"Tongueless" Quotes from Famous Books
... linen I received. To Suri which is in Bit-Halupe I drew near; 80 the fear of the approach of Assur my Lord overwhelmed them; the great men and the multitudes of the city, for the saving of their lives, coming up after me,[23] 81 submitted to my yoke; some slain, some living, some tongueless I made: Ahiyababa son of Lamamana 82 whom from Bit-Adini they had fetched, I captured; in the valor of my heart and the steadfastness of my soldiers I besieged the city; the soldiers, rebels all, 83 were taken prisoners; ... — Babylonian and Assyrian Literature • Anonymous
... moon, That tongueless tower hath cleaved the Sabbath air, Mute as an obelisk of ice aglare Beneath ... — War Poetry of the South • Various
... springs On the Hedemark kings. Olaf the bold and great, Repays their foul deceit— In full repays Their treacherous ways. He drives with steel-clad hand The small kings from the land,— Greater by far In deed of war. The king who dwelt most north Tongueless must wander forth: All fly away In great dismay. King Olaf now rules o'er What five kings ruled before. To Eid's old bound Extends his ground. No kings in days of yore E'er won so much before: That this ... — Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson
... intelligence and wisdom is in the human brain; all there is of mystery and infinity is fathomable by human reason, and all there is of virtue is measured by the relations of man to man. To him, all must end in the "tongueless silence of the dreamless dust," and all that lies beyond the grave is a voiceless shore and a starless sky. To him, there are no prints of deathless feet on its echoless sands, no thrill of immortal music ... — Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales • Robert L. Taylor
... broke in Costello; "I'm having a little trouble with my main attraction, Bosco, the armless wonder. I wish she was a tongueless wonder! She has no arms, but my God; how she can talk! I left her taking it out of the day professor; she was swearing a blue streak. Ain't it funny how these stars kick?" and Mr. Costello bit the end off a cigar, viciously lit it, and puffed furiously ... — The Music Master - Novelized from the Play • Charles Klein
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