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id: 15202
title: Young Folks'' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Myths and Legendary Heroes
author: nan
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  "Come, wife," said Philemon, "let us go and meet these poor people and "My home is better than your mother''s," said King Pluto. "We shall see," said King Pluto; "you do not know what good times we "My dear little Proserpina," said the King, sitting down and drawing came the Princess said to her mother, "The son of a great Rajah has "Good," said the King; "but if this Rajah''s son wishes to marry my The poor man gladly agreed, and the King went away promising to send Then Theseus called to the servants and said, "Go tell King Ægeus, When the man saw Sir Galahad, he said, "Come near, thou servant of "Then if thou wilt not that the people know," said the King, "tell thy "Ho!" said the King, "thou art a strong old man, O stranger! "I beseech thee, noble knight," said the King, "tell me why thou hast


id: 14391
title: The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic
author: nan
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  ''I think of the host to-night,'' said Cuchulainn to his father. said Cuchulainn to Loeg, ''that we may know the number of the host.'' is the man who would have done the deed,'' said Fergus, ''Cuchulainn; ''Then Cuchulainn heard this; he comes to Conchobar and said to him: "A man in a chariot is coming to you," said the watchman in Emain ''I see two chariots coming towards us,'' said Loeg; ''a great dark ''Welcome, O friend Fergus,'' said Cuchulainn; ''if a fish comes come to-morrow,'' said Cuchulainn, ''till he is between Ochaine and ''Let some one come from you against me,'' said Cuchulainn at Ath Da ''One man coming towards us,'' said Loeg to Cuchulainn. ''One man coming towards us,'' said Loeg to Cuchulainn. ''One chariot coming hither towards us, O Cuchulainn!'' said Loeg. ''Welcome your coming, O my friend, O Fergus,'' said Cuchulainn. must be done in the battle,'' said Cuchulainn to his charioteer,


id: 14465
author: Gregory, Lady
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  visit and to bring with them the man they left in the Island of Joy. So they went on towards Ireland till they came to a place called Srub said, "and we are come to find Finn, son of Cumhal, Head of the Fianna, Then Finn turned to his chief men, and he said: "Fianna of Ireland, young men of Ireland, said to his father: "Let me go to help Finn, son you," he said, "all the men of the great world and the Fianna of Ireland So they waited till night came on, and then Finn said: "Let one of you was divider to the King of Ireland, said: "The day Finn came out from king said: "It is a great loss to the men of Ireland the man is that the king''s son to have come," said Finn; "for he will not be satisfied

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  Gods and Fighting Men The story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, arranged and put into English by Lady Gregory


id: 14749
title: The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland
author: Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
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  a good lord you were with," said Patrick, "Finn, son of Cumhal?" And Now Bóv the Red came ere long to hear of it, and he said, "If Lir So Brian, son of Turenn, rose up and said to Lugh: "It is to us thou "Thou wert a fool," said the King of Iorroway, "to have come on such a the High King consent to let thee go," said Midir, "wilt thou then "My lord and chief," he said, "I am Finn, son of Cumhal, and the day what manner of men they be." The son of the King of the Greeks said, Then the King of Sorca smiled, and he said, "Behold thy men, Finn." So he went before the King and said, "If thou art willing, Cormac, I Then Socht said, "Hear ye, O men of Erinn and Cormac the King! Cormac, it is said, was the third man in Ireland who heard of the


id: 20585
title: Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
author: Carlyle, Thomas
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  world; at worst as a spectre-fighting Man, nay who will one day be a ''True is it that, in these days, man can do almost all things, only world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. epochs of the world''s history, we shall find the Great Man to have the history of an epoch is the manner it has of welcoming a Great Man. Ever, to the true instincts of men, there is something godlike in him. transacted in this world, the Life and Death of the Divine Man in world believes it; there is one man against all men. things and men, a good man. once more was a man found who durst tell all men that God''s world does now find a man who knows, as of old, that this world is a Truth, Nay I cannot believe the like, of any Great Man


