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... shroud, While every sob—so mute were all Was heard distinctly through the ball. The son’s despair, the mother’s look, III might the gentle Ellen broo... ...mple art, Rut distant far was Ellen’s heart. 66 The Lady of the Lake XII. Ballad. Alice Brand. Merry it is in the good greenwood, When the mavis a... ...as her own Richard, And he his Alice Brand.’ 67 Sir Walter Scott XIII. Ballad Continued. ’Tis merry, ’tis merry, in good greenwood; So blithe L... ...ish and pray that his life would part, Nor yet find leave to die.’ XIV. Ballad Continued. ’Tis merry, ’tis merry, in good greenwood, Though the ... ... T o show us whence thou art thyself, And what shine errand here? ‘ XV. Ballad Continued. “Tis merry, ’tis merry, in Fairy-land, When fairy bird... ...ldest of the crew When deed of danger was to do. He grieved that day their games cut short, And marred the dicer’s brawling sport, And shouted loud, ‘... ... but after its introduction into England it became blended with the Mayday games. A full historical account of it is given in Douce’s Illustrations of... ...core horse, which were all able men and waled [picked] men for all kind of games and pastimes, shooting, louping, running, wrestling, and casting of t... ...and the Greyfriars Church. It was formerly the chief place for viewing the games, which were held in this “valley,” or depression in the hill on which...

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...pon the fire; and the warehouse was as snug, and warm, and dry, and bright a ball room, as you would desire to see upon a winter’s night. In came a fi... ... feet again with out a stagger. When the clock struck eleven, this domestic ball broke up. Mr and Mrs Fezziwig took their stations, one on either sid... ...ed — flushed, but smiling proudly — with the pudding, like a speckled cannon ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half a quartern of ignited bra... ...r when she came. So did every one when they came. Wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unanimity, wonderful happiness. But he was early at the ...

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... they paced in armour of bronze and performed funeral rites and celebrated games, as was meet, upon the meadow plain, where even now rises the mound o... ...ause they stayed the search for him. For when they were returning from the games over Pelias dead he slew them in sea girt Tenos and heaped the earth ... ...still lived a child, with childish ways, in the Idaean cave—a well rounded ball; no better toy wilt thou get from the hands of Hephaestus. All of gold... ...from the start ing point, when the kinsmen of a dead king appoint funeral games for footmen and horsemen. And they found Aeetes and the tribes of the... ...ments up to their waists out of their way and sport with a shapely rounded ball; then they catch it one from an other and send it high into the air; ...

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... and Laurent talking. It is En- glish, and if we go near with our cups and balls we shall hear all about it. Laurent always knows, because my uncle te... ... tiny fish with it, to the ecstatic pity of both children. He played quiet games with them, and told them stories—conversed on Telemaque with Estelle,... ...nd these were never denied to her; and her little in- genuities in nursery games won the goodwill of the women and children around her, though others ...

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... “I scrambled down that wide buttress by the east wall last week, when our ball was caught in a branch of the ivy, and the drawbridge is down.” 36 Th... ...eased with you. She caused Thierry de Lincourt to be scourged, because his ball hit Lothaire’s face.” “She cannot scourge me—I am a free Duke,” said R... ...thaire hurt?” “Hush! you must say Prince Lothaire. No; it was quite a soft ball.” “Why?” again asked Richard—”why was he scourged?” “I told you, becau... ...III IT was a fine summer evening, and Richard and Carloman were playing at ball on the steps of the Castle-gate, when a voice was heard from beneath, ... ... days passed, and they grew weary of the watch, and be- took themselves to games in the Castle court. One day, Alberic, in the character of a Dragon, ...

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...it, but his hearers were not aware that in the past days he had been black-balled at the T and the G. These were accidents which Lopez had a gift of k... ...of his manners, the world at large seemed to speak well. He had been black-balled at two clubs, but apparently without defined reason. He lived as tho... ...’m not so sure of that,’ continued Boffin. ‘We all know what the bread and games came to in Rome.’ ‘What did they come to?’ asked Mrs Boffin. ‘T o a m... ...he last quarter of a century,—from the repeal of the Corn Laws down to the Ballot,—he had honestly declared one side to be as bad as the other. Thus h... ...h he was liked at his club, and courted in the hunting-field, and loved at balls and archery meetings, and reputed by old men to be a rising star, he ... ...at her word. I can tell you. There would have been no second “hop” to that ball.’ ‘Then I suppose I was right to catch it the first time?’ ‘I don’t sa...

