United States or Estonia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Sure enough, scarcely had we come into the shadows of the opposite bank than the silence gave place to a distant clamour, lost all at once in a ringing of bells, a rolling of drums and a prodigious blowing of horns and trumpets; the which set me a-sweating in despite the cool night wind, as, chin on shoulder, I paddled slowly along, unsure of my going and very fearful lest I run aground.
"Well, my pretty young gorgio," said she, "there be horses a-sweating along o' you, eyes a-looking and hearts a-grieving all along o' you though you ain't much to look at so I guess you be better than ye look. Now here be a maid a regular dimber-damber dell as looketh better than she be, for her's a gnashing, tearing shrew wi' no kindness in her.
Let her sink or swim a God's name, said Panurge, all's one to Friar John; he doth nothing; his name is Friar John Do-little; for all he sees me here a-sweating and puffing to help with all my might this honest tar, first of the name. Hark you me, dear soul, a word with you; but pray be not angry. How thick do you judge the planks of our ship to be?
Word Of The Day