"Harbour" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... well too, Ill speed other good that she will do; But so Eats as fast as she can, And each year that comes to man, She brings forth a lakan,[122] And some years two. But were I not more gracious, and richer by far, I were eaten out of house, and of harbour, Yet is she a foul dowse, if ye come near. There is none that trows, nor knows, a war[123] Than ken I. Now will ye see what I proffer, To give all in my coffer To-morrow next ...
— Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays, with an Introduction • Anonymous
... Hesse-Cassel ruffians swaps even for one good American, and there's a lot of our boys rottin' in the prison hulks in New York harbour to-night." ...
— Rodney, the Ranger - With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield • John V. Lane
... hovels of the earth may here visit cave after cave, and subterranean chamber after chamber; some of these were of course used for the storage and introduction of supplies in time of war and siege, others may have served as crypts, for purposes of religious ceremony, also a harbour of refuge for priests and monks, lastly as workshops. Provins may therefore be called not only a town but a triple city, consisting, first, of the old; secondly, of the new; lastly, of the underground. Captivating, from an artistic and antiquarian point of view, as are the first and last, ...
— Holidays in Eastern France • Matilda Betham-Edwards
... old sort of ship-talk sailors always like to hear— Just the same old harbour gossip gathered in from far and near, In the same salt-water lingo sailors use the wide world round, From the shores of London river to the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 17, 1920 • Various
... come into contact with Krall must feel respect for this man, whatever doubts he may harbour ...
— Lola - The Thought and Speech of Animals • Henny Kindermann
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