| 单词 | wooer |
| 例句 | I became her official suitor without having to perform any superhuman tasks because, despite her awesome beauty and her innumerable virtues, Rosa had no other wooers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She shut herself away from men, alone with her beloved trees, and let no wooer come near her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The charade turns slightly on its head another facet of the original, in which Portia’s wooers are subjected to a riddle to win her highly desirable hand. Shylock goes to Washington in ‘District Merchants’ at Folger 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The male wooers were given placards typecasting our identities: I was a “shining American,” whatever that meant; the South Korean was the “stay-at-home introvert”; and the British contestant was obviously the “gentleman.” Looking for a Date as China Looks On 2011-08-07T02:00:19Z Traditionally men have been the suitors and the wooers and women have done the love-work needed to make life more than a series of dates. Let's make love our alternative currency 2012-02-14T00:01:00Z Getting “ghosted” on dating websites by wooers who abruptly vanish without a word may hurt, but matchmakers say the new trend of getting “zombied” is just plain scary. Online daters say getting ‘zombied’ is now scarier than ‘ghosting’ 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z He was by turns the bearded true believer who honeymooned in Cuba and spoke of liberation theology and, in time, the capable wooer of unsavory poobahs from the taxi and real estate industries. How Bill de Blasio Went From Progressive Hope to Punching Bag 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z But judging from the reaction, he’s offered a model for would-be wooers: Snag primo seats at a well-known concert, then get the Four Tops to serenade your lady. No, that wasn’t Rep. Steny Hoyer’s date on the national broadcast of the concert on the Mall 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z You can’t fake love, and nothing’s worse than a would-be wooer who says all the wrong things. Donald Trump can’t fake love of ‘the blacks’ 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the company announced a new feature for these users: a text bot that will ghost unwanted wooers through their burner line. 6 Reasons You Should Get a 'Burner' Phone Number 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z But let the wooers be warned: Autism has its own politics, and they are fraught. Five tips for candidates who want to talk about autism — responsibly 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Now she is to be given to any man who can live with her one night; and many wooers have died in the attempt. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z Furious at his dismissal, he was still eager to be considered a successful wooer of the famous actress. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z A scene of wild commotion ensued, in which Ulysses, Telemachus, Eumæus, and Minerva disguised as Mentor, opposed and slew all the wooers. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z And all the while his imagination was urging him to that unknown next step, and when he was alone and in the dark he became even an enterprising wooer. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Love can exist between mind and mind, and I shall now be a wooer of yours. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z Eric had not long been dead before wooers in plenty came to seek the hand of the rich dowager. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z The newest—and last—wooer was Colonel Cæsar, of the Guards. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Joyful are we when the honey-laden zephyr waves the long grass in June, or when “The gentle wind, a sweet and passionate wooer, Kisses the blushing leaf.” Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z Kipps was not of that bold order of wooers who impose conditions. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Mar. That quaffing and drinking will undo you; I heard my lady talk of it yesterday; and of a foolish knight, that you have brought in here, to be her wooer. Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z Perhaps, too, a royal child would be safer among the warriors of Jomburg than at the court of a stepmother who had employed such drastic means to get rid of undesirable wooers. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Such a wooer would find himself at odds with practically every country in the whole archipelago. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z But fate was determined that one so beautiful and so worthy as yourself should not be won until the wooer appeared in some degree worthy of the lady whose hand was desired. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z Child, for girls without dowry there is no press of wooers; they are heavy ware to trade with. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The coplas of the wooer below the balcony are usually sentimental. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Suit′or, one who sues in love or law: a petitioner: a wooer:—fem. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Mind you, Helen was no love-sick girl to be swept off her feet by an impetuous wooer with spun-gold hair and a Romeo manner. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He did not simulate any passion, and again in her heart comparing him with that other wooer in the Row, she thanked him for his honesty. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z Hence comes it, that when a wooer is rejected, people say, His love has given him the basket, even to the present day. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The stranger, though at first somewhat puzzled by Woof's violent efforts to wag a non-existent tail, apparently found her big wooer sympathetic. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z In 1648 edition, st. iii. line 2 reads 'showes;' stanza v. line 2, 'cabinets;' stanza viii. line 5, 'and meet;' stanza ix. 'paramours' = lovers, wooers, not as now signifying loose love. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z In fact, she numbered her ardent wooers by the dozen. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Heald seems to have been what women call a nice boy; in many ways he probably contrasted favourably with Lola’s bolder, more experienced wooers. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Should have an eye upon her maiden garland, and so a laughing wooer come, not miss her fortune.' Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Young wooer, charm all hearts with lover's art, Glad winner, lead thy paragon apart! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z He had been a half-hearted wooer himself when he first came out of college. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Lucien Bonaparte, one of the emperor's several brothers, was another ardent wooer. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He was usually a daring wooer, but Mrs Lawless so baffled him that he was forced to resort to more insidious methods. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The wooer has been here, comes not again: thou hast missed him."—" Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z This energetic wooer, lemon-faced and almond-eyed, imparts to the music a spicy flavor, grotesque and Japanese. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z In response came many wooers to attempt the impossible task. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z She had ever a knack of enslaving army men, and her next wooer—in fact, Lawrence's lucky rival—was an Irish captain, one Jenkins. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z A maid kept close that no eye may view her; The price of her wedding-gifts and dowry baffles the wooer. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z He motored over to Exham Park in a frame of mind which was not in keeping with the character of a light-hearted wooer. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z The female, if attracted by her wooer, becomes friendly with him and the two "bill" each other very much as if they were exchanging kisses. Profitable Squab Breeding 2011-11-03T02:00:14.677Z A faithful and versatile legate was this proxy wooer, but it was all to no purpose. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z The wooer would find himself deceived if he had wooed that virtue only for the sake of success. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z I told you once, so did I twice, When ye came as my wooer, That Childe Vyet, your one brother, One night lay in my bower. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Since they were rich as well as beautiful you may be sure they had many wooers, but all preferred to reign alone. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z People will say that it is my blame that no wooer comes to seek thee. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z But there came another wooer, who was rich as I was poor, And her parents looked with favor on this keeper of a store. By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z So that in the long run of the world's history the best men have always been wooers of reality, for the best have always been longest and most thoroughly deceived. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Some letters written during her twenty-fourth year reveal a frank, brave and sweet nature; she was a bright, attractive little person, and had many wooers. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Mistress Cat went down, and sent the wooer away. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z Lasses,—I'm here a wooer to woo, Will ane o' ye come an' be my doo? Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z Lingard looked the man to be a masterful, a happy wooer. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z He had been a volcanic wooer, and she had distrusted him all along. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z For out in the world the woods are awake, And I hear the voice of the calling Wind, My wonderful wooer, my rough, sweet mate, And follow I must! The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z Can you believe that anyone is frightened at me because I wear a fashionable gown, read novels, am clever at music, but indifferent to kitchen and cellar; thereat the wooer shudders. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z “Your English wooers’ hearts are like ice, and their love is cold; while that of a Malay, under his calm, quiet demeanour, glows like fire, and once kindled, is never more extinct. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z As he thus spoke, his air of pride and complacency betrayed a wooer who intended to allow his prisoner not even the freedom of denial. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z He was still a bachelor, but was an unwearied wooer, and greatly desired to pass for a doughty knight, and an irresistible invader of the hearts of the fair of every rank. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z The maidens crowded together, and giggled whenever he came near them, and the one joked the other about him as a well-known wooer of the whole fair sex. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z There are two things my wooer cannot find out, whether my uncle really loves me, and whether I know how to flatter him well enough, so as not to forfeit his affection. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Did you think when you began to play with my love that it was of the same cold stuff as that of your poor, weak English wooers?” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z At that time she was not quite fifteen, and had declared that in three years she would determine, should her wooer then renew his suit. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z The bride's price is paid on the spot by the wooer, and a horse and two oxen are reckoned equivalent to a couple of cows. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Therefore they left nothing to chance, and actually brought the Princess Roshinara post haste from the north, believing that her presence would insure the inconstant wooer’s return with her at the right moment. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Her playmate, and her wooer in the shade. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z She was easily teased, as much so about her husband as if he was still a wooer. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z It was wonderfully strange, certainly, to think of him as May's wooer! That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Weightier matters are ahead of us; and it must suffice that the Asolando is sacred to wooers of the flute of Pan, secession photographers, and confident believers in an early revival of the poetic drama. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z And beginning with the first she came to, she walked very deliberately all round that circle of excited wooers, going from one to the next in order, and examining each in turn. A Syrup of the Bees 2011-04-23T02:00:04.300Z Mildred had been bright and expectant and the girls read her disappointment when her unaccountable wooer delayed putting his fortune to the test. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z I care not for her title so I be once more her accepted wooer. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z Flinging a triumphant smile towards the disappointed wooer, she glided rapidly beyond his reach; and, nimbly tripping over the footbridge, disappeared from his sight amid the shrubbery surrounding the mansion. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It seemed to us that he was in his way just as persuasive a wooer as Ben Hassan. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z “And to think that the women of my country call you Englishmen slow wooers!” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Face to face, I should confront the triad—mother, sister, wooer—and force all three to confession. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z In fact, as I soon afterwards learnt, she had yielded to her father’s solicitations, rather than to the suit of the wooer; and had given a reluctant consent to the marriage. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z And yet—and yet—he felt, as the prosperous wooer had felt, a dim sense of dissatisfaction. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z From his approach even the ugliest and most impudent instinctively recoiled—this wooer was really too hideous, at best only suited to a monkey. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Truly, she thought, for an Englishman this was no indifferent wooer; his confidence thrilled her; she felt her heart beat quickly under its sheath of drooping black lace and roses. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z It is "a sweet and passionate wooer," says Longfellow, and lays siege to "the blushing leaf." Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z He considered the entire toilet hopeless for a matrimonial candidate, that the heart of an educated girl, who aims at a domestic hearth, could not possibly repose any confidence in such a wooer. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z “Just listen to this: “The Lawyer is no wooer, yet To sue us is his whim. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z Now the crisis had come, and she must face it--must reply to this passionate wooer, who would be satisfied by nothing less than a 'yes' or a 'no.' Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z Desmond O'Connor was a good fighter, a brisk wooer, and a breezy companion on the march or in the bivouac. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z That ill-fated lady conferred on this wooer of humbler degree, the office of slaying her happiness, sapping her life, and mining her estate. Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. 2011-02-07T03:00:25.780Z Then arose quarrels among her numerous wooers, who ofttimes fought for her in bloody combat. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z At home I had to enter the list with many wooers of Miss Forest, and there were no despicable rivals among them. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z Perhaps, for these reasons, he was all the more ardent a wooer. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z "All right, uncle, if she will only have you," laughed Willibald, who could not help thinking this description of his mother from a wooer very peculiar. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z It was only a glance she gave her bashful wooer, but it spoke as plainly as his own had spoken a few moments before. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z We shall hereafter meet with a few exceptional cases, in various classes, in which the female, instead of the male, is the seeker and wooer. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Other wooers come; she cheats and deludes them, till her true husband appears, and submits to her once more. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Many brutal wooers have come to me who would have taken my virginal heart by force, such a thing as was never heard of since the beginning of the world. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z And with that the persistent wooer enclosed the finally won life companion in a hearty embrace. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z His sympathetic nature was troubled at thought of the double wound he must necessarily inflict upon the nephew of his rival and the unsuccessful wooer of his betrothed. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z We must still crouch in the corner, and there wait patiently until a respectful wooer happens to come. Magda A Play in Four Acts "Ah, Mary," persevered her undaunted wooer, "ye ken brawly what I mean; but you surely never kenned what it was to be in love, or ye wad never jeer a body that way." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 But the little dog under the table said, “Bow-wow! the old man’s daughter is going about in silver and gold, but the old woman’s daughter no wooers will look at.” Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z “Patty, dear Patty,” he said, “I am no courtly wooer, only a poor student.” A Little World Is it that you reject me utterly, or am I so poor a wooer that you would have me on my knees, protesting, swearing? By Birth a Lady So it was that she made answer to her eager wooer. A Poached Peerage Its manners are described by the saying that Rhodes was the town of wooers. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The little dog ate the pancake, but again he said, “Bow-wow! the old man’s daughter goes about in silver and gold, but the old woman’s daughter no wooers will look at.” Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z Then elderly gentlemen—husbands of the matrons—were admitted; and, after a time, "braw wooers began to appear at the hall," and then Lady Darrell's reign began in real earnest. Love Works Wonders A Novel The happy lover had settled that his wooer should obtain for him more certain information. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. And now we called together the Frau Generalin, the Herr Poser, and he who was my rightful wooer, who then, as assistants and witnesses, confirmed our verbal Yes, by joining together our hands. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. This ambassador was generally accompanied by the wooer himself with a troop of his companions: if it took place in the country, they rode in solemn procession. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. And many as my wooers have been, I have never yet found one whom to serve would not have appeared to me a bondage and degradation. Barbarossa and Other Tales That despondent wooer on the sofa, beside Mrs. Walters, pulled dejectedly at the ears of her little black-and-tan terrier, and answered at random all the pleasant things she said to him. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir It was similar with the wooers in the "Odyssey" before their end. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Wretched man!" said Marguerite, "wretched man to suppose that Duc Fran�ois would push complacency so far as to introduce a wooer to his sister's room! Marguerite de Valois No cloistered Santa Teresa is our little Concha, but, for all that, she is of a stock true to her salt, and only proves fickle to her wooers. The Firebrand Now and then real wooers would make their appearance, very respectable people, quite able to support a wife. Barbarossa and Other Tales The lover, if for certain days His fair one be denied his gaze, Sinks not in grief and wild amaze, But, wiser wooer, He spends the time in writing lays, And posts them to her. Rhyme? And Reason? With this view he proposed a lady of the neighbourhood, and offered himself to be the wooer. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. I've seen sweet smiles Squandered on pride, on foppery, on lies, On flatterers, on wicked wooers spent: And did they charm me then? The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise The linnets are ardent little wooers, singing and dancing before the indifferent birds they would win for their mates. A-Birding on a Bronco What an enthusiastic wooer you are, Cousin Chester. A Romance in Transit The cuckoo, for the worm-eaters, provided that he may have his own "make," is willing that the three wooers shall live each solitary and sullen. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Le Vair Palefroi contains the story of a lover who carries off his beloved on a palfrey grey from an aged wooer. A Short History of French Literature But suddenly she dissolved this feminine attitude, rose to her feet, and interrupted her wooer civilly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 A bold wooer truly was my worthy lord! Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. As the two great Catholic sovereigns drew closer together, though still nominally at war in Italy, Henry became, indeed, quite an eager wooer. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History In Germany, as in the East, the tale is told of a wooer who is drawn up half-way in a basket and then let remain for everybody to behold. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series This arouses Harald the wooer, and he begins that fight for the supremacy over all Norway that wins both lands and Gyda. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) She had already half relented, and only wanted a warm and resolute wooer to bring her round. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 What could be said to such a plain, direct wooer as this? Anne Yet I knew when they saw each other, and he was no laggard wooer. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. “However, the gentleman wedded her, never heeding the proverb: “‘Let every wooer be afraid To wed a maiden not a maid; For sooner or later, as ’tis said, She’ll turn again unto her trade.’ Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series His daughter close guarded He haughtily holds; All wooers rejecting, Who cannot excel him In throwing the hammer. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century Here comes a lusty wooer, My a dildin, my a daldin; Here comes a lusty wooer, Lily bright and shine a'. The Nursery Rhymes of England Ha, proud girl!" cried the angry wooer; "thou wouldst be saved by the fair-haired Christian? A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Then Eumaeus went to his own farmhouse, after telling Telemachus that he would come next day, driving swine for the wooers to eat. Tales of Troy and Greece In her relations with the wooers, Penelope adopted the only attitude which was possible for a woman who would wait indefinitely for the return of her lord. Greek Women To every wooer Who fain her proud spirit In wedlock would bind, Tells she the same Close sealed riddle; For none--not the wisest-- Has ever yet solved it. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century Still the woman made no answer, but her very silence gave encouragement to the wooer. When the Cock Crows She thought she could not too soon begin working for her brother's cause by trying to throw discredit on the motives of all other possible wooers. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. But he caught her throat with his hand, and asked why she would cause his death, for the wooers would slay him if they knew who he was. Tales of Troy and Greece And the wooers were insolent, overwhelming the palace and rapidly making away with the patrimony of Telemachus. Greek Women But no longer dark, as when of yore he trod, as a wooer. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century But the inward struggle was soon over, and with the calmness of resignation she turned towards her ungenerous wooer. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians Don’t you, Fowle?” and Carshaw gave the disappointed wooer a look of such manifest purpose that something had to happen quickly. The Bartlett Mystery There came, first a peal of thunder, and then the voice of a woman, weak and old, who was grinding corn to make bread for the wooers. Tales of Troy and Greece Discreet Penelope, too, learns by chance of his absence, and of the plots of the wooers, and her heart melts within her at the thought of danger to her child. Greek Women Compared to this it is a small thing that a wooer whom he had supplanted in a woman's favour should become his friend and blood brother. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century You least of all have occasion to complain of the want of wooers. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians O, beauty is well and is wealth to all, But wealth without beauty makes fair; And beauty with wealth brings wooers tall Whom she snares in her golden hair. Blooms of the Berry The cowherd, called Philoetius, also arrived; he hated the wooers, and spoke friendly to the beggar. Tales of Troy and Greece Then would she have revealed the glad news to Penelope, had Odysseus not seized her by the throat and made her swear to keep his presence secret until the slaying of the lordly wooers. Greek Women And here we have a wooer who possesses all three. Pretty Michal Every bold seeker, adventuring into their arcana, bears back his treasure-trove; but the earth only mocks her wooer, and robs him of his strength who sleeps upon her knees! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 At last I thought of going and straight-forwardly announcing myself as one of her wooers, when I heard of Master Martin's determination to give her to nobody but a real, doughty, Master-Cooper. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. They were all giddy girls, in love with the handsome wooers, and one of them, Melantho, bade Ulysses go away, and sleep at the blacksmith's forge, lest he should be beaten with a torch. Tales of Troy and Greece Euryclea hastens to the upper chamber to bring to Queen Penelope the good news that Odysseus has surely come and has slain the haughty wooers. Greek Women And the night dimmed over the moonlight,— And ever the mist was gray,— With slips of dull stars, bluer Where the princess met her wooer, A page like the month o' May. Days and Dreams Poems You hint, then, that I come a bootless wooer? A Prince of Good Fellows When she had finished, Martha said, smiling, "Well, Rosa dear, you will soon have to make up your mind which of those three brave wooers you are going to choose." The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. When she had washed him, Penelope told the beggar that she could no longer refuse to marry one of the wooers. Tales of Troy and Greece The fair lady can with difficulty believe the tidings, but she is finally persuaded to go down to see the wooers dead and him that slew them. Greek Women Be as watchful as when you were her wooer and even more so. Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects Tell the three wooers that, inasmuch as one of them is exactly the same to you as another, they must allow chance to decide between them. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II She had her officially recognised wooers, with more or less serious intentions, graduated according to rank and quality. Eyes Like the Sea Penelope therefore intended, next day, to bring the bow and the axes to the wooers, and to marry any one of them who could string the bow, and shoot an arrow through the twelve axes. Tales of Troy and Greece The wooers, after being rebuffed for years by the fair queen, are becoming insolent, quartering themselves upon her, and devouring her substance. Greek Women The story of the rival wooers with the famous retort, “Hippocleides don’t care,” is told in Herod. vi. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The wooers, not excepting the Baron, were almost frightened when they saw Albertine, who had never seemed so lovely and taking. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Early in the business I had come to the conclusion that it was useless to fool with the cold-blooded wooers if results were wanted. Cupid's Middleman Telemachus said that he would make the first trial, and that, if he succeeded, he would not allow any man of the wooers to take his mother away with him from her own house. Tales of Troy and Greece Soon the hero himself appears as a beggar in his own halls, and is roughly treated by the haughty wooers. Greek Women There may have been an individual quality in her luxurious profligacy, but then her predecessors had not had the Roman lords of the world for wooers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Three caskets are set out, of which her wooers have each to choose one, and open it. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Do these princesses and their peasant wooers belong to the topsy-turvy land of fairies? The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy Irus challenged him to fight, and the wooers thought this good sport, and they made a ring, and promised that the winner should be beggar-in-chief, and have the post to himself. Tales of Troy and Greece Ever anxious about her son, she grieves for him when absent, and when at home guards him as far as possible from the insolence of the wooers. Greek Women Lady Marion was the most gentle and least exacting of all human beings, but even she fancied Lord Chandos was but a poor wooer. A Mad Love A less infatuated wooer than Medenham might have noted that she seemed to fear interruption more than any too impulsive action on his part. Cynthia's Chauffeur Let us take Assipattle of the Scottish legend as a type of these hero wooers. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy Ulysses asked the wooers to give him fair play, and not to interfere, and then he stripped his shoulders, and kilted up his rags, showing strong arms and legs. Tales of Troy and Greece It was a place to quicken the heart and tongue of any wooer. John March, Southerner She had found plenty of wooers, but refused them all—all men were alike to her; she had only loved one, whom now she hated. Timar's Two Worlds There are certain to be many wooers of a girl possessed of your fresh sweetness and innocent gaiety. Under False Pretences A Novel The girl is frequently the wooer, and, in certain cases, she or her mother imposes the conditions of the marriage. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy The wooers laughed all the louder, as fey men do, and told Telemachus that he was unlucky in his guests: one a beggar, the other a madman. Tales of Troy and Greece ‘The wooer is powerful, O Sultan, and nothing is impossible to him.’ The Brown Fairy Book And then did depart to put on better apparel, wherein to await the coming of the wooers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. She had plenty of cavaliers: all the marriageable merchants' sons of the town, young lawyers--in brief, the wooers recruited themselves from the entire circle of the townspeople, and even beyond it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 There came a ship by the South Sea, With three young wooers on the flood; Who was the first? The Ethnology of the British Islands The wooers were mocking him, but suddenly he bent and strung the great bow as easily as a harper fastens a new string to his harp. Tales of Troy and Greece Yes, thou royal wooer! take my hand—it is thine; and my only sorrow is that I cannot yet give thee all this stricken heart. A Castle in Spain A Novel The marriage of Miss Britton and Prince zu Hohenlohe was not unexpected, but the wedding date was hurried about three months, the prince becoming an impatient wooer. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The path of the next wooer would doubtless be easier. Clark's Field Many a wooer would come forward; her curly hair that shone like gold was very conspicuous among all the smooth, dark-haired women of the country. Absolution Then they ran back to Ulysses, four men keeping the doorway against all the wooers that were not yet slain. Tales of Troy and Greece The nervous, unready wooer both endures and inflicts agonies of mind if he tries to make a verbal offer. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements Never was wooer of wealthy bride so thoroughly absolved from the subaltern part, so inevitably compelled to assume a paramount character. Shirley That is why delicacy and the habit of nuances give the experienced wooer such an immense advantage, even with a raw girl like Adelle, over the mere clumsy male. Clark's Field Indeed, Miss Barry would have kept her for friend and companion all the rest of her life; but there came a very persistent wooer, and madame succumbed a second time to the destiny of women. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart He needed it, for the wooers, having spears, threw them in volleys, six at a time, at the four. Tales of Troy and Greece My imagination tormented me with thoughts of Justin as a perpetual privileged wooer. The Passionate Friends Every afternoon found her yielding gently to the relentless demands of society, or to the tiresome calls of her thoroughly ardent wooer, the young Duke of Altern. Carmen Ariza I wish we could love as the bees love, To rest or to roam without sorrow or sigh; With laughter, when, after the wooer had won, Love flew with a whispered good-bye. The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems The girl sits beside the window and her wooer stands in the street; the parents sometimes invite him in. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew Then Ulysses sent Telemachus to bring Eurycleia, who, when she came and saw the wooers dead, raised a scream of joy, but Ulysses said 'it is an unholy thing to boast over dead men.' Tales of Troy and Greece With that look in her eyes, which are as cold as steel and have its glitter, one could not augur success for any wooer. Graham of Claverhouse The eldest and the second maid, They ponder'd and were dumb; And there, perchance, are waiting yet Till another wooer come. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Henceforth, so far as the doctor could read the future, no difficulties but those common to all wooers beset the course of his true love. The Doctor's Family Remembering the James of a week ago, the eager wooer of the dark, she was able to be playful with a little jealousy. Love and Lucy In she came and awakened Penelope, saying: 'Come and see what you have long desired: Ulysses in his own house, and all the wicked wooers slain by the sword.' Tales of Troy and Greece Sweet William has always been the favourite choice of the balladist, among the Christian names of the knightly wooers. The Balladists Famous Scots Series Ah, they give their faith too oft To the careless wooer; Maidens' hearts are always soft: Would that men's were truer! Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition She is generally not unknown to the wooer, as, in Ladak, women never veil their faces. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Why, I left off telling you about my wooers and proposals at your own request. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real Ulysses could not bear to see his father weep, and told him that he was himself, come home at last, and that he had killed all the wooers. Tales of Troy and Greece He even refuses to thank me, this proud wooer of the royal bed. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess No maiden had ever refused to return his client's ring; rather had she flung it in the wooer's false teeth. Ghetto Comedies After all, this braw wooer was bearing himself with manly dignity. Lover or Friend These spots he dwells in, and in these alone, “Nor loves he, like thy wooer's greatest share, “Instant whate'er he sees. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II But one of her maidens told this to the wooers, so she had to finish the shroud, and now they pressed her more than ever to make her choice. Tales of Troy and Greece Despite the suitor’s advancing years, Billing hoped that his daughter would lend a favourable ear to a wooer who appeared to be very distinguished, and he immediately signified his consent. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Then the bold wooer slyly put his arm around her waist, and as he drew her to him he whispered, "Just one, Telly, my sweetheart, to make this spot seem more sacred." Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast She never liked to be reminded of the unlucky wooers who had shaken off the dust of Woodcote so sorrowfully. Lover or Friend And year after year her father grew more and more angry with her, because he wanted her to marry one of the many wooers who came to crave her hand; but she would not. Tales From Scottish Ballads In front of the doors she found the proud wooers playing at draughts and other games while supper was being made ready. Tales of Troy and Greece Roderick, enough! enough!" he cried, 725 "My daughter cannot be thy bride; Not that the blush to wooer dear, Nor paleness that of maiden fear. Lady of the Lake Her wooers are all of equally good family and all equally rich. Birds in the Bush His appearance was certainly not that of an anxious wooer. The New Tenant Parents were naturally anxious to dispose of their daughters as early as possible, without taking objection to the advanced years of the wooer, as is tersely pointed out by Aristophanes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life When Telemachus, who was standing apart, saw the stranger, he went to him, and led him into the house, and treated him kindly, while the wooers ate and drank, and laughed noisily. Tales of Troy and Greece He was provoking her, in his innocence of all intention, as a subtle wooer might have planned to do. The Dop Doctor Rufus Quaryll, neighbor and wooer, was the first to speak, looking up at her with rapture in his eyes of reddish brown. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love, And thus the soldier arm'd with resolution Told his soft tale, and was a thriving wooer. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Short as it is, the female, her appetite undisturbed by the passionate protestations of her wooer, imperturbably resumes the nibbling of her leaf. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Then he thought he would try if there were one courteous man among the wooers, and he entered the hall and began to beg among them. Tales of Troy and Greece She turned fiercely on her wooer, and her brown eyes flashed. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Before so brave a wooer what could her little arts avail? In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Perhaps the pain was more than she knew, although Lawrence certainly was not a desperate wooer; nevertheless, he was disappointed, and he was mortified, and mortification is hard to a man. The End of a Coil Before listening to their wooers they must have the open air, the sudden joyful flight from cluster to cluster on the sunlit slope, all gold with everlastings. