 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Sida 391redigerad av - 1835Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1895 - 560 sidor
...Yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock ; • The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maid. V The Golden Mean Two things have I asked of thec; Deny me not three 1 before I die : Remove... | |
 | 1896 - 690 sidor
...me, Yea, four which I kuow not : The way*if an Eacle in the air ; The way of a Serpeut upon a rock ; The way of a Ship in the midst of the sea, And the way of a Man with a Maid. To me this is one of the most beautiful forms in all prosody. Then there is the Riddle Sonnet,... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1898 - 234 sidor
...me, Yea, four which I know not : The way of an eagle in the air ; The way of a serpent upon a rock ; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maid. It must be remembered, moreover, that proverbs suffer more than any other kind of literature... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1898 - 312 sidor
...me. Yea, four which I know not : The way of an Eagle in the air ; The way of a Serpent upon a rock; The way of a Ship in the midst of the sea ; And the way of a Man with a Maid. The examples quoted in the present volume are different. They may be called Tree Sonnets': the... | |
 | 1898 - 422 sidor
...me, yea, four which I know not: the way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid. Such is the way of an adulterous woman ; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, "I have... | |
 | Thomas Thomason Perowne - 1899 - 222 sidor
...r8 Yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; 19 The way of a serpent upon a rock ; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maid. Such is the way of an adulterous woman ; ao She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have... | |
 | Orville James Nave - 1900 - 1664 sidor
...yea, four which I know not : 19. The way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock ; 34. Is not this laid it]) in store with .me, and sealed up among my trea maid. 20. Such in the wav of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have... | |
 | California. State Board of Horticulture - 1900 - 272 sidor
...me, Yea, four, which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maid."— PROVERBS. To these I would add the way of trade on the sea, for there appears to be no known... | |
 | Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1901 - 370 sidor
...me ; yea, four which I know not. The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. "There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise. The ants... | |
 | RICHARD G. MOULTON - 1901 - 432 sidor
...for me, Yea, four which I know not: The way of an Eagle in the air; The way of a Serpent upon a rock; The way of a Ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a Man with a Maid. Of course the wise men heap scorn upon the sluggard: who buries his hand in the dish, too lazy... | |
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