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  • Yet Pan was benign to those who paid him worship, yielding the boons of the divine hygiene of nature: bounty to the farmers, herders, and fisherfolk who dedicated their first fruits to him, and health to all who properly approached his shrines of healing.†   (source)
  • But the makers of legend have seldom rested content to regard the world's great heroes as mere human beings who broke past the horizons that limited their fellows and returned with such boons as any man with equal faith and courage might have found.†   (source)
  • Tribal or local heroes, such as the emperor Huang Ti, Moses, or the Aztec Tezcatlipoca, commit their boons to a single folk; universal heroes—Mohammed, Jesus, Gautama Buddha—bring a message for the entire world.†   (source)
  • THE STANDARD PATH of the mythological adventure of the hero is a magnification of the formula represented in the rites of passage: separation—initiation—return: which might be named the nuclear unit of the monomyth.36 A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder (x): fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won (y): the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man (4.†   (source)
  • The gestures of "fear not" and "bestowing boons" teach that she protects her children, that the pairs of opposites of the universal agony are not what they seem, and that for one centered in eternity the phantasmagoria of temporal "goods" and "evils" is but a reflex of the mind—as the goddess herself, though apparently trampling down the god, is actually his blissful dream.†   (source)
  • Some such boons as these were the best which Fortune allotted to poor little Amelia.†   (source)
  • A phenomenally beautiful tenor voice like that, the rarest of boons, which Bloom appreciated at the very first note he got out, could easily, if properly handled by some recognised authority on voice production such as Barraclough and being able to read music into the bargain, command its own price where baritones were ten a penny and procure for its fortunate possessor in the near future an entrée int†   (source)
  • He then told Cardenio and Dorothea what they had proposed to do to cure Don Quixote, or at any rate take him home; upon which Dorothea said that she could play the distressed damsel better than the barber; especially as she had there the dress in which to do it to the life, and that they might trust to her acting the part in every particular requisite for carrying out their scheme, for she had read a great many books of chivalry, and knew exactly the style in which afflicted damsels begged boons of knights-errant.†   (source)
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  • Somehow toys scattered throughout the house and toilets that the little ones had forgotten to flush are not considered a marketing boon.†   (source)
  • Then without saying a word, he rose from his chair, exited the office, and embraced this boon companion whom he had not seen in eight long years.†   (source)
  • The first boon has been that when the flu arrived on campus last week, we knew in minutes who brought it.†   (source)
  • And I know there are plenty of other "colored" things I could do besides telling my stories or going to Shirley Boon's meetings—the mass meetings in town, the marches in Birmingham, the voting rallies upstate.†   (source)
  • The crossroads made for odd companions; dyers with black and purple hands shared a bench with rivermen reeking of fish, an ironsmith thick with muscle squeezed in beside a wizened old septon, hard-bitten sellswords and soft plump merchants swapped news like boon companions.†   (source)
  • The more he thought about his response to the Whisperer, the more convinced he was that becoming a Messenger had been a bad development, a blow to their mission rather than a boon because he was too weak to handle it.†   (source)
  • His thinness was a boon to him then, the bones and muscles clearly distinguished beneath the skin.†   (source)
  • She told him of a young woman who had been granted a boon.†   (source)
  • But we might take advantage of this unexpected boon and go somewhere," Dad says.†   (source)
  • It was not something done lightly in Alagaesia, as a blessing could easily go awry and prove to be more curse than boon-especially if it was spoken with ill intent or lack of conviction.†   (source)
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  • It proved such a financial boon that when the family's third son was born that year, Elias in gratitude wanted to name him Columbus.†   (source)
