Herod and Mariamne: A TragedyJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1888 - 158 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
50 cents Abiah Alex Alexandra Amélie Rives American Antony Aristobulus army baking powders Biah blood brother canst Catalogue celebrated Cloth Compound Oxygen Cup-Bearer Cypros daughter death didst thou died Dositheus dost thou doth England English Exit eyes father French give hath hear heart heaven Herod hoax hundred Hyrcanus Illustrated J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY JOHN HABBERTON Joseph killed king kiss lady live Look lord madam Malchus Mariamne Mark Antony Marlitt Miss Rives murdered novel Philadelphia prison queen René Chalons Rübezahl Salome sent September sire Sohemus speak story Street sweet temperance thine thing thou art thou didst thou dost Thou hast Thou knowest thou wouldst Thou'rt thousand throne took place truth twas uncle unto What's wife Wilt thou woman word York
Popular passages
Page 460 - A water-rat from off the bank Plunged in the stream. With idle care, Downlooking through the sedges rank, I saw your troubled image there. "If you remember, you had set Upon the narrow casement-edge, A long green box of mignonette, And you were leaning on the ledge.
Page 411 - Astounding News by Express, via Norfolk ! The Atlantic crossed in Three Days ! ! Signal Triumph of Mr. Monck Mason's Flying Machine ! ! ! " Arrival at Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, SC, of Mr. Mason, Mr. Robert Holland, Mr. Henson, Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, and four others, in the Steering Balloon,
Page 460 - Of bubbling wells that fret the stones, (If any sense in me remains) Thy words will be— thy cheerful tones As welcome to— my crumbling bones!" "If any sense in me remains! — This doubt is inconsistent with the opening stanza of the piece, and, in fact, too modest; we take upon ourselves to re-assure Mr. Tennyson that, even after he shall be dead and buried, as much ''sense' will still remain as he has now the good fortune to possess.
Page 446 - Scott, being: a minor at the time of the conclusion of the treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States, was...
Page 442 - But if he sinks some adverbs in the verbs he compensates the language with adverbs and adjectives which he separates from the parent stock. Thus, a lady "whispers pantingly and close," makes "hushing signs," and steers her skiff into a "ripply cove,
Page 413 - Pfaall," thinking that the author of one had been detected in the author of the other. Subsequently suspicion settled down upon Nicollet, a French astronomer who had come to America after the revolution of 1830, and whose object, it was said, was to raise money and to deceive his enemy, Arago. It was added that he succeeded in doing both.