Stories of the Olden TimeAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 254 Seiten |
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... close of the feast the king Macbeth . retired to rest , and all the other guests followed his ex- ample . The two personal attendants of the king whose duty it was to watch over him while asleep , were pur- posely made drunk by Lady ...
... close of the feast the king Macbeth . retired to rest , and all the other guests followed his ex- ample . The two personal attendants of the king whose duty it was to watch over him while asleep , were pur- posely made drunk by Lady ...
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... close- ly pursuing , he entirely lost all courage , and all thoughts of making a defense . 4. The Armenians , following his example , ran away , every one where he could , to secure what was 84 STORIES OF THE OLDEN TIME .
... close- ly pursuing , he entirely lost all courage , and all thoughts of making a defense . 4. The Armenians , following his example , ran away , every one where he could , to secure what was 84 STORIES OF THE OLDEN TIME .
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... close the motive of his crime . 7. Alexander , son of Philip and his Epirot queen Olympias , was twenty years of age when he came the throne . On the night of his birth the temple of Diana , at Ephesus , was burned to the ground by a ...
... close the motive of his crime . 7. Alexander , son of Philip and his Epirot queen Olympias , was twenty years of age when he came the throne . On the night of his birth the temple of Diana , at Ephesus , was burned to the ground by a ...
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... When the oldest cask is opened , And the largest lamp is lit , When the chestnuts glow in the embers , And the kid turns on the spit ; When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close 126 STORIES OF THE OLDEN TIME .
... When the oldest cask is opened , And the largest lamp is lit , When the chestnuts glow in the embers , And the kid turns on the spit ; When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close 126 STORIES OF THE OLDEN TIME .
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When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close ; When the girls are weaving baskets , And the lads are shaping bows . 21. When the goodman mends his armor , And trims his helmet's plume ; When the goodwife's shuttle merrily ...
When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close ; When the girls are weaving baskets , And the lads are shaping bows . 21. When the goodman mends his armor , And trims his helmet's plume ; When the goodwife's shuttle merrily ...
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Seite 26 - Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Seite 74 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Seite 28 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Seite 73 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Seite 72 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Seite 73 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Seite 121 - But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe: "Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?
Seite 123 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius ; A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Seite 123 - Rank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee, As that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced, and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three.
Seite 125 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,