The day's workCharles Scribner's sons, 1899 |
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... mean ) in her coal , but she takes it out in re- pairs . Ahem ! I presume you found Boston somewhat isolated , madam , after your New York season ? " 66 " I am never so well occupied as when I am alone . " The Compound seemed to be ...
... mean ) in her coal , but she takes it out in re- pairs . Ahem ! I presume you found Boston somewhat isolated , madam , after your New York season ? " 66 " I am never so well occupied as when I am alone . " The Compound seemed to be ...
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... means . I shall go to pieces , I guess . My first road - run , too ! " " Het a bit , ain't she ? " the fireman ventured to suggest to the engineer . " She'll hold for all we want of her . We're ' most there . ' Guess you chaps back had ...
... means . I shall go to pieces , I guess . My first road - run , too ! " " Het a bit , ain't she ? " the fireman ventured to suggest to the engineer . " She'll hold for all we want of her . We're ' most there . ' Guess you chaps back had ...
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... mean . She had changed in the night as if fire had gone over her . I met her a long time afterwards , and even then she hadn't forgiven me for putting her into the boat and obeying the Captain's orders . But the husband of the other ...
... mean . She had changed in the night as if fire had gone over her . I met her a long time afterwards , and even then she hadn't forgiven me for putting her into the boat and obeying the Captain's orders . But the husband of the other ...
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... carts , by their masters , who belonged to a poor but honest native infantry regiment . 66 ' Money means pace and weight , " said Shiraz , rubbing his black - silk nose dolefully along his neat - fitting boot , " and by the maxims 41.
... carts , by their masters , who belonged to a poor but honest native infantry regiment . 66 ' Money means pace and weight , " said Shiraz , rubbing his black - silk nose dolefully along his neat - fitting boot , " and by the maxims 41.
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... means they can't see to get out of the way of their own side , or they may shy at the umpires ' ponies . They've all got white web - reins that are sure to stretch or slip ! " " And , " said Kittiwynk , dancing to take the stiffness out ...
... means they can't see to get out of the way of their own side , or they may shy at the umpires ' ponies . They've all got white web - reins that are sure to stretch or slip ! " " And , " said Kittiwynk , dancing to take the stiffness out ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 14 - All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.
Página 227 - IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
Página 185 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven— All's right with the world!
Página 248 - Girls and boys, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day; Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, And come with your playfellows into the street.
Página 36 - O TRINITY of love and power, Our brethren shield in danger's hour ; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them wheresoe'er they go ; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee Glad hymns of praise from land and -sea.
Página 36 - Strikes me they'll go on singing that hymn all night. Imperfect sort of doctrine in the last lines, don't you think? They might have run in an extra verse specifying sudden collapse — like the Visigoth's. I'm going on to the bridge, now. Good-night,' said the Captain. And I was left alone with the steady thud, thud, of the screw and the gentle creaking of the boats at the davits. That made me shudder. THE SOLID MULDOON Did ye see John Malone, wid his shinin', brand-new hat ? Did ye see how he walked...
Página 72 - Cat did not complain much when the veterinary surgeon said that he would be no good for polo any more. When Lutyens married, his wife did not allow him to play, so he was forced to be an umpire; and his pony on these occasions was a fleabitten grey with a neat polo-tail, lame all round, but desperately quick on his feet, and, as everybody knew, Past Pluperfect Prestissimo Player of the Game.
Página 42 - Skidars' regiment as had leave to attend the match— about half the native officers, and a hundred or two dark, black-bearded men with the regimental pipers nervously fingering the big, beribboned bagpipes. The Skidars were what they call a Pioneer regiment, and the bagpipes made the national music of half their men.
Página 45 - ... riders were excellent players, but they were a team of crack players instead of a crack team ; and that made all the difference in the world. They honestly meant to play together, but it is very hard for four men, each the best of the team he is picked from, to remember that in polo no brilliancy of hitting or riding makes up for playing alone. Their captain shouted his orders to them by name, and it is a curious thing that if you call his name aloud in public after an Englishman you make him...