A Book of Prose NarrativesChauncey Wetmore Wells Ginn, 1914 - 301 pages |
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... tell a plain tale plainly , perhaps interestingly ; and many freshmen write capital bits of personal narration . The editor hopes his book may serve as an introduction to delightful ranges of literature which seldom lie within the scope ...
... tell a plain tale plainly , perhaps interestingly ; and many freshmen write capital bits of personal narration . The editor hopes his book may serve as an introduction to delightful ranges of literature which seldom lie within the scope ...
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... Tell me , Conchubar , what wound it is or what sickness has weakened you and has made your face so pale ? " " It is no wonder sickness to be on me , " said Conchubar , " when I think of the way the four provinces of Ireland came and de ...
... Tell me , Conchubar , what wound it is or what sickness has weakened you and has made your face so pale ? " " It is no wonder sickness to be on me , " said Conchubar , " when I think of the way the four provinces of Ireland came and de ...
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... tell this , " he said , " the men of Ulster will come and will begin the battle , and there will be no better chance for me to get a great name and do great deeds than for any other man . And why would I not go and begin a fight now by ...
... tell this , " he said , " the men of Ulster will come and will begin the battle , and there will be no better chance for me to get a great name and do great deeds than for any other man . And why would I not go and begin a fight now by ...
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... tell him of my word , that I would he should lend you the craft , and thence ye may sail out to Drangey . But the end of your journey I see not , if Grettir is sound and hale : yea , and be thou sure that if ye win him not in manly wise ...
... tell him of my word , that I would he should lend you the craft , and thence ye may sail out to Drangey . But the end of your journey I see not , if Grettir is sound and hale : yea , and be thou sure that if ye win him not in manly wise ...
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... tell us of your abode , or else be slain of us . ” Thereat was Noise as silent as if he had been thrust under water ; but Thorbiorn said , " Are they at their hut , those brothers ? Why are they not afoot ? " " Scarce might that be ...
... tell us of your abode , or else be slain of us . ” Thereat was Noise as silent as if he had been thrust under water ; but Thorbiorn said , " Are they at their hut , those brothers ? Why are they not afoot ? " " Scarce might that be ...
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Page 5 - And he answered, I have not troubled Israel ; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalam.
Page 6 - And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name...
Page 5 - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.
Page 261 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 3 - Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians...
Page 12 - As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day?
Page 8 - Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him, Elijah casts his mantle upon Elisha.
Page 214 - Second-street, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. Then I asked for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none such. So not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was...
Page 8 - Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake In pieces the rocks before the Lord : but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake : " And after the earthquake a .fire : but the Lord was not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 12 - And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness...