They gave an eager ear to the rumours that were rife in the Portuguese islands of more marvellous discoveries still to be made-of islands beyonds the Azores.
"The South American Republics Part I of II"
Thomas C. Dawson
At the sight of this beauty, which was beyond the beyonds, he had like to have lost his senses with amazement, and tumbling down the stairs he ran out into the garden.
"Stories from Pentamerone"
Giambattista Basile
At length, when all had eaten their fill and retired to rest, the three youths, feigning to go to bed, went out and walked about the whole night long, till in the morning, when the Stars, like bashful maidens, retire from the gaze of the Sun, they found themselves in the same inn with their wives, whereupon there was a great embracing, and a joy beyond the beyonds.
"Stories from Pentamerone"
Giambattista Basile