id: 31366
title: A Little Dusky Hero
author: Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
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  A moment of breathless silence followed; then Colonel Austin said, "They An'', Colonel, I''se goin'' ter take care ob you jis'' like de Boy an'' his Colonel came out of the tent the look in his eyes made more than one man slowly, "I''se right sorry fur de Boy, Colonel, kase he''s ''bliged to stay Colonel Austin often took heed of the faithful little shadow, and began to "move on," Colonel Austin had had the dear dusky little attendant "I''d jes'' like to know whar de Colonel goes _all_ de time!" sighed G. Lawd, Colonel Austin, doan''t ask me ter face de Boy an'' his Mother "I see a long stretch of land, my boy," Colonel Austin went on, "and a there are Colonel Austin and his little hero!" "My boy, there is some one waiting who wishes to see you," said Colonel And the Mother''s words to the Colonel mingled with Jack''s: "The boys''ll


id: 22080
title: True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Pictures and Stories for Little Folk
author: Anonymous
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  great many of the wounded and sick men were sent home in ships, to be English people than that on which King Edward was crowned. [Illustration: KING EDWARD VII AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA] England, many English people would not call him king. Then the king rose and went to his lords, who were standing a little way place where King Edward was waiting, with Queen Philippa and the English "Great king!" said the men, "we bring you the keys of our town, and we to England, and told the people where to find their king, and very soon king, a little band of brave people, who found that they could not obey A hundred people--men, women, and children--set sail in a little ship how an English king was once saved from a great danger. One day an army of the people''s soldiers came to the castle,


id: 25652
author: Edwards, Clayton
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  A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.


id: 20520
title: The Hero of the Humber; Or, The History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe
author: Woodcock, Henry
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  comparatively poor man--John Ellerthorpe, dock gatekeeper, at the replied, ''Go, for you cannot go to a better place, I intend to go to Mr. Jones'' class.'' All the next week John was in great perplexity, thinking, John saw, sitting at his right hand, a man who had been a great An aged clergyman present said, ''I always give you Hull folks great exploits in saving life date from the year 1820, and from that time to in jumping overboard to rescue a drowning person is very great. years ago, and saved my life?'' And in a note I got from him, dated July called at my house and gave me the man''s name and thanked me for saving We took the old man to the Humber dock watch-house, and man then said to Mr. Ellerthorpe, ''Come master, it is time you were in the twenty-ninth person''s life the said John Ellerthorpe has been


id: 1091
title: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
author: Carlyle, Thomas
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  world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. such) which in all times unites a Great Man to other men; and thus, as others); the thing a man does practically lay to heart, and know for great extent what the man is, what the kind of things he will do is. The great man, with his free force direct out of God''s own hand, is such as men only feel;--till the great Thinker came, the _original_ man, wild beard and eyes, his rude Norse speech and ways, was a man like us; Universe, and man''s Life here, and utter a great word about it. is competent to all men that God has made: but a Great Man cannot be great heart, the clear deep-seeing eye: there it lies; no man whatever, The man whom Nature has appointed to do great things is,


id: 1864
title: Hero Tales from American History
author: Lodge, Henry Cabot
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  to be a great nation whenever her young men cease to possess energy, States, all men turned to Washington to stand at the head of the new country through a great civil war, was then able to build up a new and a great force of Indians from the lakes, Boone commanded the left wing. hundred fighting men-British regulars, French partizans, and Indians. army of over seven thousand men, and accompanied by a large force of a neutral port, when four British war-vessels, a ship of the line, a men of iron courage and great bodily powers, skilled in the use of their Hyde gave the orders to left face and forward and the Maine men marched regiment just in time to see a long line of men in gray rise from behind great ironclad rams as the men of the Union did in building the monitors


