The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's Great Writers, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes and with Introductions, Volumen3Merrill and Baker, 1898 - 9822 páginas |
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Página 984
... whole substance , to town to sell . One day , when Ali Baba was in the forest , and had just cut wood enough to load his asses , he saw at a distance a great cloud of dust , which seemed to approach towards him . He observed it very ...
... whole substance , to town to sell . One day , when Ali Baba was in the forest , and had just cut wood enough to load his asses , he saw at a distance a great cloud of dust , which seemed to approach towards him . He observed it very ...
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... whole adventure from the beginning to the end ; and , above all , recommended it to her to keep it secret . - The wife , recovered and cured of her fears , rejoiced with her husband at their good luck , and would count the money piece ...
... whole adventure from the beginning to the end ; and , above all , recommended it to her to keep it secret . - The wife , recovered and cured of her fears , rejoiced with her husband at their good luck , and would count the money piece ...
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... whole day in feasting his eyes with so much treasure , if the thought that he came to carry some away with him , and loading his mules , had not hindered him . He laid as many bags of gold as he could carry away at the door , and coming ...
... whole day in feasting his eyes with so much treasure , if the thought that he came to carry some away with him , and loading his mules , had not hindered him . He laid as many bags of gold as he could carry away at the door , and coming ...
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... whole . E'en the Penates are present , and all the glorious Immortals Meet here again , and of all , none , save the priests , are not here . Hermes , whose feet are graced with wings , his Caduceus is waving , And from the grasp of his ...
... whole . E'en the Penates are present , and all the glorious Immortals Meet here again , and of all , none , save the priests , are not here . Hermes , whose feet are graced with wings , his Caduceus is waving , And from the grasp of his ...
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... whole population of Pompeii itself , so great , on ex- traordinary occasions , was the concourse of strangers from all parts of Campania , that the space before it was usually crowded for several hours previous to the commencement of ...
... whole population of Pompeii itself , so great , on ex- traordinary occasions , was the concourse of strangers from all parts of Campania , that the space before it was usually crowded for several hours previous to the commencement of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Æneas Ali Baba amphitheater anger answered arms Aurelian Baba battle beast behold brother Cæsar charm cried crowd crown Cuchullin dark dead death door doth earth Emperor eyes face fame father Fausta fear fell fire flame gate give Glaucus gods gold golden Gracchus Guenever hand hath head heard heart heaven Heribald honor hoopoes Hunnic king king Arthur King Solomon knew light live look Lord Lygia Lygian mercy Merlin mighty mind Moengal Morgiana Nero never night noble o'er once palace Palmyra passed Petronius Pompeii queene robbers Roman Rome rose round seemed shout silence sir Agravaine sir Gawaine sir Launcelot Sir Launfal slain slaves soul stood Suabian sword thee thine things thou art thou hast thou wilt thought Tigellinus turned unto Verily Vinicius Vivien voice wild wind wine words Zenobia
Pasajes populares
Página 1373 - There is the moral of all human tales; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory— when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption,— barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page...
Página 1120 - LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well...
Página 983 - Yet Ah, that Spring should vanish with the Rose ! That Youth's sweet-scented manuscript should close ! The Nightingale that in the branches sang, Ah whence, and whither flown again, who knows...
Página 1309 - Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint arabesques...
Página 1308 - Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the one blot on the summer morn, — So he tossed him a piece of gold in scorn.
Página 1307 - My golden spurs now bring to me, And bring to me my richest mail, For tomorrow I go over land and sea In search of the Holy Grail; Shall never a bed for me be spread, Nor shall a pillow be under my head, Till I begin my vow to keep; Here on the rushes will I sleep, And perchance there may come a vision true Ere day create the world anew.
Página 1306 - Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how; Everything is happy now, Everything is upward striving ; 'Tis as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue, — 'T is the natural way of living.
Página 972 - And we, that now make merry in the Room They left, and Summer dresses in new bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the Couch of Earth Descend — ourselves to make a Couch — for whom?
Página 1375 - Arches on arches ! as it were that Rome, Collecting the chief trophies of her line, Would build up all her triumphs in one dome, Her Coliseum stands...
Página 973 - Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End! Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, "Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There.