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...d of tales that dealt with knights, Half-legend, half-historic, counts and kings Who laid about them at their wills and died; And mixt with these, a l... ...en,’ said the book, ‘O noble heart who, being strait-besieged By this wild king to force her to his wish, Nor bent, nor broke, nor shunned a soldier’s... ...ious was her tact and tenderness: 9 Tennyson But my good father thought a king a king; He cared not for the affection of the house; He held his scept... ...f the loom; And therewithal an answer vague as wind: Besides, they saw the king; he took the gifts; He said there was a compact; that was true: But th... ...en; certain, would not wed. That morning in the presence room I stood With Cyril and with Florian, my two friends: The first, a gentleman of broken me... ... castles in that land: Through her this matter might be sifted clean.’ And Cyril whispered: ‘Take me with you too.’ Then laughing ‘what, if these wei... ...ver sickle of that month Became her golden shield, I stole from court With Cyril and with Florian, unperceived, Cat-footed through the town and half i... ...ith me. What! are the ladies of your land so tall?’ ‘We of the court’ said Cyril. ‘From the court’ She answered, ‘then ye know the Prince?’ and he: ‘... ...s’, among the sedge, ‘My sister.’ ‘Comely, too, by all that’s fair,’ Said Cyril. ‘Oh hush, hush!’ and she began. 16 The Princess ‘This world was on...

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...ped in her husband’s arms. Behind her stood the venerable chaplain, Father Cyril, and a step or two further off, Ralph Penrose, both of whom in turn r... ... dominion of his mother Isabel, and Roger Mortimer; but when at length the King had freed himself from their trammels, the whole county of Somerset ro... ... de Clarenham make much resistance, for well knowing that an appeal to the King would occasion and instant revocation of the grant, he judged it advis... ...s assembling at Southampton, the Prince of Wales having promised to assist King Pedro of Castile in recovering the kingdom from which he had been driv... ...at home. And, Eustace, resolve me this—” “Hush, do not you see that Father Cyril is about to pro- nounce the Grace—. There—now must I go and serve you... ...e heed of your dealings with cousin Fulk. She knows not what I say. Father Cyril, keep guard over her and my boy, in case I should meet with any misha... ...ances of Lynwood lord has summoned him to the field. That were to make the King’s need be his law. No! no! Watch over her, good father, she is weak an... ... She has swooned. Eleanor! my wife—” “Begone, begone, my son,” said Father Cyril, “it will be the better for her.” “It may be,” said Reginald, “yet to... ... by the hands of a Knight newly arrived from England, a letter from Father Cyril, praying him to return home as soon as possible, since his sister-in-...

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... and Walden Pond; the heavy harquebus, which per haps had levelled one of King Philip’s Indians; the old King gun, that blazed away at the French of ... ...is better. Come, we have in the first place the great quarrel between me a king’s soldier, and you a rebel; next our private affair, on account of yon... ...id Septimius. “It was once worn by a person who served in the army of your king.” “And you took it from him?” said the doctor. “If I did, it was in no... ...d, and who will never draw sword again?” inquired Doctor Portsoaken. “Poor Cyril Norton! There was a singu lar story attached to that young man, sir,... ... said that, many ages ago, there had been a wild sa chem in the forest, a king among the Indians, and from whom, the old lady said, with a look of pr... ... little red puddle in the place where he sat or knelt. Once he went to the king’s court, and there being a track up to the very throne, the king frown... ...ece of the doctor, had been beguiled from her home and led over the sea by Cyril Norton, and that the doctor, arriving in Boston with another regiment... ...of a great estate that was left with out an apparent heir by the death of Cyril Norton, and there was even a suspicion that he, with his fantastic sc...