  • But if the telephone was a boon, it was also a fresh risk—as was each added worker and connection.†   (source)
  • They are a boon to Hiro because they embody the worst stereotype of the CIC stringer.†   (source)
  • Only the greatest hero could ask such a boon, Mars said.†   (source)
  • The median age of Colorado's ranchers and farmers is about fifty-five, and roughly half of the state's open land will change hands during the next two decades — a potential boon for real estate developers.†   (source)
  • Smith wrote: I was born Perry Edward Smith Oct. 27 1928 in Huntington, Elko County, Nevada, which is situated way out in the boon docks, so to speak.†   (source)
  • Your gifts weren't a boon?†   (source)
  • One day you my ace boon and the next day I don't know you.†   (source)
  • I rather thought I was offering you a boon.†   (source)
  • And think of what a boon it will be to Czech historians of the future.†   (source)
  • It's a feeling that comes from Bill's easy voice and his sociable sweaty gymnasium bulk and the way he listens when Cotter speaks and the way he can make Cotter believe this is a long and close association they share—boon companions goes the saying.†   (source)
  • For a researcher, this is a remarkable boon.†   (source)
  • Sure, it would be a media boon for the anti-death penalty movement if Shay's last act on earth was as selfless as organ donation ....but wasn't it morally wrong to try to legally hasten a man's execution, even if it was what he'd asked for?†   (source)
  • Miss Boon smiled at him; she always seemed pleased when she knew something that someone else did not.†   (source)
  • A boon to the legal profession.†   (source)
  • 'I was not sent to beg any boon, but to seek only the meaning of a riddle,' answered Boromir proudly.†   (source)
  • '0 Slug-a-Moon, 0 Slug-a-Moon, 0 grant thy faithful hedgehog's boon!'†   (source)
  • I keep a cow now, a boon that I was not in purse to have in the days when Jamie or Tom could have benefited from the milk.†   (source)
  • Prince Edward Road, Kim Chuan, Boon Tat Street, Maxwell, Cuscaden.†   (source)
  • This will be a boon to our defense," Tappan said, smiling and raising his burgundy glass.†   (source)
  • Mahmood Mamdani and others write that the fact of the invasion — its violence, the masses of internal refugees it created — was probably a temporary boon to the government, lending it legitimacy and popular support.†   (source)
  • It was a boon he could not have anticipated.†   (source)
  • It was an ingenious move and proved a boon to the small town on the southeastern corner of Lac Dinneshere.†   (source)
  • A New Jersey officer declared that "the man who doesn't give hearty support to our bleeding country in this day of our country's trial is not worthy to be a descendant of our forefathers....We will be held responsible before God if we don't do our part in helping to transmit this boon of civil and religious liberty down to succeeding generations."†   (source)
  • The tannery is a boon to us.†   (source)
  • This was a great boon to me, for I was able to enlist his aid as an interpreter between Ootek and myself.†   (source)
  • No boon will I accept but the one which I have asked-tell me, oh Death, of that which lies beyond life, of which men and the gods have their doubts.'†   (source)
  • JAMES: I only meant that Miss Sullivan is a boon.†   (source)
  • The Jewish point of view has not been an unmitigated boon, after all.†   (source)
  • Can you not feel his gall-bitter disappointment at what you snatched from him after he thought you had promised this boon?†   (source)
  • Grant me a boon.†   (source)
  • The discharge of conscious duty prompts me often to confront the united array of the very section of the country in which I reside, in which my associations are, in which my affections rest...Sir, if this is a boon that is offered to propitiate the South, I, as a Southern man, repudiate it.†   (source)
  • My lady, I beg the boon of championing your cause.†   (source)
  • Tonight, Shirley Boon's sitting down and the Deacon standing at the front.†   (source)
  • Ask me any boon you want and I shall grant it if it's within my power.†   (source)
  • Now that I can't come to the Shirley Boon meetings anymore, that's pretty much all I've got.†   (source)
  • AT SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE, Shirley Boon gets up in front of the congregation.†   (source)
  • Even though Shirley Boon, with her big know-it-all smile, kind a irritate me.†   (source)