id: 5680
title: Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Complete
author: Leahy, Arthur Herbert
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  from Mac O''c, and she came to Mider, and "Let thy foster-son," said let my desire be fulfilled." "It shall be as thou hast said," the king "comes from my love for thee." "''Tis pity," said she, "that thou hast thee," she said, "that I came to this tryst: why comest thou to meet "It shall never come to pass," said a great fair-haired warrior, "Let Laeg go with thee," said Cuchulain, "that he may learn of the land come to him; and "Do thou go, O Laeg!" said Cuchulain, "to the place Cuchulain hath not come with thee?" "It pleased him not," said Laeg, hand." "We shall give all heed to thy words," said Cuchulain. Cuchulain!" said Laeg, "for the men of Erin are coming towards us, and And said Ailill to Fraech, "Shall thy harpmen play?" "Let them play," as thou sayest," said Eocho; "moreover, they shall come to thee this


id: 5679
title: Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Volume 2
author: Leahy, Arthur Herbert
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  "Not for boasting to-day are ye come!" said Maev; the men for the chess And said Ailill to Fraech, "Shall thy harpmen play?" "Let them play," And said Ailill, "In truth for the play was thy thought, and to thee "I will give thee what price thou dost name," said Fraech, "and now let And, "''Tis told me," said Ailill, "that Fraech hath won My daughter," said Ailill, "a ring last year I gave thee, is''t here Then find it," said Ailill, "the ring must be brought, or thy soul from Not thus shalt thou fly," said the king, "to thy maid let the quest of "''Tis ill luck that awaits thee," said Conall, "thy quest shall be Eocho said, "this day as tribute shall to Croghan come the cows." as thou sayest," said Eocho; "moreover, they shall come to thee this "Not hard to tell thee," said she] "let men march out from thy palace


id: 6168
title: Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories
author: Baldwin, James
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  The three men, as they passed, looked down and saw the little birds "Good morning, children!" said the minister; and he kindly shook hands "Shoe him quickly, for the king wishes to ride him to battle," said "The next time he comes," said the Dean, "let me know, and I will go said that a bright boy like George would not long be a common sailor. "O King," she said, "in my own country, far, far away, I have heard Soon another came up and said, "My boy, do you happen to have any gold "Have courage, my boy," said the king. "Be brave, and defend your king with your lives," said their mother. But one day after he had become a man, he said: "Tell me about the The boy turned toward the charcoal man and said:--"My friend, I am "Well, my boy," said the king, "are you looking for your father?"


id: 5678
title: Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Volume 1
author: Leahy, Arthur Herbert
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  from Mac O''c, and she came to Mider, and "Let thy foster-son," said let my desire be fulfilled." "It shall be as thou hast said," the king "comes from my love for thee." "''Tis pity," said she, "that thou hast thee," she said, "that I came to this tryst: why comest thou to meet "Thou shalt lose thy lads to-night, Conor," said Senlaech the "It shall never come to pass," said a great fair-haired warrior, "Let Laeg go with thee," said Cuchulain, "that he may learn of the land come to him; and "Do thou go, O Laeg!" said Cuchulain, "to the place Cuchulain hath not come with thee?" "It pleased him not," said Laeg, hand." "We shall give all heed to thy words," said Cuchulain. "O my friend Ferdia!" said Cuchulain, "it was not right for thee to Cuchulain!" said Laeg, "for the men of Erin are coming towards us, and


id: 6489
title: A Book of Golden Deeds
author: Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary)
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  you long for time and place to act in the like devoted way, bethink and, near the head of the Tay, he came upon the small army of 300 men True it was that ten years back the former Great King had sent his best A few days after, the expected battle took place, and after some little carried away by the king; the walls were thrown down, and the place made and he came at their summons, a grand and noble old man, followed by cause of God. But the king came to a better frame of mind, he called life in a quiet round of prayer and good works; till the time came when town, sent a party of knights with a challenge to King Edward to come effort to rescue the brave, patient men within the town, away went King the old French inhabitants; for the King was resolved to people the city


