XL ‘And you shal be the best harper That ever tooke harpe in hand, And I wil be the best singer That ever sung in this lande.
LVIII He stroake upon his harpe againe, And play’d a pretty thinge; The ladye lough a loud laughter, As shee sate by the king.
He strucke upon his harpe agayne, And playd both fayre and free; The ladye was so pleasde theratt She laught loud laughters three.
Kyng Estmere threwe the harpe asyde, And swith he drew his brand, And Estmere he and Adler Yonge Right stiffe in stour can stand.
Nowe sell me thy harpe,' sayd the kyng of Spayne, 'Thy harpe and stryngs eche one, And as many gold nobles thou shalt have As there be stryngs thereon.
And you shal be the best harper That ever tooke harpe in hand, And I wil be the best singer That ever sung in this lande.
And you shal be a harper, brother, Out of the north countrye, And Ile be your boy, soe faine of fighte, And beare your harpe by your knee.
He stroake upon his harpe againe, And playd a pretty thinge; The ladye lough a loud laughter, As shee sate by the king.
No; deare Syon, if I yet Do forget Thine affliction miserable, Let my nimble joynts become Stiffe and numme, 35 To touch warbling harpe unable.
Let my tongue lose singing skill, Let it still To my parched roofe be glewed, If in either harpe or voice 40 I rejoyce, Till thy joyes shall be renewed.
La Harpe closed it with an assurance that he could be found in command of his fort, and could convince the Governor that he knew how to defend it.
La Harpe came to his rescue in a memorial upon the importance of the country and the necessity of maintaining the colony.
The author was stationed at this post, and accompanied La Harpe up the Arkansas.
No overt act followed this fiery correspondence, and La Harpe shortly after went on an extended tour of exploration to the northward and westward of his concession.
In 1721 these orders were reiterated, and La Harpe was appointed “commandant and inspector of commerce of the Bay of St. Bernard.
At Paris, in November, 1720, De Beauvilliers took the observations of La Harpeand drafted a Carte nouvelle de la parte de l’ouest de la province de la Louisiane.
A correspondence ensued between La Harpe and the Governor at Trinity River, in which each expressed doubts as to the right of the other to be where he was.
Benard de la Harpeand Le Page du Pratz, whose names are associated with the annals of Louisiana, both arrived in the colony.
Benard de la Harpe left Dauphin Island toward the end of August, 1718, with fifty men, to establish a post on his concession at Cadodaquais.
Harpe appeared very much frightened at hearing this, and implored Leeper to protect him.
In a few moments, Stagall appeared, and without uttering a word, raised his rifle and shot Harpe through the head.
Leeper rolled the horse away, and set Harpe in an easier position.
Big Harpe made a wide region of the Ohio valley dangerous to travelers.
La Harpe urged a new attempt, to keep out the Spaniards, but the company abandoned the project.
This was shortly before La Harpe attempted to reoccupy the place for the French.
Du Rivage was sent up the Red River, and La Harpe made an expedition to the Touacaras near the mouth of the Canadian River, where he proposed to found a post as a base for trade with New Mexico, the Padoucas, and the Aricaras.
While St. Denis was in Mexico, Benard de la Harpe was sent to establish a post on the Red River above Natchitoches.
Ha, lieve sire," tho quod sche, "Now tak the harpeand let me se Of what mesure that ye mene.
A Messager for hire is gon, And sche cam with hire Harpe on honde, And seide hem that sche wolde fonde 1660 Be alle weies that sche can, To glade with this sory man.
He tawhte hir til sche was certein Of Harpe, of Citole and of Rote, With many a tun and many a note 830 Upon Musique, upon mesure, And of hire Harpe the temprure He tawhte hire ek, as he wel couthe.
And of Musique also the note In mannes vois or softe or scharpe, That fond Jubal; and of the harpe The merie soun, which is to like, That fond Poulins forth with phisique.
She wished to make them rulers, not professors of music and painting; and she was right; La Harpe inspired, it is said, his imperial pupil with lessons of generosity and truth it was no easy task to eradicate during his eventful life.
Catharine was doubtless aware of this fact when she gave La Harpe the direction of her grandson's education.
They were soon known throughout the length of Wilderness Road as Big Harpeand Little Harpe.
But it was Big Harpe who had been the leader; he was the one that the men wanted most, and they now had him fast like a wild animal in a trap.
Little Harpe managed to escape; it was not known how, and he was never seen or heard of again.
Chamfort, 'I am comforted; for if we perish only when La Harpe shall be a Christian, we are immortal!
The time was just previous to the French Revolution, and the tale as told by La Harpe is as follows: The Dinner of the Elect.
If it's like I say, even if Lanpher and Tweezy are trying a game you don't get paid a nickel if Jack Harpe and his cattle ain't in on the deal.
Lookit, we know there's some crooked work on the towpath going on, and that Lanpher and Harpe are in it up to their hocks.
Jack Harpe jackknifed his long body out of his chair, which was placed directly in front of an open doorway giving into an inner room, crossed the floor, and placed his sixshooter on the mantel-piece.
And here was that fool of a Racey practically telling Harpe and the other rascals that he was on to their game.
Jack Harpe and the owner of the Starlight being among those present and responding to the invitation, Racey Dawson took a chance and went with the rest.
And up to now I can't see that Jack Harpe has made a move, not a move.
Jack Harpe nodded to Racey and went serenely on with his meal.
What I can't help wondering is why Harpeand Pooley was fussin' with the safe in the first place.
Quite plainly he saw Jack Harpe accompany his words with a slight lowering of his left eyelid.
Again, "With golden strings such harmonie His harpe so sweet did wrest; That he reliev'd his phrenesie Whom wicked sprites possest.
It has been likewise imitated by La Harpe in his Pied de nez.
The morning after the victory of Montenotte Bonaparte dispatched Augereau to attack Millessimo; Massena to fall on Dego, and La Harpe to turn the flank of Beaulieu.
Massena carried the heights of Biestro at the point of the bayonet, while La Harpe dislodged the Austrian general from his position, which separated him hopelessly from the Sardinian commander and put him to precipitate flight.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "harpe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
