 And her husband had pity to see her, and caressed her with his hand, and spake and called upon her name : "Dear one. I pray thee be not of oversorrowful heart; no man against my fate shall hurl me to hades; only destiny, I ween, no man hath escaped, be...  Greek and Roman [mythology] - Page 128by William Sherwood Fox - 1916 - 354 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1883 - 560 pages
...husband had pity to see her, and caressed her with his hand, and spake and called upon her name : " Dear one, I pray thee be not of oversorrowful heart...coward or be he valiant, when once he hath been born. But go thou to thine house and see to thine own tasks, the loom and distaff, and bid thine handmaidens... | |
 | Jean Racine - Searles, Colbert, 1873- - 1914 - 184 pages
...husband had pity to see her, and caressed her with his hand, and spake and called upon her name : ' Dear one, I pray thee be not of over-sorrowful heart...coward or be he valiant, when once he hath been born. But go thou to thine house and see to thine own tasks, thé loom and distaff, and bid thine handmaidens... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1889 - 470 pages
...called upon her name— ' Dear one, I pray thee be not of over sorrowful heart; no man against my fat« shall hurl me to Hades; only destiny, I ween, no man...coward or be he valiant, when once he hath been born. But go thou to thine house, and see to thine own tasks ... for war shall men provide, and I in chief... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida C. Bender - Readers - 1901 - 268 pages
...husband had pity to see her, and caressed her with his hand, and spake and called upon her name: " Dear one, I pray thee be not of oversorrowful heart...hath escaped, be he coward or be he valiant, when 20 once he hath been born. But go thou to thine house and see to thine own tasks, the loom and distaff,... | |
 | Fred Morrow Fling - History - 1907 - 422 pages
...her husband had pity to see her, and caressed her with his hand, and spake and called upon her name : "Dear one, I pray thee be not of oversorrowful heart...coward or be he valiant, when once he hath been born. But go thou to thine house and see to thine own tasks, the loom and distaff, and bid thy handmaidens... | |
 | Jeanie Lang - Mythology, Greek - 1907 - 142 pages
...to her bosom, smiling through her tears. the heart of Hector, and gently he caressed her and said : 'Dear one, I pray thee be not of oversorrowful heart. No man shall slay me ere the time appointed for my death hath come. Go home and busy thyself with loom and... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - Classical literature - 1909 - 478 pages
...her husband had pity to see her, and caressed her with his hand, and spake and called upon her name : "Dear one. I pray thee be not of oversorrowful heart;...coward or be he valiant, when once he hath been born. But go thou to thine house and see to thine own tasks, the loom and distaff, and bid thine handmaidens... | |
 | Cecil Fairfield Lavell - Ethics - 1911 - 116 pages
...a sort of grim comfort. " Dear one," said Hector to Andromache, " I pray thee be not of a sorrowful heart ; no man against my fate shall hurl me to Hades...coward or be he valiant, when once he hath been born." Fate was impersonal. Against Fate prayer was unavailing. But it was otherwise with the gods. These... | |
 | Herbert Weir Smyth - 1912 - 38 pages
...the note of eternity. "Dear one," says Hector to Andromache, "I pray thee not to be of oversorrowf ul heart ; no man against my fate shall hurl me to Hades ; only destiny, I ween, no man hath ever escaped, be he coward or be he valiant, when once he hath been born." Hector and his wife —... | |
 | Greek literature - 1912 - 332 pages
...the note of eternity. "Dear one," says Hector to Andromache, "I pray thee not to be of oversorrowf ul heart ; no man against my fate shall hurl me to Hades ; only destiny, I ween, no man hath ever escaped, be he coward or be he valiant, when once he hath been born." Hector and his wife —... | |
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