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles All that time the wooers lay in wait for him, with a ship, in a narrow strait which they thought he must sail through on his way back to Ithaca. Tales of Troy and Greece Here she toyed with the idea of matrimony and entertained wooers or their ambassadors, and here she held high state and gorgeous pageantry of which many records have been kept. Hampton Court This successful wooer—afterwards Lord Churchill and Duke of Marlborough—who had entered the army at sixteen, was the son of a poor cavalier knight who had come to London after the Restoration. Political Women, Vol. 2 And a bitter wooer, maiden, hast thou found for thy hand; for think that the words which thou hast now heard are not even for a prelude. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes Could such a left-handed wooer prove too much for her? Desert Dust One old man, however, a prophet, said that Ulysses would certainly come home, but the wooers only threatened and insulted him. Tales of Troy and Greece The watch over the gold is relinquished, and a little amusement sought in tantalizing and befooling the clumsy wooer. The Wagnerian Romances They shall represent the unwelcome wooer, whom the lady does not like. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen These other wooers of posterity feel outraged and piqued to the limit of their endurance at having to contend in the same arena with an antagonist who seems to obey no human rules. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations It is seldom that kings are such tardy wooers; but between the union of the good Alexander and the beautiful Jolande many obstacles were thrown. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 She encouraged Telemachus to take a ship, with twenty oarsmen, and he told the wooers that he was going to see Menelaus and Nestor, and ask tidings of his father. Tales of Troy and Greece We prepare ourselves to hear that woman has resolved to extirpate such a monster as this, or that she will remain an obstinate vestal till a nobler breed of wooers arises. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) “But if thou to a wooer thy troth didst allot, The repose of two lovers destroy I will not.” The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads But when age Comes creeping on, and wooers stay away, What will be yours beside too late regret?... Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts It was unfair to tie a girl with a promise when the wooer had only his rifle. A Virginia Scout Telemachus made him welcome, and so sailed north to Ithaca, wondering whether he should be able to slip past the wooers, who were lying in wait to kill him. Tales of Troy and Greece My pretty she will none but me For husband, though were Jove, her wooer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Contempt merged into amusement, as she thought of the wonderful contrast between the two wooers who had proffered their respective suits, in a manner so very different, beneath that self-same tree. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter And yet women like Helen Douglas felt the power of money and—and—demanded it in the young man who aspired to be a possible wooer in this age. The High Calling She has thwarted and fooled the whole band of unwelcome wooers for three years and more by her wonderful web, which she wove by day and unraveled by night. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Telemachus, too, was anxious to hear whether his mother had married one of the wooers, and glad to know that she still bore her troubles patiently. Tales of Troy and Greece The saucy reply of a maid already betrothed, to a would-be wooer. The Proverbs of Scotland That sour-inked Irishman called Shaw has said that women are the wooers in this world. The Prairie Mother Certain words and gestures of the Englishman had stood out before Maurice's mind in a way that had stirred up those latent jealousies which always lurk in the heart of an unsuccessful wooer. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Hopeless, I tell you, sir; do I look like a prosperous wooer? she will not look at me. The Diamond Coterie One wooer, Ctesippus, said: 'His fair share this beggar man has had, as is right, but I will give him a present over and above it!' Tales of Troy and Greece He was an impetuous wooer and very handsome. Black Oxen Yet there were a few serious wooers who, duped by Andreas Döderlein’s diplomacy, fell into the habit of coming around on Sunday evenings and taking dinner with father and daughter. The Goose Man Sometimes the chase was between the males, but oftener the female flew for her life apparently, while the rough wooer followed closely with great noise and confusion. In Nesting Time The clamour increased with every effort, until the whole community were in an uproar, driving the incensed wooer fairly off the field. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 On this all the wooers laughed, and advised him to go out of doors, where he would see that the sun was shining. Tales of Troy and Greece You went out of doors with your wooer; just to see him off? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Josephine folded up her towel, crossed her hands on it, and looked her wooer squarely in the eyes. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 The smiles at once broke loose and revelled over her wooer's face. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Again there was a low dull knock, which evidently came from the box, and the wooers were certain that the old one was inside. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 But Telemachus kept watching his father while the wooers were cooking a meal that they did not live to enjoy. Tales of Troy and Greece Keep down thy wrath if the wooers speak insultingly to me. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece I wonder he don't begin—truly he seems a very negligent wooer!—quite at his ease, upon my word!—I'll speak first—Mr. Absolute. The Rivals A Comedy She had many candidates for her young affections among the young weavers of the place, but a journeyman tailor named Henry Somers was the successful wooer. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. In her opinion, it was a very important point in her game that Dante should be alive and well, and the wooer of lady Beatrice. The God of Love She stood up, stately and scornful, among the wooers, and told them that, as marry she must, she would take the man who could string the bow and shoot the arrow through the axes. Tales of Troy and Greece Four of the wooers fell to the ground at once and the remainder retreated to the farthest corner of the hall. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece My mother soon discovered that Jenny had a wooer. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Was it astonishing that the French nation, just recovering from a debauch of irreligion and anarchy, should begin insensibly to yield to the charms of a wooer so seductive? The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) My Dante was never in those days a wooer of such ladies. The God of Love But the goatherd, Melanthius, knew a way of reaching the armoury, and he climbed up, and brought twelve helmets, spears, and shields to the wooers. Tales of Troy and Greece With these words he hurried off to the house of his master where he sat down among the crowd of wooers. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece Beneath my palm trees, by the river side,190 I sat a weeping: what enamour'd bride, Cheated by shadowy wooer from the clouds, But hides and shrouds Beneath dark palm trees by a river side? Endymion A Poetic Romance The palace under all its vaulted roof Remurmur’d to the feet of sportive youths And cinctured maidens, while no few abroad, Hearing such revelry within, remark’d— 170 The Queen with many wooers, weds at last. The Odyssey of Homer Now at this Jacintha, who had eyes the color of amethysts, and dark hair with a purplish stain in it, wagged a finger at me reprovingly, saying, "I fear you are a wanton wooer." The God of Love Again the wooers threw, and dealt two or three slight wounds, but the spears of the four were winged with death. Tales of Troy and Greece The wooers ate and drank but were silent, for an illustrious bard was singing to them of the Trojan war. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece "There is not one, No, no, not one But thee to comfort a poor lonely maid; Thou art her mother,290 And her brother, Her playmate, and her wooer in the shade." Endymion A Poetic Romance Telemachus swears by Zeus, that he does not hinder his mother from marrying whom she pleases of the wooers, though at the same time he is plotting their destruction with his father. The Odyssey of Homer She herself played the coy maiden, who waits for her wooer, and whispers to her mother, "There is a suitor in the house." Peter the Priest All the rest of the wooers lay dead in heaps, like heaps of fish on the sea shore, when they have been netted, and drawn to land. Tales of Troy and Greece So saying he dispersed the crowd, and the wooers all went into the palace to continue their revelry. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece She walked aloof and alone, until another sort of wooer came to the gate of the minister's house. The Thing from the Lake Never was bold wooer in a more hopeless position. The Dew of Their Youth I have in my time seen a thousand of them wooers, lovers and haunters, not of lay women alone, but of nuns; ay, and of those that make the greatest outcry in the pulpit. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio In the town the friends and kinsfolk of the wooers did not know that they were dead, and when they heard the music they would not guess that anything strange had happened. Tales of Troy and Greece The surviving wooers were stricken with terror and ran about like a herd of oxen chased by a swarm of gadflies. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece As the solution crossed her mind, revealing the plaisant, a desperate and despicable, as well as lowly wooer, her face relaxed. Under the Rose She would revenge herself upon them, and did, until at last she met a wooer who was tender enough, it seemed, to move her. One Day At Arle One of her maids, Vicenza, who for some reason had taken a dislike to her mistress, was false to her, and had, for a length of time, been the confidant of the military wooer. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Eumaeus was fond of the family which he served, and he hated the proud wooers for their insolence. Tales of Troy and Greece Athena saw with anger how the ungodly wooers ate and drank and rioted gluttonously, while the servants of Telemachos were obliged to administer to their wants. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece Will I? i’ faith, that we will; and I will tell your worship more of the wart the next time we have confidence; and of other wooers. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Princes," he cried, "What say ye to this wooer of his bride, For whom it seems ten nations and their best Have fought ten years to bring her back to nest? Helen Redeemed and Other Poems Katharine, in Chartres orchard there met a man and a maid we know of; now in Troyes they meet again—not as princess and king, but as man and maid, the wooer and the wooed. Chivalry Next day Telemachus showed to Menelaus how hardly he and his mother were treated by the proud wooers, and Menelaus prayed that Ulysses might come back to Ithaca, and slay the wooers every one. Tales of Troy and Greece Shall I again make trial of mine old wooers that will scorn me? and stoop to sue for a Numidian marriage among those whom already over and over I have disdained for husbands? The Aeneid of Virgil And how the anxious pleading of the wooer resembles the vain waiting of the friend! The Choice of Life Before I came as a guest, but now I have come as a wooer. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The bard, like the herald, was not lightly to be slain, and even Odysseus in the heat of his vengeance spares the ἀοιδός Phemius, ‘who sang among the wooers of necessity.’ The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Perhaps you fancy there will be a wooer like Halfdan coming every day. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm I might not ally my daughter to any of her old wooers; such was the universal oracle of gods and men. The Aeneid of Virgil It was only in the early mornings, in company with Kennedy McClure, that she could escape from her wooers. Patsy Before I came as a guest, but now I have come as a wooer!” Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Tom laughed at the picture thus drawn of three boisterous youngsters employed in causing an ardent wooer to take his departure. The Boy Scouts of Lenox To be sure, the fact that she has more than one wooer already may be considered detrimental to my success. The Old Stone House and Other Stories Mr. Cranley blessed the luck that had not made the plumber a yet more impetuous wooer. The Mark Of Cain She has many wooers, and each wooes her in his own way. The Holy Cross and Other Tales Gradually, however, she began to like this respectful wooer, and finally she agreed to elope with him to the sea-coast and live near the missionaries. The Gorilla Hunters There is a touch of imperiousness in that last question that augurs badly for a false wooer; but the imperiousness suits her. April's Lady A Novel She had felt the need of some higher will than her own to strengthen her resolve to steel her heart against this fiery wooer. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn But something went wrong with it, for the princely wooer, "while furiously telegraphing kisses three times a day," was discovered to be enjoying the companionship of another charmer. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert My daughter," said she to the rose, "the thrush loves you; of all your wooers he is the most constant and the most amiable. The Holy Cross and Other Tales To all this Count Victor could no more than murmur his sympathy, but he had enough of the young gallant in him to make some mental reservations in favour of the persistent wooer. Doom Castle When Fortune frowns upon her worthy wooer, it is still permitted him to think how pleasant it will be ere long to bask in her smiles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Penelope, though no watch looked unto her, Was not defiled by any gallant wooer. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) I thought that she would forget me and like some one else better, knowing how joyfully Mrs Clyde would encourage any wooer whose presence might tend to make her turn from me. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. Besides, the mere dread of having the infliction of such a mother-in-law would have sufficed to frighten off the most ardent wooer or rabid aspirant for connubial felicity. She and I, Volume 1 Annapla had decidedly an industrious wooer, more constant than the sun itself, for he seemed to shine in her heavens night and day. Doom Castle And in the mean time," said the mother, "your parents sent another wooer to their daughter, in order for him to receive from her a yes or no. The Home Behind that little white cloud, sailing far into the north, Sylvia may be peeping at you, and smiling at the delusion of her ancient wooer. The Romance of an Old Fool These, the veteran wooer attempts to carry by storm at once, seeing through their utter transparency:—to the unpractised Damon, however, they assume the proportions of an organised defence. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. You are all, now-a-days, like a pack of boarding-school misses, and have to be as tenderly coaxed on into proposing, as if you were the wooed and not the wooers. She and I, Volume 1 The Story narrates the subjugation of a proud lady who scorns all her wooers, by a juggler who assumes the guise of a knight. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Many wooers came to seek her hand and she got rid of them by setting on fire the hall in which they slept. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. A closer observer than Freddie would have detected long ere this the fact that his demeanour was not that of a happy and successful wooer. Jill the Reckless Sadly, but firmly however she told her importunate wooer that she would keep troth with her lover in death as in life. Legends of the Rhine Suppressed emotions in each heart arise, The wooer wakens and the warrior dies. Custer, and Other Poems. Dogs are imperative and dashing wooers, but they seldom sing. Here are Ladies Was there a fresh wooer in the field, a second offer of marriage to be laid at reluctant feet? A Houseful of Girls Every fresh trial terminated in favour of the poor wooer. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Then one day her former wooer, the mean avaricious Dietrich of Berg, presented himself. Legends of the Rhine During the month of March we are to believe that he underwent all the pangs of a passionate wooer. The Youth of Goethe Curtis was just the type of man who would torture himself unnecessarily about a consideration which certainly would not have rendered his inamorata less desirable in the eyes of the average wooer. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York They covertly looked out for the arrival of the commonplace wooer—anything save their idea of a lover and hero. A Houseful of Girls But your letters were the wooers that destroyed in the day the resolutions of the night. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia The dejected maiden informed her eager wooer that she had plighted her troth to her absent lover beside the linden-tree flourishing in front of the castle. Legends of the Rhine That awful ordeal of most successful wooers, "speaking to papa," was very hard to begin; but M. La Touche, encouraged by the recollection of the forty thousand pounds, managed to begin somehow. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel He took his sister by the hand and led her to the wooer. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know O thou wooer of Truth and attracted one toward the Kingdom of God! Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas The young man, when he saw the King's daughter, was so dazzled by her great beauty, that he forgot all danger, went to the King and offered himself as a wooer. Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm Gerda however, who much resembled her mother, grew to such a noble beauty that soon wooers from far and near came to sue for the hand of the beautiful daughter of the aged Diethelm. Legends of the Rhine He knew the La Touche family well by repute; he liked this modest young wooer; and forty thousand pounds for his dowerless daughter was not to be lightly refused. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel I alone could give ear to no wooer—not to one. Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat Our next representation was to be 'The Fatal Marriage,' in which the person alluded to—whose name was Sefton—was to take the character of the wooer. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It was in Europe, rather than in America, that she expected to find, if ever, her ardent, compelling wooer. Franklin Kane To the astonishment of this worthy pair Gerda would not listen to the suit of her rich wooer. Legends of the Rhine Before her marriage, this wretched girl had had a lover—discarded for a more handsome and impetuous wooer. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Tethys adopt thee, her own dear grandchild's wooer usurping? The Poems and Fragments of Catullus He knew well that audacity in asking is a great merit in a middle-aged wooer. Phineas Redux Gerald had indeed loudly laughed at the idea of Mr. Kane as a wooer and Helen had smiled, while assuring him that wooing wasn't the only test of worth. Franklin Kane But the aged knight made a most careful selection, and many gay wooers had to depart in sorrow. Legends of the Rhine She walked away rapidly over the frozen snow, leaving the successful wooer to return to the house and relate his good luck. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel A wooer of the lyric Muse, many of his lays rapidly obtained circulation, and were sung with a gusto not inferior to that inspired by the songs of the Bard of Coila. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Oh, I had wooers aught or nine, They gied me rings and ribbons fine; And I was fear’d my heart would tine, And I gied it to the weaver. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Seffy was speciously savage now—as any successful wooer might be. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) As may be supposed, the wooers for the lovely maiden's hand and inheritance became very numerous. Legends of the Rhine Dear sister mine—here shall my dwelling be; And to give any wooer my hand in fee, For that I am too busy, and my heart too full of glee! The Feast at Solhoug "Then you reject my suit?" observed the unmoved wooer. Old Kaskaskia That quaffing and drinking will undo you: I heard my lady talk of it yesterday, and of a foolish knight that you brought in here to be her wooer. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Mayne, while a mere stripling, was no unsuccessful wooer of the Muse; and in his sixteenth year he produced the germ of that poem on which his reputation chiefly depends. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century But, as ill-luck would have it, he was but an awkward wooer. The Bridal March; One Day You said to me this morning: if a wooer came riding hither—? The Feast at Solhoug Never such a crazy wooer, never a calmer maiden. Visionaries Kjartan said it would not matter much whom he married, but he would not stand being kept long a waiting wooer by any woman. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Madge toss'd back her head wi' a saucy slight, And Nanny run laughing out to the green; For wooers that come when the sun shines bright Are no like the wooers that come at e'en. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century All these things, added to her wooer's despatch, gave her no time to resist. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.) Was this the wooer that was in your mind? The Feast at Solhoug Do not imagine that wooers take such great pains for the ladies' sakes. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) Without these qualities in their wooers, they are the slaves of the stronger sex. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch You are not a bit like my picture of a Scotch wooer. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Many successful wooers of the muse have been, fortunately for themselves, the heirs of poverty, and became successful only to yield themselves to fat and slothful ease. The Great German Composers You were a fair maiden, and nobly born; but your dowry would have tempted no wooer. The Feast at Solhoug Gifts, though now refusing, yet shall bring Love the lover yet, and woo the wooer, Though heart it wring! Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 "You are a rare wooer, surely," said she one day, as the Lord of Ware bore the Countess off to his barge for a row on the Thames. Beatrix of Clare She married her aged wooer, and Rangoon still wins prizes at the Crystal Palace. The Disentanglers Well, being the son of such a man, and of such a woman as the lady Penelope, your spirit surely shall find a way of destroying those wooers who would destroy your house.' The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Like blood-red blossom the maiden glows— Come, bold young wooer and hold the rose In a soft embrace enfolden. The Feast at Solhoug Cowed by the violence of this rude wooer, and deprived of her ring, Brunhilde no longer resists, but tacitly yields when he claims her as wife, and both soon disappear in the cave. Stories of the Wagner Opera Her wooers were tender, respectful and adoring; she was never without a chaperon. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 ‘I can readily understand,’ said Merton, bowing, ‘that the throng of wooers is enormous,’ and he vaguely thought of Penelope. The Disentanglers He sat with the wooers and listened to the minstrel Phemius sing about the going forth of Odysseus to the wars of Troy. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy It is not of record that he was ever a diplomatic wooer; one in haste never is. The Husbands of Edith But Senta has known from the very beginning who this dark wooer was, and is so intent upon saving him from his fate that she fears no danger for herself. Stories of the Wagner Opera Though deeply longing, maids are coy And bid their wooers wait; Though eager for united joy In love, they hesitate. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Katrina Harland, fair and sweet, Sole heiress of your father's land, Full many a gallant wooer rode To snare your heart, to win your hand. Point Lace and Diamonds It is not so much an affliction to me that these wooers waste his goods as that you do not rise up to forbid it. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Nancy, Miss Broughton’s heroine, tells her middle-aged wooer, among other things, that she accepts him, because “I did think it would be nice for the boys; but I like you myself, besides.” Lost Leaders Her strange wooer grew more eager, for the moments were passing, and Bluebell was at her wit's end, when the skipper came rolling up to them. Bluebell A Novel Ah, they give their faith too oft To the careless wooer; Maidens' hearts are always soft: Would that men's were truer! Poems Many nymphs, and maids beloved of many wooers, were we there at play, and a great circle of people was about us withal. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological And if you get news of his being alive, return: It will be easy for you then to endure for another year the wasting of your substance by those wooers. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy They not only make their young ladies “lead up to it,” but heroines occasionally go much further than that, and do more than prompt an inexperienced wooer. Lost Leaders "That visit did my business for life," said Bertie, with a wooer's usual disregard of veracity. Bluebell A Novel The letters have arrived, and the merry wives eagerly compare notes and deliberate upon a plan for avenging themselves upon their elderly wooer. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Scarce seventeen summers had passed over Annadoah's head and of wooers she had a score. The Eternal Maiden But the wooers went together back to the house of Odysseus. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy "Little I care, for I mean to announce our engagement to Aunt Gwen on sight, and she is the only one who has any business to complain," returns the successful wooer, firmly. Miss Caprice Nikolai soon found that the situation was far from being improved after he was acknowledged in the quality of wooer. One of Life's Slaves You are but a sorry wooer if you yield so soon to depression and despair. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young The amorous follies of the monarch were held up to derision by sketches of a harem interior, where the kingly wooer was represented by a lion, and his favourites of the softer sex by gazelles. Ancient Egypt And as he went amongst them one of the wooers said to another, 'The guest who was with him has told Telemachus something that has changed his bearing. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Last May a braw wooer,' the band played now; but they scarcely listened. Macleod of Dare The wooers bit their lips with rage, and some of them answered him rudely; but Telemachus paid no heed, and when at last they returned to their houses, he went upstairs to his own room. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories He was bold as a wooer, but the veriest coward when it came to approaching the fair one's father. More Toasts Come hither, daughter, fine and fair, Here is a wooer from Whitewater. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough Phemius came and the wooers called upon him to sing them a tale. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy "It means that I must very humbly become your wooer." Lady Good-for-Nothing Then, once again, with pleading words, Telemachus tried to move the hearts of the wooers. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories It relates to a stern parent, a lovely daughter, an ardent wooer. Beethoven Taking fresh courage, the widow again pressed the claims of the portly wooer, but what chance had she against the combined powers of young love and the daughter's stronger nature. Idle Hour Stories O Phemius, do you not know other tales of men and gods that you might sing in this hall for the delight of my noble wooers?' The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy We speak of man as the wooer, but falling in love is really mediated by the woman. Sex and Society "Truly I will stand by thee," said Athene, "and many of the greedy wooers shall stain the earth with their blood." Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories The Sidhe have fallen from the high estate of the romantic and courtly wooers and warriors, as they must once have fallen from the Celtic pantheon. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' And the ancient wooer slowly rose to his full height. Idle Hour Stories But the wooers only laughed at the old man, telling him he should go home and prophesy to his children. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy He can shunt Mrs. Capella, and so disgust Miss Layton with the Hume-Frazers that she will turn to the next ardent and sympathetic wooer that presents himself. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate She then told Odysseus how the wooers were to be destroyed, and Odysseus gladly agreed to her plans. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories For this the most of the wooers had fresh horses, and I drew a long breath when, at the close of the third course, my master, with two others, remained in the lists. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales "I'm only too happy, Mr. Lightus, I never thought—" But at this juncture the rejuvenated wooer ventured to clasp his rough but honest arms about the blushing prize he had won. Idle Hour Stories Go back to your father's house and be with the wooers for a time. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy He will be for you and against you; eager, slow; a wooer, a scorner; a singer of madrigals, ah, and a croaker afterwards. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay It was night when they passed the island where the wooers awaited their coming, and in the darkness none saw them go by. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories He mounted, indeed, but kept apart and well behind Mette and her brisk group of wooers. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Well," sighed the wooer, "I guess I might as well stop comin'. Idle Hour Stories When Telemachus heard her counsel he tarried no more but went back to the house and stood amongst the wooers, and when he had spoken with them he went down into the treasure-vault. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy While the arrows lasted, Ulysses shot, and struck down the wooers man by man. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) When darkness fell, she sent sleep on the wooers and led Telemachus down to the shore where his men sat by their oars. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Three rides had each wooer under the lady Mette's eyes, and three rings Ebbe carried off and laid on the cushion before her. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales In a fragmentary version of the story Oengus is Etain's wooer, but Mider is preferred by her father, and marries her. The Religion of the Ancient Celts Now one of the wooers, Eurymachus by name, spoke to Penelope, saying: 'Lady, if any more than we beheld thee in the beauty thou hast now, by so many more wouldst thou have wooers to-morrow.' The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy And the wooers sent up another shout, “Do not listen to him, Mentor; or your turn will come when he is slain.” The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) While she slept the wooers sailed away in a swift, black ship, with spears in their hands and murder in their hearts. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Add to this wondrous raiment feet and hands that could not be satisfactorily disposed of, and an unrest of manner painful to behold, and you may possibly conceive the grandiose absurdity of Dorothy's wooer. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall There was a Lion red, a wooer daring, Within the Lily's tepid bath espoused, And both, tormented then by flame unsparing, By turns in either bridal chamber housed. Faust Odysseus, standing there, said to that proud wooer, 'Lord Eurymachus, if there might be a trial of labour between us two, I know which of us would come out the better man. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Then the wooers took courage, when they saw that Mentor was gone, and that the four stood alone in the doorway. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) "Go home, old man," angrily mocked the wooers. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories D'Rubiera was an impatient and peremptory wooer, and he won the day. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 But come! we'll go from this fire to a newer: I am the go-between, and thou the wooer. Faust The goatherd Melanthius, him whom Odysseus and Eumæus had met on the road the day before, also came, bringing the best goats of his flock to be killed for the wooers' feast. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Look now thy fill; I have for thee Just such a jewel, and will lead thee to her; And happy, whose good fortune it shall be, To bear her home, a prospered wooer! Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe I have told the wooers that I shall marry whichever one of them can do the like. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories She, whom his fond soul worshipped as its bride, He saw before him by her wooer's side, 'Midst other proud ones. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. This is what she said: that he, Fer Diad, was her darling and her chosen wooer of the men of the world. The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic And if thou shouldst see any of the wooers ill-treat me, harden thine heart to endure it—even if they drag me by the feet to the door of the house, keep quiet thou. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Thou supersensual, sensual wooer, A girl by the nose is leading thee. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe Next day the wooers came to the palace, and with rough jest and rude word they greeted Odysseus. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories To make it surety, I grasped my feminine wooer by wrists and throat and thrust her into the arms of the chief with a stern injunction to hold her. White Shadows in the South Seas Patty had hoped,—and thought,—that Philip would marry her cousin, Helen Barlow; but neither of the parties had seen it in that light, and Helen had since married her long persistent wooer, Chester Wilde. Patty and Azalea May this be the last day that the wooers make their feast in the house of Odysseus! The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Come, then! we will from fire to fire wander, Thou shalt the wooer be and I the pander. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe "Who harms this man must fight with me," said Telemachus, and at that the wooers shouted with laughter. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Close he wrought Her prison in his house, and gave her not To any wooer. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse It seems that the poor girl loved her ducal wooer; and besides, the ducal crown was a glittering temptation, and she consented to a marriage which, for state and family reasons, was made secret. Italian Journeys And now the wooers came into the hall. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy The successful wooer is the captor, the raptor; the bride is the capture, the rapture. Hints for Lovers At this the wooers laughed the more, for they thought the man was mad. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Three gladnesses that soon give way to griefs, A wooer's, a tale-bearer's, and a thief's. A Celtic Psaltery As a young girl the Lady Sarah needed no such rich dower as was hers to commend her to the eyes of wooers. Love Romances of the Aristocracy All the wooers were silent when Telemachus spoke these bold words. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy The "supernatural" wooer, who now and again arouses a genuine thrill of fear, is merely playing a practical joke on the princess by impersonating the dead bridegroom, and all ends happily. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance Soon the wooers entered, and noisily ate they and drank, and roughly jested. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Another form of the narrative is known, in which the visitors to the home of the hostile being are, not wooers of his daughter, but brothers of his wife. Custom and Myth Each sister counted her noble lovers by the score, and each soon capitulated to a favoured wooer. Love Romances of the Aristocracy The servant took the quiver and Penelope took the bow, and they went from the treasure-chamber and into the hall where the wooers were. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy However, as he learned that Peirithous and his friend were come, not as wooers, but as ravishers, he cast them into prison. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I One day Telemachus sat at the door of the palace sadly watching the wooers as they drank and reveled. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Your Tyrrhenian father did not beget you to be as inaccessible as Penelope to your wooers. The Works of Horace It was thus but natural that many a wooer sought Lady Jean's hand; and had she cared for coronets she might have had her pick of them. Love Romances of the Aristocracy It seemed to him better to strike him lightly, so that his strength should not be made a matter for the wooers to note and wonder at. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy At thirty-eight the Reformer, we must remember, must have been no uncomely wooer. John Knox and the Reformation In the courtyard the wooers were slaying goats and singeing swine and making ready a great feast. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories And by telegraph to the faithful Willie Kerr, the gifted wooer had arranged a little dinner for his first evening, to give his official courtship a background which in other days it had sometimes lacked.... V. V.'s Eyes But handsome Lord George was only one of many wooers whom her charms had enslaved. Love Romances of the Aristocracy The wooers grow more insolent each day, and they might mock the stranger if he went amongst them.' The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy "Heaven help me!" exclaimed Edith, sinking again to her seat, wholly overcome by the horrors it was the object of the wooer to accumulate on her mind. Nick of the Woods While Telemachus sought for news of his father in this kingdom, and the kingdoms near it, the wooers began to miss him at their feasts. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories I know thou Lovest me—thou hast avowed it: what shall then This wooer avail—this wooer who must not be Anger’d? The Death of Balder Titled wooers tumbled over each other in their eagerness to pay her homage; but Lavinia laughed at them all. Love Romances of the Aristocracy But the wooers of my mother are powerful men—men to make the City folk afraid. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy For a wooer," he added, with a smile of equal bitterness, "methinks he has fallen on but a rough way of proving his regard. Nick of the Woods "No harm shall come to him, although the wooers in their black ship wait to slay him." Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Three of his helpers were gone with the swine to their feeding ground, and the fourth had been sent to the town with a fat hog for the wooers. Stories from the Odyssey Her beauty which was now in full and exquisite flower drew noble wooers to her feet by the score; but to one and all—including, as Walpole records, Lord Errol—she turned a deaf ear. Love Romances of the Aristocracy The wooers came into the hall and crowded around him, with fair words in their mouths. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy |
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