"Kam" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Kam Lewis Kale Barney Kane Edward Kane John Kane Patrick Kane Thomas Kane Sprague Kean Thomas Kean Nathaniel Keard William Keary Tuson Keath Daniel Keaton Samuel Kelbey Samuel Kelby John Keller Abner Kelley John Kelley (5) Michael Kelley (2) Oliver Kelley Patrick Kelley ...
— American Prisoners of the Revolution • Danske Dandridge
... Gabriel and Dan'l Webster rolled inter one don't beat anythin'! I suppose that high-flyin' jay-bird kalkilated to put you and me and my gal and yer boy inter harness for his four hoss chariot and he sittin' kam on the box drivin' us! Why don't he tend to his own business, and look arter his own concerns—instead o' leaving Jinny Bradley and Loo Macy dependent on Kings and Queens and titled folks gen'rally, and he, Jim Bradley, philanderin' with another man's wife—while that ...
— A Phyllis of the Sierras • Bret Harte
... into the desert. We had a scheme or two in the desert and a fire in the M.G. tent, at which the local fire brigade greatly distinguished itself by its masterly inactivity and futile energy. To the strains of "Kam leyal, Kam iyyam" at the far end of a leaking hosepipe, the fire eventually burned itself out. We only had two fires the whole time we were in Egypt, which was very creditable considering the inflammable nature of our "houses," and on both occasions our enterprising quartermaster made full use ...
— The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry - and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 • D. D. Ogilvie
... forth its green. The Nile has sunk away from the feet of the Colossi that it has bathed through many days. It has freed the plain to the fellaheen, though still it keeps my island in its clasp. And Hapi, or Kam-wra, the "Great Extender," and Ra, have made this wonderful spring to bloom on the dark ...
— The Spell of Egypt • Robert Hichens
... Geschwindigkeit nach, oder brachen Stecken vom nchsten Zaun oder rissen aus einem Reissigbndel den ersten besten Prgel, setzten sich darauf und ritten mit einer solchen Wut hinter ihm drein, dass sie einen Luftwirbel veranlassten, der alles, was ihm zu nahe kam, wie ein reissender Strom mit sich fortris, wr es nur unter den Jungen geblieben, so htte es noch sein mgen; aber unglcklicherweise fanden auch Mnner Geschmack an dem artigen Spielchen, sprangen vom ihrem Weg ab und ritten mit Stok und Degen und Amtsperken unter den Knaben einher. Freilich ...
— Laurence Sterne in Germany • Harvey Waterman Thayer
... on the slightest errand now to the Antipodes that you can devise to send me on. I will fetch you a tooth-picker now from the farthest inch of Asia; bring you the length of Prester John's foot; fetch you a hair of the great Kam's beard; do you any embassage to the Pygmies rather than hold three words conference ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris
... dis a voonders To make de Captain shdare?- A tausend pounds in bocket Und a veddin in de air? He gafe avay de laity, Und als sie wieder kam Zur festen Erde wieder, Ward sie ...
— The Breitmann Ballads • Charles G. Leland
... Greek; thus kerko-iy, "I seek,'' forms kerko-n-em, "I am sought.'' The,infinitive is not found; as in Greek, Rumanian and Bulgarian, it is replaced by the subjunctive with a particle. The two auxiliary verbs are kam, "I have,'' and yam, "I am.'' An interesting and characteristic feature of the language is the definite article, which is attached to the end of the word: e.g. mik ("friend,'' amicus), mik-u ("the friend''); kien ("dog''), kien-i Shkumb, Shkumb-i. ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... in food—I am so hungry that if there is any more mention of eating I shall go off in a corner and howl. You know how those adorable German Christmas stories always begin: 'Es war Weinachtsabend. Tiefer Schnee lag am Boden. Durch das Wald kam ein armes Maedchen das weinte bitterlich.' The reason why she weinted bitterlich was because her soul was hurt at being kept out of the secret of the beautiful, beautiful food that was hidden in the hero's pack. Now let's have ...
— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis
... hinaus auf die wogende Strae, auf der sich in der lauen Sommernacht die Leute herumtrieben, klopfte an sein Barometer[2-8] und sah nach, wie viel Uhr[2-9] es darauf geschlagen,[2-10] und klingelte zuletzt. Ein alter rotkpfiger Bedienter in herrschaftlichem Kleide kam herein. James, wir reisen[2-11] morgen um 10 Uhr. Du wirst[2-12] die Koffer packen und nichts vergessen. Den Thee habe ich hier, die Maschine ist dort. Sorge fr alles, alter Junge, und fr Dich selbst. Du weckst mich frh ...
— Eingeschneit - Eine Studentengeschichte • Emil Frommel
... "Vom Himmel kam der Krauter Schar Geflogen, und da sprechen sie; Wen wir noch lebend treffen an Der Mann soll ...
— From Ritual to Romance • Jessie L. Weston
... i koosh nuw bigo, Tazu bu tazu, nou bu nou! Badu dil koosh bidoh, Tazu bu tazu, nou bu nou! Koosh biu sheen bu kilwul Chung nuwaz-a sa-ut, Bosu sitan bu kam uz o, Tazu bu ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I., No. 3, January 1858 - A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics • Various
... quantities of water, and could not in fact go for long without. Firmly but fairly treated by their British officers and non-commissioned officers, they went anywhere and did anything; and wherever you found the sappers, there, too, you would see the khaki galabeahs and hear the eternal chant: "Kam leila, kam yom?" of the E.L.C. Under their hands Kantara ...
— With Our Army in Palestine • Antony Bluett
... photograph? | fotografi? | pohr fo-tograh'fee? I wish to take the | Mi volas fotografi la | mee vo-lahss interior | internon | fo-tograh'fee la | | intehr'nohn Have you brought | Cxu vi kunportis vian | choo vee koonpor'teess your camera? | kamereton? | veeahn | | kam-ehreh'tohn? This is my camera | Tio cxi estas mia | tee-oh chee eh-stahss | kamereto | mee-ah kam-ehreh'toh The lens is broken | La lenso estas | la lehn-so eh-stahss | rompita | rohmpee'tah The light is too | La lumo estas tro | la loo-mo eh-stahss tro ...
— Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation • William W. Mann
... Zu ihr in Gefaengniss n'unter, Den man hat kleidet recht, Mit einer Baernhaute, Als wenns der Teufel waer; Als ihm die Drut anschaute Meints ihr Buhl kam daher. ...
— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds • Charles Mackay |
