"Share" Quotes from Famous Books
... as you might say, ain't everything. Not sayin' that you haven't your share of good looks, I always admired more than anything else about you the nice, kind way you treat your ma and pa. Any one what's good to their parents and is a kind of home-body don't specially need ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Options • O. Henry
... should I? It all lies with the detective and myself now. You've done your share, and done it well. If the man's caught, the reward's yours. But you'd only be in the way now. You'd better go to the office and make your peace ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Gallegher and Other Stories • Richard Harding Davis
... visitor at my friend's and we were to share the same bed. This was a little trial; I had to ask the Lord to give me patience—and He did. One night, I was very restless and nervous; I could not sleep. I knew I was disturbing my friend—soon she said, 'Annie, I am going to ask the Lord ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Wonders of Prayer - A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer • Various
... amet, illum / omnes et Virtutes et Veneres odere. My friend CHARLES LLOYD has / likewise joined me; and has contributed every poem of his, which he / deemed worthy of preservation. With respect to my own share of the / Volume, I have omitted a third of the former Edition, and added almost / an equal number. The Poems thus added are marked in the Contents by / Italics. S. T. C. STOWEY, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol I and II • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
... French expression. They wept hot tears as in the keen personal pang of sorrow and fellow-feeling and impotence to help. Winchester—withdrawn high on his platform, ostentatiously separated from any share in it, a spectator merely—wept; and the judges wept. The Bishop of Boulogne was overwhelmed with emotion, iron tears flowed down the accursed Cauchon's cheeks. The very world stood still to see that white form of purity, and valour, and faith, the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Jeanne d'Arc - Her Life And Death • Mrs.(Margaret) Oliphant
... Aren't you pretending—just for fun? Really not? Well, that course teaches you how to be a good citizen, what you must do and what you mayn't do, so as to do your full share of the work of making your town a beautiful and happy place for people to live in. There's a quite simple little thing they teach the tiny ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Story of the Amulet • E. Nesbit
... to share your rotten, scheming life," she cried, "to help you in your dirty ways, and to crawl up into the places we coveted! Once I saw the truth. Once a real man was kind to me and I saw the difference. I've felt it in my ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Mischief Maker • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... sheer wonderment into the beautiful face of the Angel. Did she truly mean it? Would she walk down that street with him, crippled, homely, in mean clothing, with the tools of his occupation on him, and share with him the treat she was offering? He could not believe it, even of the Angel. Still, in justice to the candor of her pure, sweet face, he would not think that she would make the offer and not mean it. She really did mean just what she said, but when ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Freckles • Gene Stratton-Porter
... Did I share crop? No, ma'am!" (Sharply as tho repramanding the inquirer for an undeserved insult.) "I didn't share crop, except just at first to get a start. I rented. I paid thirds and fourths. I always rented. ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives - Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 • Works Projects Administration
... benedictory appeal. I next visited the church of St. Ouens, which is not so large as the cathedral, but surpasses that, and every other sacred edifice I ever beheld, in point of elegance. This graceful pile, has also had its share of sufferings, during the reign of revolutionary barbarism. Its chaste, and elegant pillars, have been violated by the smoke of sulphur and wood; and in many places, present to the distressed eye, chasms, produced by massy forges, which were erected against them, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Stranger in France • John Carr
... trouble, I was to present the other at the Union National Bank, where also Mr. Sharpless kept an account. I had no difficulty whatever in obtaining the money, and after dividing it among the other two, I left town on the first train. I received two hundred dollars for my share, and the forgeries were not discovered until a long time had elapsed, and when it was almost impossible to obtain any information concerning them. To this day I don't believe that any of the officers of the two banks have the slightest ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives • Allan Pinkerton
... perceive that that idea, nauseous in his presentment of it, was the very same cherished and justified by themselves; unwilling also to believe that in his denunciation of respecters of persons they themselves had a full share, they yet felt a little uneasy from the vague whispers of their consciences on the side of the neglected principles enounced, clashing with the less vague conviction that if those whispers were encouraged and listened ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Marquis of Lossie • George MacDonald
... was the never-painted house; ditto its three barns. But, besides a camp, there were two things to be had here,—one certain, one possible, probable even. The view, that was an inevitable certainty; Iglesias would bag that as his share of the plunder of Ripogenus. For my bagging, bears, perchance, awaited. The trappers had seen a bear near the barns. Cancut, in his previous visit, had seen a disappearance of bear. No sooner had the birch's bow touched lightly upon the shore than we seized our respective ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 62, December, 1862 • Various
... Julia had been his first love, and to her he could have been always true. I fear he thought of this now. I fear that it was a grief to him that he could not place himself close at her side, bid her do as she had planned, and then come to him, and share all his crusts. Had it been open to him to play that part, he would have played it well, and would have gloried in the thoughts of her poverty. The position would have suited him exactly. But Florence was in the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Claverings • Anthony Trollope
... enter," I replied, "into the solicitude of all the churches; and from the direction of one particular Church you would be promoted to share in the care of the Universal Church, becoming, as it were, the co-assessor of the Holy See." "Nevertheless," he replied, "you see Cardinals of our own day, who when they were Bishops and had dioceses were distinguished ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales • Jean Pierre Camus
... have my share of that commodity for the remainder of my natural life," Matt laughed happily, "I want noise and people. I want screaming and yelling and fighting and risks and profits and losses and liars and scoundrels and honest men all inextricably mixed." He tossed his great sun-tanned ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne
... the way to an enclosure with a hut on one side of it. As he stooped down, ducks and fowls rushed forward to obtain the food he held in his hand, the pigs came grunting up, and several long-legged birds— storks I believe they were—stood by waiting for their share, numerous parrots and parroquets were perched on the railings, as tame as the barn-door fowls, while a laughing-jackass looked on complacently from an overhanging bough, every now and then ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Adventures in Australia • W.H.G. Kingston
... readily understand a stranger, having any share of sensibility, not liking a people whose observances are so peculiar and so decidedly marked; but I do think it impossible for an impartial person to spend any time in the country, or have any close intercourse with ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Impressions of America - During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. • Tyrone Power
... sure that sooner or later it would come to this, indeed it would have been a sin if you had not done so. I am especially rejoiced as you give the arguments for occasional transport, with such perfect fairness; these will now receive a fair share of attention, as coming from you a professed botanist. Thanks also for Grove's address; as a whole it strikes me as very good and original, but I was disappointed in the part about Species; it dealt in such generalities ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin
... official report of Major Mitchell will sufficiently point out the incorrectness of the preceding statement. It is most probable that Barber merely told that which he had heard from the natives, and that having a more than ordinary share of cunning, he made up a story upon their vague and uncertain accounts, in hopes that it would benefit him, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete • Charles Sturt
... within the next week. In the meantime, we are able to say that the Alliance will be sufficiently comprehensive to admit United States trade within the British Empire upon practically British terms—that is to say, the United States will, in almost every detail, share in Imperial Preference. ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Message • Alec John Dawson
... in his deep musical voice, "to repay a noble service. Will you permit me to share a grief for the loss of one to whom I owe my life—yes, more than my life!" West paused, and strove vainly to master the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 • Various
