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one ...  details...
  4.  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 8th, 1920 / Various
    ."] * * * * * NIMROD. Nimrod he was a hunter in the days of long ago, Caring little for things of state, little for things of show; When the unenlightened around him squabbled for wealth or fame NIMROD fled ...  details...
  5.  Hunting Sketches / Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882
    as Nimrods in our hunting annals would as life have led a forlorn- hope as put a horse at a flight of hurdles ... do so because they are Nimrods at heart. But the riding of these horsemen under difficulties, horsemen and horsewomen, leaves  details...
  6.  The Faith of Men / London, Jack, 1876-1916
    improvidence of youth. So, I repeat, I wash my hands of him, this Nimrod, this mighty hunter, this homely ... Nimrod, the mighty Hunter. I threw a stick of firewood at the dogs and bade them quit their unholy  details...
  7.  The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists / Tressell, Robert, 1870-1911
    bestowed upon him by the hands: he was also known as `Nimrod' and `Pontius Pilate'. `And even ... . Chapter 2: Nimrod: a Mighty Hunter before the Lord Mr Hunter, as he was called to his face  details...
  8.  Mr. Edward Arnold's New and Popular Books, December, 1901 / Marchant, James
    VI. Nimrod. THE CHASE, THE TURF, AND THE ROAD. By NIMROD. With a Photogravure Portrait of the Author ... service for all who care for sport in republishing Nimrod's admirable papers. The book  details...
  9.  The Purgatory of St. Patrick / ón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681
    Nimrod* I assumed, to show How on my shoulders might the world escape, Nor as I gazed below Feel any fear ... ] *Nimrod is here used for Atlas. "Nimrod aber ist hier, was den Profandichtern und auch dem Calderon  details...
  10.  Babylonian and Assyrian Literature / Anonymous
    of the queens or sovereigns of Erech, supposed to have preceded Nammurabi or Nimrod on the throne. We have identified Izdubar herein with Nimrod.] [Footnote 12: "Kardunia," the ancient name of Babylonia.] COLUMN ...  details...

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