Ulysses

Examples

• Miss Vye's family is a good one on her mother's side; and her father was a romantic wanderer--a sort of Greek Ulysses. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• We will take a passenger from another famous ship, and call him Ulysses, the craftiest of the Greeks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Calypso sighing for Ulysses, observed Crispin, without altering his position; though I dare say it is only the wind moaning through the ropes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Oh, I do not mind in the leaSt Ulysses, by all means. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And, therefore, when the queen was informed they were slain, and that by Ulysses, she, not believing that Ulysses was returned, says, Ah no! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• So our little wanderer went about setting up her tent in various cities of Europe, as restless as Ulysses or Bampfylde Moore Carew. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But adverse winds detain me on shore; like Ulysses, I sit at the water's edge and weep. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I believe you are going to receive the appointment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You forget that this is no galley of Ulysses, my friend. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Yes, I was born in Ithaca, therefore am I a countryman of Ulysses. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Thank you, Crispin, he said, when the poet brought his narrative to a close; your story is worthy of being told by Ulysses at the court of Alcinous. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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