"Dees" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... blind and may noght se, Forthi may no certeinete Be set upon his jugement, Bot as the whiel aboute went 50 He yifth his graces undeserved, And fro that man which hath him served Fulofte he takth aweye his fees, As he that pleieth ate Dees, And therupon what schal befalle He not, til that the chance falle, Wher he schal lese or he schal winne. And thus fulofte men beginne, That if thei wisten what it mente, Thei wolde change al here entente. 60 And forto ...
— Confessio Amantis - Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, 1330-1408 A.D. • John Gower
... Point, composed of troops from the four New England colonies and New York, gathered at Albany, and Forts in northern New York, under command of William Johnson [5] marched to the head of Lake George, where it beat the French under Dieskau (dees'kou), and built Fort William Henry; but it ...
— A Brief History of the United States • John Bach McMaster
... woman had appeared in court so many more times than the magistrates themselves, that they were obliged to keep a sharp look-out upon their procedure. However, when Stubberd had rambled on a little further Henchard broke out impatiently, "Come—we don't want to hear any more of them cust dees and bees! Say the words out like a man, and don't be so modest, Stubberd; or else leave it alone!" Turning to the woman, "Now then, have you any questions to ask him, ...
— The Mayor of Casterbridge • Thomas Hardy
... watch the meal. When about half of the biscuits were gone, and the preacher seemed as fresh as ever, Belton began to be afraid for his promised biscuit and piece of chicken. He crawled to James Henry and said hastily—"James, dees haf gone," and hurriedly resumed his watch. A moment later he called out in a whisper, "He's tuck anudder." Down goes Belton's head to resume his watch. Every time the preacher took another biscuit Belton called out the ...
— Imperium in Imperio: A Study Of The Negro Race Problem - A Novel • Sutton E. Griggs
... Jamie broke down utterly behind a fir tree, so tender a thing is a cynic's heart—"that fouk 'ill tak a man's best wark a' his days withoot a word an' no dae him honour till he dees. Oh, if they hed only githered like this juist aince when he wes livin', an' lat him see he hedna laboured in vain. His reward hes ...
— Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush • Ian Maclaren
... evidently inclined to treat him with very little ceremony. When the meal was over. Jack intimated that he should like to begin his journey to get on board his ship. The negro laughed and said something to the other men. "You no go dere now, you go wid dees." Jack's countenance fell. The other blackamoors grinned, and without ceremony took him by the shoulder to lead him off. The midshipman's impulse was to resist, and he began to lay about him with his stick, which he snatched up from ...
— The Three Midshipmen • W.H.G. Kingston
... dropped their anchors before its very doors. Now and again the planter followed his tobacco aboard. The sands did not then run so swiftly through the hourglass; if the voyage to England was long, why, so was life! The planters went, sold their tobacco,—Sweet-scented, E. Dees, Oronoko, Cowpen, Non-burning,—talked with their agents, visited their English kindred; saw the town, the opera, and the play,—perhaps, afar off, the King; and returned to Virginia and their plantations with the ...
— Audrey • Mary Johnston
... shall I drawe me Au recepueur Vnto the receyuour Pour men droit requerre. For my right to requyre. 36 Quirin le detier Queryne the dysemaker Vendt ses dees Selleth his dyse Ainsi qui veult a prest argent; As he wyll for redy money; Cest bonne marchandise. ...
— Dialogues in French and English • William Caxton
... fiddle all night?" he cried (poor Clarence had scarcely begun); "as if anybody wanted to hear him and his tweedle-dees. Miss Beecham plays like St. Cecilia, Ursula; and I want to speak to her about something. Can't you ...
— Phoebe, Junior • Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
... founded a monarchy, and gave his name to a race of kings which rivalled even the Lagidae. He raised up again for a short time the throne of Nebuchadnezzar. But it was only for a short time. The Chal-dees and Assyrians now yielded the first rank to the Greeks who had settled among them; and the Greeks were more numerous in the Syrian portion of his empire. Accordingly Seleucus built a new capital on the river Orontes, and ...
— History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12) • S. Rappoport
... warm | Mi estas tre varma | mee ehstahss treh varma I am afraid it | Mi timas, ke pluvos | mee teemahss, keh will rain | | ploovohss We shall have a | Ni havos fulmotondron | nee ha-vohss storm | | fool-mo-tohn'drohn Did you see the | Cxu vi vidis la | choo vee vee-dees la lightning? | fulmon? | fool-mohn? I heard the | Mi auxdis la tondron | mee ahw-dees la thunder | | tohn-drohn How it pours! | Kiel pluvegas! | kee-ehl plooveh'gahss! Would you like an | Cxu vi deziras | choo vee dehzeer'ahss ...
— Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation • William W. Mann
... hot glare of the Xecho spaceport, the sea one could not swim in, contrasted that with the tri-dees he had seen of the green hunters' paradise on the next planet of the system. "Yes, sir!" he echoed and made a ...
— Voodoo Planet • Andrew North
... them hence, and pray Our floods and lakes come keep this holiday; Whate'er beneath Albania's hills do run, Which see the rising or the setting sun, Which drink stern Grampius' mists, or Ochil's snows: Stone-rolling Tay, Tyne tortoise-like that flows, The pearly Don, the Dees, the fertile Spey, Wild Neverne, which doth see our longest day; Ness smoking sulphur, Leave with mountains crown'd, Strange Lomond for his floating isles renown'd: The Irish Rian, Ken, the silver Ayr, The snaky Dun, the Ore with rushy hair, The crystal-streaming ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan
... vary magnifique, vary grandt, and—and rom also! Dees von rebresents Napoleon in hail. De modders show him de laigs and ahums of dair sons keeled in de vars, and invide him to drink a cop ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, August 29, 1891 • Various |
