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  • No more was I a god to kindly jungle-folk - I was slave to a devil in human form. '

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • He began to understand why his companion was regarded as a demigod by the wild jungle-folk and hill-dwellers.

    The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

  • Later, as a result, I was awakened several times by the patting of tiny paws against my body, as small jungle-folk, standing on their hind-legs, essayed to solve the mystery of the swaying, silent, bulging affair directly overhead.

    Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

  • A fellow naturalist of mine never lost an opportunity to set innumerable traps for the lesser jungle-folk, such as mice and opossums, all of which he religiously measured and skinned, so that each, in its death, should add its mite to human knowledge.

    Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

  • But son, I am angry that thou shouldst meddle in the business that belongs to these dirty Assamese jungle-folk.

    The Jungle Book. 1893

  • How could jungle-folk like them know anything of the English and their intentions?

    What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

  • No more was I a god to kindly jungle-folk -- I was slave to a devil in human form. "

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • No more was I a god to kindly jungle-folk " I was slave to a devil in human form.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • No more was I a god to kindly jungle-folk " I was slave to a devil in human form.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

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