Stories from the Classic Literature of Many NationsBertha Palmer Macmillan, 1898 - 297 pages |
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A. V. WILLIAMS JACKSON Achilles Æsir Allat ancient answered Antar arms asked Augustness Fire-Subside Balder behold Beowulf blue sea Bodhisatta brethren brother called century chariot Child damsel daughter death Durendal dwell earth Egypt fair father fell fight Foe in Joppa Frigg give gods gold Gualtieri hand hare harp hast hath head hear heard heart heaven Hector Hermod heroes honour horses Ígor Indra Ishtar Janaka Joppa Joseph Jotuns Kalevala King Arthur knight lady land land of Goshen live Llevelys Lludd lord maiden Maildun mighty mountain noble Nóvgorod o'er palace Pharaoh poem prince Rāma replied river Rollánd Rustam Sadkó saying sent shalt Sheddad ship Siggeir silver sing slay Sohrab song spake spear steed stood STORIES INTRODUCTION sword Tahutia tell thee things thou Thrym thy servants told took translated tree unto Vritra Wainamoinen warriors wife words
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Page 28 - But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Page 31 - And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ? is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth ? ye have done evil in so doing.
Page 35 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : and Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 30 - And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well ? the old man of whom ye spake ; is he yet alive ? And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive : and they bowed down their heads and made obeisance.
Page 38 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 27 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, -when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 34 - Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 11 And there will I nourish thee...
Page 36 - And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him : 7 His sons, and .his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Page 32 - And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord ? what shall we speak ? or how shall we clear ourselves ? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
Page 38 - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.