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1. The herd of elephants goes back up the stairs – must try to find a tactful way of suggesting to Ben that he could thump a little less heavily
2. discovered the skeletons of some elephants, which
3. You see, hippos in general are among the largest living mammals on the planet, coming in at sumo wrestler size along with a few others like the elephants, some rhinoceroses, and whales
4. In 1732, after having been for many years losers by the trade of carrying negroes to the West Indies, they at last resolved to give it up altogether ; to sell to the private traders to America the negroes which they purchased upon the coast; awl to employ their servants in a trade to the inland parts of Africa for gold dust, elephants teeth, dyeing drugs, etc
5. putt-putt golf there are dark caves, stampeding elephants and once there was a report of a giant whale that ate golf balls
6. On one side were conservatives pulling on the elephant"s trunk, while on the other, were
7. Said Pyrrhus, Kind of Epirus, after having defeated the Romans at Asculum in BC 279, with heavy losses, including most of his elephants, „Another such victory, and I am undone
8. He was engaged once on a very long chase after elephants, and his followers were becoming impatient, when at last they found the home of one of these spiders
9. “Now,” said one of his men, “we shall know whether or not we shall find the elephants
10. The Boui had foretold success, and, as results proved, foretold correctly, for they got two fine elephants
11. In Nigeria they have a saying, “When two elephants fight, only the grass suffers
12. Elephants, gibbons and Spike Jones
13. On the way we met a few elephants strolling along the road with their minders and then a gibbon wandered into the path of an oncoming bus and decided to sit like a political protester, in the middle of the road, refusing to budge
14. It is however not that common for elephants to ‘bury” humans
15. Normally they leave the bodies in the open when they kill a person, but there are many witnesses such as big game hunters who say that they have seen and also experienced themselves how elephants would attempt to “cover” humans with branches and leaves, who are merely sleeping in the veldt
16. Elephant carcases, particularly the remains of the skeleton is usually carted to and stored in a single location, away from the herd, by the elephants
17. There are many theories related to this phenomenon which makes it difficult to understand the reasons why elephants do this
18. The Kenya Wildlife Organisation states that elephants will most of the time only threaten or kill humans to defend their territory
19. Our lions, our tigers, our elephants and chimps, our giraffes and our birds, these are all the beasts that own this land, and us, not those gorgons that would turn to ash these balls of fur (pointing toward two baby tigers playing in the grass)
20. elephants, and gave him charge of all things that he would have done, as also concerning them that dwelt in Judah and Jerusalem: 35
21. So that the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and two and thirty elephants
22. against them in battle, having an hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen, and chariots, and a very great army, was discomfited
23. 56 Moreover Tryphon took the elephants, and won Antioch
24. thousands of horsemen, and his fourscore elephants
25. tent by night, and killed in the camp about four thousand men, and the chief of the elephants, with all that were on him
26. 1 Then he called Hermon, who had charge of the elephants
27. with a quantity of unmixed wine and handfuls of incense infused to drug the elephants early on the following day
28. elephants were, when infuriated by the copious draughts of frankincense, to be led up to the execution of death upon the Jews
29. 4 The master of the elephants, Hermon, fulfilled his commission punctually
30. merciless elephants with copious draughts of mingled wine and frankincense, came early to the palace to certify the kind of it
31. He swore a fruitless oath, and determined immediately to send them to Hades, crushed by the knees and feet of the elephants
32. 45 And the master of the elephants urged the
33. 48 But the Jews, when the elephants went out at the gate, followed by the armed force; and when they saw the dust raised by the
34. At a distance on top of the mountains are huge, colorful, glowing coral reefs, the size of elephants
35. And again I saw with my eyes as I slept, and I saw the Heaven above, and note a star fell from Heaven, and it arose and eat and pastured among those oxen; And after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and note they all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle, and began to live with each other; And again I saw in the vision, and looked towards the Heaven, and note I saw many stars descend and throw themselves down from Heaven to that first star, and they became bulls among those cattle and pastured with them among them; And I looked at them and saw, and note they all let out their privy members, like horses, and began to cover the cows of the oxen, and they all became pregnant and bore elephants, camels, and asses; And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore with their horns; And they began, moreover, to devour those oxen; and note all the children of the Earth began to tremble and quake before them
36. And again I saw how they began to gore each other and to devour each other, and the Earth began to cry aloud; And I raised my eyes again to Heaven, and I saw in the vision, and note there came out from Heaven beings who were like white men, and four went out from that place and three with them; And those three that had last come out grasped me by my hand and took me up, away from the generations of the Earth, and raised me up to a lofty place, and showed me a tower raised high above the Earth, and all the hills were lower; And one said to me: 'Remain here till you see everything that befalls those elephants, camels, and asses, and the stars and the oxen, and all of them
37. And one of those four went to that white bull and instructed him in a secret, without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man, and built for himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon; and three bulls dwelt with him in that vessel and they were covered in; And again I raised my eyes towards Heaven and saw a lofty roof, with seven water torrents thereon, and those torrents flowed with much water into an enclosure; And I saw again, and note fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that water began to swell and rise on the surface, and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water; And the water, the darkness, and mist increased on it; and as I looked at the height of that water, that water had risen above the height of that enclosure, and was streaming over that enclosure, and it stood on the Earth; And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how they sank and were swallowed up and perished in that water; But that vessel floated on the water, while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so that I could no longer see them, and they were not able to escape, but perished and sank into the depths; And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed from that high roof, and the chasms of the Earth were leveled up and other abysses were opened; Then the water began to run down into these, till the Earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the Earth, and the darkness retired and light appeared; But that white bull which had become a man came out of that vessel, and the three bulls with him, and one of those three was white like that bull, and one of them was red as blood, and one black, and that white bull departed from them