id: 33242
title: An Amateur Fireman
author: Otis, James
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  Seth Bartlett, when a man wants to hire a boy, he ain''t pickin'' out the "Yes, I know all that, Dan, but Jip ain''t the kind of a feller to figger "Say, Dan, we did a mighty mean thing to sleep here, an'' perhaps Mr. Davis had to set up all night. miss a fire like this," Seth replied, half apologetically, and Dan cried "Yes, we saw Jip, an'' then run across Sam Barney," Seth replied. "Look here, Seth, you''ve got good reason to make it hot for Jip after "You''re mighty good to think of us in this way," Seth said, feeling The astounding news brought by Seth and Dan had caused Sam Barney''s "Come on, Dan, don''t spend your time with him!" Seth cried. so''s to say a good word for poor Jip when the time comes," Seth hastened "Do you mean ''cause of what was done last night, Dan?" Seth asked,


id: 35196
title: Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye
author: Reid, Mayne
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  Stepping into the boat, the other Gwendoline takes the oars, Miss Lees the same time he observes two boats approaching the little dock, where After a time, he again observes:--"You''ve said you don''t know the ladies Men as think that way a''nt like to stick at any sort of If the young lady be anythin'' like''s good-lookin'' as Mary Morgan--" "Not now; you shall know in good time--when you meet me with the boat. "Captain Ryecroft" and "Miss Wynn," instead of "Vivian" and "Gwen!" It "There was a day, Miss Wynn, when, standing on this spot, I thought "Wonder whose boat can be on the river this time o'' night--mornin'', I Captain Ryecroft, looking towards the door still ajar, sees a face Llangorren Court, by the boat-stair, and he knows the people now living the house, did not re-enter; his oars were in the boat, having just come


id: 35784
title: Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye
author: Reid, Mayne
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  times so at the end of Captain Ryecroft''s line and rod; he having there "Joe, old boy, Miss Lees and I are going for a row; but, as the day''s Stepping into the boat, the other Gwendoline takes the oars, Miss Lees to the boat-dock in good time, and give Joseph the cue to hold his same time he observes two boats approaching the little dock, where but Men as think that way a''nt like to stick at any sort of "Not now; you shall know in good time--when you meet me with the boat. "Captain Ryecroft" and "Miss Wynn," instead of "Vivian" and "Gwen"! "There was a day, Miss Wynn, when, standing on this spot, I thought "Wonder whose boat can be on the river this time o'' night--mornin'', I the house, did not re-enter; his oars were in the boat, having just come


id: 37315
title: The Boy''s Book of Heroes
author: Peake, Helena
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  one day during the war, when the king was being carried away prisoner by The Cid came with a great army of Christians and Moors, and lay siege to was taking a great liberty in having his chair set beside the king''s causing great misery to the country people by laying waste their land and joy came back to the poor king when the Saracens brought him one day his The king was received with great joy by his people on his return to France, having besieged it three times; and a happy day came, when he entered the live Gustavus, the best loved of kings!" Soon after he came to the throne The war went on, and at last the King of England sent Henry, the good Duke The time came when King Charles When he arrived he found the city like a camp, and the king and queen


id: 39853
title: The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia
author: French, Harry W. (Harry Willard)
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  be a man?" and three times Kanana replied, "My father, I can not lift a Kanana, whom thou scornest, will be far away upon the desert, The moment the sun sank into the billows of sand Kanana had left his "I am Kanana, son of the sheik of the Beni Sads," replied the Bedouin "My father, I spoke for thy soldiers," replied Kanana, quickly. "My father," said Kanana, "as I came a little way with the caravan "Faster," said Kanana, and the long legs of the white camel swung out a "Faster," said Kanana, touching the camel''s neck with his shepherd''s "Faster!" said Kanana, and the white camel broke into a run, swinging in "Faster!" said Kanana; the camel''s head dropped till his neck lost its Kanana and his camel-driver were left alone. "Thou hast given thy life for Allah and Arabia," Kanana said, "and when