  • Kraken, whose folding chair had been replaced with an antique settee that she shared with Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • "Oh dear," said Miss Boon quietly, watching the images anxiously as Rasmussen scrolled through them.†   (source)
  • The old gods of the north might grant them that small boon.†   (source)
  • They say that the Shrouded Lord will grant a boon to any man who can make him laugh.†   (source)
  • With the beanflower's boon, And the blackbird's tune, And May, and June!†   (source)
  • This had proved to be quite a boon to the halfling.†   (source)
  • "We both heard him, Boon," murmured Cooper.†   (source)
  • Max found it difficult to concentrate as Miss Boon led them through the steps.†   (source)
  • Rubbing at her eyes, Miss Boon poured more coffee from a silver carafe.†   (source)
  • ...a ...a drink of water, and ...another boon.†   (source)
  • I'll see you later, William," sighed Miss Boon as Tweedy raised his paw to make another point.†   (source)
  • "And where should we look?" asked Miss Boon with a small smile.†   (source)
  • He glanced at Miss Boon, whose jaw had come unhinged.†   (source)
  • If there is any boon you would ask of me, ask and it shall be yours.†   (source)
  • As they approached the pair, Max saw that Miss Boon and Cooper were not alone.†   (source)
  • That's right, David," said Miss Boon quietly.†   (source)
  • Several tables over, he spied Miss Boon breakfasting with Agent Cooper.†   (source)
  • "Now," said Miss Boon, in an even tone of voice.†   (source)
  • Will you grant me the boon I asked of you?†   (source)
  • "That's my charge, Aberdeen," explained Miss Boon, laying her wrist on Cooper's forehead.†   (source)
  • "Yes, Miss Boon," replied Max and David in chorus.†   (source)
  • Richter or Hazel Boon or anyone who could help him.†   (source)
  • "Plausibility is the key to effective suggestion, Mr. McDaniels," explained Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • Hazel Boon stood in the middle of what appeared to be a large forest.†   (source)
  • As champion, you may as of me any boon that you desire.†   (source)
  • "Yes," said Miss Boon, rising and smoothing her robes.†   (source)
  • His father shielded David and Miss Boon as they stumbled out.†   (source)
  • "Instructor Kraken teaches only the Fifth and Sixth Years," continued Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • "Six months have passed," said Miss Boon quietly, "and we have heard and seen nothing of Astaroth."†   (source)
  • Max promptly snatched up the pen near Miss Boon's teacup.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon's expression was polite and attentive, but Cooper's cold blue eyes were wandering.†   (source)
  • We'll go with you," offered Miss Boon, her unease and suspicion evident.†   (source)
  • Of course, Mum speaks theoretically...Miss Boon raised an eyebrow.†   (source)
  • "That is correct," replied Miss Boon, walking over to stoke the fire.†   (source)
  • "SUBMIT, WILLIAM!" cried Miss Boon, her voice hysterical.†   (source)
  • No student could long defy Hazel Benson Boon; she was too smart, too patient, and far too stubborn.†   (source)
  • An hour later, Miss Boon sat up and hissed, disrupting the hypnotic squeak of the oarlocks.†   (source)
  • David patiently closed his eyes as Miss Boon guided them through the process.†   (source)
  • Let's not overlook the younger ones," Miss Boon interjected, casting a smoldering glance at David.†   (source)
  • Max heard Miss Boon's shriek as the Agent was wrenched violently off the floor.†   (source)
  • You mean you've never left the Workshop?" asked Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon answered, looking tired and careworn.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon stopped and knelt next to Mr. McDaniels.†   (source)
  • The stern expression on Miss Boon's face softened.†   (source)
  • I ran into Miss Boon in the Archives last night, and she said there'd been no word from him.†   (source)
  • You're not teaching physics, dear," said Miss Boon delicately.†   (source)
  • "A crude expression," said Miss Boon, sitting noticeably taller among the baggage.†   (source)
  • It was the very prize Miss Boon had won not once but twice during her student days.†   (source)
  • "Yes," said Miss Boon with a solemn nod.†   (source)
  • It's a boon for Prusias, and one that's bound to create some profound jealousy among his rivals.†   (source)
  • Max glanced at Miss Boon, but his Mystics instructor stood rigid.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon thinks my talents lie in Firecraft, but can I help it if I like plants?†   (source)
