Heroines that Every Child Should Know: Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All AgesHamilton Wright Mabie, Kate Stephens Grosset & Dunlap, 1908 - 281 pages A collection of biographical sketches of great heroines from ancient and modern times. |
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... heard in the city the voice of the flute or the sound of the harp for the space of twelve months . " Then the old men sang the hymn as they had been bidden . And when they had finished , it befell that Hercules , who was on a journey ...
... heard in the city the voice of the flute or the sound of the harp for the space of twelve months . " Then the old men sang the hymn as they had been bidden . And when they had finished , it befell that Hercules , who was on a journey ...
Page 21
... heard that the decree had gone forth , and chancing to meet her sister Ismené before the gates of the palace , spake to her , saying : " O my sister , hast thou heard this decree that the King hath put forth concerning our brethren that ...
... heard that the decree had gone forth , and chancing to meet her sister Ismené before the gates of the palace , spake to her , saying : " O my sister , hast thou heard this decree that the King hath put forth concerning our brethren that ...
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... heard a cry of birds that I knew not , very strange and full of wrath . And I knew that they tare and slew each other , for I heard the fierce flapping of their wings . And being afraid , I made inquiry about the fire , how it burned ...
... heard a cry of birds that I knew not , very strange and full of wrath . And I knew that they tare and slew each other , for I heard the fierce flapping of their wings . And being afraid , I made inquiry about the fire , how it burned ...
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... heard within a very piteous voice , and knew it for the voice . of his son . Then he bade his attendants loose the door with all speed ; and when they had loosed it , they be- held within a very piteous sight . For the maiden Antigone ...
... heard within a very piteous voice , and knew it for the voice . of his son . Then he bade his attendants loose the door with all speed ; and when they had loosed it , they be- held within a very piteous sight . For the maiden Antigone ...
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... heard these words I bade Talthybius the herald go throughout the army and bid them depart , every man to his own country , for that I would not do this thing ; and how my brother , King Menelaus , per- suaded me so that I consented to ...
... heard these words I bade Talthybius the herald go throughout the army and bid them depart , every man to his own country , for that I would not do this thing ; and how my brother , King Menelaus , per- suaded me so that I consented to ...
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Page 262 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 277 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
Page 279 - A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood. Nor even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily, and the spear, * The symbols that of yore Saint Filomena bore.
Page 255 - They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Page 143 - I pray you all, good Christian people, to bear me witness that I die a true Christian woman, and that I do look to be saved by no other mean but only by the mercy of God, in the blood of his only Son Jesus Christ...
Page 56 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 135 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 276 - Another extraordinary fallacy is the dread of night air. What air can we breathe at night but night air ? The choice is between pure night air from without and foul night air from within. Most people prefer the latter. An unaccountable choice. What will they say if it is proved to be true that fully one-half of all the disease we suffer from is occasioned by people sleeping with their windows shut ? An open window most nights in the year can never hurt any one.
Page 136 - ... perfectly, as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips...
Page 127 - And the traitor looked on the King's spent strength And said : " Have I kept my word ? — Yea, King, the mortal pledge that I gave ? No black friar's shrift thy soul shall have, But the shrift of this red sword...