For some time the friendly relations with the Wampanoges, which had been established by Carver and further cemented by Bradford, remained undisturbed, and no signs of hostility were shown by any other of the neighboring Indian tribes.
John Carver and his attendants were clad in the dark-colored and sober garments which were usually adopted by their sect; and their long beards and grave countenances struck a feeling of awe and reverence into their savage guests.
Governor Winthrop followed the good example that had already been set by bothCarver and Bradford at New Plymouth, in regard to all dealings with the natives.
The bigots of the day hinted that it would be no matter of surprise if an evil spirit were allowed to enter this beautiful form, and seduce the carver to destruction.
How otherwise should thiscarver feel himself entitled to transcend all rules, and make me ashamed of quoting them?
What shape it was destined ultimately to take was a problem to his friends and a point on which the carverhimself preserved a rigid silence.
The carver stood beside his creation mending the beautiful fan, which by some accident was broken in her hand.
He was again the mechanical carver that he had been known to be all his lifetime.
It rendered him a genius for that one occasion, but, quenched in disappointment, left him again the mechanical carver in wood, without the power even of appreciating the work that his own hands had wrought.
Drowne," said the true artist, grasping the carver fervently by the hand, "you are a man of genius!
Tijou, his ironworker, and Grinling Gibbons, the famouscarver in wood, were all actuated by the same ideal when they helped to give expression to their master's genius.
With such powerful friends and his marvellous talent he soon became the most famous carver of his age.
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Indeed, Mr. Rogers was a very notable designer and carver of this time; he had introduced his famous boxwood carvings about seven years previously.
The first dawnings of the art of modern joinery appear in the thrones, stalls, pulpits and screens of early Gothic cathedrals and churches, but even in these it is indebted to the carver for everything that is worthy of regard.
The carver breaketh up the good cheer, and divideth it.
Carver Doone was somewhat stunned, and could not arise for a moment.
Carver Doone caught me round the waist with such a grip as never yet had been laid upon me.
With a sullen and black scowl, the Carver gathered his mighty limbs and arose, and looked round for his weapons; but I had put them well away.
But as Carver entered it, he turned round, and beheld me not a hundred yards behind; and I saw that he was bearing his child, little Ensie, before him.
No dallying now under captain's window: Queen will have naught to say to you, and Carver will punch your head into a new wick for your lantern.
And there, about a furlong before me, rode a man on a great black horse, and I knew that man was Carver Doone.
Carver Doone, with a vile oath, thrust spurs into his flagging horse, and laid one hand on a pistol-stock, whence I knew that his slung carbine had received no bullet since the one that pierced Lorna.
Carver Doone turned the corner suddenly on the black and bottomless bog; with a start of fear he reined back his horse, and I thought he would have turned upon me.
That tune wasCarver Doone's passport (as I heard long afterward), which Charleworth Doone had imitated, for decoy of Lorna.
Work done in this manner, provided the carver has skill and taste, is sure to show character and life, and to differ entirely from the mechanical conventionalisms we generally see in modern stone-carving.
The sacrist, Walter of Colchester, was an excellent carver and carved a handsome pulpit with a great cross thereon, and statues of St. John and the Virgin.
A few days later Sir William Berkeley rewarded the unfortunate Captain Carver for his thus thwarted designs against the liberty of his Majesty's representative, with the ungracious "gift of the halter.
Another enthusiast was Hartwell Carver, grandson of Jonathan Carver the explorer of 1766.
Carver spent the best years of his life and what was in those days an ample fortune in endeavoring to further his project.
I was dead, yet I was too keenly alive in Jean Merle, the poor wood-carver and miser.
But Mrs. Nixey walked beside her, next the coffin, when the small funeral procession wound its way slowly over the uplands to the country churchyard, where the deaf and dumb old wood-carver was laid in a grave beside his wife.
Watch a skilful carver at a piece of ordinary work.
You would think it would take twenty-five tools, perhaps, to cut such a design, but thecarver may have only about half a dozen before him.
Mr. Carver had not the advantage of an academical education; but his understanding, naturally vigorous, was cultivated by reading and reflection.
The carver stood beside his creation, mending the beautiful fan, which by some accident was broken in her hand.
It rendered him a genius for that one occasion, but quenched in disappointment, left him again the mechanical carver in wood, without the power even of appreciating the work that his own hands had wrought.
The bigots of the day hinted that it would be no matter of surprise if an evil spirit were allowed to enter this beautiful form and seduce the carver to destruction.