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... morning in question, she made her away across Lincoln’s Inn Fields and up Kingsway, and so through Southampton Row until she reached her office in Ru... ...About four o’clock on that same afternoon Katharine Hilbery was walking up Kingsway. The question of tea 69 Virginia Woolf presented itself. The stre... ...ther shocked to find it definitely established that her own second cousin, Cyril Alardyce, had lived for the last four years with a woman who was not ... ...s inquirer into such matters, whose letter was also under consider- ation. Cyril, she said, must be made to marry the woman at once; and Cyril, rightl... ...ecessary that she should see her father before he went to bed. The case of Cyril Alardyce must be discussed, her mother’s illusions and the rights of ... ...ghed and said, shutting her book: “I’ve had a letter from Aunt Celia about Cyril, father… . It seems to be true—about his marriage. What are we to do?... ...il, father… . It seems to be true—about his marriage. What are we to do?” “Cyril seems to have been behaving in a very foolish manner,” said Mr. Hilbe... ...had said, to wear a marvelous dignity and calm, as if they had ruled their kingdoms justly and deserved great love. Some were of almost in- credible b... ...st, one can respect it—like the French Revolution, or Cromwell cutting the King’s head off. Some of the most terrible things in history have been done...

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... a Papist, would have given his hopes and his confidence to the Protestant king. 8 Memorials, and Other Papers violated rights of conscience against ... ...ence; and this indulgence was granted by a Pope to the interces- sion of a king—the greatest then reigning. It was a favor that could not have been as... ...(or then was) more thickly sown with aristocratic families than any in the kingdom. Many elegant and pretty women there naturally were in these partie... ...f Christian philosophers, was the son of a barber, and the son-in-law of a king,”— alluding to the tradition (imperfectly verified, I believe) that he... ...in India: the first in the Company’s army, the other upon the staff of the king’s forces in that country. Each, about the same time, made a visit to E... ...pened that the present dean had even higher titles to consid- eration. Dr. Cyril Jackson had been tutor to the Prince of Wales (George IV.); he had re... ...is certain that lie made his own brother a bishop. All things weighed, Dr. Cyril Jackson seemed so very great a personage that I now felt the value of... ...pon the course of my studies, and the present direction of my reading, Dr. Cyril Jackson treated me just as he would have done his equal in station an...

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... fair, pale, fattish young fellow in pince- nez and dark clothes. This was Cyril Scott, a friend. The only other person stood at the round table pouri... ...pouring beer down his throat as down a pipe. Then he dropped supine again. Cyril Scott was silently ab- sorbing gin and water. “I say,” said Jim, from... ...de. In the room, Julia laid her hand gently, protectively over the hand of Cyril Scott. “Josephine and Robert are admiring the night together!” she sa... ...o him. “Naturally! Y oung people always do these romantic things,” replied Cyril Scott. He was twenty-two years old, so he could afford to be cynical.... ...hat?—What would be romantic?” said Jim as he lurched up and caught hold of Cyril Scott’s arm. “Josephine wants to make a great illumination of the gro... ...oat, seized his letters, and gone. It was a rainy night. Lilly turned down King Street to walk to Charing Cross. He liked being out of doors. He liked... ...” said Lady Franks. “I think it is a very great honour to have got it. The king was most gracious, too— Now the other. That goes beside it—the Italian... ...-having habit. And he had just wit enough to threaten Sir William’s golden king with his own ivory queen and knights of wilful life. And Sir William q... ...enetian, is to be born a great gentleman! But this outdoes divine right of king.” “To be born a Venetian GENTLEMAN, is to be born a great gentleman,” ...

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..........................8 THE BOY HUNTING LOCUSTS ..................................8 THE COCK AND THE JEWEL ....................................8 THE KINGDOM OF THE LION ...................................9 THE WOLF AND THE CRANE ...................................9 THE FISHERMAN PIPING .......................................10 HERCULES AND THE WAGONER .......................