... a play of mixed authorship. Shakespeare's share in it is large and unmistakable; but much of it was written by an unknown poet of whom we can decipher this, that he was a man of genius, a skilled writer for the stage, and of a marked personality. It cannot now be known how the collaboration was arranged. Either the unknown collaborated ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — William Shakespeare • John Masefield
... we draw our money—is to do absurd and impossible things,—generally with no reason whatever except to amuse the public. Here we have a reason. The rest doesn't matter. I shall share these rooms with the Nilghai till Torpenhow returns. There will be a batch of unbridled 'specials' coming to town in a little while, and these will serve as their headquarters. Another reason for sending Torpenhow away. Thus Providence helps those who help others, and"—here the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling
... to which I was born. God is fashioning it; in His own time, and in the form He chooses, He will send it to me.... I am not afraid, and be thou not afraid for me. My father was a hero, and he left me his spirit. I too have my duty born within the hour—it is to share the danger of my kinsman's people, to give them my presence, to comfort them all I can. I will show thee what thou seemest not to have credited—that a woman can be brave as any man. I will attend the sick, the wounded, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 2 • Lew. Wallace
... memory—rings it true? Half for me and half for you. Cleave and share it. Now, good sooth, God ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Ride to the Lady • Helen Gray Cone
... with his roll half out of his pocket and gazed at her like a man struck dumb. A share in his mine! He put the money back and mopped the sudden sweat from ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Rimrock Jones • Dane Coolidge
... invitation to partake a traveller's meal, or at least that of being invited to share whatever liquor the guest called for, was expected by certain old landlords in Scotland, even in the youth of the author. In requital, mine host was always furnished with the news of the country, and was probably a little of a humourist to ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, - Issue 368, May 2, 1829 • Various
... will, and I have been forced to bear the sight of much evil, but I have wrought none. I have shriven the dying, I have ministered to the sick, I have comforted the oppressed, but I have taken no share of the price of blood. I am a priest of our holy Church, and if I wed these two before the sight of men, they will be husband and wife till death, and I shall have set the seal of the blessing of the Church upon an act of shame. I will not ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The People Of The Mist • H. Rider Haggard
... does. How can he remedy the matter? He can only challenge his wife's lover. A duel is fought in which neither of the opponents are killed, they wound each other slightly, embrace, weep, have coffee together, and for the future consent to share the lady's affections amicably." ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Vendetta - A Story of One Forgotten • Marie Corelli
... she longed to get aid from her husband. Yet under the circumstances she dared to admit so little. One Saturday afternoon he called at the house; she was compelled to share ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories • Robert Herrick
... acknowledge no wealth unless it can be counted with the five fingers? If we admit the mind to be the sole depositary of genuine joy, where is the bosom that has not been elevated into a temporary Elysium by the magic of the Lottery? Which of us has not converted his ticket, or even his sixteenth share of one, into a nest-egg of Hope, upon which he has sat brooding in the secret roosting-places of his heart, and hatched it ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various
... navvies came to be distinguished by a sort of savage manners, which contrasted strangely with those of the surrounding population. Yet, ignorant and violent though they might be, they were usually good-hearted fellows in the main—frank and openhanded with their comrades, and ready to share their last penny with those in distress. Their pay-nights were often a saturnalia of riot and disorder, dreaded by the inhabitants of the villages along the line of works. The irruption of such men into the quiet hamlet of Kilsby must, indeed, have ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Lives of the Engineers - The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson • Samuel Smiles
... pulled his bed out into the room and upset it," answered Williams, when the same question was put to him. And before the Doctor could say a word, the remaining three implicated with Egerton, Warburton, and Williams, confessed their share in the matter. The rest denied, with truth, having done anything to Campbell, and ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Wilton School - or, Harry Campbell's Revenge • Fred E. Weatherly
... difficult because it is large, even though all its parts might singly be performed with facility; where there are many things to be done, each must be allowed its share of time and labor, in the proportion only which it bears to the whole; nor can it be expected, that the stones which form the dome of a temple, should be squared and polished like ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books - with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations • Charles W. Eliot
... Not only does each manufacturer still obtain the same sale for his cigarettes, but he actually gains a third share in the profits of a new ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 4, 1917 • Various
... they have done me in admitting me one of their Members. The Gentlemen may be assured that this unexpected mark of their Respect adds to the Obligation which I have ever held myself under, to employ the small Share of Ability which God has given me, in vindicating the Rights of my Country ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Writings of Samuel Adams, vol. III. • Samuel Adams
... What different spheres to human bliss assign'd! What slow gradations in the scale of mind! Yet mark in each these mystic wonders wrought; Oh mark the sleepless energies of thought! The adventurous boy, that asks his little share, And hies from home with many a gossip's prayer, Turns on the neighbouring hill, once more to see The dear abode of peace and privacy; And as he turns, the thatch among the trees, The smoke's blue wreaths ascending with the breeze, The village-common spotted white ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Poems • Samuel Rogers
... for a promise never to worry Mme. la Marquise again with his presence. But this I have never been able to ascertain with any finality. Certain it is that when at three o'clock on that same afternoon M. de Firmin-Latour presented himself at my office, he did not offer me a share in any five thousand francs, though he spoke to me about the money, adding that he thought it would look well if he were to give it back to Madame, and to tell her that M. de Naquet had rejected so paltry a ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Castles in the Air • Baroness Emmuska Orczy
... won't let him hear a few things," said the escaped convict, "if he has the nerve to return here for his share ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Quest • Pio Baroja
... garden nigh, Her queenly sisters enthroned by art; Loosening petals one by one To the fiery Passion's dart Superbly shy. For them in some glory of hair, Or nest of the heaving mounds to lie, Or path of the bride bestrew. Ever are they the theme for song. But nought of that is her share. Hardly from wayfarers tramping along, A glance they care not ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... garden-roller was quite useless for the purpose of rolling the field, and the ground was so hard and dry that no rolling, even with the heaviest horse-roller, would have done any good. Allan was very sorry for Tom, and took more than a fair share of the blame, saying he ought to have been more careful; but he was rather distressed when he found that he had a black eye, and that it could not be well before the cricket match, when the boys would be sure to ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Golden Moments - Bright Stories for Young Folks • Anonymous
... Eleutherius) You cannot but have somewhat wonder'd as well as I, to observe how great a share of Water goes to the making up of Divers Bodies, whose Disguises promise nothing neere so much. The Distillation of Eeles, though it yielded me some Oyle, and Spirit, and Volatile Salt, besides the Caput mortuum, yet were ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Sceptical Chymist • Robert Boyle
... said to the Mouse-deer, "Friend Mouse-deer, will you be so good as to take charge of the children till I come back? I am going down to the river to catch fish, and when I come back, I'll share the catch with you." The Mouse-deer replied, "Very well! go along, and I'll look after the children." So the Otter went down to the river ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories - The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 • Various
... "Tony, you are quite welcome to my share of Mrs. Paisley; and instead of Benjamin's, you may stand a chance to get ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Mark Hurdlestone - Or, The Two Brothers • Susanna Moodie
... Wolf sailed for Madras, then, after cruising for some time in the Indian seas, and capturing several prizes, she was at length ordered home. She had made during the time she was on the East Indian station a considerable amount of prize-money, and though a midshipman's share is not very large compared to that of the captain, Dick's was not only sufficient to obtain a good outfit, but he had besides a well-filled purse ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Rival Crusoes • W.H.G. Kingston
