Little StingsJ. W. Luce, 1907 - 161 pàgines |
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Pàgina 10
... tell you that I am no common man , having been paid as much as $ 2,000 a night for the singing of a single song . " Whereupon the bear led him du- biously into the presence of the she- bear and her cubs . " The gentleman can sing , " ex ...
... tell you that I am no common man , having been paid as much as $ 2,000 a night for the singing of a single song . " Whereupon the bear led him du- biously into the presence of the she- bear and her cubs . " The gentleman can sing , " ex ...
Pàgina 32
... the chief chamberlain said , “ Give that man a bag of gold , and tell him to depart out of these realms , ere his neck be stretched . " And the man took the gold , saying , LITTLE STINGS " Why could you not have given me 32 AAAAAA.
... the chief chamberlain said , “ Give that man a bag of gold , and tell him to depart out of these realms , ere his neck be stretched . " And the man took the gold , saying , LITTLE STINGS " Why could you not have given me 32 AAAAAA.
Pàgina 53
... tell me other- wise , I make no doubt that you would cut an equally elegant figure on the grass here . ' 29 Pleased with this flattery , the swan came ashore and essayed to walk ; but LITTLE STINGS waddled so , that the fox laughed con ...
... tell me other- wise , I make no doubt that you would cut an equally elegant figure on the grass here . ' 29 Pleased with this flattery , the swan came ashore and essayed to walk ; but LITTLE STINGS waddled so , that the fox laughed con ...
Pàgina 71
... Tell thy master that , though his verses be pretty , I do not love him . " Then the knight sold his lands to the Jews , and with the money thus obtained purchased a diamond that had been stolen out of Tartary , and LITTLE STINGS was ...
... Tell thy master that , though his verses be pretty , I do not love him . " Then the knight sold his lands to the Jews , and with the money thus obtained purchased a diamond that had been stolen out of Tartary , and LITTLE STINGS was ...
Pàgina 84
... , " She deceiveth thee , and borroweth ' this beauty . " " Even so , " answered the nightin- gale . " Yet which of you will tell me that she borroweth not to advan- tage ? "盒 A A A LITTLE STINGS POSSESSIONS POET went on a 84 AAAAA A.
... , " She deceiveth thee , and borroweth ' this beauty . " " Even so , " answered the nightin- gale . " Yet which of you will tell me that she borroweth not to advan- tage ? "盒 A A A LITTLE STINGS POSSESSIONS POET went on a 84 AAAAA A.
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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.