"Fest" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... crauen. 420 Josep gaf ilc here twinne srud. Beniamin most he made prud. | fif weden best bar beniamin. [f. 46v re hundred plates of silu{er} fin. Al{}so fele ore or til. 425 He bad ben in is faderes wil. And .x. asses wi semes fest. Of alle egiptes welhe best. Gaf he is breere wi herte blie. And bad hem rapen hem homward swie. 430 And he so deden wi herte fagen. Toward here fader he gunen dragen. And q{u}ane he comen him bi{}foren. ...
— Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 - Part I: Texts • Various
... Rhine, zum Deutchen Rhine, Wir alle wollen Hueter sein; Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein, Fest steht und ...
— Blood and Iron - Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its - Founder, Bismarck • John Hubert Greusel
... I don't care what you've done or ain't done, I'll stand by yeh. I'm not one to turn against anybody in distress. My mother always taught me that. After you've et a bite and had a cup of my nice tea with cream and sugar in it you'll feel better, and we'll have a real chin-fest and hear all about it. Now, you just shut your eyes and wait till I make ...
— Exit Betty • Grace Livingston Hill
... he said. "I'm going over to the machine and see what I can do to fix it so they can't run very well. If I'm successful it may mean that we can save the boys on the Eagle. If I'm caught at it I'll take part in a little shooting-fest myself, and I'll act the part of the shootee. Keep your eyes peeled, and if anyone comes this way put me wise ...
— Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal - or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol • G. Harvey Ralphson
... was heir their was so many fests or holy dayes that I werily think the thrid part of their year is made up of them. The principal was fest de Dieu, on which, such is the fury of the blinded papists, the Hugonots are in very great hazard if they come out, for if they kneel not at the coming by of the Hosty or Sacrament they cannot escape ...
— Publications of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 36 • Sir John Lauder |
