"Lif" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Henzefort he lif a shmokeless life, vor vear to lose his bride, And nefer vonce gomblained to her of soferings inzide! Bot—zough she gif him zentiment and rabdures ven zey met— Zomdimes he vish she vouldn't mind von leedle zigarette! [Pause. Now game along ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 • Various
... lif, you know, at Abednego's, in de Quadrant; his dabels is goot; ve vill blay dere, if you vill." And I said I would: and it was agreed that, one Saturday night, when Jemmy was at the Opera, we should go to the Baron's rooms, and give ...
— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray
... of good passages, passages abounding in vivacity, in the color and play of lif.... The pith of the book lies in its singularly fresh and vivid pictures of the humors of the gold-fields; tragic humors ...
— Soldier Stories • Rudyard Kipling
... battlin' stick? Well, dis here be one. You use it fer washin' close. You lif's de close outa de wash pot wid dis here battlin' stick; den you tote 'em to de battlin' block—dis here stump. Den you beat de dirt out wid de ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Florida Narratives • Works Projects Administration
... vay to New York and not care," said his friend. "I seet up a great deal. My vife, dot ees Mrs. Guilderaufenberg, she keep a beeg boarding-house in Vashington. Dot ees de ceety to lif in! Vas ...
— Crowded Out o' Crofield - or, The Boy who made his Way • William O. Stoddard
... derfr, barn af Finland, minns Ditt dla fosterland! Ej ro, ej lif, ej lycka finns I fjerran frn dess strand. Hvarhelst din vg i verlden gr, Din rot r der din vagga str. Och derfr, barn af Finland, minns Ditt ...
— Through Finland in Carts • Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
... "You lif' her like that, an' you tip her like that," he explained to the gang. "My uncle he was roadmaster ...
— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling
... look so. But you shall lif till another time," said Dona Rosita, with a mock courtesy, gliding ...
— The Argonauts of North Liberty • Bret Harte
... called Hodmimer's-holt[73] are concealed two persons during Surt's fire, called Lif and Lifthraser. They feed on the morning dew. From these so numerous a race is descended that they fill the whole world with people, as ...
— The Younger Edda - Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda • Snorre
... see." Then the knyght byheld her were, with a good avisement,[FN571] and knew wele by diverse tokyns that she was his wif; and anon kyst her, and the sonys eke; and blessid hiely God, that so had visited hem. Tho went he ayen to his fond, with his wif, and with his children, and endid faire his lif. ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton
... is nowise strained, but is simply that which, in Aryan mythology, is now universally accepted for similar mythological creations. Thus, in the Greek Phoebus and Perseus, in the Teutonic Lif, and in the Norse Baldur, we have also beneficent hero-gods, distinguished by their fair complexion and ample golden locks. "Amongst the dark as well as amongst the fair races, amongst those who are marked by black hair ...
— American Hero-Myths - A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent • Daniel G. Brinton
... de face to stan' da an' tell me dat you seen 'em a-troublin' dat chile an' you not lif' a han' to ...
— Plantation Sketches • Margaret Devereux
... Mis' Martin, you has one chance to mah two.' 'I don't see it,' Martin said. 'Mis' Martin, it's dis way. You has jis' de chance, lak you say, to become worms foh de fruitification of de cabbage garden. But I's got de chance to lif' mah voice to de glory of de Lawd as I go paddin' dem golden streets—along 'ith de chance to be jis' worms ...
— Moon-Face and Other Stories • Jack London
... person striking another, or drawing his sword in one of the superior courts of justice. Stamf. P. C. 38; 33 H. 8. c. 12. In an earlier stage of the Common law, it was death. 'Gif hwa gefeohte on Cyninges huse sy he scyldig ealles his yrfes, and sy on Cyninges dome hwsether he lif age de nage: si quis in regis domo pugnet, perdat omnem suam ha; reditatem, et in regis sit arbitrio, possideat vitarn an non ...
— Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson - Volume I • Thomas Jefferson |
