"Tai" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with old Khayyam, and leave the Lot Of Kaikobad and Kaikhosru forgot: Let Rustum lay about him as he will, Or Hatim Tai cry Supper—heed ...
— Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam • Omar Khayyam
... caves and huts, when our people were printing books and encyclopedias of knowledge. I dwelt upon our poetry, the National Airs, Greater Eulogies, dating back several thousand years. I told her of the splendors of our great versifier, Le-Tai-Pih; and I might have said that many American poets, like Walt Whitman, had doubtless read the translations to their advantage. I had the pleasure at least of commanding this lady's attention, and I believe she was the first American who deigned to take a Chinaman seriously. The facts ...
— As A Chinaman Saw Us - Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home • Anonymous
... all that old Ku Tai-tai would say. She declared she knew no more, and did not know where the woman lived. Her name was ...
— The Little Girl Lost - A Tale for Little Girls • Eleanor Raper
... which is rice and fish, and in old times was chiefly fish. He is nearly as fat as Daikoku, but wears a court noble's high cap. He is always fishing or enjoying his game. When very happy, he sits on a rock by the sea, with his right leg bent under him, and a big red fish, called the tai, under his left arm. He carries a straw wallet on his back to hold his fish and keep it fresh. Often he is seen standing knee-deep in the water, pole in hand, watching for a nibble. Some say that Ebisu is the same scamp that goes by the ...
— Japanese Fairy World - Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan • William Elliot Griffis
... Hesnus (Pocock, Specimen, p. 43, 46, 48) were likewise conspicuous for their liberality; and the latter is elegantly praised by an Arabian poet: "Videbis eum cum accesseris exultantem, ac si dares illi quod ab illo petis." * Note: See the translation of the amusing Persian romance of Hatim Tai, by Duncan Forbes, Esq., among the works published by the Oriental ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 5 • Edward Gibbon
... wizard of Pohyola. Suo'ya-tar (Syo'jatar). The mother of the serpent. Su've-tar (Suve, summer). Goddess of the South-wind Su-wan'to-lai'nen. Another name for Wainamoinen. Taeh'ti. The Polar Star. Ta-he'tar. The daughter of the Stars. Tai'vas. The firmament in general. Ta-ni'ka. A magic mansion of Pohja. Ta'pi-o. The god of the forest. Tel-le'rvo. A daughter of Tapio. Ter'he-ne'tar. Daughter of the Fog. Tie'ra. Same as Kura; the Hoar-frost. ...
— The Kalevala (complete) • John Martin Crawford, trans.
... work once more: "I will weave a fragment of verse among the flowers of his robe, and perhaps its words will tell him to return." —LI-TAI-PE. ...
— Peter the Brazen - A Mystery Story of Modern China • George F. Worts
... ancient philosopher Tai Loo are indeed very subtle, and the truth of his remark, "After being disturbed in one's dignity by a mandarin's foot it is no unusual occurrence to fall flat on the face in crossing a muddy street," was now apparent. Great as was the disadvantage owing to the nature ...
— The Wallet of Kai Lung • Ernest Bramah |
