"Fader" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... noting," she said. "I don't want you to be my fader. But, all de same, I tink you one very nice man; an' you safe my life; an' I sall not forget—nevare; an' I weesh—. Sall I tell you what ...
— The Lily and the Cross - A Tale of Acadia • James De Mille
... bodies sevene eek, lo! hem heer anoon: Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe, Mars yren, Mercurie quik-silver we clepe, Saturnus leed and Jupiter is tin, And Venus coper, by my fader kin! Literature of Alchemy.—A considerable body of Greek chemical writings is contained in MSS. belonging to the various great libraries of Europe, the oldest being that at St Mark's, just mentioned. The contents of these MSS. are all of similar composition, ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... and serving men thou shalt have, With sumptuous array most gallant and brave; With crosier, and miter, and rochet, and cope, Fit to appear 'fore our fader ...
— Ballad Book • Katherine Lee Bates (ed.)
... smilin' on us dark sheep ob de flock, and Fader Abraham has got his bosom ready for to deceib us, why should we not be preparred for ...
— Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive • Alf Burnett
... back in de angel's arms; an' he tuck her right along up thu de hebenly gates, an' soon as eber he sot her down, an' her foot totch dem golden streets, de lameness, an' sickness, an' po'ness all come right; an' her fader, an' her mudder, an' her niggers wuz all dar, an' she wuz well an' strong, an' good an' happy. Jes like she wush fur de po' folks, an' de sick folks, de Lord he fixed it jes dat way fur her. He fixed ...
— Diddie, Dumps, and Tot • Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle
... HOMER, whose Iliad and Odyssey were translated into Syriac in the reign of HARUN-UR-RASHID." Dear, dear, how interesting, now! and, BOBBY, what do you think someone says about "Jack and the Beanstalk"? He says—"this tale is an allegory of the Teutonic Al-fader, the red hen representing the all-producing sun: the moneybags, the fertilising rain; and the harp, the winds." Well, I'm sure it seems likely ...
— Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 100., Jan. 17, 1891 • Various |
