"E'er" Quotes from Famous Books
... Has thy charmer e'er an aunt? Then learn the rules of woman's cant, And forge a tale, and swear you read it, Such as, save woman, none would credit Win o'er her confidante and pages By gold, for this a golden age is; And should it be her wayward fate, To be encumbered with a mate, A dull, old dotard ... — Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre
... can't describe it. But yet I'll tell you in a riddling way. Have you e'er felt a ... — The Frogs • Aristophanes
... If e'er ambition did my fancy cheat, With any wish so mean as to be great; Continue heav'n, still from me to remove The humble blessings of ... — The Coverley Papers • Various
... spake, e'er yet the King appeared, Another herald, looking far away, Beheld a woman coming, riding wild, And quick exclaimed: "See there, a flying witch! Ha! how the devil's mare is racing fast With madly flying mane! Nearer she comes!... 'Tis Kundry, wretched ... — Parsifal - A Drama by Wagner • Retold by Oliver Huckel
... dwellings; frozen were the lands With icicles; the water's might shrank up 1260 Within the rivers, and the ice bridged o'er The gleaming water-roads. The noble saint Abode blithe-hearted, planning valiant deeds, Bold and courageous in his misery, Throughout the wintry night; nor did he e'er, Dismayed by terror, cease to praise the Lord, And ever worship Him, as at the first, With righteous heart, until the ... — Andreas: The Legend of St. Andrew • Unknown
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