"El" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... already what was passing in his heart, and my rising perfume assisted the noble sacrifice. Then he lifted the books from their places,—one, two, three,—the volumes he prized the most, ancient classical editions that must have been an El Dorado of themselves to such a student and connoisseur as he. For a moment he lingered over the open pages with a loving, tremulous tenderness of look and touch, as though they had been faces of ...
— Dreams and Dream Stories • Anna (Bonus) Kingsford
... however far we carry the query. What theory does the next poem, "How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix," express, except the daring speculation that it is often exciting to ride a good horse in Belgium? What theory does the poem after that, "Through the Metidja to Abd-el-Kadr," express, except that it is also frequently exciting to ride a good horse in Africa? Then comes "Nationality in Drinks," a mere technical oddity without a gleam of philosophy; and after that those two entirely exquisite "Garden ...
— Robert Browning • G. K. Chesterton
... is the inscription, "Hic jacet Thomas Bonham, armiger, quondam Patronus istius Ecclesi, qui quidem Thomas obiit vicesimo nono die Maii, Anno Domini MCCCCLXXIII (1473); el Editha uxor ejus, qu quidem Editha obiit vicesimo sexto die Aprilis, Anno D'ni MCCCCLXIX. (1469). Quorum animabus propitietur Deus.- Amen." They lye both buried under the great marble stone in the nave of this church, where is the above said inscription, above which are their pourtraictures ...
— The Natural History of Wiltshire • John Aubrey
... l'origine Persane des Mille et une Nuits," a second and an even more important witness: this was the famous Kitab al-Fihrist,[FN142] or Index List of (Arabic) works, written (in A.H. 387 987) by Mohammed bin Is'hak al-Nadim (cup-companion or equerry), "popularly known as Ebou Yacoub el- Werrek."[FN143] The following is an extract (p. 304) from the Eighth Discourse which consists of three arts (funun).[FN144] "The first section on the history of the confabulatores nocturni (tellers of night tales) and the relaters ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton
... como los marineros se guian en la noche escura por el aguja, que les es medianera entre la piedra e la estrella, e les muestra por de vayan, tambien en los malos tiempos, como en los buenos; otrosi los que han de consejar al Rey, se deven siempre guiar por la justicia; que es medianera entre Dios e el mundo, en todo tiempo, para dar guardalon a los ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 • Various
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