Realmah, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1868 - 619 pages |
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Page 57
... jester observed , Lariska never made any difference in his nets , whether for panthers or for rabbits . Then there was Bibi . He was really a very able man ; but he habitually placed the expression of his opinion under severe restraint ...
... jester observed , Lariska never made any difference in his nets , whether for panthers or for rabbits . Then there was Bibi . He was really a very able man ; but he habitually placed the expression of his opinion under severe restraint ...
Page 114
... , surrounded by many of his best friends and most trusted councillors . The King's jester sat at his left hand , and rejoiced to see that every now and then his ready jests provoked a faint kind of 114 [ CHAP . Realmah .
... , surrounded by many of his best friends and most trusted councillors . The King's jester sat at his left hand , and rejoiced to see that every now and then his ready jests provoked a faint kind of 114 [ CHAP . Realmah .
Page 199
... jester , the strange idea which beset him . Not from the jester even , not from any of his most intimate friends , did he at first win a single word of encouragement for his great project . They had not in their vocabulary the word ...
... jester , the strange idea which beset him . Not from the jester even , not from any of his most intimate friends , did he at first win a single word of encouragement for his great project . They had not in their vocabulary the word ...
Page 200
Sir Arthur Helps. the court jester , that great functionary , as was natural , conveyed his views chiefly by means of a fable . He said that of course the great king , who was not only the greatest but the most learned man in his ...
Sir Arthur Helps. the court jester , that great functionary , as was natural , conveyed his views chiefly by means of a fable . He said that of course the great king , who was not only the greatest but the most learned man in his ...
Page 201
... jester has to say , my prince , to your magnanimous proposal . " The next person that Realmah tried was Llama- Mah . That courtier was dismayed . He had never yet disagreed with the King ; but there are bounds to everything , and even ...
... jester has to say , my prince , to your magnanimous proposal . " The next person that Realmah tried was Llama- Mah . That courtier was dismayed . He had never yet disagreed with the King ; but there are bounds to everything , and even ...
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Abibah Ainah amongst asked Athlah attack battle beautiful believe called CHAPTER chief Christianity clever comfort conservatism conspirators conversation council councillors course Cranmer creature criticism croupier dear delighted digamma dogs dull Dunsford Ellesmere's enemy essay Euphranor fairy feel fellow foolish fortress give happy hear heard heart honour House of Wisdom human idea imagine instance Ionian Islands jester Jesuit's bark Johnson kind King King's knew Lady Ellesmere Lariska Lily Dale live Llama-Mah Londardo look Lord mankind Maralah Mauleverer mean ment Milverton mind miserable nation nature never occasion Omki once person Pescara Phelatahs Pitou poor prophets proverb question Realmah Sandy Sheviri siege Sir Arthur Sir John Ellesmere soul speak speech Spoolans story sure talk Talora tell thing thought tion told town truth Varnah walk wish woman women word young
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Page 14 - Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn-fields. And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 306 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?
Page 141 - We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Page 183 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 14 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Page 14 - I do not think so ; since he went into France, I have been in continual practice ; I shall win at the odds. But thou wouldst not think how ill all's here about my heart ; but it is no matter.
Page 183 - What ! dull, when you do not know what gives its loveliness of form to the lily, its depth of colour to the violet, its fragrance to the rose ; when you do not know in what consists the venom of the adder, any more than you can imitate the glad movements of the dove. What ! dull, when earth, air, and water are all alike mysteries to you, and when as you stretch out your hand you do not touch anything the properties of which you have mastered ; while all the time Nature is inviting you to talk earnestly...
Page 286 - Now this appears to me such nonsense. Ellesmere. Yes, it is. I don't believe that anybody thoroughly understands a great play until he has seen it acted. Milverton. If there is anything in the world that I think I know well, it is Macbeth. I knew it when I was six years old, for my mother used to spend hour after hour, and day after day, in teaching it to me, and making me play it with her ; but when I came to see a great actress in Lady Macbeth's part— Helen Faucit — new lights burst in upon...
Page 185 - ... dull, when earth, air, and water are all alike mysteries to you, and when as you stretch out your hand you do not touch anything the properties of which you have mastered ; while all the time Nature is inviting you to talk earnestly with her, to understand her, to subdue her, and to be blessed by her ! Go away, man ; learn something, do something, understand something, and let me hear no more of your dulness.
Page 283 - If you were to amend all other evils, and yet resolve to leave this untouched, we should not be satisfied. It is an immense responsibility that Providence has thrown upon us, in subjecting these sensitive creatures to our complete sway ; and I tremble at the thought of how poor an answer we shall have to give when asked the question how we have made use of the power entrusted to us over the brute creation.