"Wald" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... where hae ye been, Lord Randal, my son? O where hae ye been, my handsome young man?' 'I hae been to the wild wood; mother, make my bed soon, For I'm weary wi' hunting, and fain wald lie down.' ...
— Ballads of Romance and Chivalry - Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series • Frank Sidgwick
... Wald scho put on this Garmond gay, I durst sweir by my seill, That scho woir nevir grene nor gray That set ...
— Six Centuries of English Poetry - Tennyson to Chaucer • James Baldwin
... thing—you know that no one ever admits to a real interest 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 no more imaginary ...
— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis
... Wald Jandron," said Krell. To Jandron he explained rapidly. "The whole crew of the Pallas is alive, and they say if they can find fuel in the wreck-pack their ship can get ...
— The Sargasso of Space • Edmond Hamilton
... those countries in which forestry has reached a high state of development, the distinction is clearly defined. Prof. Rossmaessler, in speaking of the difference between forest and woodland (Forst und Wald), says: "Every forest is also a woodland, but not every woodland, be it ever so large, is a forest. It is the regular cultivation and economical management which turns ...
— Arbor Day Leaves • N.H. Egleston
... face about, and leaving the Upper Palatinate, to come to the assistance of the Duke of Bavaria; for the king being 20,000 strong, besides 10,000 foot and 4000 horse and dragoons which joined him from the Duringer Wald, was resolved to ruin the duke, who lay now open to him, and was the most powerful and inveterate enemy of ...
— Memoirs of a Cavalier • Daniel Defoe
... been seen. Still later he became a pupil of Michael Haydn, a brother of Joseph. As early as 1800 the boy gave concerts in Leipsic and other towns in central Germany. At this time an opera book was given him, "Das Wald Maedchen," and the opera was composed and produced in November. Five years later it was highly appreciated at Vienna, and was performed also at Prague and St. Petersburg. Young Weber was of a most active mind, and interested himself in all questions of art. In 1803 he made the acquaintance ...
— A Popular History of the Art of Music - From the Earliest Times Until the Present • W. S. B. Mathews
... thief said, God that ever I chaip, Nor ane stark widdy gar me gaip, But I in hell for geir wald be. The Devil said, 'Welcome in a raip: Renounce thy God, ...
— Dreamthorp - A Book of Essays Written in the Country • Alexander Smith
... "A Benefice quha wald give sic a Beist, But gif it were to jingle Judas bells? Tak thee a Fiddle or a Flute to jest, Undocht thou art, ordained ...
— Notes & Queries 1850.02.09 • Various |
