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  • [Footnote: I am indebted for this "marchen" to Maria Saksis, a very intelligent

    Algonquin Legends of New England Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • Previous to my exposure to him, I had kept my love for "literate" fiction apart from my beloved marchen.

    Archive 2003-01-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003

  • Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things by Ted Naifeh (Oni Press) - Twisted marchen sensibilities that captured both Nikki and myself.

    Archive 2003-05-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003

  • Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things by Ted Naifeh (Oni Press) - Twisted marchen sensibilities that captured both Nikki and myself.

    notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003

  • And zee schulle undirstonde, that alle theise kyngdomes and alle theise londes aboveseyd, unto Pruysse and to Rossye, ben alle obeyssant to the grete Chane of Cathay; and many othere contrees, that marchen to other costes.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • For thou schalt conquere the londs and the contrees, that ben abouten: and thei that marchen upon zou, schulle ben undre zoure subieccioun, as zee han ben undre hires: for that is Goddes wille inmortalle.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And zee schulle undirstonde, that alle theise kyngdomes and alle theise londes aboveseyd, unto Pruysse and to Rossye, ben alle obeyssant to the grete Chane of Cathay; and many othere contrees, that marchen to other costes.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • For thou schalt conquere the londs and the contrees, that ben abouten: and thei that marchen upon zou, schulle ben undre zoure subieccioun, as zee han ben undre hires: for that is Goddes wille inmortalle.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • And about 5 o'clock in the eavning we could see the Yankees a marchen up on the other side of the river by regiments and most all went back from on this Side of the river and General Earley thought that they was all a going back and taken all of his men but a Louisiana Bregaid and started to reinforce General Lea And about the time we had gone 6 miles they come

    The diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, 1919

  • Bristol but had to drive our enemey befour us our Cavalry was fiting them allday and some times the Infantry, our Divishion don a great deal of hard marchen had to dubbelquick nearly one third of our time.

    The diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, 1919

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