Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Leonardo da Vinci Lady With An Ermine painting

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other weapon, and he went forth clad only in rusty green and brown. as a Ranger of the wilderness. Boromir had a long sword,Andúril but of less lineage and he bore also a shield and his war-horn.'Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills,' he said, `and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!' Putting it to his lips he blew a blast, and the echoes leapt from Sting; and his mail-coat, as Bilbo wished, remained hidden. Gandalf bore his staff, but girt at his side was the elven-sword Glamdring, the mate of Orcrist that lay now upon the breast of Thorin under the Lonely Mountain.All were well furnished by Elrond with thick warm clothes, and they had jackets and cloaks
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rock to rock, and all that heard that voice in Rivendell sprang to their feet.Slow should you be to wind that horn again, Boromir, said Elrond. 'until you stand once more on the borders of your land, and dire need is on you.'`Maybe,' said Boromir. 'But always I have let my horn cry at setting forth, and though thereafter we may walk in the shadows, I will not go forth as a thief in the night.'Gimli the dwarf alone wore openly a short shirt of steel-rings, for dwarves make light of burdens; and in his belt was a broad-bladed axe. Legolas had a bow and a quiver, and at his belt a long white knife. The younger hobbits wore the swords that they had taken from the barrow; but Frodo took only

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