
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

for when one has entertainment with nothing to pay, one loves the man that gives it to one.
Howard Pyle • The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Methinks it is but the darkness in our minds that bringeth gloom to the world.
Howard Pyle • The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
when one wishes to do a thing, as Little John did, one finds no lack of reasons for the doing.
Howard Pyle • The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Strike no man without need, for I would fain avoid bloodshed, but if ye do strike, strike hard, and see that there be no need to strike again.
Howard Pyle • The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
And then, even in his trouble, he remembered the old saw that "What is done is done; and the egg cracked cannot be cured."
Howard Pyle • The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
"For," said he to himself, "it is a hard heart that kicks the lame dog from off the sill."
Howard Pyle • The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath nought to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you. Clap to the leaves and go no farther than this, for I tell you plainly that if
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