 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...curly locks, shall with his lily fingers pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces upon your blood. Hark ! hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? Tis three days since he tasted flesh ; but to-morrow he shall break his fast upon yours, — and a dainty meal for him ye will be ! If ye are beasts, then... | |
 | Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1857 - 486 pages
...curly locks, shall with his lily fingers pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces upon your blood. Hark ! hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? 'Tis...three days since he tasted flesh ; but to-morrow he shall break his fast upon yours— and a dainty meal for him ye will be! 7. If ye are beasts, then... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...and, with his lily fingers, pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces upon your blood ! " Listen ! Hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? 'Tis three days since he tasted meat ; but, to-morrow, he shall break his fast upon your flesh ; and ye will be a dainty meal for him.... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1861 - 550 pages
...curly locks, shall with his lily fingers pat your red brawn, and bet his ses'terccs upon yom- blood. Hark ! hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? 'Tis...three days since he tasted flesh ; but to-morrow he shall break his fast upon yours, and a dainty meal for him ye will be. If ye are beasts, then stand... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers, American - 1861 - 446 pages
...curly-locks, shall with his lily fingers pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces9 upon your blood. Hark ! hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? 'Tis...three days since he tasted flesh ; but to-morrow he shall break his fast upon yours, — and a dainty meal for him ye will be ! 9. " If ye are beasts,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1864 - 450 pages
...curly-locks, shall with his lily fingers pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces 9 upon your blood. Hark! hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? 'Tis three days since he tasted flesh ; but to-morrow he shall break his fast upon yours,—and a dainty meal for him yn will be! 9. " If ye are beasts, then... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...curly locks, shall with his lily fingers pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces upon your blood. Hark ! hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? 'Tis three days since he tasted flesh; but to-morrow he shall break his fast upon yours,—and a dainty meal for him ye will be ! If ye are beasts, then stand... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...curly locks, shall with his lily fingers pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces upon your bloixl! Hark! hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? 'Tis three days since he tasted flesh ; but to-morrow he shall break his fast upon yours,—and a dainty meal for him ye will be! " If ye are brutes, then stand... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...come, and with his lily fingers pat your brawny shoulders, and bet his sesterces upon your blood ! Hark ! Hear ye yon lion roaring in his den ? 'Tis three days since he tasted meat ; but tomorrow he shall break his fast upon your flesh ; and ye shall be a dainty meal for him.... | |
 | Children's literature, English - 1868 - 510 pages
...and, with his lily fingers, pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces npon your blood ! " Listen ! Hear ye yon lion roaring in his den? 'Tis three days since he tasted meat; but to-morrow he shall break his fast upon your flesh ; and ye will be a dainty meal for him.... | |
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Adonis, breathing sweet perfume from his curly locks, shall with his lily fingers pat your red brawn and bet his sesterces upon your blood. Hark! hear ye yon lion roaring in his den? 'Tis three days since he tasted flesh, but to-morrow he shall break... 
