Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed
Labor, as to debar us when we need
Refreshment, whether food, or talk between,
Food of the mind, or this sweet intercourse
Of looks and smiles, for smiles from reason flow,
To brute denied, and are of love the food,
Love not the lowest end of human life.
Adam, in Paradise Lost by John [...]
So with an oath they promised the Emir
To be their sister’s husband in Romania,
Sounded the trumpets and returned at once
And still astonished, saying to each other,
‘O wonder that we see, and passion’s power,
They free the captive, they destroy armies,
Make man deny his faith and not fear death.’
And it was noised about the entire world
How that [...]
After this answer, the guide brought the elephant out of the dense thicket, and jumped on his neck. But at the moment that he was going to start him off by a peculiar whistle, Mr Fogg stopped him and, addressing Sir Francis Cromarty, said, ‘If we could save this woman!’
‘Save this woman, Mr Fogg!’ [...]
Parker County, beautiful, picturesque Parker County, located in the North Central Section of the State. Certainly no where in all Texas, in historic Texas, and, perhaps, seldom in the Nation can be found a county with a more colorful history and historical background and a county more lavish in material things that were so [...]
‘Why, you must be trying to make us laugh!’ said Agnese.
‘That’s true enough; for it seems to me that the season for laughter is with us now, and none too soon at that. We’ve seen some ugly times, my dear young people, ugly times in plenty…we may fairly hope for better things during the [...]