Richard Doyle

Name: The story of Jack and the Giants
Author: Richard Doyle

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“The story of Jack and the Giants”, published in 1851, is a work by Richard Doyle. It explores elements such as Jack, Giant and monster.

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ He forced his way through the trees, and saw a huge Giant, thirty-five feet high, dragging along by the hair of their heads a Knight and his beautiful Lady, one inn each hand, with as much ease as if they had been a pair of gloves. Jack shed tears at such a sight, and alighting from his horse, and tying him to an oak, put on his invisible coat, under which he carried his sword off sharpness. When he came up to the Giant, he made many strokes at him, but could not reach his body, on account of his great height. ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ As soon as Jack had read this, he seized the trumpet, and blew a shrill blast, which made the gates fly open, and the very Castle itself tremble. The Giant and the Conjuror now knew that their wicked course was at an end, and they stood biting their thumbs, and shaking with fear. Jack, with his sword of sharpness, soon killed the Giant; and the Magician was then carried away by a whirlwind; and every knight and beautiful lady, who had been changed into birds and beasts, returned to their proper shapes. ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ Be he alive or be he dead,
I’ll grind his bones to make my bread."
"Say you so, my friend?" said Jack; "you are a clever miller indeed!"
"Art thou," cried the Giant, "the villain who killed my kinsmen? Then I will tear thee with my teeth, and grind thy bones to powder."
"You must catch me first," said Jack; and throwing off his invisible coat, he put on his shoes of swiftness, and began to run; the Giant following him like a walking castle, making the earth shake at every step.
Jack led him round and round the walls of the castle, that the company might see the monster ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ After a long day's journey, when night drew on, the Prince was anxious to secure a lodging, but they had no means to hire one, for both the prince and Jack had spent all their money; but Jack said,—
"Never mind, master, we shall do well enough, for I have an uncle who lives within two miles of this place; he is a huge and monstrous Giant, with three heads; he’ll fight five hundred men in armour, and make them flee before him." ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ When he had said this, he locked Jack up in the room, while he went to fetch another Giant, who lived in the same wood, to enjoy a dinner off poor Jack.
While he was away, Jack heard dreadful shrieks, and groans, and cries, from many parts of the castle; and soon after he heard a mournful voice repeat these lines:
"Haste, valiant Stranger, haste away,
Lest you become the Giant’s prey.
On his return he’ll bring another
Still more savage than his brother;—
A horrid, cruel monster, who,
Before he kills, will torture you. ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ Above all, I lament the hard fate of a duke’s daughter, whom they seized as she was walking in her father’s garden, and brought hither through the air in a chariot drawn by two fiery dragons, and turned her into the shape of a deer. ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ His eyes flashed like flames of ire, his face was grim, and his cheeks seemed like two flitches of bacon; the bristles of his beard were as thick rods of iron wire; and his locks of hair hung down like curling snakes. ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ They soon arrived at the dwelling of the beautiful lady, who was under the power of a wicked Magician. She received the Prince with fair words, and made a noble feast for him; when it was ended, she arose, and wiping her mouth with a fine handkerchief, said, "My Lord, you must shew me this handkerchief to-morrow, or lose your head." ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ And so plunging his sword into the Giant’s body,m the monster gave a loud groan and yielded up his life; while the noble Knight and his Lady were joyful at their deliverance. They heartily thanked Jack for what he had done, and invited him to their house to refresh himself. ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ When he saw that they were both quite black in the face, and had not the least strength left, he drew his sword, and slid down the ropes; he then killed the Giants, and thus saved himself from the cruel death they meant to put him to. ”

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Richard Doyle, The story of Jack and the Giants (1851)

“ He then very politely gave them the keys of the castle, and went further in his journey to Wales.
ARING very little for riches, Jack had not taken any of the Giant’s wealth for himself, and having but little money of his own, he thought it best to travel as fast as he could. ”

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