The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, Volume 14Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl Clarke Company, limited, 1899 - Anthologies |
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... asked the waves , and asked the felon winds , What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain ? And questioned every gust of rugged wings That blows from off each beaked promontory . They knew not of his story ; And sage Hippotades their ...
... asked the waves , and asked the felon winds , What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain ? And questioned every gust of rugged wings That blows from off each beaked promontory . They knew not of his story ; And sage Hippotades their ...
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... asked I , turning . " Oh , Jack , Jack - I have no stomach for this ! A cool , wet death at sea I do not fear ; only to have the great hot shot burning in a man's belly - ' tis terrifying . I hate a swift death ! Jack , I be a sinner ...
... asked I , turning . " Oh , Jack , Jack - I have no stomach for this ! A cool , wet death at sea I do not fear ; only to have the great hot shot burning in a man's belly - ' tis terrifying . I hate a swift death ! Jack , I be a sinner ...
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... asked I , sitting up and pointing . " Bless thy innocent heart ! " said my comrade , " dostn't thee know ? " Tis Sir Bevill . " ' Twould be tedious to tell the whole of this long fight , which , beginning soon after sunrise , ended not ...
... asked I , sitting up and pointing . " Bless thy innocent heart ! " said my comrade , " dostn't thee know ? " Tis Sir Bevill . " ' Twould be tedious to tell the whole of this long fight , which , beginning soon after sunrise , ended not ...
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... say nothing in dangerous times . The lion , you know , called the sheep to ask her if his breath smelt : she said , Aye " ; he bit off her head for a fool . He called the wolf and 66 asked him ; he said , " No " ; 72 SELDEN'S TABLE - TALK .
... say nothing in dangerous times . The lion , you know , called the sheep to ask her if his breath smelt : she said , Aye " ; he bit off her head for a fool . He called the wolf and 66 asked him ; he said , " No " ; 72 SELDEN'S TABLE - TALK .
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... asked him ; he said , " No " ; he tore him to pieces for a flatterer . At last he called the fox and asked him : " Truly he had got a cold and could not smell . " Wit . Wit must grow like fingers . If it be taken from others , ' tis ...
... asked him ; he said , " No " ; he tore him to pieces for a flatterer . At last he called the fox and asked him : " Truly he had got a cold and could not smell . " Wit . Wit must grow like fingers . If it be taken from others , ' tis ...
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Page 364 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime," Said then the lost Archangel, " this the seat That we must change for Heaven? — this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be...
Page 37 - WHY so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Page 56 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth: and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. 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 327 - The wrong, than others the right way ; Compound for sins they are inclined to, By damning those they have no mind to : Still so perverse and opposite, As if they worshipped God for spite.
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Page 275 - Time which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things, hath yet spared these minor monuments. In vain we hope to be known by open and visible conservatories, when to be unknown was the means of their continuation, and obscurity their protection.
Page 197 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.