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...s he appeared for an in- stant darting through the air and descending in a ball he fell on the chest of his enemy, driving him many yards from the spo... ... *The scene of the foregoing incidents is on the spot where the village of Ballston now stands; one of the two principal water- ing places of America.... ... fire.” He was yet speaking, when a crashing sound was heard, and a cannon-ball entered the thicket, striking the body of a sapling, and rebounding to... ...t equally cool. In this dilemma, Uncas lighted on the furrow of the cannon ball, where it had cut the ground in three adja- cent ant-hills. “Give me t... ... that attended their sport. Some were rushing eagerly to enjoy the aquatic games of the lake, and others were already toiling their way up the neighbo... ....” Chingachgook turned a calm and incurious eye toward the place where the ball had struck, and then resumed his former attitude, with a composure tha... ...cting a mimic chase to the post among themselves. In order to render their games as like the reality as possible, one of the boldest of their number h...

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...aid, badly housed, and deeply resentful. They went in vast droves to foot- ball matches, and did not care a rap if it rained. The prevailing wind was ... ...ed his mind before. It was as if he had fallen suddenly out of a spiritual balloon into a world of bleak realism. He found himself asking un- 36 The ... ... ‘iligion bad been worrying her for years. Life was —oh—just ornaments and games and so wea’isome, so wea’isome, unless it was ‘iligious. And she coul... ...hole collection of pretty costume plates into the mysteries of the “Ussian Ballet” and the works of Mousso’gski and “Imsky Ko’zakof.” The bishop liked... ...l it had the likeness of a silver sphere. It was a mirror in the form of a ball, but a mirror not shining uniformly; it was discoloured with greyish p... ...at emptiness into which everything had resolved it- self, shone the sun, a ball of red-tongued fires. The Angel was but a voice now; the bishop and th...

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...st unfor- tunate boy in the world) breaks that window accidentally, with a ball. I shudder at this mo- ment with the tremendous sensation of seeing it... ...ment with the tremendous sensation of seeing it done, and feeling that the ball has bounded on to Mr. Creakle s sacred head. Poor Traddles! In a tight... ... time, however short or long it may have been, so unused to the sports and games of boys, that I knew I was awkward and inexperienced in the commonest... ...layed the piano to him, sat by him, and worked and talked, and played some games at dominoes with me. In good time she made tea; and after- wards, whe... ...at home, and happy, among my new companions. I was awkward enough in their games, and backward enough in their studies; but custom would im- prove me ... ...erwise and learnt with a good will, desiring to do it credit. We had noble games out of hours, and plenty of liberty; but even then, as I remember, we... ...ey, I was dumb), they began about Mr. Wickfield and Agnes. Uriah threw the ball to Mrs. Heep, Mrs. Heep caught it and threw it back to Uriah, Uriah ke... ...it about until I had no idea who had got it, and was quite bewildered. The ball itself was always changing too. Now it was Mr. Wickfield, now Agnes, n... ...e a bow now and then. The raging agonies I suffer on the night of the Race Ball, where I know the eldest Miss Larkins will be dancing with the militar...

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...isters, Patience and Jerusha. They used to come with him and have pleasant games, but it was a long time since Patience had been able to come out, for... ... and did read whatever came in their way, though that was only a broadside ballad now and then besides their mother’s Bible and Prayer-book, and one o... ..., even though it hindered him from ever going out to fish, or play at base ball, or any of the other sports the village boys loved. His quiet, thought... ...s— They digged a bower on yonder brae, And theek’d it o’er wi’ rashes.” —Ballad. STEADFAST slept soundly on the straw with Toby curled up by his sid... ...e of you be afraid, As we never did transgress.” —Robin Hood Ballad. STEADFAST WA S BUSY weeding the little patch of barley that lay nea... ...eathless hope, the little shamrock, birth.” —Irish Ballad. THE K ING’S VISIT left traces. Emlyn had become far more restless a... ...g spirits that would have made him eager to join the village lads in their games. Indeed they laughed at him for his pov- erty and scholarship, and ca...

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...more lonely and sad he felt. When the company dispersed and adjourned to the ball room, he paced the hall and passages alone, ruminating in a very me... ...ws better, he does, ’ said Mr. Weller. ‘He knows that if he wos to come sich games as these nobody wouldn’t love him, and that his grandfather in part...

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...ner they threw off the veils that cov ered their heads and began to play at ball, while Nausicaa sang for them. As the huntress Diana goes forth upon... ...s to conduct him to the city of the Phaeacians. The girl, therefore, threw a ball at one of the maids, which missed her and fell into deep water. On t... ..., and he it was who presently said, when they had all been diverted with the games, “Let us ask the stranger whether he ex The Odyssey – Book VIII 8... ...o dance alone, for there was no one to compete with them. So they took a red ball which Polybus had made for them, and one of them bent himself backwa... ...ught it with ease before it came down again. When they had done throwing the ball straight up into the air they be gan to dance, and at the same time... ...court, and set a seat hard by with a sheep skin on it; bring us also a large ball of lard, from what they have in the house. Let us warm the bow and g...

