The King of AlsanderMax Goschen [i.e. George Allen & Unwin], 1915 - 304 sider |
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Alsandrian Andrea Aphrodite Apuleius arms Arnolfo beauty began Blaindon blue Bon Marché castle Cathedral Cesano charming chinoiseries Consul Count Vorza cried Norman Cuvas dare dark doctor door England English Englishman exclaimed eyes face Father Algio fear fellow fool Gaffekin garden girl Gods of Pegana Golden Ass grocer guards hand heard heart honour John King of Alsander kissed knew Kradenda lady laugh look Lord Chamberlain lover Majesty moon mother mysterious never night Norman rose once palace passion Peronella Prasko Price Princess Ianthe Queen replied rose round secret sedan chair seemed Sforelli shining silence smile soul square stood story strange street sure talk tell thing Thomas Bodkin thought tion Tom Jones Ulmreich voice waiting walked wall whipping whisper William Price window woman wonder words young
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Side 2 - Africum mercator metuens otium et oppidi laudat rura sui: mox reficit rates quassas indocilis pauperiem pati. est qui nee veteris pocula Massici nee partem solido demere de die spernit, nunc viridi membra sub arbuto stratus, nunc ad aquae lene caput sacrae...
Side 44 - Now smile, then weep ; now pale, then crimson red. You are the powerful moon of my blood's sea, To make it ebb or flow into my face, As your looks change.
Side 137 - BESIDE the ungathered rice he lay, His sickle in his hand; His breast was bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land.
Side 26 - Knowest thou the land where bloom the lemon trees, And darkly gleam the golden oranges ? A gentle wind blows down from that blue sky ; Calm stands the myrtle and the laurel high. Knowest thou the land ? So far and fair ! Thou, whom I love, and I will wander there. Knowest thou the house with all its rooms aglow, And shining hall and columned portico ? The marble statues stand and look at me. Alas, poor child, what have they done...
Side 203 - In London fades the flower; But far away the bright blue skies Shall watch my solemn walls arise, And all the glory, all the grace Of earth shall gather there, and eyes Will...
Side 290 - ... in mea tutela gloriosus, et cum spatium saeculi tui permensus ad inferos demearis, ibi quoque in ipso subterraneo semirutundo me, quam uides, Acherontis tenebris interlucentem Stygiisque penetralibus regnantem, 1 5 campos Elysios incolens ipse, tibi propitiam frequens adorabis.
Side 81 - JIM JAY Do diddle di do, Poor Jim Jay Got stuck fast In Yesterday. Squinting he was, On Cross-legs bent, Never heeding The wind was spent. Round veered the weathercock, The sun drew in And stuck was Jim Like a rusty pin... We pulled and we pulled From seven till twelve, Jim, too frightened To help himself. But all in vain. The clock struck one, And there was Jim...
Side 290 - Et tu seras aimee de mes amants, courtisee par mes courtisans. Tu seras la reine des hommes aux yeux verts dont j'ai serre aussi la gorge dans mes caresses nocturnes; de ceux-la qui aiment la mer, la mer immense, tumultueuse et verte, 1'eau informe et multiforme, le lieu ou ils ne sont pas, la femme qu'ils ne connaissent pas, les fleurs sinistres qui ressemblent aux encensoirs d'une religion inconnue, les parfums qui troublent la volonte, et les animaux sauvages et voluptueux qui sont les emblemes...
Side 172 - ... let down over the coffin : these were their substitutes for a brick vault. In a short time, we left the body of our darling sister in an American graveyard. " On the way back, Kenelm quite forgot his resolution. He hid his face in his hands and cried with all his heart. When we arrived at the hotel, he shut himself up in his room for the rest of the day. In the evening, he was found to be ill and with strong fever.