Little StingsJ. W. Luce, 1907 - 161 pàgines |
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Pàgina 22
... was on this occasion that one of the Queen's Shimhis , as her ladies - in - waiting were called , put 1 Talmud , Diaries of a Court Physician , tablet 28 . 2 Ibid . 8 Ibid . The M the nich ifle ion Zed zed of d- 22 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
... was on this occasion that one of the Queen's Shimhis , as her ladies - in - waiting were called , put 1 Talmud , Diaries of a Court Physician , tablet 28 . 2 Ibid . 8 Ibid . The M the nich ifle ion Zed zed of d- 22 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
Pàgina 26
... diaries there are four hundred and sixty - two volumes extant , half of which must be read with the aid of a mirror since , on account of her ambidextrousness , it was her practice to write two volumes at a time , one forward and the ...
... diaries there are four hundred and sixty - two volumes extant , half of which must be read with the aid of a mirror since , on account of her ambidextrousness , it was her practice to write two volumes at a time , one forward and the ...
Pàgina 28
... diaries , " was not a plaster saint , nor even a plaster cast . She was a calamitous , clackety , combustive little imp of crea- tion , full of furore , improvisation , high tempera- tures , and the common or garden bean . ' 2 " " In ...
... diaries , " was not a plaster saint , nor even a plaster cast . She was a calamitous , clackety , combustive little imp of crea- tion , full of furore , improvisation , high tempera- tures , and the common or garden bean . ' 2 " " In ...
Pàgina 63
... seldom found time to occupy him- self with the state of affairs ; and a deputation was 1Talmud , Diaries of a Court Physician , tablet 82 . " Ibid . accordingly despatched to wait upon him in his apartments and 63 POMPS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
... seldom found time to occupy him- self with the state of affairs ; and a deputation was 1Talmud , Diaries of a Court Physician , tablet 82 . " Ibid . accordingly despatched to wait upon him in his apartments and 63 POMPS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
Pàgina 70
... diaries , 1 no matter how beautiful they might be they could not hope to outshine their mistress , except at great and certainly short - lived personal risk ; the officials were selected for their comeliness and grace ; among the ...
... diaries , 1 no matter how beautiful they might be they could not hope to outshine their mistress , except at great and certainly short - lived personal risk ; the officials were selected for their comeliness and grace ; among the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 169 - Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Pàgina 162 - There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings
Pàgina 163 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Pàgina 46 - I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I g-alloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; "Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; "Speed!
Pàgina 172 - Every little bit, added to what you've got, makes just a little bit more.
Pàgina 171 - How much better is it to get wisdom than gold ? and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver?
Pàgina 46 - LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventyfive ; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, " If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, One...
Pàgina 81 - I'm not quick that way, but of course, it takes all kinds of people to make a world and we can't all be brilliant.
Pàgina 161 - There is a grand temple which rests upon a single column, which column is encircled by twelve cities; every city has against its walls thirty flying buttresses, and each buttress has two women, one white and one black, that go round about it in turns. Say what that temple is called.