"Wi' sappy unction, has he burkes
The hopes O' men that trust in works."
--Stevenson, A Lowden Sabbath Morn.
| The Fall of Jericho. | [287 H.T.] |
"Toppling down the walls of his own Jericho."
--Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia.
| Fallen among Thieves. | [88 L.J.] |
"Certain only that he has been, and is, a
Pilgrim and Traveler from a far Country; more or
less footsore and travel-soiled; has parted with
road companions; fallen among thieves," etc.
--Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book I, Chapter II.
| Fed by Ravens. | [114 T.J.] |
"One was the Tishbite
Whom the ravens fed."