  • "They wish a boon," sighed Prusias, drumming his knuckles on the window.†   (source)
  • Circling the table, Miss Boon handed out the laminated sheets.†   (source)
  • Ignoring the smee's demands, Max turned to Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon and Mr. Vincenti were waiting for them as the class hurried down the path.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon stopped in midstride and spun on her heel.†   (source)
  • Arriving back in the kitchen, he found Miss Boon looking snappish.†   (source)
  • Mistaking his urgency for a shared love of George Eliot, Miss Boon quickly found her place.†   (source)
  • "Mum, please be quiet," said Miss Boon, rubbing her temples as she began pacing the cabin.†   (source)
  • I'm Joseph Vincenti and this is Hazel Boon.†   (source)
  • According to Rolf, Miss Boon was tyrannical, Ms.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon nodded before gesturing weakly at his face and clothes.†   (source)
  • There was Miss Boon, alone now that Cooper was off on assignment.†   (source)
  • "I'll be fine, Mum," said Miss Boon, kissing the hag's topknot.†   (source)
  • Max glanced at Miss Boon; her name was familiar.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon's eyebrows nearly shot off her forehead.†   (source)
  • "And where do you intend to spend those?" retorted Miss Boon, cleaning her glasses.†   (source)
  • She slipped the Founder's Ring upon her finger and beckoned gently to Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • After class, Max waited in the stairwell while David remained behind with Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon stroked the trembling hare's fur.†   (source)
  • With a dismissive flick of her wrist, Miss Boon extinguished the lit torch.†   (source)
  • "To hire the guild was an exceedingly costly proposition," explained Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • "It is all right, Miss Boon," said Cooper gently.†   (source)
  • "Hundreds at last count," replied Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • "I think so," said Max, glancing over at Miss Boon, whose face was buried.†   (source)
  • "No, Max," interjected Miss Boon urgently.†   (source)
  • "It's not Jason's fault," interjected Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • Closing her eyes, Miss Boon simply stood quietly with fingers clasped.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon began falling behind, unable to keep pace with the Agents.†   (source)
  • "Welcome to the faculty, Agent McDaniels," said Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon disappeared down the hallway toward the Bacon Library.†   (source)
  • "William, look at that," said Miss Boon, directing his attention toward Gravenmuir.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon pinched her chin and nodded at the question.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon's been trying to help with the pinlegs, but it's hard for her to focus.†   (source)
  • David was curled like a cat across Miss Boon's lap with his injured arm bent up and under his chin.†   (source)
  • Max nodded, speechless at this unexpected boon.†   (source)
  • When the last pair had finished, Miss Boon bade them take their seats.†   (source)
  • "I know nothing about your mission, Miss Boon," said Señor Lorca.†   (source)
  • Blys is clear across the ocean, and Miss Boon says he hasn't missed a class since school began.†   (source)
  • "She can tell all that from merely handling it?" wondered Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • The blood drained from Miss Boon's face.†   (source)
  • "What other currency would you suggest?" asked Miss Boon, "Cattle?†   (source)
  • Miss Boon glanced quickly at the stairwell and gave Max a guilty smile.†   (source)
  • "If he's a vye, wouldn't he have smelled us, too?" asked Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • "No, you did not," said Miss Boon firmly.†   (source)
  • "He did," said Miss Boon, looking closely at Max.†   (source)
  • "William!" cried Miss Boon, flinging the book aside and taking his hand.†   (source)
  • "Nonsense," interjected Miss Boon sharply.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon is one of the very best we've had in all my time.†   (source)
  • He trailed a step behind Alex, who was dragging his feet toward Miss Boon, and unfolded the note.†   (source)
  • We can't count on that," said Miss Boon quickly.†   (source)