38. And again I saw with my eyes as I slept and I saw the Heaven above and note a star fell from Heaven and it arose and eat and pastured among those oxen; And after that I saw the large and the black oxen and note they all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle and began to live with each other; And again I saw in the vision and looked towards the Heaven and note I saw many stars descend and throw themselves down from Heaven to that first star and they became bulls among those cattle and pastured with them among them; And I looked at them and saw and note they all let out their privy members like horses and began to cover the cows of the oxen and they all became pregnant and bore elephants camels and asses; And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them and began to bite with their teeth and to devour and to gore with their horns; And they began moreover to devour those oxen; and note all the children of the Earth began to tremble and quake before them
39. And again I saw how they began to gore each other and to devour each other and the Earth began to cry aloud; And I raised my eyes again to Heaven and I saw in the vision and note there came out from Heaven beings who were like white men and four went out from that place and three with them; And those three that had last come out grasped me by my hand and took me up away from the generations of the Earth and raised me up to a lofty place and showed me a tower raised high above the Earth and all the hills were lower; And one said to me: 'Remain here till you see everything that befalls those elephants camels and asses and the stars and the oxen and all of them
40. And one of those four went to that white bull and instructed him in a secret without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man and built for himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon; and three bulls dwelt with him in that vessel and they were covered in; And again I raised my eyes towards Heaven and saw a lofty roof with seven water torrents thereon and those torrents flowed with much water into an enclosure; And I saw again and note fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure and that water began to swell and rise on the surface and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water; And the water the darkness and mist increased on it; and as I looked at the height of that water that water had risen above the height of that enclosure and was streaming over that enclosure and it stood on the Earth; And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how they sank and were swallowed up and perished in that water; But that vessel floated on the water while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals so that I could no longer see them and they were not able to escape but perished and sank into the depths; And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed from that high roof and the chasms of the Earth were leveled up and other abysses were opened; Then the water began to run down into these till the Earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the Earth and the darkness retired and light appeared; But that white bull which had become a man came out of that vessel and the three bulls with him and one of those three was white like that bull and one of them was red as blood and one black and that white bull departed from them
41. - travelling circuses continues to flaunt their ―collections‖ of tortured lions, tigers, crocodiles, elephants and hippos; the ―conclusions‖ of sanitary veterinary directions is
42. 17 What for he entered into Egypt with a great multitude with chariots and elephants and horsemen and a great navy 18 and made war against Ptoleme? King of Egypt but Ptoleme was afraid of him and fled; and many were wounded to death
43. 34 Moreover he delivered to him the half of his forces and the elephants and gave him charge of all things that he would have done as also concerning them that dwelt in Judah and Jerusalem: 35 To wit that he should send an army against them to destroy and root out the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem and to take away their memorial from that place; 36 And that he should place strangers in all their quarters and divide their land by lot
44. 30 So that the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen and twenty thousand horsemen and two and thirty elephants exercised in battle
45. 34 And to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight they showed them the blood of grapes and mulberries
46. It was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done among the Galatians and how they had conquered them and brought them under tribute; 3 And what they had done in the country of Spain for the winning of the mines of the silver and gold which is there; 4 And that by their policy and patience they had conquered all the place though it were very far from them; and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the Earth till they had discomfited them and given them a great overthrow so that the rest did give them tribute every year: 5 Beside this how they had discomfited in battle Philip and Perseus King of the Citims with others that lifted up themselves against them and had overcome them: 6 Now also Antiochus the great King of Asia who came against them in battle having an hundred and twenty elephants with horsemen and chariots and a very great army was discomfited by them; 7 And how they took him alive and covenanted that he and such as reigned after him should pay a great tribute and give hostages and that which was agreed on 8 And the country of India and Media and Lydia and of the goodliest countries which they took of him and gave to king Eumenes: 9 Moreover now the Grecians had determined to come and destroy them; 10 And that they having knowledge of it sent against them a certain captain and fighting with them killed many of them and carried away captives their wives and their children and spoiled them and took possession of their lands and pulled down their strong holds and brought them to be their servants to this day: 11 It was told him besides how they destroyed and brought under their dominion all other kingdoms and isles that at any time resisted them; 12 But with their friends and such as relied on them they kept amity and that they had conquered kingdoms both far and near in as much as all that heard of their name were afraid of them: 13 Also that whom they would help to a kingdom those reign; and whom again they would they displace: finally that they were greatly exalted: 14 Yet for all this none of them wore a crown or was clothed in purple to be magnified by it: 15 Moreover how they had made for themselves a senate house in which three hundred and twenty men sat in council daily consulting always for the people to the end they might be well ordered: 16 And that they committed their government to one man every year who ruled over all their country and that all were obedient to that one and that there was neither envy nor emmulation among them
47. 56 Moreover Tryphon took the elephants and won Antioch
48. 2 And when he had gathered about fourscore thousand with all the horsemen he came against the Jews thinking to make the city an habitation of the Gentiles 3 And to make a gain of the temple as of the other chapels of the heathen and to set the high priesthood to sale every year: 4 Not at all considering the power of God but puffed up with his ten thousands of footmen and his thousands of horsemen and his fourscore elephants
49. 1 In the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great power into Judea 2 And with him Lysias his protector and ruler of his affairs having either of them a Grecian power of footmen an hundred and ten thousand and horsemen five thousand and three hundred and elephants two and twenty and three hundred chariots armed with hooks
50. 14 So when he had committed all to the Creator of the world and exhorted his soldiers to fight manfully even to death for the laws the temple the city the country and the commonwealth he camped by Modin: 15 And having given the watchword to them that were about him Victory is of God; with the most valiant and choice young men he went in into the king's tent by night and killed in the camp about four thousand men and the chiefest of the elephants with all that were on him