id: 50742
title: The Story of Beowulf, Translated from Anglo-Saxon into Modern English Prose
author: nan
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  Then the thane of Hygelac, [10] the good man of the Geats, [11] [13] held life ward, bright and battle-hard and adorned with gold, a people of the Geats, and the eldest the warriors call Beowulf. There sat the good man Beowulf of the Geats, Beowulf spake, the son of Ecgtheow: ''Sorrow not, O wise man. bold of deed and honoured by Fate, this battle-dear warrior went into Beowulf the Atheling, of good worth to the Danes, went up to the dais Beowulf answered, the son of Ecgtheow: ''O Lord Hygelac, it is well And Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, so famous in warfare and in good deeds, warriors of the Geats looked not upon him as a good man, nor did the man Beowulf, the warrior King, the Lord of the Weder-Goths, had died [16] Hygelac, King of the Geats at the time, and uncle of Beowulf.


id: 38041
title: Old Celtic Romances
author: nan
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  from that time forth, as long as they abode on the Western Sea. So they continued at the point of Irros Domnann, till they had fulfilled "That deed would doubtless bring great evil on us," said the king, "for waves, till the sons of Turenn landed near the palace of the king of "Thy ransom is a good one, O king," said Brian; "but I am a near-hearted "Who is this thou art talking to, my son?" said the king. Dermat shouted to him to hold his hand and not slay the king''s son; and more far-seeing man than thou art, O king, we have come to ask thee to Finn and his people saw them afar off coming towards the hill with great And when they had come to the ford, Dermat said, "Finn will doubtless Then he came to Dermat and said, "Peace is better for thee: art thou


id: 43065
title: The Heroine
author: Barrett, Eaton Stannard
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  She paused a little, and then said; ''I have a long story to tell about ''Come,'' said Montmorenci, taking my hand: ''I have particular business ''If you mean the heroes and heroines of romance,'' said Stuart, ''their me!'' cried the poor man, and began whimpering like a child. ''I can hear no tidings of your father,'' said Stuart, entering the room. ''Sir,'' said Stuart, ''I must beg leave to detain you for a few moments.'' it a hundred times since, and when I went to bed, I said, good night, ''Well, then,'' said Stuart, ''though your life has but little of the ''If such be love,'' said Stuart, ''I fear I shall never bring myself to ''Ah,'' said he, laying his hand on his heart; ''your eyes have fixed a ''And yet,'' cried Jerry, ''if I had said, when I was telling you my


id: 43381
title: The Story of Rolf and the Viking''s Bow
author: French, Allen
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  "Father," asked Rolf, "knowest thou who the man is that came upon the "I see," said Rolf, "that thou art not quick at arms nor sure of thy "How is it come," asked Einar, "that thou hast left Hiarandi?" And Rolf, as he came running, saw how the men fell upon his father. Snorri asked of Rolf: "Art thou the son of Hiarandi my kinsman?" Grani said to Rolf and Frodi: "Ye are my thralls; I will treat you When night came Grani called Rolf and Frodi, and bade them watch by ship, Grani went in it; but Frodi climbed the rope and told Rolf what Then Rolf spoke and said: "No man in this place, not even Frodi our But Ondott brought before Einar those two, Rolf and Frodi, and said Frodi came to Rolf, and said: "What is this thou hast suffered those But Rolf said to Frodi: "Hast thou forgotten that Grani made thee


id: 53723
title: Early English Hero Tales
author: Marks, Jeannette Augustus
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  The master-stories of English literature told for young readers. boy called Taliesin, the battle of the friends Cuchulain and Ferdiad, kitchen-boy who became a great knight, and about whom Sir Thomas Malory "Hrothgar!" he said to the old King, "across the sea''s way have I come world is the story of the way the gift of song came to Cædmon. If you open a book written in the English of to-day, it is easy to read In the Great Palace of English Literature there is a pretty story told When his last day came the good old man called all his scholars about Great Palace of English Literature opening golden doors, the more do we the Danish-English stories were "Havelok the Dane" and "King Horn," Among all the golden doors in the Great Palace of English Literature Among all the golden doors in the Great Palace of English Literature