... was wheeled into place, in order to make a last desperate defence of the sacred theory. The leaders in this effort were the three great Ultramontanes, De Maistre, De Bonald, and Lamennais. Condillac's contention that "languages were gradually and insensibly acquired, and that every man had his share of the general result," they attacked with reasoning based upon premises drawn from the book of Genesis. De Maistre especially excelled in ridiculing the philosophic or scientific theory. Lamennais, who afterward became so vexatious a thorn in the side of the Church, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom • Andrew Dickson White
... indeed, in this case, be absolutely necessary to settle Juan Fernandez, the settlement of which place, under the direction of that company, if they could, as very probably they might, fall into some share of the slave-trade from New Guinea, must prove wonderfully advantageous, considering the opportunity they would have of vending those slaves to the Spaniards in Chili and Peru. The settling of this island ought ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Early Australian Voyages • John Pinkerton
... however, terminate the war. On the contrary, rat-hunting became a favourite pastime during the voyage down the Red Sea. Our hero, of course, took his turn at the fighting, but we believe that he never received a medal for his share in ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Blue Lights - Hot Work in the Soudan • R.M. Ballantyne
... wine, and made my arrangements accordingly. I told my master that it was my intention to leave him, as I had an offer to go into business with a relation at Zante. My master, who could not well do without me, intreated me to stay; but I was positive. He then offered me a share of the business if I would remain, but I was not to be persuaded. Every rap at the door, I thought that the aga and his janissaries were coming for me; and I hastened my departure, which was fixed for the following day,—when in ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Pacha of Many Tales • Frederick Marryat
... he hissed. "You promised me you'd be content with what you have." Holcombe looked at him in amazement. "And now your accomplices are to have their share, too, are they?" the embezzler whispered, fiercely. "You lied to me; you mean to take ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Exiles and Other Stories • Richard Harding Davis
... you—gifts by which you rise more and more above them, the more they are developed in yourself. Your baseness—but, begging Pascal's pardon, I cannot call it baseness—your connecting link with the brute creation lies in those other gifts of God which you and they share in common—in those wonders of your organization, which we shall now meet with in them again, in full perfection at first, and that in every respect; by which fact you may learn, if you never thought of it before, that the lower animals come from the same creating hand as yourself, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The History of a Mouthful of Bread - And its effect on the organization of men and animals • Jean Mace
... giants, All the serpents, the Kenabeeks, As I slew the Mishe-Mokwa, Slew the Great Bear of the mountains. "And at last when Death draws near you, When the awful eyes of Pauguk Glare upon you in the darkness, I will share my kingdom with you, Ruler shall you be thenceforward Of the Northwest-Wind, Keewaydin, Of the home-wind, the Keewaydin." Thus was fought that famous battle In the dreadful days of Shah-shah, In the days long since departed, In the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
... has ceased to be possible? Clearly because it is no longer the same Church. Before, England was a part of the Universal Church; and just as the Church in Italy, France, and Spain, had, and still have, their Cardinals, so England also was given its share of representation in the Sacred College. We shall realise the inference to be drawn if we consider what a Cardinal is. In the first place, he is one chosen directly by the Pope; secondly, he is one of the Pope's advisers; thirdly, when the Holy ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Purpose of the Papacy • John S. Vaughan
... I did it, and the man in the moon helped me. Now I think it was a very thoughtful and helpful thing for anybody to do, so you ought to kiss me for doing it, and when the weather gets clear you must throw a kiss to the man in the moon, too, for his share." And with that he kissed the little housekeeper, and she felt herself abundantly repaid for her work and for the thoughtfulness she had shown. She was never so happy as when Sam praised her, "because he's such a splendid ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Big Brother - A Story of Indian War • George Cary Eggleston
... hear Marian called a flirt. It seemed so out of keeping with her letters and the womanly delicacy and fineness revealed in them. But I reflected that women sometimes find it hard to forgive another woman who absorbs more than her share of lovers, and generally take their revenge by dubbing her a flirt, whether she deserves the name ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... weapon. I saw them doing it, and hence I longed for it myself. Look, dear madam, what a noble one it is. I am sure, if you had known of it, you could not yourself have resisted having it, try it, try it once more, and I am sure you will forgive us, and share our joys." ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous
... tide of feeling. The completion of the walls was celebrated by a splendid sacrifice and festival banquet, and joy came back to Athens again. A new era had begun for the city, not one of dominion and empire, but one marked by some share of her old dignity ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... contains seeds of strong growing plants, such as dock, plantain, etc., which should be taken out as fast as they appear. To some the dandelion is a weed; but not to me, unless it takes more than its share of space, for I always miss these little earth stars when they are absent. They intensify the sunshine shimmering on the lawn, making one smile involuntarily when seeing them. Moreover, they awaken pleasant memories, for a childhood in ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Home Acre • E. P. Roe
... implication of some of these branches gave opportunity to the teacher for the promulgation of almost any knowledge of which he might be possessed, but there can be no doubt that, in general, science had but meagre share in the curriculum. In so far as it was given representation, its chief field must have been Ptolemaic astronomy. The utter lack of scientific thought and scientific method is illustrated most vividly in the works of the greatest men of that period—such men as Albertus Magnus, Thomas ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams
... those who invent anything noteworthy occupy the greatest share of the attention of historians, The reason for this is that original inventors are more noticed and excite more wonder, because new things always possess a greater charm than improvements subsequently introduced to perfect them. For if no one ever made a beginning, there would never ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) • Giorgio Vasari
... can see how great the delight of heaven must be from the fact that it is the delight of everyone in heaven to share his delights and blessings with others; and as such is the character of all that are in the heavens it is clear how immeasurable is the delight of heaven. It has been shown above (n. 268), that ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Heaven and its Wonders and Hell • Emanuel Swedenborg
... loaded with ball ammunition. As he sips his black coffee at the termination of luncheon, the captain assures you that until within a few years a skipper was suspicious alike of every native deck passenger and every fishing junk indicating a disposition to claim more than its share of the channel; "but the old days in China," he concludes, "have disappeared forever, and piracy as an occupation has ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — East of Suez - Ceylon, India, China and Japan • Frederic Courtland Penfield
... position. Her Susquehanna Valley stretched northwest—not so directly west as did the Potomac on the south and the Mohawk on the north. This more northerly trend led these early Pennsylvania promoters to believe that, while they might "only have a share in the trade of those [the Ohio] waters," they could absolutely secure for themselves the trade of the Great Lakes, "taking Presq' Isle [Erie, Pennsylvania] which is within our own State, as the great mart ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Paths of Inland Commerce - A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway, Volume 21 in The - Chronicles of America Series • Archer B. Hulbert
... the double of others which are riper. The cattle being tied to the stall places this quite in your power, while in the strawyard it could not be done. When ten or twenty beasts in the strawyard stand together, the strongest take the greatest share, and these are very often the animals that least require it. I consider the stall a great advantage over the strawyard in this respect, as you can give each beast what you wish him to have. My men are told the quantity of cake and corn which I wish ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Cattle and Cattle-breeders • William M'Combie
... the lion's share," I heard him say; "you have no reason to complain. The rest came in afterward, and was all merged in that sinking ship, and went down with it into the deep waters. It would not have been as much as you received, had it been ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Miriam Monfort - A Novel • Catherine A. Warfield
... to see her the next day, and Sophia received her with open arms. Every one knew that Julia had begged her to stay and live with her always, and share what she had. Julia goes now to see her every day of her life, rain or snow, storm or shine; and the whole village says that the friendship between those two old women is ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) • Various
... not wake Death and the splendour of the scarlet cap, Boston and Valmy, Yorktown and Jemmappes, Freedom in arms, the riding and the routing, The thunder of the captains and the shouting, All that lost riot that you did not share—And when that riot comes—you will ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Poems • G.K. Chesterton
... blood of the son-in-law with the gore of the father-in-law; they determined that the war should end in peace, and that they would not contend with weapons to the last extremity, and that Tatius should share in the sovereignty. ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes - and Explanations • Publius Ovidius Naso
... narrated contributed thoroughly to disgrace the Catholic and royalist party. The revolution had left society dissolved, full of bloodthirsty and false men. But though the Protestants had their share of such villains, they also had the one consistent and public-spirited element in the kingdom, namely Knox and his immediate followers. Moray was a man rather above the average respectability and he confirmed the triumph ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith
... eyes. Out of it invisible spirits walk. We are introduced to charming people who never existed, and yet who become our daily companions. We go with them through many trials, we rejoice with them, we know all their secrets, and share with them many of our own. Is it possible, that, shut up between those covers, long unknown, all these existed which have since made life ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 • Various
... once to the Philippines, to be followed by missionaries from other corporations. The King allowed P500 to be paid against the P1,000 passage money for each priest, the balance to be defrayed out of the common funds of the clergy, derived from their share of the tribute. ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Philippine Islands • John Foreman
... a nice hot cake with currants in it, Kitty,' she said persuasively, 'and you shall have your share, hot and buttered, if you will be patient ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Uncle Max • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... depends upon them. For scientific men would have been thought to be mere theoretical dreamers, totally lacking in social efficiency. It must be borne in mind that ultimately social efficiency means neither more nor less than capacity to share in a give and take of experience. It covers all that makes one's own experience more worth while to others, and all that enables one to participate more richly in the worthwhile experiences of others. Ability to produce and to enjoy art, capacity for recreation, the significant ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Democracy and Education • John Dewey
... the young Greek, leaning against the high back of a chair, and returning Nello's contemplative admiration with a look of inquiring anxiety; "the question is, in what quarter I am to carry my princely air, so as to rise from the said fallen condition. If your Florentine patrons of learning share this scholarly hostility to the Greeks, I see not how your city can be a hospitable refuge for me, as you seemed to ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Romola • George Eliot
... Second Continental Congress Mr. Jefferson had a leading share in its deliberations, although that body embraced many of the most distinguished men of that period. The most important act of that assembly was the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which, as I have already ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Writings of Thomas Jefferson - Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) • Thomas Jefferson
... minute or two Alloway cursed and Blazer barked. Then Tinker sat quietly down on the threshold of the kennel, and fanned himself with his hat. The empurpled Alloway grew purpler at the sight of a coolness he did not share. ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Admirable Tinker - Child of the World • Edgar Jepson
... they had come to a crisis during Harry's visit, for of course Harry occupied a large share of every one's interest. The squire took the opportunity to talk over the affairs of the estate with him, and this was not a kind of conversation they felt inclined to make general. It took them long solitary ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Squire of Sandal-Side - A Pastoral Romance • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
... a battle, and victory is always to the strong. The timid are never called upon to take their share of the booty. It becomes the property of those who have had the force to win it, either by sheer courage or by cautious strategy, for real bravery is not always that which calls for the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Poise: How to Attain It • D. Starke
... New England had failed. In the height of the tragic folly over the supposed "witchcraft" in Salem, Increase Mather and his son Cotton had held up the hands of the judges in their implacable work. But before five years had passed, Judge Sewall does public penance in church for his share of the awful blunder, desiring "to take the shame and blame of it." Robert Calef's cool pamphlet exposing the weakness of the prosecutors' case is indeed burned by Increase Mather in the Harvard Yard, but the liberal party are soon to force ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The American Spirit in Literature, - A Chronicle of Great Interpreters, Volume 34 in The - Chronicles Of America Series • Bliss Perry
... spiritual life. The works of the great Sfs, and amongst the Christians of Jacopone da Tod, Ruysbroeck, Boehme, abound in illustrations of this law. Therefore we must not be surprised to find in Kabr's songs—his desperate attempts to communicate his ecstasy and persuade other men to share it—a constant juxtaposition of concrete and metaphysical language; swift alternations between the most intensely anthropomorphic, the most subtly philosophical, ways of apprehending man's communion with the Divine. The need for this alternation, and its ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Songs of Kabir • Rabindranath Tagore (trans.)
... Martin's-le-Grand, who were waiting for our charge. In a stupor of bewilderment we completed our work, and delivered up the mails; then, once more we confronted one another with pale faces, frightened out of our seven senses. All the scrapes we had ever been in (and we had had our usual share of errors and blunders) faded into utter insignificance compared with this. My eye fell upon Mr. Huntingdon's order lying among some scraps of waste paper on the floor, and I picked it up, and put it carefully, with its official envelope, into ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Mugby Junction • Charles Dickens
... only were turned towards the closed door, indicating that she meant the brother of her husband. I had a vague knowledge of the story; it was of this brother I had thought when I was reviewing the mental history of my stepfather's family. I knew that Edmond Termonde had dissipated his share of the family fortune, no less than 1,200,000 francs, in a few years; that he had been enlisted, that he had gone on leading a debauched life in his regiment; that, having no money to come into from any quarter, and after a heavy loss at cards, he had been tempted into ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Stories of Modern French Novels • Julian Hawthorne
... supervise the construction of others, we could confidently expect large sales. Thus you would profit, and I am frank to admit that the company, and Mr. Peters, also, would make money. Mr. Peters is perfectly free to confess that he is in business to make money, but he is also willing to let others share with him. Come now, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Tom Swift and his Photo Telephone • Victor Appleton
... woman, and sitting in a shadow, pretended to nurse the infant of the household. The hunter, returning, was a little surprised that his wife should keep her face from him, and more surprised that the old woman did not appear for her share of the food that he had brought; but after their meal he took his little ones to the lake, to enjoy the evening breeze, when the elder burst into tears, declaring that the woman in the lodge was not his mother, and that he feared his own mother ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete • Charles M. Skinner
... stand to his associates, and make them each pay back their fair share of the loot? That'd bring his liability ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Brass Bowl • Louis Joseph Vance
... invested while still alive with the wrappings of the dead. Is this the mummy of Pentauirit, or of some other prince as culpable as he was, and condemned to this frightful punishment? In order to prevent the recurrence of such wicked plots, Pharaoh resolved to share his throne with that one of his sons who had most right to it. In the XXXIInd year of his reign he called together his military and civil chiefs, the generals of the foreign mercenaries, the Shardana, the priests, and the nobles of the court, and presented to them, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 5 (of 12) • G. Maspero
... to sink back with something that sounded like a sigh of contentment when both hats had been emptied. Then Piet and I dashed off to the river and procured a second supply, which the zebra also drank. Meanwhile the colt had been making desperate efforts to get a share of the water, but we had kept him off, with some difficulty, the mare being obviously in the greater need. But now that we had given her as much as we deemed good for her, for the moment, we turned out attention ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Through Veld and Forest - An African Story • Harry Collingwood
... through my banker," continued Dr. Cheron, "and I am to take charge of your share till you require it; which cannot be just yet, as I understand from this letter that your father supplied you with the sum of one hundred and ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — In the Days of My Youth • Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
... whale, and they went to work cutting, and slashing, and hoisting, and burning, and boiling, and at last, after ever so long a time—I don't remember exactly how long—the oil was all secured, and my grandfather, in a few months afterward, when he landed at Nantucket and made inquiries, sold his share of the oil for three thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars fifty-six cents, which he at once invested in business in New Bedford, and started off to Pennsylvania to visit his mother. The old lady didn't know him at all, he was so changed by sun, wind, storm, hardship, sickness, fatigue, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Dodge Club - or, Italy in 1859 • James De Mille
... resolves itself into the natural. In this way it can be said that not merely the Easter festival but all festivals are dependent upon the introduction of Israel into Canaan, and this is what we actually find very clearly in the prayer (Deuteronomy xxvi.) with which at the feast of tabernacles the share of the festal gifts falling to the priest is offered to the Deity. A basket containing fruits is laid upon the altar, and the following words are spoken: "A wandering Aramaean was my father, and he went down ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Prolegomena to the History of Israel • Julius Wellhausen
... after this, I was drinking in the public room of an inn, near my lodgings in the town, when a young gentleman named Malerain, who, though not a Scot, was yet one of the Scotch bodyguard, sat down at my table to share a ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — An Enemy To The King • Robert Neilson Stephens
... for every victim slain by the plague, hundreds of mankind exist and find a fair share of happiness in the world by the aid of the spinning jenny. And the great fire, at its worst, could not have burned the supply of coal, the daily working of which, in the bowels of the earth, made possible by the steam pump, gives rise to an amount ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge • Thomas H. Huxley
... share with me such foot-notes as may be made on the pages of my life during this summer's wanderings, I should not be quite silent as to this magnificent prologue to the, as yet, unknown drama. Yet I, like others, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — At Home And Abroad - Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe • Margaret Fuller Ossoli
... under her breath, but with a smile Mrs. Royall went on, "We know that to you the symbols of honours won—beads and ornaments—have little value—but we have for you something that we hope you will value because we all have a share in it, every one in the camp; and we ask you to wear this because you have shown us what one Camp Fire Girl can do for another. The work is all Elizabeth's. The rest of us only gave the beads, and your Guardian taught Elizabeth ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Torch Bearer - A Camp Fire Girls' Story • I. T. Thurston
... comes to your share," said the policeman swaying from side to side. "The tavern belongs to you in common, so the capital is in common. Yes. If I were in your place I should have taken it into court long ago. I would have taken it into court for one thing, and ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Bishop and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... that of other countries, and how far asunder are science and policy. The same method applied to the events of our own day must be yet more startling, and for a time we can scarcely anticipate that the author of this work will escape an apparent isolation between the reserve of those who share his views, but are not free to speak, and the foregone conclusions of most of those who have already spoken. But a book which treats of contemporary events in accordance with the signs of the time, not with the aspirations ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The History of Freedom • John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
... the window-seat below them, a pile of Plantins and Elzevirs threatened to bury a steel casket. On the table, several rolls of vellum and papyrus, peeping from metal cylinders, leant against a row of brass-bound folios. A handsome fur covering masked the truckle-bed, but this, too, bore its share of books, as did two or three long trunks covered with stamped and gilded leather which stood against the wall and were so long that the ladies of the day had the credit of hiding their gallants in them. On stools lay more books, and yet ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Long Night • Stanley Weyman
... explored Goat Island. The passage across the Niagara, directly in face of the falls, is one of the most delightful little voyages imaginable; the boat crosses marvellously near them, and within reach of a light shower of spray. Real safety and apparent danger have each their share in the pleasure felt. The river is here two hundred feet deep. The passage up the rock brings you close upon the American cataract; it is a vast sheet, and has all the sublimity that height and width, and uproar can give; but it has none of the magic of its rival about it. Goat Island has, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Domestic Manners of the Americans • Fanny Trollope
... Daisy did not enter into the amusement of what was going forward; for perhaps nobody took so much real share in it. Even Mr. Stilton's operations interested her. But she was not engrossed at all. She was not different from her usual self. All the glory of the tableaux had not dazzled her, so far as Preston could see. And daily, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Melbourne House, Volume 2 • Susan Warner
... Mabel has a hundred tastes which I do not share with her. She is devoted to her garden and hot-houses. I hardly know one flower from another, except the forest wildlings. She detests horses and dogs. I am never happier than when among them. She reads AEschylus as glibly as I can ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Vixen, Volume I. • M. E. Braddon
... did not forget that," said Loudon, whose noble, generous heart already repented his momentary passion and jealousy; "certainly, I am not so cowardly and so unconscionable as to deny the weighty share which the Russian army merit in the honor of this day; but you can well understand that I will not allow the gallant deeds of the Austrians to be swept away. We have fought together and conquered together, and now let us rejoice together over the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach
... continually, to dine out every evening and to write a book of some real appropriateness when he came home. Gregory said that all that he asked of America was that it should keep its institutions to itself and share its pretty girls, and the professor told him that he knew more about the latter than the former. There were not many pretty girls on the platform this morning, though he remarked one rather pleasing young person who sat idly on a pile of luggage and fixed large, speculative, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Tante • Anne Douglas Sedgwick
... which he had recourse to procure a supplement to his rations for its nourishment. The sailor had to fight for his own living; but he often indulged in dreams that some day a rich prize would be captured, his share of which would enable him to take better care of his adopted son. Unfortunately he did not take into his calculations the perilous hazards of the life he ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Wood Rangers - The Trappers of Sonora • Mayne Reid
... not purchase dishonorably by the sacrifice of civil liberty and of the right to worship his God according to the convictions of his heart and conscience. The burden of the defence of the Protestants had appeared sufficiently heavy when Conde, a prince of the blood, was alive to share it with him. But now, with the entire charge of maintaining the party against a powerful and determined enemy, who had the advantage of the possession of the person of the king, and thus was able to cloak ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — History of the Rise of the Huguenots - Volume 2 • Henry Baird
... however, that they and all others here will understand you much better hereafter. I cannot express too strongly to you how thoroughly our brief acquaintance has taught me to respect you, and if you will permit me to give an earnest meaning to Mr. Burleigh's jesting offer to share with me the responsibility of your care, I ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — A Face Illumined • E. P. Roe
... practice. And it had so happened, a few years before, for the accommodation of some young men of his acquaintance that he had invested rather generously in Grantham mining stock at twenty-five cents a share, and had promptly forgotten the transaction. To cut a long story short, in addition to Mr. Bentley's house and other effects, Mr. Parr became the owner of the Grantham stock, which not long after went to one hundred dollars. The ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... had more than enough of animal courage. He was not afraid of highwaymen, and he had fought more than his share of duels, being a foul-mouthed advocate while he held briefs at the bar. No one questioned his fighting qualities. But with respect to this particular case of Pyneweck, he lived in a house of glass. Was there not his pretty, dark-eyed, over-dressed housekeeper, Mrs. Flora Carwell? Very ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
... perceived Lord Orville, who seemed just dismounted from his horse, enter the garden. All my perturbation returned at the sight of him!-yet I endeavoured to repress every feeling but resentment. As he approached us, he bowed to the whole party; but I turned away my head to avoid taking any share in his civility. Addressing himself immediately to Mrs. Beaumont, he was beginning to enquire after his sister: but, upon seeing my face, he suddenly exclaimed, "Miss Anville!-" and then he advanced, and made his compliments to me,-not with an air ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Evelina • Fanny Burney
... the arrival of Clive he might have been thought the enemy of the English. It was he who pretended to have beaten them and to have taken Calcutta. He wished, he said, to maintain his reputation; but after the affair of the 5th of February, in which the only part he took was to share in the flight, he was not the same man; he feared nothing so much as to have to fight the English. This fear disposed him to gradually come to terms with the Seths, of whose greatness he was very jealous. He also hated the Nawab, by whom he had been ill-used on many occasions. In short, I could ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Three Frenchmen in Bengal - The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757 • S.C. Hill
... exhaustive report of the committee points out the grave wrongs which have produced the decline in our commerce. It is a national humiliation that we are now compelled to pay from twenty to thirty million dollars annually (exclusive of passage money, which we should share with vessels of other nations) to foreigners for doing the work which should be done by American vessels, American built, American owned, and American manned. This is a direct drain upon the resources of the country of just so much money, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant • James D. Richardson
... of procuring peace, and that is to let his wife control the purse-strings. This abdication sets him free. Then his wife busies herself, grows passionately fond of handling coin, gets her fingers covered with verdigris in the process, undertakes the education of half-share tenants and the training of farmers, convokes lawyers, presides over notaries, harangues scriveners, visits limbs of the law, follows lawsuits, draws up leases, dictates contracts, feels herself the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo
... The small share of Profit divisible in the future among Shareholders being now provided for, the ASSURED will hereafter derive all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, WITHOUT ANY LIABILITY OR RISK ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 • Various
... Popish lords, when commissions should pass for their trials, hath taken place in every commission upon impeachments for treason since that time.[89] And I cannot help remarking, that in the case of Lord Lovat, when neither the heat of the times nor the jealousy of parties had any share in the proceeding, the House ordered, "That the commission for appointing a Lord High Steward shall be in the like form as that for the trial of the Lord Viscount Stafford, as entered in the Journal of this House ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XI. (of 12) • Edmund Burke
... kindly folk. Throughout these days of preparation, the women were engaged in making and repairing moccasins and clothing for the men, and the fishermen gave to them a good share of the daily catch. Nor was the kindness all upon the one side. The white hunters, with their guns, had greater success than the Indians, who were armed only with bows and arrows and lances. Share and share alike was the rule in the village. Once when ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Lewis and Clark - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark • William R. Lighton
... life,' said one poor old veteran, who had assisted to 'carry the "Old Flag" to victory' times out of number in the past and who for his share of the spoils of those victories was now in a condition of abject, miserable poverty, with the portals of the workhouse yawning open to receive him; 'I've waited all my life, hoping and trusting for better ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell
... are welcome! Share our fare; 'tis rough, and somewhat scanty; but we have feasted, and may feast again. Fled ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Alroy - The Prince Of The Captivity • Benjamin Disraeli
... so it would probably be so, with some little allowance for Irish exaggeration. He is a clever man, with less of his country's hyperbole than others;—but still not without his share." ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Duke's Children • Anthony Trollope
... granted that Tayoga spoke as truly for the two white men as for himself, and Robert and the hunter felt themselves committed. Moreover their debt to the Onondaga was so great that they could not abandon him, and they knew he would go with the Mohawks. It would also be good policy to share ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Hunters of the Hills • Joseph Altsheler
... of this history?"—Bush's Questions, p. 71. "He had been left, by a friend, no less than eighty thousand pounds."—Priestley's Gram., p. 112. "Where there are many things to be done, each must be allowed its share of time and labour."—Johnson's Pref. to Dict., p. xiii. "Presenting the subject in a far more practical form than it has been heretofore given."—Kirkham's Phrenology, p. v. "If a being of entire impartiality should ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown
... another such beautiful melody (CHANT); and on one occasion when Gutmann was studying it the master lifted up his arms with his hands clasped and exclaimed: "O, my fatherland!" ("O, me patrie!") I share with Schumann the opinion that the total weight of Op. 10 amounts to more than that of Op. 25. Like him I regard also Nos. 1 and 12 as the most important items of the latter collection of studies: No. 1 (Allegro sostenuto, in A flat major)—a tremulous mist below, a beautiful ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks
... battle.[126] Thou art that which is attainable by knowledge alone. Thou art Durvasas. Thou art he who is waited upon and adored by all the righteous. Thou art he who causes the fall of even Brahma and the others. Thou art he that gives unto all creatures the just share of joy and grief that each deserves according to his own acts. Thou art he that is incomparable. Thou art well conversant with the shares that are given and appropriated in sacrifices.[127] Thou residest in every place. Thou wanderest everywhere. Thou art he that ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 • Kisari Mohan Ganguli
... the laws of God and man, I have suffered and made no moan; Now my little share of joy, I swear I will have—and have ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Poems of Experience • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
... legitimate authority as the Duke of Orleans was can not be found twice in the same age and country; and one of the most mournful spectacles of our time is, the fate of the man and his family, for whom all these violent, and we must add, tortuous exertions, were made twenty years ago. Talleyrand's share in these transactions can not be gainsaid. Though a revolutionist, in so far as the elder branch of the Bourbons was concerned, he was not, however, a Republican in 1830; and had, probably, never been honestly so at any period of his life. ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 • Various
... build their dwelling-houses on their farms, but live instead in village communities, with the farms in the outlying districts. The custom has many advantages. The families may help one another in various ways both by joining forces and exchanging services. They may also share in common the use of church, school, and post office. This French farming system has been adopted in Canada, while in our own country we follow the English custom of building ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Jean Francois Millet • Estelle M. Hurll
... forest, and scatter it as I have seen a band of tories scattered by my old major (who, by the bye, is only three years older than myself), Henry Lee, not many years back. Then, when I have built me a house, furrowed my acres with my martial plough-share (for to that, it appears, my sword must come), and reaped my harvest with my own hands (it will be hard work to beat my horse-pistols into ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Nick of the Woods • Robert M. Bird
... this their last hold, and we exerting ourselves to complete our conquest. The Frenchmen could retreat no further, and our foremost men were impelled against them by those behind them crowding on to share in the combat. Retreat being cut off, the French struggled with all the animosity and rage of mingled hate and despair; while we, infuriated at the obstinate resistance, were filled with vengeance and a thirst for blood. Wedged into one mass, we ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Privateer's-Man - One hundred Years Ago • Frederick Marryat
... it would be, and his mother didn't share his father's attitude about things everybody knew. She hadn't any business questioning a fundamental ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Cosmic Computer • Henry Beam Piper
... plotter, with some evidence of warmth, "you speak, indeed, most ignorantly. Do you make nothing, then, of such a peril as we share this moment? Do you think it nothing to occupy a house like this one, mined, menaced, and, in a word, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... weeks later. On the weddin' day, Wolfville's too busy trackin' 'round an' backin' Abby's game to go makin' remarks. In this connection, however, it's only right to Abby to say that her pinfeather beau don't share Missis Rucker's views. Although Abby done threatens him with a gun-play to make him lead her to the altar that time her old paw creases him, an' he begins to wax low-sperited about wedlock, still, the pinfeather party's enamoured of Abby ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Wolfville Nights • Alfred Lewis
