In a rocky pass, protected by huge boulders, and surrounded by quantities of natural ammunition for their slings, it must have been relatively simple for eighty Quichuas, who could "hurl a huge stone with such force that it would kill a horse," to have literally stoned to death Captain Villadiego's little company before they could have prepared their clumsy weapons for firing.

The school occupied a few large and sunny rooms in the rear part of a sprawling old stone structure built like a palace around an enormous cobble-stoned courtyard, with a tall arched gateway providing entrance from the street under the front part of the house.

"It is here, and a goodly stone it is; a turquoise of price.

The fruit is a little hard yellow crisp fruit, with a big stone inside, and very sweet; when it is ripe, the village urchins throw sticks up among the branches, and feast on the golden shower.

He is a lowly valley, sweetly planted and well watered; the proud man's earth, whereon he trampleth; but secretly full of wealthy mines, more worth than he that walks over them; a rich stone set in lead; and, lastly, a true temple of God built with a low roof.

In sum, are we merely stones that deflect the stream for a while, until the waters wear them away?

The more thirsty he grew, the pleasanter seemed the project to him,a large, deep well, neatly stoned, with a sweep and buckets,it would be a pretty object to look at, as well as comfort to man and beast.

There was once a young bonga who dwelt in a cave in the side of a hill in the jungle; and every day he placed on a flat stone outside, a pot of oil and a comb and a looking glass and some lamp black or vermilion; any woman who went to the jungle could see these things lying there; but they were never visible to a man.

Here and there in the roof, or the stone overhead, were immense black caverns which almost frightened him to gaze up at them, they were so vast and black.

Still, we kept near to it, lest stones perchance might fall.

Here formerly stood the fortified town of Pitius, scarcely a stone of which was now standing, though many were the weapons and household implements that had been found by the monks.

She raised herself a little, and began taking the finely-worked, small-stoned, sapphire pins out of her hat.

he that setteth forth upon this quest, And looketh ever back for friend or foe, For cruel laughter, or for mocking jeers, Turns straight to stone like all beside his path; But once upon the summit, at his feet Flows the pure Golden Water, bright and clear.

Recently, for example, a young lady teacher from Boston was so terribly stoned by some of the unregenerate little pig-tailed fiends in Canton, that she died the next day.

The Hun has said in his majesty: "If you will not yield me this, the last city in the last corner of Belgium, I can at least see to it that not one stone thereof remains upon another.

Still more irritated than before, in his usual coarse language he called the gatekeeper, and roared out: "You rascal, if you don't send that beastly stone to h-, I'll break your head."

I'm but a light weightonly a light weightseven stone and a half, sir; but a rare bit of stuff, though I say it myself, sirBegging your pardon.