 | 1921 - 864 pàgines
...bottle of ' Metrodonal ' through the window. [The National Review] MODERN LAWN TENNIS BY K. McKANE The ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But right or left, as strikes the player, goes. THERE is not quite the transparent simplicity which these lines imply in the game of lawn tennis to-day,... | |
 | 1877 - 226 pàgines
...aud Days, Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slayfl, Aud one by one back in the Closet lays. The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right...or Left, as strikes the Player, goes; And He that tossed you down into the Field, He knows about it all, — He knows, Це knows.11 Omar Khayyam, the... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 pàgines
...up Into one bag."—HEYWOOD. " "Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with ^len for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays."—OMAR KHAYYAM. Mourn not for me, my friends; a few short years, And every piece that erowds... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pàgines
...and days, Hither and thither moves and checks and slayi, And one by one back in the closet lays. " The ball no question makes of ayes and noes, But right...or left, as strikes the player, goes ; And he that tossed you down into the field, He knows about it all, — he knows, BE knows ! " The moving finger... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pàgines
...and days, Hither and thither moves and checks and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. " The ball no question makes of ayes and noes, But right...or left, as strikes the player, goes ; And he that tossed you down into the field, He knows about it all, — he knows, HE knows ! " The moving finger... | |
 | 1878 - 612 pàgines
...and days ; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. " The ball no question makes of ayes and noes, But right or left as strikes the Player goes ; And He that tossed you down into the field, He knows about it all — HE knows— HE knows ! " The Moving Finger... | |
 | John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 pàgines
...a box whose candle is the sun, Round which we phantom figures come and go. 'Tis all a chequer-board of nights and days, Where destiny with men for pieces...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays." Thus sad are Omar's strains ; but we, in place of mournful despondency, are full of energy, activity,... | |
 | 1878 - 832 pàgines
...playthings in the hands of a pitiless, or at least a capricious destiny. " TIB all a chequer-board of nights and days, Where Destiny with men for pieces...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. " The ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But right or left, as strikes the player goes ; And... | |
 | Edward Sell - 1880 - 372 pàgines
...affairs of men. A pitiless destiny shaped out the course of each human being. " 'Tis all a chequer-board of nights and days Where destiny with men for pieces...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. The moving finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy piety nor wit Shall lure it back... | |
 | 1885 - 1024 pàgines
...and Days : Hither and thither muves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back In the Closet lays. " The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes; And He that tou'd you down Into the Field, llf. knows about it all — //• knows — He knows ! " Then there... | |
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Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. 
