Little StingsJ. W. Luce, 1907 - 161 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... original settlers of Arabia who had migrated with the Ark , this venerable , blue - nosed monarch was now two hundred and forty - six years old . As Le- page so aptly characterises him : EAST of SUEZ no Sna vas of on -he he 6 THE QUEEN ...
... original settlers of Arabia who had migrated with the Ark , this venerable , blue - nosed monarch was now two hundred and forty - six years old . As Le- page so aptly characterises him : EAST of SUEZ no Sna vas of on -he he 6 THE QUEEN ...
Pàgina 7
... original form was How long the King lives . Both renderings , however , occur in Tortoni . ' It is to this habit of his that Steinkopf traces the custom of distributing portions of cake at later marriage ceremonies , although , as he ...
... original form was How long the King lives . Both renderings , however , occur in Tortoni . ' It is to this habit of his that Steinkopf traces the custom of distributing portions of cake at later marriage ceremonies , although , as he ...
Pàgina 26
... look back on it . I climbed our perilously 1 Balkis of Sheba , An Autobiography , translated from the original MS . by the Pan - Arabian Society . ' Childhood , vol . 12 . bog nay tes ur of ce , er rd of 26 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
... look back on it . I climbed our perilously 1 Balkis of Sheba , An Autobiography , translated from the original MS . by the Pan - Arabian Society . ' Childhood , vol . 12 . bog nay tes ur of ce , er rd of 26 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
Pàgina 60
... original false step which led to ultimate discovery . For at the conclusion of the ceremony , when it came time for the King to retire , he went to fasten the mantle up again and was unable to find the buttons , since he had ...
... original false step which led to ultimate discovery . For at the conclusion of the ceremony , when it came time for the King to retire , he went to fasten the mantle up again and was unable to find the buttons , since he had ...
Pàgina 85
... original five minutes going about the audience chamber petting her cats.1 " Your time is up ! " Balkis warned him when the screen was lifted.2 " High time , as you might say , " he murmured . " How about my number ? " " You're pretty ...
... original five minutes going about the audience chamber petting her cats.1 " Your time is up ! " Balkis warned him when the screen was lifted.2 " High time , as you might say , " he murmured . " How about my number ? " " You're pretty ...
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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.