The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's Great Writers, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes and Critical Essays by Many Eminent Writers, Volume 7Richard Garnett |
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Page 2923
... desire it . ” " Did you not take a bastion ? " asked a Swiss , who was drinking rum and beer mixed . " Yes , sir , " replied D'Artagnan , bowing , " we had that honor . And also , as you have heard , we introduced a barrel of powder ...
... desire it . ” " Did you not take a bastion ? " asked a Swiss , who was drinking rum and beer mixed . " Yes , sir , " replied D'Artagnan , bowing , " we had that honor . And also , as you have heard , we introduced a barrel of powder ...
Page 2931
... desire of forsaking the ranks of rebellion , and coming to drink with us to the health of the king of France . ” " Take care , Athos , " said D'Artagnan ; " don't you see that they are taking aim at you . " " Yes , yes , " said Athos ...
... desire of forsaking the ranks of rebellion , and coming to drink with us to the health of the king of France . ” " Take care , Athos , " said D'Artagnan ; " don't you see that they are taking aim at you . " " Yes , yes , " said Athos ...
Page 2978
... loud exclamation . " Aramis ! " he said . " Good morning , dear D'Artagnan , " replied the prelate , coldly . " You here ! " stammered out the musketeer . " His majesty desires you to report that he is 2978 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK .
... loud exclamation . " Aramis ! " he said . " Good morning , dear D'Artagnan , " replied the prelate , coldly . " You here ! " stammered out the musketeer . " His majesty desires you to report that he is 2978 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK .
Page 2979
... desires you to report that he is still sleeping , after having been greatly fatigued during the whole night . ' 99 “ Ah ! ” said D'Artagnan , who could not understand how the bishop of Vannes , who had been so indifferent a favorite the ...
... desires you to report that he is still sleeping , after having been greatly fatigued during the whole night . ' 99 “ Ah ! ” said D'Artagnan , who could not understand how the bishop of Vannes , who had been so indifferent a favorite the ...
Page 3004
... desire Than by life's breath , soon possessed not . If all that lives must love or die , All shapes on earth or sea or sky With one consent to Heaven cry That the glory far above All else in life is Love ! O love ! Thou melancholy ...
... desire Than by life's breath , soon possessed not . If all that lives must love or die , All shapes on earth or sea or sky With one consent to Heaven cry That the glory far above All else in life is Love ! O love ! Thou melancholy ...
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Anne of Austria Aramis arms army asked atamans Athaliah Athos beautiful began Bertel Blaisois Busigny captain Cathos Chimène Church Cossacks court cried Cyprian D'Artagnan dark dear death Demon door dress Duke enemy English exclaimed eyes father fear fell fire Fouquet friends gentlemen give Grimaud Groslow hand hath head hear heard heart heaven hetman Hmelnitski honor horse Jehosheba Joash Justina king king's koshevoi Larsson leave Lemminkainen letter light live look Lord Louis Louis XIV Madame Madame de Chevreuse Madame de Maintenon Madelon Mascarille master MOLIÈRE Monsieur Mordaunt morning mother muskets Musqueton never night once Orgon Paris passions Philippe Porthos prince Princesse prisoner queen replied Athos seemed soul speak sword Tartuffe Tatarchuk tell thee things thou thought told took truth Tugai Bey Vatel voice wish words Zagloba
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Page 3276 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Page 2921 - STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Page 3228 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 3345 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 2920 - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 3361 - We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away, Like to the Summer's rain; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 2905 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.
Page 3379 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide...
Page 3360 - The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer : But being spent the worse and worst Times still succeed the former.
Page 3324 - Take the helm, lead the line, save the squadron!" cried its chief. Captains, give the sailor place! He is Admiral, in brief. Still the north-wind, by God's grace! See the noble fellow's face As the big ship, with a bound, Clears the entry like a hound, Keeps the passage as its inch of way were the wide sea's profound!