Little StingsJ. W. Luce, 1907 - 161 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... Gorton's Secret Memoirs of the Court of Sheba , which , in spite of a deplorable tendency on the author's part to accept canard for chronicle , nevertheless remains a monumental contribution of its kind to the bibliography of the period ...
... Gorton's Secret Memoirs of the Court of Sheba , which , in spite of a deplorable tendency on the author's part to accept canard for chronicle , nevertheless remains a monumental contribution of its kind to the bibliography of the period ...
Pàgina 14
... Gorton states that " at times when the King's eyelids began to flutter , an unfailing symptom of approaching dementia , a perfect caco- phony of conflicting sounds poured forth from the palace , not only as a result of the efforts of ...
... Gorton states that " at times when the King's eyelids began to flutter , an unfailing symptom of approaching dementia , a perfect caco- phony of conflicting sounds poured forth from the palace , not only as a result of the efforts of ...
Pàgina 16
... Gorton , who devotes much space to him , says that— " In the art of flattery he was unsurpassed , his subtle encomiums lying like the rich cheese of goats thick on the bread of his statements . Nor did he confine himself to subtleties ...
... Gorton , who devotes much space to him , says that— " In the art of flattery he was unsurpassed , his subtle encomiums lying like the rich cheese of goats thick on the bread of his statements . Nor did he confine himself to subtleties ...
Pàgina 23
... Gorton , and Hornblower , and even Transom , all unite to condemn her in the bitterest terms , gibbet- ing her upon the pages of history as an unnatural mother and an absconding Queen . Under the circumstances this appears a little ...
... Gorton , and Hornblower , and even Transom , all unite to condemn her in the bitterest terms , gibbet- ing her upon the pages of history as an unnatural mother and an absconding Queen . Under the circumstances this appears a little ...
Pàgina 36
... Gorton that one must turn for a full account of this quadruple homicide . " One was company , she decided , five a crowd ; " he writes . " The four intervening , not to say interfer- ing , Princes must perish . No sooner said than done ...
... Gorton that one must turn for a full account of this quadruple homicide . " One was company , she decided , five a crowd ; " he writes . " The four intervening , not to say interfer- ing , Princes must perish . No sooner said than done ...
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Abishai Ahishar Annals of Sheba Balkis beautiful Benaiah buttons camels cats chronicle Colossus course Court of Sheba Court Physician cried cylinder Diaries emeralds Eminent Shebans Emperor of Kush entirely exclaimed Expurgated by order Ezion fact famous G. P. Putnam's Sons Gaston Poteau Gate gold Gorton hair hand Hanno the Elder Hebron Hebron Papyrus Heimweh Heralds Hiram Hornblower Hoshea ICHNEUMON ivory Jehaz Jerusalem jeweled journey King King's laugh laughter LITTLE STINGS Lord Ma'in Magog Maini Marib matters ment merry Ministers Mirrors of Marib monarch never night occasion Ophel palace person PILAFF Pilaster poet Porch Poteau Prince PSHA QUEEN OF SHEBA question quoth reign remarked replied royal Salhin scribes seems Shenanikin Shimhi Shush Solomon Sophonisba stairs Steinkopf tablet Talmud Tee hee thing thousand throne Transom turn Tyre Whereupon wives woman
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.