"Lere" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Wolnoth, pausing from the contemplation of a silk robe, all covered with broidered peacocks, which had been sent him as a gift from his sister the Queen, and wrought with her own fair hands; for a notable needle-woman, despite her sage lere, was the wife of the Saint King, as sorrowful women mostly are,—"Tut! the bird must leave the nest when the wings are fledged. Harold the eagle, Tostig the kite, Gurth the ring-dove, and Leofwine the stare. See, my wings are the richest of all, mother, and bright is the sun ...
— Harold, Complete - The Last Of The Saxon Kings • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... lere del dificio m' ha giurato, Quand' egli ha visto le Poesie ch' i' ho fatte, Ch' elle son belle, e i piedi in terra batte, E vuol ch' io mi ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 40, Saturday, August 3, 1850 - A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, • Various |
