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The King and the Soldan swear an oath , that , if Richard should slay the Soldan , but , if the Soldan should conquer , then The Christian men should go Out of that land for evermoe , And Saracens should have their will in wold .
The King and the Soldan swear an oath , that , if Richard should slay the Soldan , but , if the Soldan should conquer , then The Christian men should go Out of that land for evermoe , And Saracens should have their will in wold .
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... against his child or infant ward , cursed it , wishing it dead , or off this earth , it was , except the curser immediately repented , and prayed God to forgive his sin and protect the child , suddenly snatched to Fairy Land .
... against his child or infant ward , cursed it , wishing it dead , or off this earth , it was , except the curser immediately repented , and prayed God to forgive his sin and protect the child , suddenly snatched to Fairy Land .
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Eastward to the boundary of Chin Sien Seng are two hundred and thirty - four meu and eight - tenths.In the centre is the ground of Hoo Kin Te . - Westward , as far as the land of She Hou Hoa , are one hundred and twenty ...
Eastward to the boundary of Chin Sien Seng are two hundred and thirty - four meu and eight - tenths.In the centre is the ground of Hoo Kin Te . - Westward , as far as the land of She Hou Hoa , are one hundred and twenty ...
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He was perfectly acquainted with the six Books of Euclid - was master of land surveying . He concluded with offering up his warmest thanks to two distinguished living poets , for the honours paid by them to the memory of his father ...
He was perfectly acquainted with the six Books of Euclid - was master of land surveying . He concluded with offering up his warmest thanks to two distinguished living poets , for the honours paid by them to the memory of his father ...
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Kind land ! that gives rich presents , none receives , And barters for leaf gold its golden leaves . Bane of our nerves , and nerve of our excise , In which a nation's strength and weakness lies . And shall these scions grafted on our ...
Kind land ! that gives rich presents , none receives , And barters for leaf gold its golden leaves . Bane of our nerves , and nerve of our excise , In which a nation's strength and weakness lies . And shall these scions grafted on our ...
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الصفحة 322 - Rip's story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night. The neighbors stared when they heard it. Some were seen to wink at each other and put their tongues in their cheeks ; and the self-important man in the cocked hat, who, when the alarm was over, had returned to the field, screwed down the corners of his mouth and shook his head, upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage. It was determined, however, to take the opinion of old Peter...
الصفحة 318 - ... of buttons down the sides, and bunches at the knees. He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.
الصفحة 320 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward.
الصفحة 322 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
الصفحة 316 - Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family.
الصفحة 101 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
الصفحة 316 - ... about it went wrong, and would go wrong in spite of him. His fences were continually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray or get among...
الصفحة 319 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
الصفحة 320 - At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest.
الصفحة 320 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.