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...uarter on the table. “Now watch me,” cried Marcus. He caught up a billiard ball from the rack, poised it a moment in front of his face, then with a su... ...rcus! Sure, you never could tell what he would do next. Marcus slipped the ball out, wiped it on the tablecloth, and passed it to McTeague. “Now let’s... ...ted his thick mustaches and opened his enormous jaws like an anaconda. The ball disappeared inside his mouth. Marcus applauded vociferously, shouting,... ...moved con- vulsively, he pawed at his cheeks with both hands. The billiard ball had slipped into his mouth easily enough; now, however, he could not g... ...ank Norris he would, he could not stretch his jaws wide enough to slip the ball out. Marcus lost his wits, swearing at the top of his voice. McTeague ... ...smoking pipe after pipe of cheap tobacco. Sometimes he joined in the poker games. He had learned poker when a boy at the mine, and after a few deals h...

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...re this day, or ever shall be.” He was soon in the midst of a crowd of boys who were running, jumping, playing at ball and leap-frog, and otherwise di... ...alked— I told you of my sisters, Nan and Bet—ah, yes, you remember that; and about mine old grandam—and the rough games of the lads of Offal Court—yes...

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... you judge all sorts of other general ideas. To me this planet is a little ball of oxides and nickel steel; life a sort of tarnish on its surface. And... ...dily excited by buying things and wearing things and dancing and play- ing games and going to places of entertainment, and being given flowers, sweets... ...ienced something of the blank amaze- ment of a child who has burst its toy balloon. His golden globe of satisfaction in an instant had gone. An irrati...

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...alone proves a vast amount of miscellaneous reading, romances of chivalry, ballads, popular poetry, chronicles, for which he had no time or opportu- n... ...shepherdess. As a set-off against this, the old historical and traditional ballads, and the true pastorals, the songs and ballads of peasant life, wer... ...r service and honour had made me known, the necessity of adapting that old ballad of Lancelot to the present occasion has given you the knowl- edge of... ...h it be no bigger than a grain of wheat; for by the thread one gets at the ball, and in this way we shall be satisfied and easy, and you will be conte... ...t know it, lady mine, Or else thou art untrue. And so he went on with the ballad as far as the lines: O noble Marquis of Mantua, My Uncle and liege ... ...at this is done to divert our idle thoughts; and as in well-ordered states games of chess, fives, and billiards are allowed for the diversion of those...

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...ed as if you were a Lady.’ ‘Yes to be sure!’ said Miss Tox, keeping up the ball with great sympathy. ‘And as to porter!—quite unlimited, will it not, ... ...Earth, air, or water. It’s all one. Only say where you’ll have it. Up in a balloon? There you are. Down in a bell? There you are. D’ye want to put the... ...arble basin which seemed to have been playing a churchyard game at cup and ball with its matter of fact pedestal, and to have been just that moment ca... ...hittington; and the latter gentleman had even gone so far as to purchase a ballad of considerable antiquity, that had long fluttered among many others... ...his own conse- quent gaiety, he even attempted, in favouring them with the ballad of ‘Lovely Peg’ for the third time in one evening, to make an extemp... ...y backgammon a little too,’ replied the man of teeth. ‘Carker plays at all games, I believe,’ said Mr Dombey , lay- ing himself on a sofa like a man o... ...s power, and liked to show it. Nevertheless, Mr Carker played so well—some games with the Major, and some with Cleopatra, whose vigilance of eye in re...

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... news?” Nejdanov bounced up from the bed like an india-rubber 13 Turgenev ball. “What more do you want?” he shouted out suddenly, in a ringing voice.... ...amount of charm. Or, if need be, they played at cards, always the same old games— crib- bage, ecarte, or double-dummy whist. Then the samovar made its... ...How smart they are!” Paklin began begging the old people to sing them some ballad. They were both surprised and amused at the idea, but consented read... ...ess, tin- gling, jangling notes, but the old people promptly struck up the ballad, “Was it to Mourn.” Fomisha began— “In love God gave a heart Of burn...

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...many voices far off, then there was another report of a shot, and a musket ball fired at long range spurted a tiny jet of sand between him and his wil... ...s, you ought—” “How can I?” she interrupted, catching the mean- ing like a ball. “By saying something.” “Is it really necessary?” she asked, doubtfull... ... “It’ll be ten days before the schooner is ready. I’ll take every scrap of ballast out of her. I’ll strip her— I’ll take her lower masts out of her, b... ...ctual than a tra- dition; and she thought of herself as of some woman in a ballad, who has to beg for the lives of innocent captives. To save the live... ...to death who passed the 242 The Rescue time before execution playing card games with their guards.” “And what did you say?” “I told him that there we... ... black cloud that seemed almost solid pop up from behind the forest like a balloon. It stayed there for quite a long time. Some of our Calashes on dec...

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... which cannot be experienced. It's only a trick. That's all it is, playing games. There is no such thing as the unknown at all. How can I say that ... ...de you. Then you are out of that. Tradition is finished for you. No more games. Vedanta means the end of knowledge. So why write more holy books, o... ...l. I am only talking about it in response to your questions. You throw the ball and it bounces back. There is no urge in me to express myself to you ...