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...INGDOM OF THE L ION THE BEASTS of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle... ...ng. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be. During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a genera... ...it and said: “See there! How strong we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts.” The Lion replied: “This statue was made by one of you me... ...at having no established Ruler, sent ambassadors to Jupiter entreating for a King. Perceiving their simplicity, he cast down a huge log into the lake.... ...sent yet a third time to Jupiter to beg him to choose for them still another King. Jupiter, displeased with all their com plaints, sent a Heron, who ... ... The one is the “Speculum Sapientiae,” attributed to Aesop’s Fables 111 St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem, but of a considerably later origin, and e... ...ek fabulist. The exact title of the book is this: “ Speculum Sapientiae, B. Cyrilli Episcopi: alias quadripartitus apologeticus vocatus, in cujus qu...

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...ned to be a queen), “Now, old popadia*!” and (if the card happened to be a king), “Now, peasant of Tambov!” To which ejacu- lations invariably the Pre... ...” replied Madame Korobotchka. “The son of 69 Gogol our archpriest, Father Cyril, himself is a lawyer.” Upon that Chichikov begged her to accord the g... ...for nothing, but now you shan’t have them at all—not if you offer me three kingdoms in exchange. Henceforth I will have nothing to do with you, you co... ...n lady landowner with whom I have done business. He is the son of a Father Cyril, and a clerk in your offices.” “Certainly we shall call him here,” re... ...There also ar- rived, in answer to the summons, not only the son of Father Cyril before mentioned, but also Father Cyril him- self. Each such witness ... ... player, could perpetrate such a mauvais pas as to throw away a particular king of spades which the President has been “trusting” as (to quote his own... ...ine my state of mind! You see, this morning I received a visit from Father Cyril’s wife—the Archpriest’s wife—you know her, don’t you? Well, whom do y... ...! Had that been all, it would have been nothing. No. Listen to what Father Cyril’s wife had to tell me. She said that, last night, a lady landowner na... ...suddenly conceive the true love for well-doing. That is so, believe me. ‘A kingdom is to be won only by striving,’ says the proverb. That is to say, t...

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...hearts of men! While Love hath no end, Can the Bard ever cease singing? In Kingly and Heroic ages, ’twas of Kings and Heroes that the Poet spake. But ... ...s, the Artisan hath his voice as well as the Monarch. The people To-Day is King, and we 5 Burlesques chronicle his woes, as They of old did the sacri... ...of his palette? the chords of his lyre? Listen! I tell thee a tale— not of Kings—but of Men—not of Thrones, but of Love, and Grief, and Crime. Listen,... ...on himself, in drinking,, and pious Joe is the greatest toper in the three kingdoms,” Dick Steele said, good-naturedly. “His paper in the Spectator be... ... him a delicate scholar,” Mr. Pope exclaimed. “He knows more of the French king than any man I have met with; and we must have an eye upon him,” said ... ...hrows in the way of the noble, the idle, and the wealthy. But the Reverend Cyril Delaval died of the measles at Naples, and henceforth the young Earl ...

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.... “I leave you in good hands. Good-bye.” “Good-bye. Conrade dear, see what Cyril is doing; never mind, Wilfred, the Major will come and see us; run on... ...ed, named, and kissed—Conrade and Francis, Leoline and Hubert, Wilfred and Cyril, and little Stephana the baby. Really the names were a study in thems... ...rs. Marcet’s “Little Willie.” The other three—one was unaccounted for, but Cyril had torn up the second, and Francis had thrown the first overboard in... ...s little brother falsehood.” The angry voice set Hubert crying, and little Cyril, who was very soft-hearted, joined in chorus, followed by the baby, w... ...she taught Grace new stitches, played cricket with Conrade, made boats for Cyril, prattled with Lady Temple, or studied with Rachel, all was done with... ...’ I replied, ‘joys prove cloudlets, Men are the merest Ixions.’ Here the King whistled aloud, ‘Let’s, Heigho, go look at our lions!’ Such are the ... ...o look at our lions!’ Such are the sorrowful chances If you talk fine to King Francis.” —R. Browning. THE DAY AFTER Rachel’s adventure with Don a ca...