WISH in Classic Quotes

1  As for your oath we will let it alone, but I only wish he may come, as do Penelope, his old father Laertes, and his son Telemachus.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

2  I wish first and foremost to propitiate the great goddess Minerva, who manifested herself visibly to me during yesterday's festivities.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK III

3  If my master had grown old here he would have done great things by me, but he is gone, and I wish that Helen's whole race were utterly destroyed, for she has been the death of many a good man.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

4  As for my not coming near you, I was never uneasy about you, for I was certain you would get back safely though you would lose all your men, and I did not wish to quarrel with my uncle Neptune, who never forgave you for having blinded his son.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIII

5  Stranger," replied Alcinous, "I am not the kind of man to get angry about nothing; it is always better to be reasonable; but by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, now that I see what kind of person you are, and how much you think as I do, I wish you would stay here, marry my daughter, and become my son-in-law.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VII

6  Son of Atreus," replied Telemachus, "do not press me to stay longer; I should be contented to remain with you for another twelve months; I find your conversation so delightful that I should never once wish myself at home with my parents; but my crew whom I have left at Pylos are already impatient, and you are detaining me from them.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV