And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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That makes my stomach do flip - flops!!!
ReplyDeleteHer father the king placed her there to test her lover or, to die for her sin.
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Or maybe it’s just a good prank.
Almost all the old rusty ladder rungs busted off as she climbed up there.
ReplyDeleteGood eyes! I didn’t see them.
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And now I see the other one. A prison of sorts I see.
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this is one of the many surrealist paintings of Michael Whelan https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/chasm/ click this link to see 3 others that are related in theme. I bought his book (coffee table sized) a couple decades ago, he's incredible, and he has been commissioned many times to make the cover of many sci fi and fantasy books.
ReplyDeleteGreat site. Thanks for posting.
DeleteShe's wearing the parachute.
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