Little StingsJ. W. Luce, 1907 - 161 pàgines |
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Pàgina 90
... fact , noisome suite of apartments in his life . And when lunch was served , the ape observed wittily , " It seems sin- gular that beasts of majesty should invariably indulge the coarser appe- tites . " And after lunch the lion ...
... fact , noisome suite of apartments in his life . And when lunch was served , the ape observed wittily , " It seems sin- gular that beasts of majesty should invariably indulge the coarser appe- tites . " And after lunch the lion ...
Pàgina 14
... fact that all those attached to his person formed the habit of going about the corridors preceded each by his own band , lest they should come upon the King unawares . • • Perhaps the saddest instance resulting from these lapses was the ...
... fact that all those attached to his person formed the habit of going about the corridors preceded each by his own band , lest they should come upon the King unawares . • • Perhaps the saddest instance resulting from these lapses was the ...
Pàgina 16
... fact Shenanikin's whole conduct of affairs was inspired by an exemplary caution , sweetened by a very facile gift of oratory . Gorton , who devotes much space to him , says that— " In the art of flattery he was unsurpassed , his subtle ...
... fact Shenanikin's whole conduct of affairs was inspired by an exemplary caution , sweetened by a very facile gift of oratory . Gorton , who devotes much space to him , says that— " In the art of flattery he was unsurpassed , his subtle ...
Pàgina 17
... fact he was , it was only the outward expression of the gentle soul , the timid , modest nature , the kind , charitable heart of the man . Transom , in his Eminent Shebans , 1 is more generous and , indeed , infinitely more accurate ...
... fact he was , it was only the outward expression of the gentle soul , the timid , modest nature , the kind , charitable heart of the man . Transom , in his Eminent Shebans , 1 is more generous and , indeed , infinitely more accurate ...
Pàgina 19
... fact of no origin whatsover , she captivated the susceptibilities of Jehaz during one of her perform- ances at the palace theatre by the extraordinary beauty of her features , the grace of her person and the breathless daring of her ...
... fact of no origin whatsover , she captivated the susceptibilities of Jehaz during one of her perform- ances at the palace theatre by the extraordinary beauty of her features , the grace of her person and the breathless daring of her ...
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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.