The waitress stands beside the carver with the next plate in her hand and puts it before him when she removes the one which is ready to pass.
If the family is large the plates for the meat should be put on the serving table and one placed before the carver at a time.
Fixing the fork in the breast, let the carver cut slices from it in the direction of the lines from 2 to 1: these are the prime pieces.
In cutting a ham, the carver must be guided according as he desires to practise economy, or have, at once, fine slices out of the prime part.
We always think that a good and practised carver delights in the manipulation of this joint, for there is a little field for his judgment and dexterity which does not always occur.
Let the fork be placed inside the leg, which should be gently forced away from the body of the fowl; and the joint, being thus discovered, the carver can readily cut through it, and the leg can be served.
If the carver manages cleverly, he will be able to cut a very large number of fine slices off the breast, and the more so if he commences close down by the wing, and carves upwards towards the ridge of the breastbone.
Still the undercut is best eaten when hot; consequently, the carver himself may raise the joint, and cut some slices from the under side, in the direction of from 1 to 2, as the fillet is very much preferred by some eaters.
In dividing the shoulder and breast, the carver should take care not to cut away too much of the meat from the latter, as that would rather spoil its appearance when the shoulder is removed.
The carver should be acquainted, too, with the choicest parts and morsels; and to give each guest an equal share of these titbits should be his maxim.
The carver should ask the guests if they would like a portion of the roe and liver.
It should be borne in mind to serve each guest with a portion of fat; and the most expeditious carver will be the best carver, as, like mutton, venison soon begins to chill, when it loses much of its charm.
The carver should ask the guests whether they have a preference for the brisket or ribs; and if there be a sweetbread served with the dish, as it often is with roast breast of veal, each person should receive a piece.
When the carver has removed all the meat from the upper side of the fish, the backbone should be raised, put on one side of the dish, and the under side helped as the upper.
The carver made signs to the farmer to leave the room, which he did with his head down, and to all appearance in terror lest the governor should carry his threats into effect, for the rogue knew very well how to play his part.
Scanning the harbor with his glasses, Carver detected an unwonted activity on the deck of one of the proas.
Carver and he lifted the bar together and forced the door.
Scanning the underbrush to see what significance this might have, Carver saw heavy columns of natives forming.
While they were speeding through a leafy tunnel with Jahi's Dyaks covering the front and rear to guard against surprise, Carver found opportunity to explain to Peter Gross how he had been able to make the rescue.
Abruptly dropping the topic, Carver asked: "At what hour does the council meet?
We've got to tie them up and make a chain-gang of them," Carver said thoughtfully.
A nasty crew," Carver remarked to Peter Gross as the pirates were herded on the beach under the rifles of his company.
A sharp command fromCarver kept his men from rushing out on the beach in their ardor.
Carver asked presently, as the resident carefully filed them in the same drawer in which he had placed Tsang Che's statement.
Carver issued the necessary commands and the defenders, except ten pickets, concealed themselves in their earthen shelters.
Two long, low buildings had been erected as barracks, and Captain Carver had converted the newly created plain into a drill-ground.
Mr. Carver expresses some astonishment that persons "should fall into the ridiculous and absurd belief, that horses are subject to that imaginary disease called Lampas.
Mr. Carver advises gentlemen never to suffer the operation to be performed, but if the parts are very red and very much swollen, they may be just scarified with the point of a sharp penknife, or pricked with a large darning needle.
As a boy he had for master a joiner and wood-carver of his native town, named Baudesson, under whom he is said to have worked at the chateau of Liebault, where he attracted the notice of Chancellor Seguier.
She andCarver were set on going; and it would be the treat of a lifetime, or words to that effect.
And if Mr. Carver asks you why I sent that envelope to him be sure and give him the message I gave you.
By the way, Paine, what did Carver say when you put him ashore?
I walked on and entered the grove where she and I had met after our adventure with Carver and the stranded skiff.
He's come and so's his daughter and that young Carver feller.
She told me of your helping her home through the storm, and of something else you had not told me, Boy: of your bringing her and Mr. Carver off the flat in the boat that day.
We had about reached the point on the Shore Lane where I first met her and Carver in the auto.
How did you treat Mr. Carverand me when you first met us in the auto?
Colton didn't shed any tears and young Carver seemed to be pretty down at the mouth.
Under the patent John Carver had been chosen governor, and he was now confirmed in that office under the new authority, which followed pretty nearly the terms of the old.
With this design they sent two of their number, John Carver and Robert Cushman, to London, and Sir Edwin Sandys tried to obtain for them a patent recognizing their religious rights.
