Im sure theres no a blither, bonnier quean in a the kintra side.
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Four Redwall books also feature battering rams in action: Redwall, Martin the Warrior, Mariel of Redwall and The Sable Quean.
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One of the talents of the Quean is a power of persuasion which can be used on ordinary humans to compel them to do her bidding. Occasionally a homo sapiens male is kidnapped to become the Quean's consort. The children of this union are hybrids known in the Hill as "Uncles". The Quean can mate with Uncles but produce "stupids".
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One of the talents of the Quean is a power of persuasion which can even be used on ordinary humans to compel them to do her bidding. Occasionally a homo sapiens male is kidnapped to become the Quean's consort. The children of this union are hybrids known in the Hill as "Uncles". The Quean can also mate with Uncles, to produce more "stupids".
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The Uncles, while waiting their turn for her favors, fetch her luxuries from the outside world. Eventually the Quean produces a daughter, who, if she is not killed by her mother first, will grow up to overthrow her with the help of some of the Uncles. The Uncles, like the "stupids", live short lives, a few decades at most. The Quean and her daughters seem to live much longer.
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Despite the above concerns, she was next cast as Theodora in the comedy Theodora, the Quean (the word "quean" meaning "harlot"), which had five performances at Philadelphia's Forrest Theatre, beginning 31 January 1934.Bordman, Gerald. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969, New York: Oxford UP, 1996, p. 94. Her next appearance was in Scarborough, New York in the play Short Story in September 1934.
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It is Lewis' encounter with them that lets Aegeus take advantage of their abilities. In the final novel, The Sons of Heaven, we learn more about these humans, but their origins and final fate remain obscure. A group headed by a female (given the title Quean in the novel) occupies tunnels in an artificial mound known as a "Hill". The Quean is attended by "stupids"&idiot savant workers who can produce technological marvels but are incapable of original thought and have limited communication skills.
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The Uncles, bring the queen luxuries from the outside world while waiting for her favors. Eventually the Quean will have a daughter, that if not killed will turn on the queen, and be overthrown with the aid of Uncles. The Uncles and "stupids" share a short life span of a few decades at most. The Quean and her daughters, seem to live much longer, and have instinctual knowledge called Memory which tells them who are they, and what is their role in the Hill.
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It is Lewis' encounter with them that lets Aegeus take advantage of their abilities. In the final novel, The Sons of Heaven, we learn more about these humans, but their origins and final fate remain obscure. A group headed by a queen female (given the title Quean in the novel) occupies tunnels in an artificial mound known as a "Hill". The Quean is attended by "stupids", the idiot savant workers who can produce technological marvels but are incapable of original thought and have limited communication skills.
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Sidgwick & Jackson, 1910. Volume 3, Page 55. See notes. His sister, Em, or Emma, was a prostitute, "a sorry ragged quean", who according to various reports was the mistress of the clown Richard Tarlton and later of the writer Robert Greene and cared for both on their death-beds.
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Retrieved June 4, 2013.National (advertisement) The Grand Duke. The Washington Herald. April 2, 1922, p. 3. Retrieved June 4, 2013. Abarbanell last appeared on the Broadway stage at the end of January 1934 in the very short-lived play Theodora, the Quean.Theodora, the Quean, Playbill Vault Retrieved June 5, 2013.
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After calling future prime minister William McMahon a "quean", he apologised. Whitlam in 1959. The ALP had been out of office since the Chifley Government's defeat in 1949 and, since 1951, had been under the leadership of Bert Evatt, whom Whitlam greatly admired. In 1954, the ALP seemed likely to return to power.
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In 1929, he played at the Festival Theatre in Cambridge under the direction of Tyrone Guthrie. He appeared in a number of plays, some with Flora Robson, and also directed. Donat married Ella Annesley Voysey (1903–1994) in 1929; the couple had three children together, but divorced in 1946. In 1930 Donat moved to London, where he eventually made his debut in Knave and Quean at the Ambassadors Theatre.
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The rhyme below dates from the 17th century and recalls the tradition that a tunnel connects what is now Syon House with the friary of Sheen at Richmond in Surrey, a considerable distance away. ::"The Nun of Sion, with the Friar of Shean, ::Went under water to play the Quean." The origin of the legend remains a mystery. In Leicestershire a subterranean passage is said to connect a nunnery which once stood near the Humber Stone with Leicester Abbey.
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Editors have published more than 2,638 of Crew's manuscripts, including his most recent book Letters from Samaria: The Prose & Poetry of Louie Crew Clay edited by Max Niedzwiecki (Morehouse, New York, 2015) plus four poetry volumes: Sunspots (Lotus Press, Detroit, 1976) Midnight Lessons (Samisdat, 1987), Lutibelle's Pew (Dragon Disks, 1990), and Queers! for Christ's Sake! (Dragon Disks, 2003) Crew sometimes uses the noms de plume Li Min Hua, Quean Lutibelle, and Dr. Ddungo. YouTube has numerous videos of Crew reading his own poems.
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Her personality changes and she becomes repentant, it appears. Davidson says to the Macphails, "It's a true rebirth. Her soul, which was black as night, is now pure and white.... All day I pray with her...." A few days later Davidson's body is found on the beach; he has cut his throat with a razor. Macphail does not understand what happened until, returning to his lodgings, he finds Sadie Thompson has changed suddenly back to "the flaunting quean they had known at first".
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The Sable Quean is the 21st novel in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, and the last to be published before his death on February 5, 2011 (a twenty-second novel, The Rogue Crew, was released in May 2011). It is illustrated by Sean Rubin. It was to be originally released in autumn 2009, but the release date was moved to January 2010, and then later delayed a second time to February 23, 2010. The mass market paperback edition was released on April 26, 2011.
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She attacks Midda, trying to get her to reveal information about the tunnel, but soon finds herself badly beaten by Flandor, who damages her eye with his rudder-like tail. In rage, the Sable Quean stabs the young otter with a poisoned blade she wears in a phial about her neck, slaying him. She then sends Zwilt and some Ravagers out to hunt for the escapees, and the prison guards, who have deserted. Axtel, digging his way into Althier, barges into the new prison cave, managing to rescue the toddlers Tassy and Borti.
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Just as she catches up with Vilaya, the sable trips the badger with her cloak, hoping to throw her off. This proves to be her undoing, as Ambrevina falls right on top of the Sable Quean; the force causes the poison phial necklace to break, the shards piercing Vilaya and slaying her. Weeping for Flandor, Ambrevina returns to Redwall. Diggs, who has completely forgotten who he is and now believes himself to be a colonel in the Long Patrol, wanders away from the Abbey, but returns in company with Mumzy and the freed captives.
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Neither sable has succeeded in finding the runaways. The two sables battle, and Zwilt stabs Vilaya with his broadsword; she falls unconscious with the pain. Thinking Vilaya is dead, Zwilt prepares to cut off her head as a warning to other vermin, but one of the Ravager stoats (a female named Gliv) urges him not to, saying it would be a bad omen. As the other Ravagers march off to make war on Redwall, Gliv is left behind with instructions to bury Vilaya; however, knowing that the Sable Quean is still alive, she nurses her back to health, and instructs her to follow Zwilt and slay him.
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