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"Nay," quoth old Adam o' the Dell presently, drawing a long breath and shaking his head as he spoke, "twoscore years and more have I shot shaft, and maybe not all times bad, but I shoot no more this day, for no man can match with yon stranger, whosoe'er he may be." Then he thrust his shaft into his quiver, rattling, and unstrung his bow without another word.
Francis passed through the entrance and closed the door after her just as the rapping came again with renewed vigor. "What, ho inside!" came a voice. "Give entrance, whosoe'er ye be, else it will be made by force." "Now who be ye who would seek admittance to the house of a white witch?" asked Dame Margery's shrill voice.
Soft and sacred will we name thee, Whosoe'er the sire that claim thee Whether old Auster's dusky child, Or the loud son of Eurus wild; Or his who o'er the darkling deeps, From the bleak North, in tempest sweeps; Still shalt thou seem as dear to us As flowery-crowned Zephyrus, When, through twilight's starry dew, Trembling, he hastes his nymph to woo.
Presently, Lauretta leading up a dance, the king bade Fiammetta sing a song, whereupon she very blithely proceeded to sing thus: If love came but withouten jealousy, I know no lady born So blithe as I were, whosoe'er she be.
When we think upon it, How little flattering is woman's love, Given commonly to whosoe'er is nearest And propped with most advantage. It was not that Mrs. Bold should marry anyone but him he had not put himself forward as a suitor but that she should marry Mr. Slope; and so he repeated over again
And then he strove to recall his mind and to think of other affairs, his parish, his college, his creed but his thoughts would revert to Mrs Bold and the Flemish chieftain: When we think upon it How little flattering is woman's love, Given commonly to whosoe'er is nearest And propped with most advantage.
Ye've heard 'twas said of old, 'Thou shalt not kill. And he incurs the judgment who shall spill His brother's blood: but I to you declare, That he that's wroth without a cause, shall bear The judgment. Likewise of the council he That sayeth 'racha' shall in danger be. But whosoe'er shall say, Thou fool, the same Shall be in danger of eternal flame.
It hath been said, whoso away shall force His wife, shall give her a bill of divorce: But whosoe'er shall put his wife away, Except for fornication's sake, I say, Makes her adult'ress, and who marries her, So put away, is an adulterer.
The muscles on his brawny arms, close by the shoulder, stood out like rounded rocks, that the winter torrent has rolled, and worn smooth, in the great swirling stream, but about his back and neck was draped a lion's skin, hung by the claws. Him first accosted the champion, Polydeuces. Polydeuces. Good luck to thee, stranger, whosoe'er thou art! What men are they that possess this land? Amycus.
And if that any by a lawsuit shall Demand thy coat, let them have cloak and all. And whosoe'er compelleth thee to go A mile, refuse not to go with him two. Give him that asketh, and from him that may Have need to borrow, turn not thou away.
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