Original memoranda,etcLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 - Anecdotes |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 8
... horse - chestnut in the way in which its boughs incline to rest upon the ground , resembles the fig - tree . " ACHILLES ' shield being lost on the seas by Ulysses , was tossed by the sea to the tomb of Ajax , as a manifest token of his ...
... horse - chestnut in the way in which its boughs incline to rest upon the ground , resembles the fig - tree . " ACHILLES ' shield being lost on the seas by Ulysses , was tossed by the sea to the tomb of Ajax , as a manifest token of his ...
Page 15
... horse heare , it maketh a good dyn . " BORDE'S Introduction to Knowledge , quoted in WALKER'S Bards . " CORTES made the Zempoallans pull downe their idolls , and sepulchres of their Cassikz , which they did reverence as Gods . " - Con ...
... horse heare , it maketh a good dyn . " BORDE'S Introduction to Knowledge , quoted in WALKER'S Bards . " CORTES made the Zempoallans pull downe their idolls , and sepulchres of their Cassikz , which they did reverence as Gods . " - Con ...
Page 23
... Horse of the Idol Perenuth . In the temple of the Idol Penenuth a horse was kept on which the god rode to assist his votaries in the battle , frequently after a fight he was found covered with foam , none but the priests dared approach ...
... Horse of the Idol Perenuth . In the temple of the Idol Penenuth a horse was kept on which the god rode to assist his votaries in the battle , frequently after a fight he was found covered with foam , none but the priests dared approach ...
Page 25
... horse and taken by the bastard of Vendome . " Blanche the wife of Flavy suspected him , soon after , of an intention to murder her , she resolved to be beforehand with him , courted the assistance of his barber and strangled her husband ...
... horse and taken by the bastard of Vendome . " Blanche the wife of Flavy suspected him , soon after , of an intention to murder her , she resolved to be beforehand with him , courted the assistance of his barber and strangled her husband ...
Page 26
... Horse of Swantowith . vilior , haberetur . In. Sword at Fez . A. D. 1457. ALPHONSO V. of Portugal as- sails the Moors of Africa with a powerful army and navy . He aims at the possession of a fancied sword which he supposed to hang on the ...
... Horse of Swantowith . vilior , haberetur . In. Sword at Fez . A. D. 1457. ALPHONSO V. of Portugal as- sails the Moors of Africa with a powerful army and navy . He aims at the possession of a fancied sword which he supposed to hang on the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alhama appear avoit BEAUMONT and FLETCHER beautiful BEN JONSON bien birds body BRANTOME called church colour cujus cure dĉmon dance death devil Dieu doth DU CANGE earth evil eyes faire fait father fire give Gondibert grave hath head heard heart heaven hills hommes honour horse Ibid John JONSON killed King Koreish l'on lady Letters light live London Lord Madoc marriage ment Mexitli miles Monthly Review mother nature never night person play poem poet poor Prince qu'il quĉ quam Queen of Corinth quod religion river Saxo Grammaticus says soul spirit stone story Thalaba thee thing thou thought tion Tlaloc told tree unto verse virtue wife wind woman word young
Popular passages
Page 148 - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Page 494 - No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace, As I have seen in one autumnal face.
Page 480 - Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: 37: And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein...
Page 717 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Page 217 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Page 64 - Righteous (art) thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of (thy) judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? (Wherefore) are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Page 717 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Page 514 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration...
Page 493 - The choler, melancholy, phlegm, and blood, By reason that they flow continually In some one part, and are not continent, Receive the name of humours. Now thus far It may, by metaphor, apply itself Unto the general disposition: As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
Page 683 - ... it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: a land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.