"Ey" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... brought tears into the eyes of our adventurer, who assured him his mother should be carefully attended, and want for nothing; but that it would be very improper to see her at present, as the surprise might shock her too much, considering that she believed him dead. "Ey, indeed," cried the landlady, "we were all of the same opinion, being as the report went, that poor Greaves Oakley was killed in battle." "Lord, mistress," said Oakley, "there wan't a word of truth in it, I'll assure you.—What, ...
— The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves • Tobias Smollett
... 'Ey!' said the landlady, 'I ca' him so. A' cooms efther nae doctor that I ken. Mair nor which, a's just ...
— The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices • Charles Dickens
... the gleam of Cynthia, silver-bright, In cloisters dim, far from the haunts of folly, With freedom by my side, and soft-ey'd melancholy. GRAY ...
— The Mysteries of Udolpho • Ann Radcliffe
... valor makes me smile at thee: When he perceived me shrink and on my knee, His bloody sword he brandish'd over me, And, like a hungry lion, did commence Rough deeds of rage and stern impatience; But when my angry guardant stood alone, Tendering my ruin and assail'd of none, Dizzy-ey'd fury and great rage of heart Suddenly made him from my side to start Into the clustering battle of the French; And in that sea of blood my boy did drench His over-mounting spirit, and there died, My Icarus, my ...
— King Henry VI, First Part • William Shakespeare [Aldus edition]
... ey knoas 't reet weel, lort abbut," replied Ashbead, "and Bess taks t' sentence sore ...
— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth
... now of the Devil: He's no such horrid creature; cloven-footed, Black, saucer-ey'd, his nostrils breathing fire, As these lying Christians ...
— Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing • George Barton Cutten
... 'member 'bout slav'ey times?" His face relaxed into a broad smile, "G-lory, hallelujah, I sho does! I was born den and freed den. What you wanter know? I kin tell you all about it." He led the way to two chairs ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration
... mean to lead my life, As shortly shall be seen: Our wedding shall appointed be, And every thing in its degree; Come on," quoth he, "and follow me, Thou shalt go shift thee clean. What is thy name, fair maid?" quoth he. "Zenelophon, O king," quoth she: With that she made a low courts-ey, A ...
— A Bundle of Ballads • Various
... while, Like you, like all, a pilgrim, passing poor, A traveller, a stranger, I have met Still stranger treatment, rude and harsh! I so much The dearer, more desired, the home I seek, Eternal of my Father, and my God! Then pious Resignation, meek-ey'd pow'r, Sustain me still! Composure still be mine. Where rests it? Oh, mysterious Providence I Silence the wild idea.—I have found No mercy yet—no mild humanity, With cruel, unrelenting rigour torn, And lost in prison—lost ...
— The Eventful History Of The Mutiny And Piratical Seizure - Of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause And Consequences • Sir John Barrow
... and small the hedges lie! What streaks of meadows cross the eye! A step methinks may pass the stream, So little distant dangers seem; So we mistake the Future's face, Ey'd thro' Hope's deluding glass; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which, to those who journey near, Barren, and brown, and rough appear, Still we tread tir'd the same coarse way, The ...
— Romance - Two Lectures • Walter Raleigh
... wearie wights) Shall ever lodge upon mine ey-lids more; Ne shall with rest refresh my fainting sprights, Nor failing force to former strength restore: But I will wake and sorrow all the night With Philumene, my fortune to deplore; With Philumene, the partner of ...
— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy
... the Serpent cre(ated). Sixty beru is his length; Thirty beru high is his he(ad).(2) For half (a beru) each stretches the surface of his ey(es);(3) For twenty beru go (his feet).(4) He devours fish, the creatures (of the sea), He devours birds, the creatures (of the heaven), He devours wild asses, the creatures (of the field), He devours men,(5) to the peoples (he . ...
— Legends Of Babylon And Egypt - In Relation To Hebrew Tradition • Leonard W. King |
