 Appears, and claims to be the lord o' th' house. Comes question, strife, complaint ; all to no end, For the true ring could no more be distinguished Than now can — the true faith.  Minna Von Barnhelm - Page xlviiiby Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1897 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
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...soon ended? . NATHAN. It is ended, sultan, 1w all that follows may be guess'd of course. Sqrce isttn-e father dead, each with his ring appears, and claims to be the lord o'th' house. Cornea question, stn-ife, complaint.—.aU to as end; fur the true ring could no un-ore... | |
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...summons all his sons, takes leave of each apart, on each bestows his blessing and his ring, and dies. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring appears, and claims to be the lord o'th' house. Comes question, strife, complaint — all to no end; for the true ring could no more be... | |
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...summons all his sons, takes leave of each apart, on each bestows his blessing and his ring, and dies. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring appears, and claims to be the lord o'th' house. Comes question, strife, complaint — all to no end; for the true ring could no more be... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 378 pages
...summons all his sons, takes leave of each apart, on each bestows his blessing and his ring, and dies. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring appears, and claims to be the lord o'th' house. Comes question, strife, complaint — all to no end; for the true ring could no more be... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 286 pages
...Is it soon ended ? „' NATH. It is ended, Sultan ; For all that follows may be guessed of course. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring Appears, and claims to be the lord o' i if house. Comes question, strife, complaint : all to no end ; For the true ring could no more be... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1845 - 886 pages
...— Is it soon ended ? NATHAN. It is ended, Sultan ; For all that follows may be guessed of course. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring Appears,...all to no end ; For the true ring could no more be distinguished Than now can — the true faith. BALADIN. How, how ? — is that To be the answer to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 960 pages
...— Is it soon ended ? NATHAN. It is ended, Sultan ; For all that follows may be guessed of course. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring Appears,...all to no end ; For the true ring could no more be distinguished Than now can — the true faith. BALADIN. TIow, how ? — is that To be the answer to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1871 - 954 pages
...— Is it soon ended ? NATHAN. It is ended, Sultan ; For all that follows may be guessed of course. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring Appears,...all to no end ; For the true ring could no more be distinguished Than now can — the true faith. BALADIN. How, how ? — is that To be the answer to... | |
 | 1882 - 324 pages
...CENTENNIAL JUBILEE OF Takes leave of each apart, on each bestows His blessing and his ring, and dies. Scarce is the father dead, each with his ring Appears, and claims to be the lord <>' th' house. Comes question, strife, complaint — all to no end; For the true ring could no more... | |
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...whole stamp of the ' fable of the ring ' seems, however, to point to an Eastern origin of the story. ' lord of the house.' The father alluded to, however,...all to no end; For the true ring could no more be distmguish'd Than now can — the true faith.' When the contending brothers appear before a judge,... | |
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