Many InventionsAppleton, 1893 - 427 páginas |
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Página 14
... killed himself with laughing . But a few weeks after that a couple of junks came shoul- dering through from the north , arm in arm , like junks go . It takes a good deal to make a Chinaman understand danger . They junks set well in the ...
... killed himself with laughing . But a few weeks after that a couple of junks came shoul- dering through from the north , arm in arm , like junks go . It takes a good deal to make a Chinaman understand danger . They junks set well in the ...
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... killed more men in Flores Strait than Trafalgar . " I says : " A man that thought he'd seen all the navies of the ... kill a flea with it . John Dowse , you was mad then , but you are a damn sight madder now . Take off that there jersey ...
... killed more men in Flores Strait than Trafalgar . " I says : " A man that thought he'd seen all the navies of the ... kill a flea with it . John Dowse , you was mad then , but you are a damn sight madder now . Take off that there jersey ...
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... killed all our senior officers , handled a division apiece , and nearly torn the atlas in two in attempts to explain our theories , Boileau needs must lift up his voice above the clamour , and cry , ' Any- how it'll be the hell of a row ...
... killed all our senior officers , handled a division apiece , and nearly torn the atlas in two in attempts to explain our theories , Boileau needs must lift up his voice above the clamour , and cry , ' Any- how it'll be the hell of a row ...
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... killed a man , " he said . " I've killed a man , and I shall never know another peaceful hour in my life . Is he dead ? Oh , is he dead ? Good Lord , I've killed a man ! " I came down and said , " Don't be a fool ; " but he kept on ...
... killed a man , " he said . " I've killed a man , and I shall never know another peaceful hour in my life . Is he dead ? Oh , is he dead ? Good Lord , I've killed a man ! " I came down and said , " Don't be a fool ; " but he kept on ...
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... killed him . " I wrote that to Hicksey next mail , and -and that's all . I'm ' fraid I've been gassing awf❜ly , sir . ' Cleever said nothing for a long time . The Infant looked uncomfortable . He feared that , misled by enthusiasm , he ...
... killed him . " I wrote that to Hicksey next mail , and -and that's all . I'm ' fraid I've been gassing awf❜ly , sir . ' Cleever said nothing for a long time . The Infant looked uncomfortable . He feared that , misled by enthusiasm , he ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abdul Gafur acrost ain't answered Badalia Bai-Jove-Judson began bein bloomin boat Boileau Bull buoys called captain Challong Charlie children of men Cleever dead deck dinghy docthor Dowse elephint eyes face fight fire flat-iron Flores Strait fwhat galley Girl Gisborne give Grish Chunder Guadala gunboat Gunnison Street hand head heard heart Herodsfoot Hicksey honour Jenny Judson Keller killed knew Lascar Loo's mother laughed light looked Love-o'-Women M'Phee mahout Mowgli Mulvaney never night nilghai niver orf'cer Ortheris Ouless Peshawur policeman Rathmines remember rifle round Rudyard Kipling rukh Sahib ship shouted Skrælings song sorr speak tale talk Tangi tell Terence thee There's thin things thou thought tide told took turned Twas veranda village voice walk whin wint woman women words
Pasajes populares
Página 326 - 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 114 - I remember the black wharves and the slips, And the sea-tides tossing free; And Spanish sailors with bearded lips, And the beauty and mystery of the ships, And the magic of the sea. And the voice of that wayward song Is singing and saying still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Página 121 - What was that?" said Olaf, standing On the quarter-deck. "Something heard I like the stranding Of a shattered wreck.
Página 106 - OR ever the knightly years were gone With the old world to the grave, I was a King in Babylon And you were a Christian Slave.
Página 400 - ... as an Arab Of thy beloved. Cling with life to the maid; But when the surprise, First vague shadow of surmise Flits across her bosom young, Of a joy apart from thee, Free be she, fancy-free; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Though her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive; Heartily know, When half-gods go. The gods arrive.
Página i - Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Página 113 - ... somewhere in the sea, you know;' and, delighted with my paltry five pounds, had gone out to buy the notions of other men, that these might teach him how to write. I had the consolation of knowing that this notion was mine by right of purchase, and I thought that I could make something of it. When next he came to me he was drunk - royally drunk on many poets for the first time revealed to him.
Página v - Thy face is far from this our war, Our call and counter-cry, I shall not find Thee quick and kind, Nor know Thee till I die: Enough for me in dreams to see And touch Thy garments' hem; Thy feet have trod so near to God I may not follow them.
Página 426 - Heh! Tally on. Aft and walk away with her! Handsome to the cathead, now; O tally on the fall! Stop, seize and fish, and easy on the davit-guy. Up, well up the fluke of her, and inboard haul! Well, ah, fare you well, for the Channel wind's took hold of us, Choking down our voices as we snatch the gaskets free. And it's blowing up for night, And she's dropping light on light, And she's snorting and she's snatching for a breath of open sea!
Página 289 - The hot sun had dried it to a dusky goldbeater-skin film, cracked lozenge-wise by the heat; and as the wind rose each lozenge, rising a little, curled up at the edges as if it were a dumb tongue. Then a heavier gust blew all away down wind in grains of dark coloured dust. It was too hot to stand in the sunshine before breakfast. The men were all in barracks talking the matter over. A knot of soldiers...