  • It's to summon something," answered Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • And we'd like to avoid it," remarked Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • Minutes later, Max understood why Miss Boon had looked so glum.†   (source)
  • "Not loo-choo-lane," Miss Boon corrected, "koo-bull-in.†   (source)
  • I don't intend to spirit away your Hound, Hazel Boon," Bram chuckled.†   (source)
  • Nolan was holding the reins, laughing with Mr. Morrow, Miss Boon, and two Sixth Years.†   (source)
  • That's absurd," said Miss Boon, leaning forward.†   (source)
  • Max casually swept the letter's ashes off the table while Miss Boon took the chair opposite him.†   (source)
  • That's why we need to start at the Workshop," said Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • "That will do, Siddanhi," said Miss Boon, coming over.†   (source)
  • Listen to me, Max," said Miss Boon, placing an icy hand on Max's arm.†   (source)
  • "Rescuing you," replied Miss Boon dryly.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon was waiting in the Manse's foyer.†   (source)
  • Hazel Boon was not the sort who loved quickly or easily, but she had loved William Cooper.†   (source)
  • "Hello," said Miss Boon, glancing at David's backpack "What are you doing up here in the dark?"†   (source)
  • "Indeed it is, Hazel Benson Boon," said the amused voice.†   (source)
  • As soon as Mr. Vincenti left, Miss Boon turned to Max.†   (source)
  • When they finally reached the ironbound door, Miss Boon cleared her throat.†   (source)
  • Max leaned close to Miss Boon for a glimpse.†   (source)
  • "What about my Amplification lessons with Miss Boon?" he asked.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon sat on a long bench beneath three frosted windows.†   (source)
  • "Fifty miles south," muttered Miss Boon, glancing at the map.†   (source)
  • All your life, you feared that you'd never experience love, Hazel Benson Boon.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon was standing some ten feet away.†   (source)
  • He'll tell them we're in Lisbon because Miss Boon implied that's where we are," replied Cooper.†   (source)
  • Hell, Miss Boon could do that in five minutes with a bit of Mystics.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon has gotten the thing to cycle through its operation settings.†   (source)
  • "We should like to have a look at it," said Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • His grief must have shown, for the demon smiled and turned its attention to Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • "I'm not sure you're going to get that chance," said Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • Mr. Vincenti, Miss Boon, and several other faculty members and adults went with them.†   (source)
  • The ogre lay silent while Miss Boon and several others did their best to stanch the bleeding.†   (source)
  • It was Miss Boon screeching with hoarse rage from across the square.†   (source)
  • "He thought he was doomed," muttered Miss Boon sadly.†   (source)
  • You know that DarkMatter operations are classified, Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • With a sudden flick of her wrist, Miss Boon ignited a lone torch on a far wall.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon wiped pearly beads of perspiration from her forehead.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon pointed at a large rock jutting out from the water some fifty yards from shore.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon reached for the book on the nightstand.†   (source)
  • "Max, I don't think you'll be able to do that," said Miss Boon from behind them.†   (source)
  • How's Miss Boon doing?" asked Max delicately.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon took one last glance up the street before raising her hand and muttering a few words.†   (source)
  • "Wonderful," sighed Miss Boon, resuming her air of tart skepticism.†   (source)
  • "We can leave now," said Miss Boon, straightening and wiping her face with a handkerchief.†   (source)
  • Miss Boon's devastated—says Cooper's not really human anymore.†   (source)
  • Kids, don't let Miss Boon's modesty fool you; she won two awards during her student days at Rowan!†   (source)
  • That's an armillary sphere," said Miss Boon.†   (source)
  • But I'm getting better—Miss Boon's been giving me lessons.†   (source)
  • "Did Miss Boon and Grendel find him?" asked Max, trying to sit up.†   (source)
  • "Miss Boon?" she asked, uncharacteristically tentative.†   (source)
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