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... King Midas was fonder of gold than of anything else in the world . He valued his royal crown chiefly because it was composed of that precious metal . If he loved anything better or half so well , it was the one little maiden who played ...
... King Midas was fonder of gold than of anything else in the world . He valued his royal crown chiefly because it was composed of that precious metal . If he loved anything better or half so well , it was the one little maiden who played ...
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... King Midas had shown a great taste for flowers . He had planted a garden in which grew the biggest and beautifulest and sweetest roses that any mortal ever saw or smelled . These roses were still grow- ing in the garden , as large , as ...
... King Midas had shown a great taste for flowers . He had planted a garden in which grew the biggest and beautifulest and sweetest roses that any mortal ever saw or smelled . These roses were still grow- ing in the garden , as large , as ...
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... Midas , rich King Midas , what a happy man art thou ! " But it was laughable to see how the image of his face kept grinning at him out of the polished surface of the cup . It seemed to be aware of his foolish behavior , and to have a ...
... Midas , rich King Midas , what a happy man art thou ! " But it was laughable to see how the image of his face kept grinning at him out of the polished surface of the cup . It seemed to be aware of his foolish behavior , and to have a ...
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... King Midas threw a yellow tinge over everything , or whatever the cause might be , he could not help fancying that the smile with which the stranger regarded him had a. 46 THE GOLDEN TOUCH . THE FIGURE OF A STRANGER IN THE SUNBEAM Arthur ...
... King Midas threw a yellow tinge over everything , or whatever the cause might be , he could not help fancying that the smile with which the stranger regarded him had a. 46 THE GOLDEN TOUCH . THE FIGURE OF A STRANGER IN THE SUNBEAM Arthur ...
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... King Midas . It seemed really as bright as the glistening metal which he loved so much . Raising his head , he looked the lustrous stranger in the face . " Well , Midas , " observed his visitor , " I see that you have at length hit upon ...
... King Midas . It seemed really as bright as the glistening metal which he loved so much . Raising his head , he looked the lustrous stranger in the face . " Well , Midas , " observed his visitor , " I see that you have at length hit upon ...
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Page 460 - And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Page 255 - WHEN all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green ; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen ; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away ; Young blood must have its course, lad, And every dog his day. When all the world is old, lad, And all the trees are brown ; And all the sport is stale, lad, And all the wheels run down ; Creep home, and take your place there,. The spent and maimed among : God grant you find one face there, You loved when all was young.
Page 457 - Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Page 202 - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
Page 455 - On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Page 458 - ... for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so ? And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.
Page 449 - After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman ; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
Page 402 - I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn Where a little head-stone stood; How the flakes were folding it gently, As did robins the babes in the wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, "Father, who makes it snow?
Page 460 - Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring : for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Page 67 - The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree — It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, And talks to itself on the top of the hills.