Castle St. Angelo: And The Evil EyeChapman and Hall, 1877 - 238 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 174 - And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land : wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
الصفحة 174 - And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou ? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
الصفحة 43 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
الصفحة 15 - ANIMULA ! vagula, Blandula, Hospes, comesque corporis, Quae nunc abibis in Loca — Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee, ut soles, dabis Jocos ? TRANSLATION.
الصفحة 164 - Starting, and looking half round, I saw the lion just in the act of springing upon me. I was upon a little height. He caught my shoulder as he sprang, and we both came to the ground below together. Growlixg horribly close to my ear, he shook me as a terrier dog does a rat.
الصفحة 184 - ... more terror-struck than the rest, actually scans its lips, and almost without resistance becomes a meal for its enemy. During such a proceeding the snake is generally observed with its head raised about ten or twelve inches above the branch round which its body and tail are entwined, with its mouth open and its neck inflated, as if anxiously endeavouring to increase the terror which it would almost appear it was aware would sooner or later bring within its grasp some one of the feathered group....
الصفحة 143 - I'll show you a book where Moses, and his sister. And Solomon have written of the art ; Ay, and a treatise penn'd by Adam SUR. " How ! MAM. Of the philosopher's stone, and in High Dutch. SUR. Did Adam write, sir, in High Dutch ? MAM. He did; Which proves it was the primitive tongue.
الصفحة 152 - When not hungry he used to sit petting and stroking a pareear or vagrant dog, which he used to permit to feed out of the same dish with him. A short time before his death Captain Nicholetts shot this dog, as he used to eat the greater part of the food given to the boy, who seemed in consequence to be getting thin. The boy did not seem to care in the least for the death of the dog.
الصفحة 164 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though I was quite conscious of all that was happening.
الصفحة 218 - This rosemary is wither'd, pray get fresh ; I would have these herbs grow up in his grave, . When I am dead and rotten. Reach the bays ; I'll tie a garland here about his head : Twill keep my boy from lightning.