As to shame, if it is a shame to be below the rest of mankind in fortune, it will not now come for the first time.

A heavy sorrow hath befallen me, and this race may lighten the burden of grief.

I shall not pretend that I hear this laughter, and all these scornful speeches, as one listens to the evening breeze on the Lagunes--for a man is still a man, though he lives with the humblest, and eats of the coarsest.

But let it pass, Sant' Antonio will give me heart to bear it." "Thou hast a stout mind, fisherman, and I would gladly pray my patron to grant thee a stronger arm, but that I have much need of this victory myself.

Wilt thou be content with the second prize, if, by any manner of skill, I might aid thy efforts?
for, I suppose, the metal of the third is as little to thy taste as it is to my own." "Nay, I count not on gold or silver." "Can the honor of such a struggle awaken the pride of one like thee ?" The old man looked earnestly at his companion, but he shook his head without answer.