... reserved. Everybody who saw it knew very well for whom that was intended. Of course it was for none other than the Diva of the theatre. And the known interest which the Marchese took in such matters, his musical fanaticism, and the large share he had had in bringing La Lalli to Ravenna, made it quite natural, and a matter of course, that he should ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — A Siren • Thomas Adolphus Trollope
... up a tent as soon as you rode off," her grandmother explained. "The boys are used to camping out and there are only two nights to plan for. Carita can share Sarah's room. Lisa has enlarged the dining-room table, and we shall have room for all. I hope we can make our ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party • C. E. Jacobs
... about eleven years old, left a crossbow, which on his father's entrance he had appeared earnestly employed in mending, to share with his mother the salutations of the Returned. An old man sat in an armchair by the fire, gazing on the three with an affectionate and gladdening eye, and playfully detaining a child of about four years old, who was struggling to escape to ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Disowned, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... of the least developed countries in the world because of limited natural resources and a poorly developed infrastructure. Agriculture accounts for almost 40% of GDP, employs about 60% of the labor force, and generates a major share of foreign exchange earnings. The industrial sector contributes only about 15% to GDP and employs 2% of the work force. Persistently low prices in recent years have limited hard currency earnings from Benin's major exports of ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The 1991 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... lighted upon the excrements of the said stuff, they had stuckt to it as if it weare glue. In the fields we have gathered severall fruits, as goosberyes, blackberrys, that in an houre we gathered above a bushell of such sorte, although not as yett full ripe. We boyled it, and then every one had his share. Heere was daintinesse slighted. The belly did not permitt us to gett on neither shoos nor stockins, that the better we might goe over the rocks, which did [make] our feet smart [so] that we came backe. ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson • Peter Esprit Radisson
... began a grand bustle, and Ellen was well enough now to come in for her share. The kitchen, parlour, hall, shed, and lower kitchen must all be thoroughly swept and dusted; this was given to her, and a morning's work pretty near she found it. Then she had to rub bright all the brass handles of the doors, and the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Wide, Wide World • Susan Warner
... welcome to my share of the little plague," said her sister-in-law, with a laugh, "if you can prevail upon ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Marriage • Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
... Many of the officers went to the tent of the regent, and told him openly that he was the cause of this calamity. Outside the tent the Macedonians yelled, beside themselves with rage. About a hundred of the officers, headed by the satrap Python, refused to share further responsibility, resigned their commissions, and left the tent. The excitement grew intense. The troops, in ungovernable rage, entered the regent's tent and threw themselves upon him. Antigonus struck the first blow, others followed, and, after a desperate but short struggle, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12) • S. Rappoport
... with unusual excitement, owing to the red-hot strife between the Irish Roman Catholics and the "Know-nothings." This society, established with the object of changing the naturalisation laws, and curbing the power of popery, had at this period obtained a very large share of the public attention, as much from the mystery which attended it as from the principles which it avowed. To the minds of all there was something attractive in a secret organisation, unknown oaths, and nocturnal meetings; and the success which had attended the efforts of the Know- nothings in ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Englishwoman in America • Isabella Lucy Bird
... share in the routine work of dealing with the news of the day and with the current magazine literature my principal duty gradually assumed the form of furnishing humor ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — An Adventure With A Genius • Alleyne Ireland
... Hence, the more beautiful and noble a thing appears to us, the more we love it—so much the more truly do we see it: for then we perceive within it the Divine ardour surging up towards expression, and share that simplicity and purity of vision in which most saints and some poets see all things "as ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Practical Mysticism - A Little Book for Normal People • Evelyn Underhill
... Majesty, before she names a Governor:(1) and I protest I am in hopes it will be done, all but the forms, by that time; for he loves the Church. This is a popular thing, and he would not have a Governor share in it; and, besides, I am told by all hands, he has a mind to gain me over. But in the letter I writ last post (yesterday) to the Archbishop, I did not tell him a syllable of what Mr. Harley said to me last night, because he charged ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Journal to Stella • Jonathan Swift
... countries the immigration problem of the United States would solve itself, and that so many emigrants from Europe will soon be going to South America, South Africa, and Australia that this country will be in no danger of receiving more than its share. Down to recent years, however, there have been little or no signs of such a diversion of the stream of immigration from Europe into those countries. The principal countries which receive immigrants other ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Sociology and Modern Social Problems • Charles A. Ellwood
... is evidence of the vigor, the bumptiousness of the inherited American tendency to pursue the ideal. No one can doubt that in 1918 we believed, at least, in idealism. Nevertheless, so far as the average individual is concerned, with just his share and no more of the race-tendency, this idealism has been suppressed, and in some measure perverted. It is this which explains, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Definitions • Henry Seidel Canby
... proverbial with some of the inhabitants to observe, 'that if wrecks were to happen, they might as well be sent to the poor island of Sanday as anywhere else.' 'On this and the neighbouring islands,' says Mr. Stevenson, 'the inhabitants have certainly had their share of wrecked goods; for here the eye is presented with these melancholy remains in almost every form. For example, although quarries are to be met with generally in these islands, and the stones are very suitable for building dikes, yet instances occur of the land being ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Smeaton and Lighthouses - A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel • John Smeaton
... made of tin," began the Emperor, "for in the beginning I was a man of flesh and bone and blood and lived in the Munchkin Country of Oz. There I was, by trade, a woodchopper, and contributed my share to the comfort of the Oz people by chopping up the trees of the forest to make firewood, with which the women would cook their meals while the children warmed themselves about the fires. For my home I had a little hut by the edge of the forest, and my life was one ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Tin Woodman of Oz • L. Frank Baum
... Roman society during so many ages remained constant. The order of succession was this: on the death of a citizen, having no will or no valid will, his Unemancipated children became his Heirs. His emancipated sons had no share in the inheritance. If he left no direct descendants living at his death, the nearest grade of the Agnatic kindred succeeded, but no part of the inheritance was given to any relative united (however closely) with ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Ancient Law - Its Connection to the History of Early Society • Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
... his own and hers; between the niggard spirit of the beggarly receiver, and the high bloom of the exalted giver. Nevertheless, he loved her too well not to share much of her nature, and ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... replied Bob, merrily. "I can remember my father holding me down from the tower by my heels to kiss the stone. If there's any virtue in having kissed the famous stone, I ought to have my share, for I skinned both my knee and my nose in ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Bob Hunt in Canada • George W. Orton
... satisfaction of the prince, who that day appeared to do violence to his usual gravity, and even allowed a smile to approach his lips. The day passed off very well; but, when the time came for retiring, the princess refused to let him share her room, and for eight days ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte • Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton
... in the world of work and share the burdens of all—to ask for nothing which other people can not have on like terms—not to consider yourself peculiar, unique and therefore immune and exempt—is now the ideal of the best minds. We have small faith in monasticism or monotheism, but we do have great faith in monism. ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers • Elbert Hubbard
