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Page 405 - And the sun went down, and the stars came out far over the summer sea, But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty-three. Ship after ship, the whole night long, their high-built galleons came; Ship after ship, the whole night long, with her battle-thunder and flame ; Ship after ship, the whole night long, drew back with her dead and her shame.
Page 572 - Scripture stories from the life of Christ; A chest that came from Venice, and had held The ducal robes of some old ancestor.
Page 315 - A thousand heroes sought the maid, she refused her love to a thousand. The sons of the sword were despised : for graceful in her eyes was Ossian.
Page 332 - Come hither, Filch. — I am as fond of this child as though my mind misgave me he were my own. He hath as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman, and is as nimble-fingered as a juggler. If an unlucky session does not cut the rope of thy life, I pronounce, boy, thou wilt be a great man in history.
Page 531 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man to my wounding, And a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Page 363 - 'be they gents or be they ladies, is, don't ask me whether I won't take none, or whether I will, but leave the bottle on the chimley-piece, and let me put my lips to it when I am so dispoged.
Page 253 - Calendar, by Spenser. He tells Hobbinol that he drove his sheep into foreign lands, hoping to find better pasture; but he was amazed at the luxury and profligacy of the shepherds whom he saw there, and the wretched condition of the flocks. He refers to the Roman Catholic clergy, and their abandoned mode of life. Diggon also tells Hobbinol a long story about...
Page 88 - Beauty and the Beast. — This venerable story, from Les Contes Marines, of Mme. ViUeneuve (1740), is, perhaps, the most beautiful of all nursery tales. A young and lovely woman saved her father by putting herself in the power of a frightful but kind-hearted monster, whose respectful affection and melancholy overcame her aversion to his ugliness, and she consented to become his bride. Being thus freed from enchantment the monster assumed his proper form and became a young and handsome prince.
Page 193 - Fie ! a woman must indeed be of a mechanic mould, who is either troubled or pleased with anything her husband can do to her.
Page 537 - Wine was made from the grapes, and the king sent for his slave, and said, " What do you think of your prophecy now ? " The slave made answer, " There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip...