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  1. nietzsche/zarathustra/ 4 Mar 2007, 513.22 KB
    when they are in bed and hear a man abroad long before sunrise, so they ask... "What good is my reason! Doth it long for knowledge as the lion for his... am not the mouth for these ears. Too long, perhaps, have I lived in the... there?" said he at last, "I knew long ago that the devil would trip me up.
  2. cervantes/donquixote2/ 3 Sep 2009, 1.09 MB
    of "The Perendenga," I say in answer to him, "Long life to my lord the... and Christ be with us all." Long life to the great Conde de Lemos,... the strokes of my curst fortune; and long life to the supreme benevolence of... bound to go, as I am not fit for so long a travel and, besides being ill, I am
  3. swift/gulliver/ 16 Aug 2003, 584.37 KB
    and seven Months, knowing it would be useful in long Voyages. Soon after my Return from... the Ground; and my Hair, which was long and thick, tied down in the same... to be a Person of Quality, made me a long Speech, whereof I understood not one... of War, whereof some are Nine Foot long, in the Woods where the Timber grows,
  4. cervantes/donquixote1/ 3 Sep 2009, 1.03 MB
    of an error in which I have been living all this long time I have known you, all through... if it answers no other purpose, this long catalogue of authors will serve to... to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that... taking his eyes off it for ever so long; and as the night closed in with a
  5. nietzsche/antichrist/ 7 Feb 2011, 205.07 KB
    was to have constituted the first volume of his long-projected magnum opus , "The Will to... at Sils-Maria in the Engadine (for long his favourite resort), at Cannobio,... any intellectual enterprise on his long list that did not, more or less... small moment what they believed, so long as it was safely imbecile. What he
  6. Lettre à Henri II 12 Aug 2009, 58.98 KB
    & tres-victorieux Roy, depuis que ma face estant long temps obnubilee se presente au deuant... de sang humain, ne se trouuera de long temps Mars en Caresme.—Et sera... celle qui auoit demeuré tant long têps sterille, procedât... la sainctetéprofligee de long temps, auec leur pristin escrit,
  7. Tamburlaine The Great, In Two Parts. 18 Feb 2011, 159.34 KB
    with thy looks thou conquerest all thy foes. I long to see thee back return from thence,... ever-raging 26 Caspian Lake. ALL. 27 Long live Cosroe, mighty emperor! COSROE.... be partaker of thy good or ill, As long as life maintains Theridamas.... 60 Persian, to us all! USUMCASANE. Long may Theridamas remain with us!
  8. The Spring Running 15 Nov 2009, 44.78 KB
    Mowgli looked at him lazily from under his long eyelashes, and, as usual, the... a little; ‘and of that long, sweet grass that pleased thee so he... hair comes away from their sides in long, draggled locks. Then, perhaps, a... again. I have hunted too easily too long. The Four shall come with me, for
  9. Centurie I 25 Feb 2011, 48.83 KB
    5. Chassés seront pour faire long combat, Par les pays seront plus fort... trouvé caché de si long siecle, Sera pasteur demy Dieu... craindra fuste Barbare, Un temps, long temps apres barque hesperique:... quelles mutations ! Puis par long siecle son maling temps retourne
  10. Utopia: Book I 30 Aug 2009, 71.54 KB
    the law; and as he had a great capacity, so by a long practice in affairs he was very... age; his face was tanned, he had a long beard, and his cloak was hanging... mischief to them. But it were too long to dwell on all that he told us he... "and stayed some months there not long after the rebellion in the west was
  11. Centurie X 25 Feb 2011, 48.14 KB
    par vin, sel en solcy, Hem. mi. deux Phi. long temps ne tiendra Mets. 8. Index &... ostacle son sang mort vitupere, Long temps Bretagne tiendra auec la... trainera, Du fait le frere long temps sera hay. 35. Puisnay royal... Captiue guerre demy de sa closture, Long temps la paix leur fera maintenir.
  12. 9 6 Nov 2009, 90.98 KB
    Party, a small lean man with disproportionately long arms and a large bald skull over... of the impoverishment caused by a long series of wars and revolutions,... in practice such a society could not long remain stable. For if leisure and... and they would sweep it away. In the long run, a hierarchical society was only
  13. King Henry the Sixth 23 Aug 2009, 131.66 KB
    death! King Henry the Fifth, too famous to live long! England ne'er lost a king of so much... out; for me nothing remains. But long I will not be Jack out of office: The... My lord, methinks, is very long in talk. [ALENCON]: Doubtless he... to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. [REIGNIER]:
  14. code/past.txt 15 Jul 2012, 479.40 KB
    Reichsmark, is premiered in Berlin, 153 minutes long|cult 0110 1929: The first comic... Octavian|poli 0116 550: After a long siege king Totila of the Ostrogoths... The Algiers Accords end the year long Iranian hostage of 52 citizens in the... in Beijing at the start of a week long visit to China|poli 0221 2011:
  15. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 23 Nov 2009, 178.34 KB
    answer me: stand, and unfold yourself. BERNARDO: Long live the king! FRANCISCO: Bernardo?... bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares... Very like, very like. Stay'd it long? HORATIO: While one with moderate... LAERTES: O, fear me not. I stay too long: but here my father comes. [Enter
  16. The Comedy of Errors 17 Feb 2011, 86.03 KB
    safe arrived where I was. There had she not been long but she became A joyful mother of two... and sleep within mine inn, For with long travel I am stiff and weary. Get thee... it a head: an you use these blows long, I must get a sconce for my head and... S.]: 'Tis true; she rides me and I long for grass. 'Tis so, I am an ass; else
  17. Romeo and Juliet 22 Oct 2009, 142.46 KB
    [Capulet]: What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho! [Lady Capulet]: A crutch,... nine. [Romeo]: Ay me! sad hours seem long. Was that my father that went hence... And pity 'tis you lived at odds so long. But now, my lord, what say you to my... but four-- She is not fourteen. How long is it now To Lammas-tide? [Lady
  18. Quiquern 15 Nov 2009, 48.83 KB
    come home with three big seal. Half-way down the long, low snow passage or tunnel that led... them as nothing else can) the long day through, while the men were out... himself as being a master of the long lash; but it is easy to flick at a... with excitement, and Kotuko laid the long lash like a red-hot bar across all
  19. "Tiger! Tiger!" 15 Nov 2009, 35.74 KB
    the hunting, hunter bold? Brother, the watch was long and cold. What of the quarry ye went... as they do." So he threw back his long hair and frowned at the crowd. "What... at the country fairs. She gave him a long drink of milk and some bread, and... So Mowgli stretched himself in some long, clean grass at the edge of the
  20. The White Seal 16 Nov 2009, 38.65 KB
    seal with almost a mane on his shoulders, and long, wicked dog teeth. When he heaved... But, as Matkah told Kotick, "So long as you don't lie in muddy water and... sand into a cut or scratch, and so long as you never go swimming when there... No cradle is so comfortable as the long, rocking swell of the Pacific. When
  21. Centurie III 20 Mar 2011, 46.95 KB
    Par bout et paix parviendra dans l'Empire. Long temps regner une jeune femelle,... lasser, Pars ares prostrais de long temps ja fendus. 41. Bossu sera esleu... Mede, et piller les Cyclades. Repos long temps aux grand port Ionique. 65.... dedans Marseille: Avant sa mort vn long temps languira Apres sa mort on verra
  22. The History of Henrie the fovrth 22 Oct 2009, 142.84 KB
    whole. I am joined with no foot-land rakers, no long-staff sixpenny strikers, none of... My lord? [Prince Henry]: How long hast thou to serve, Francis?... Henry]: Five year! by'r lady, a long lease for the clinking of pewter.... of sack, boy. Ere I lead this life long, I'll sew nether stocks and mend them
  23. Sansara 1 Feb 2005, 17.94 KB
    Sansara For a long time, Siddhartha had lived the life... still remained in his heart for a long time a Samana; Kamala, being smart,... had remained within him for a long time afterwards: moderate living, joy... motion, will keep on turning for a long time and only slowly lose its vigour
  24. The Ferryman 27 May 2005, 23.76 KB
    it is the same which I have crossed a long time ago on my way to the childlike... first how to handle the boat." For a long time, the ferryman looked at the... you've slept in my hut, this was a long time ago, possibly more than twenty... when Siddhartha fell silent, and a long silence had occurred, then Vasudeva
  25. By the River 27 Aug 2009, 22.14 KB
    river in the forest, the same river over which a long time ago, when he had still been a... his sleep and without dreams, for a long time he had not known such a sleep... how he got here. But it took him a long while for this, and the past seemed... it seemed to him as if his entire long sleep had been nothing but a
  26. The Doors of Perception 25 Feb 2011, 101.55 KB
    Southwest it was a friend of immemorially long standing. Indeed, it was much more... and habits. I am and, for as long as I can remember, I have always been... brief revelation is a matter, during long periods, of daily and... experience. From this long but indispensable excursion into the
  27. Red Dog 15 Nov 2009, 54.11 KB
    would make many many stories, each as long as this one. So you will never be... Jacala, the Crocodile, all one long night in the Marshes of the North,... brown baby into the pack, and the long call, ‘Look, look well, O... at the Rock. The note changed to a long, despairing bay; and
  28. King Lear 18 Oct 2009, 157.98 KB
    Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, Long in our court have made their amorous... age, not alone the imperfections of long-engraffed condition, but therewithal... and I know not what. EDGAR How long have you been a sectary astronomical?... The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it's had it head bit off by it
  29. The Second Day, The Seventh Novell 2 Jan 2010, 57.72 KB
    married. and onely for her beauty. It is now a long time since, that there lived Soldane... little advantage her; beside, that long protraction of time would provoke... in his minde, wherein followed (not long after) as cruell an effect. It came... the necke of another. After divers long and well delivered Orations, as also
  30. Titus Andronicus 7 Mar 2007, 124.06 KB
    LAVINIA In peace and honour live Lord Titus long; My noble lord and father, live in... attended] MARCUS ANDRONICUS Long live Lord Titus, my beloved brother,... by my advice, Crown him and say 'Long live our emperor!' MARCUS ANDRONICUS... Rome's great emperor, And say 'Long live our Emperor Saturnine!' [A
  31. The Second Day, The Sixth Novell 2 Jan 2010, 34.18 KB
    was now fallen with the two young Laddes; after long lamenting, which shee found utterly... where both they and the Nurse were long time employed about verie base and... fervent manner: which love was not long without full effect, continuing many... that captivity wherein I have so long kept thee, and in one instant, reduce
  32. The Rape of Lucrece 20 Aug 2009, 105.17 KB
    is, it is bound to your lordship, to whom I wish long life, still lengthened with all... heavy spright; For, after supper, long he questioned With modest Lucrece,... name? Thou black'st reproach against long-living laud, And makest fair... To hold their cursed-blessed fortune long. The sweets we wish for turn to
  33. Chapter Seven 25 Feb 2011, 25.84 KB
    her discovery of this reassuring resemblance for long. A padding of soft feet made them... and on each side of the chin, a few long bristles gleamed almost... against the dark skin. The long unbraided hair hung down in grey... he added, "because most of them die long before they reach this old creature's
  34. The Second Day, The Eighth Novell 2 Jan 2010, 43.01 KB
    she had thus sent for him. She sitting a long while silent, as if she had no... it then for trueth Sir, that the long absence of my husband from me, the... as a serving man, and lived a long while in that estate very painfully.... made good observation, to note how long that fit would continue. No sooner
  35. The King’s Ankus 15 Nov 2009, 39.29 KB
    (and he is indeed as old as the Jungle): “It is long since I have seen a man. Let him... his hands and knees. They crawled a long distance down a sloping passage that... creature nearly eight feet long, and bleached by being in darkness to... Kings? I grow deaf here, and it is long since I heard their war-gongs.’
  36. Preface de M. Michel Nostradamus a ses Propheties 20 Oct 2009, 34.22 KB
    Nostradame mon fils, m'a faict mettre mô long temps par côtinuelles... particularia:—Combien que de long temps par... fois i'ay predict long temps auparauant ce que depuis est... ne soit couuert d'eau, & sera par si long temps, que hors mis enogrophies &
  37. A Midsummer Night's Dream 22 Oct 2009, 96.86 KB
    my desires, Like to a step-dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man revenue.... I will not part with him. OBERON How long within this wood intend you stay?... spiders, come not here; Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence! Beetles... You, mistress, all this coil is 'long of you: Nay, go not back. HELENA I
  38. Letting in the Jungle 15 Nov 2009, 58.13 KB
    way in which Mowgli had managed his war. It was long after sunrise, but no one dreamed of... the sound would travel, and cried a long, long, ‘Good hunting’—a... very fairly. He argued that so long as they could eat, and talk, and
  39. The Tempest 22 Oct 2009, 98.28 KB
    if you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself ready in your... of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, any thing. The... God save his majesty! ANTONIO: Long live Gonzalo! GONZALO: And, -- do you... SEBASTIAN: An it had not fallen flat-long. GONZALO: You are gentlemen of brave
  40. Othello, the Moor of Venice 22 Oct 2009, 155.30 KB
    of my heart In compliment extern, 'tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon... us beguile; We lose it not, so long as we can smile. He bears the... It cannot be that Desdemona should long continue her love to the Moor,-- put... virtue a just equinox, The one as long as the other: 'tis pity of him. I
  41. Antony and Cleopatra 22 Oct 2009, 158.53 KB
    whom you serve. CHARMIAN O excellent! I love long life better than figs. Soothsayer You... I shall fall: It cannot be thus long, the sides of nature Will not sustain... fruitful tidings in mine ears, That long time have been barren. Messenger... CLEOPATRA Rogue, thou hast lived too long. [Draws a knife] Messenger Nay, then
  42. The Fourth Day, The Fift Novell 9 Feb 2011, 11.07 KB
    hearbes are usually set in; she watered it (a long while) with her teares. Wherefore her... kindnesses, as occasion gave leave. Long time continued this amorous league:... his stay to her was so offensive long: made many demands to her Brethren,... checkt and reproved him for his so long absence. One night amongst the rest,
  43. The Undertakers 15 Nov 2009, 47.80 KB
    his pick-axe beak might steal. His legs were long and thin and skinny, but he moved... They are of all fashions, but the long years have shown me that, one with... bears my name, and “he who watches long,” as the saying is, “shall at last... ‘ I have watched long—very
  44. Centurie VI 7 Sep 2009, 47.82 KB
    Famine par unde pestifere. Par pluye longue le long du polle arctique: Samarobryn cent... sera nouveau Roy oingt, Qui par long temps pacifiera la terre. 25. Par... sera par prudent contrefaict. 43. Long temps sera sans estre habitee, Ou... par voye seductive: Que du court, long, le fera araigner, Que contre Roy
  45. On the Art of War Third Book 4 Aug 2009, 54.62 KB
    and I am pleased with such a successor, as long as you are satisfied with such a... which they called Sarisse, were so long, that the points of the lances of... of one hundred forty one arm lengths long, and forty wide. Behind these five... one hundred forty one arm lengths long and two hundred wide. The
  46. Chapter Eight 30 Aug 2009, 27.15 KB
    as I can remember." John frowned. There was a long silence. It was very hot. They had... He played with the little boys for a long time. Suddenly people started talking... with some one inside herself. A long talk which she didn't understand; and... Transformer of the World, and of the long fight between Right Hand and Left
  47. How Fear Came 15 Nov 2009, 35.64 KB
    one could escape. ‘When thou hast lived as long as I have, Little Brother, thou wilt... for a hundred years and more, saw a long, lean blue ridge of rock show dry in... them. The river-turtles had long ago been killed by Bagheera,... Rock lay across the shallows like a long snake, and the little tired ripples
  48. Her Majesty's Servants 28 Jun 2009, 31.62 KB
    how many camels might have got loose, and before long I was out of sight of the camp,... said the mule, "or you'll snap your long stick-legs between the guns." He... yelling, hairy men with knives—long shiny knives, worse than the... so awful as that?" There was a long silence, and then one of the gun
  49. Centurie VII 7 Sep 2009, 20.42 KB
    assemble les excuses: Cahors, Moissac iront long de la serre, Reffus Lestore, les... rutilant metal. Son faict sera un long temps debatu, Aux citadins estrange... l'entreprinse, De Gennes, Nice apres long attendu, Foussan, Turin, a Sauillon... rallier, Esveiller hayne de long temps assoupie. 34. En grand regret
  50. The Sixains 25 Feb 2011, 31.65 KB
    15. Nouueau esleu Patron du grend vaiseau, Verra long-temps briller de clair flambeau, Qui... ce iour : Mais peu apres sans faire long seiour, Deux se donront l'vn l'autre... haine & enuie, Sous l'Orient d'asez long-temps caché Le crocodil sur la... voir ainsi que le Soleil Montant le long la ligne Meridienne, En poursuiuant
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