... soft darkness of the night lay over the land, and river and mountain and starry sky were veiled in dreamy mystery, did Auntie Sue speak: "Oh, it is so good to have some one to share it with,—some one who understands. I am very lonely, sometimes, Brian. I ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Re-Creation of Brian Kent • Harold Bell Wright
... hardened criminals of Newgate, by simply reading to them the parable of the Prodigal Son? Princes and peers of the realm, it is said, counted it a privilege to stand in those dismal corridors, among felons and murderers, merely to share with them the privilege of witnessing the marvellous pathos which genius, taste, and culture could infuse into that ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — In the School-Room - Chapters in the Philosophy of Education • John S. Hart
... give me for the magazine, but he was of too fine a politeness to make this the occasion of his first coming to see me. He had walked out to Cambridge, where I then lived, in pursuance of a regimen which, I believe, finally built up his health; that it was unsparing, I can testify from my own share in one of his constitutionals ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... have been the first actual Prime Minister, and the founder of that system of Cabinet Government which prevails in England to-day. He was a master hand at managing his fellow ministers in the Cabinet, and when one of them, named Townshend, aspired to share the leadership, Walpole said to him, "The firm must be Walpole and Townshend, not Townshend and Walpole." But later (1741) a minority in the Lords protested "that a sole or even First Minister is an officer unknown to the law of Britain, inconsistent withthe Constitution of this country, and ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Leading Facts of English History • D.H. Montgomery
... share in the family trait, the independence she speaks of." Her son's appreciation of the matter was more favourable. "Whatever the high spirit of those young ladies may be, her own is a match for it. She likes to do everything for herself and has no belief in any ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1 (of 2) • Henry James
... lost much of his value in his profession. There are, doubtless, many exceptions to that rule, and Sir James Saumarez was a most striking one; for I believe he was most powerfully stimulated to great and good actions, by the consideration of the share those dear to him would enjoy in their results. And, certainly, no energy whatever was wanting to get his ship, or squadron, ready for sea, or to proceed with the utmost despatch in the execution of his orders, however it might curtail the period of his domestic enjoyments; ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II • Sir John Ross
... reached me, O auspicious King, that when the merchant had divided his money and stuff into four portions he said, "This share shall be for my wife, their mother, wherewithal to provide for her subsistence whenas she shall be a widow." A little while after this he died, and neither of the two elder brothers was content with his share,[FN258] but sought more of Judar, saying, "Our father's wealth is in thy hands." So he ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton
... Hester had pointed her out, finger on lip, as they stood hiding in a thicket of fern; a pretty woman still. His mother had never mentioned a name; probably she had never known it; but to the love-affair she had always attributed some share ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Case of Richard Meynell • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... it was subsequently called Rothsay Water. The country between it and our encampment was very rocky and rugged; but although almost destitute of soil it was sprinkled with some dwarf timber of various descriptions; and, had it not been for the late fires, there would have been a good share ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia - Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 • Phillip Parker King
... what were the author's surroundings. Naturally, no doubt, a man of study and contemplation, his lot was cast in the midst of a stirring, even a turbulent, society, where it was hardly possible for any individual to escape his share of the public burdens. Ablebodied men could not be spared when, as was usually the case, fighting was toward; all men of mental capacity were needed in council or in administration. And, after all, the area to be administered, the ground to be fought over, were so small, that the man of letters might ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Dante: His Times and His Work • Arthur John Butler
... their new home in the Mississippi Valley was the "Western World." Here, by the thirties, Jacksonian democracy flourished, strong in the faith of the intrinsic excellence of the common man, in his right to make his own place in the world, and in his capacity to share in government. But while Jacksonian democracy demanded these rights, it was also loyal to leadership as the very name implies. It was ready to follow to the uttermost the man in whom it placed its trust, whether ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Frontier in American History • Frederick Jackson Turner
... made chiefly of rye with a little wheaten flour. Filled sacks were ranged along the wall. In a deep recess were the kneading-trough, and the oven, now cold. The broad rural hearth, with its wood-fire and sooty chimney, the great pot for the family soup hanging to a chain, took up a large share of the remaining space. I sat upon a rickety chair beside a long table that had seen much service, but was capable of seeing a great deal more, for it had been made so as to outlast generations of men. Bare-footed children ran about upon the black floor, and a thin, gaunt young ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Two Summers in Guyenne • Edward Harrison Barker
... asked about Charlie, and Jim told him all he knew. And so the weeks went on, and hope once more lit up Tom Drift's face. How could I help rejoicing in the share I had had in ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch • Talbot Baines Reed
... him. She also, since the death of her father and mother, knew what it was for the days to be long and empty, nothing to fill them but the anxiety, the fatigue, and the misery of the moment. No one to share them with you, none to uphold you, or cheer you. He had not known bodily fatigue, privations and poverty. But they are not the only trials to be borne, there are other sorrows in this world from which one suffers. And it was those other sorrows that ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Nobody's Girl - (En Famille) • Hector Malot
... there were turned loose in the Coldwater Pool, one of the large pastures in the Strip, fifteen strays. That night, in a dug-out on that range, the home outfit of cowboys played poker until nearly morning. There were seven men in the camp entitled to share in this flotsam on their range, the extra steer falling to the foreman. Mentally they had a list of the brands, and before the game opened the strays were divided among the participants. An animal was represented by ten beans. At the beginning the boys played cautiously, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Cattle Brands - A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories • Andy Adams
... and there was good cover of brushwood to hide our strength, and to protect from arrows and balls. We, in a close body, were to lie quiet to the east within a run, and we were told to await his signal to enter in the breach to do our share, or, if need were, to swoop on the pirate swarms unexpectedly, if they essayed to escape ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Fall Of The Grand Sarrasin • William J. Ferrar
... that the sunset would still be there in a couple of hours, and we took our luggage down and found the cubbyhole he and I would share with Tom for sleeping quarters. A hunter-ship looks big on the outside, but there's very little room for the crew. The engines are much bigger than would be needed on an ordinary contragravity craft, because a hunter-ship operates under water ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Four-Day Planet • Henry Beam Piper
... Tom was overwhelmed with praise for his coolness and bravery. Though he felt certain that the tramps would not return, he proposed that a sentinel should keep guard outside the tent, offering to share that duty with Harry, since the other boys were not familiar with guns. So all night long Tom and Harry, relieving one another every two hours, marched up and down in front of the tent, keeping a sharp watch for robbers, ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... M'Slime was at all a favorite with Darby. Darby was naturally as avaricious, and griping, and oppressive as either of them; and as he was the principal instrument of their rapacity and extortion, he deemed it but fair and just that they should leave him at least a reasonable share of their iniquitous gains. They were not, however, the gentlemen to leave much behind them, and the upshot was, that Darby became not only highly dissatisfied at their conduct towards him, but jealous and vigilant of all ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two • William Carleton
... which this legislation was based is exploded; enforced, it would have crippled commerce; but it was then, and always had been, a dead letter at Boston. New England was fast getting its share of the carrying trade. London merchants already began to feel the competition of its cheap and untaxed ships, and manufacturers to complain that they were undersold in the American market, by goods brought direct from the ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Emancipation of Massachusetts • Brooks Adams |