Little StingsJ. W. Luce, 1907 - 161 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... known as the Sick Man of Arabia . He was no longer young . He was no longer handsome . He was grown enormously fat , so that he had to be carried everywhere in a specially con- structed litter , pendulous and jiggly . " ... comme une ...
... known as the Sick Man of Arabia . He was no longer young . He was no longer handsome . He was grown enormously fat , so that he had to be carried everywhere in a specially con- structed litter , pendulous and jiggly . " ... comme une ...
Pàgina 22
... known in Sheban history as Ground- hog Day.2 Shenanikin could undoubtedly have helped her , but there is no evidence in any of his correspondence that he was ever aware of her existence , or she of his . Things went from bad to worse ...
... known in Sheban history as Ground- hog Day.2 Shenanikin could undoubtedly have helped her , but there is no evidence in any of his correspondence that he was ever aware of her existence , or she of his . Things went from bad to worse ...
Pàgina 24
... taken to Salhin , to grow up beside her four little half - brothers . Such were the lineage , parentage and birth of the child who was to be known in years to come as Balkis , Queen of Sheba . F S hat ise , ant P of CHAPTER II 24 John Held.
... taken to Salhin , to grow up beside her four little half - brothers . Such were the lineage , parentage and birth of the child who was to be known in years to come as Balkis , Queen of Sheba . F S hat ise , ant P of CHAPTER II 24 John Held.
Pàgina 28
... known habit of disappearing into the dunes for days and nights at a time , accompanied only by her faithful Tyrian trundletails.1 It was upon her return from one of these 1 Canis bellicosus . О as ' a wife vely ent of to ms 28 THE QUEEN ...
... known habit of disappearing into the dunes for days and nights at a time , accompanied only by her faithful Tyrian trundletails.1 It was upon her return from one of these 1 Canis bellicosus . О as ' a wife vely ent of to ms 28 THE QUEEN ...
Pàgina 44
... picked him up , chair , rebab and all , and dropped him gently over the edge of the parapet . So perished Jehaz , known subsequently in song and fable as the Martyr King . TIE ack the the " e . 2- y a 44 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
... picked him up , chair , rebab and all , and dropped him gently over the edge of the parapet . So perished Jehaz , known subsequently in song and fable as the Martyr King . TIE ack the the " e . 2- y a 44 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
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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.