Little StingsJ. W. Luce, 1907 - 161 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... concerning the more salient incidents of the life and reign of Balkis , Queen of Sheba . One has only to speculate , as indeed one can scarcely abstain from doing in moments of fasci- nated leisure , upon this richly controversial sub ...
... concerning the more salient incidents of the life and reign of Balkis , Queen of Sheba . One has only to speculate , as indeed one can scarcely abstain from doing in moments of fasci- nated leisure , upon this richly controversial sub ...
Pàgina 36
... concerning the methods which she employed to achieve her half- brothers ' and her own ends , respectively , it is to Gorton that one must turn for a full account of this quadruple homicide . " One was company , she decided , five a ...
... concerning the methods which she employed to achieve her half- brothers ' and her own ends , respectively , it is to Gorton that one must turn for a full account of this quadruple homicide . " One was company , she decided , five a ...
Pàgina 41
... Sheban history , gives the best account of the catastrophe . " Along with much other tittle - tattle , " he writes , " concerning the lurid hours preceding the Queen's accession , it has often been asserted that the great 41 BABY BALKIS.
... Sheban history , gives the best account of the catastrophe . " Along with much other tittle - tattle , " he writes , " concerning the lurid hours preceding the Queen's accession , it has often been asserted that the great 41 BABY BALKIS.
Pàgina 67
... concerning her realm . On one occasion she reports this dialogue with her Minister of Shipping dur- ing the course of an interrogatory on nautical matters : " BALKIS : reckoning ? What do you mean by dead- MY MINISTER : Counting the ...
... concerning her realm . On one occasion she reports this dialogue with her Minister of Shipping dur- ing the course of an interrogatory on nautical matters : " BALKIS : reckoning ? What do you mean by dead- MY MINISTER : Counting the ...
Pàgina 72
... Concerning the cats , Talmud1 states that her progress through the palace was heralded by a chorus of mewing which drowned out the sound of her own singers , and the noise of their purring when 1 Diaries of a Court Physician , tablet ...
... Concerning the cats , Talmud1 states that her progress through the palace was heralded by a chorus of mewing which drowned out the sound of her own singers , and the noise of their purring when 1 Diaries of a Court Physician , tablet ...
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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.