Little StingsJ. W. Luce, 1907 - 161 pàgines |
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Pàgina 35
... arrival , one of the princesses hastened from her bower to gaze upon him . And behold he sat below the salt , partaking lustily of a pasty . " Heart and body o ' me ! " gasped the princess ; " why , the fellow eats ! ” LITTLE STINGS ...
... arrival , one of the princesses hastened from her bower to gaze upon him . And behold he sat below the salt , partaking lustily of a pasty . " Heart and body o ' me ! " gasped the princess ; " why , the fellow eats ! ” LITTLE STINGS ...
Pàgina 89
... arriving at the lion's place of abode the ape remarked ( 1 ) that it was a beastly long way from town ; ( 2 ) that he was afraid he couldn't compliment the lion on his taste in architecture ; and ( 3 ) that he had never before come ...
... arriving at the lion's place of abode the ape remarked ( 1 ) that it was a beastly long way from town ; ( 2 ) that he was afraid he couldn't compliment the lion on his taste in architecture ; and ( 3 ) that he had never before come ...
Pàgina xi
... ARRIVING AT THE GATES OF JERUSALEM Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art . 96 124 CLEARING THE APPROACHES TO JERUSALEM ON THE Day OF THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL 144 From a Contemporary Painting . " A woman gifted with everything , and she ...
... ARRIVING AT THE GATES OF JERUSALEM Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art . 96 124 CLEARING THE APPROACHES TO JERUSALEM ON THE Day OF THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL 144 From a Contemporary Painting . " A woman gifted with everything , and she ...
Pàgina 46
... arrived at Salhin in the early morning and demanded to see Prince Eni.1 As may be imagined this request threw the palace into a certain confu- sion . When the envoys persisted on being con- fronted not only with Prince Eni but also with ...
... arrived at Salhin in the early morning and demanded to see Prince Eni.1 As may be imagined this request threw the palace into a certain confu- sion . When the envoys persisted on being con- fronted not only with Prince Eni but also with ...
Pàgina 49
... arrived together in a heap at the top of the grand staircase in the palace at Marib on the following noon . " So this is Marib ! " 1 the Prince was heard to re- mark as he staggered up the stairs . This somewhat unconventional and ...
... arrived together in a heap at the top of the grand staircase in the palace at Marib on the following noon . " So this is Marib ! " 1 the Prince was heard to re- mark as he staggered up the stairs . This somewhat unconventional and ...
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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.