The Call of the East: A Romance of Far FormosaFleming H. Revell Company, 1914 - 351 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... live among . This story is an attempt to picture this life where the East meets the West , in one small port and for the one short period covered by the Franco - Chinese War of 1884-85 . Of the characters one , Dr. Mac- Kay , is ...
... live among . This story is an attempt to picture this life where the East meets the West , in one small port and for the one short period covered by the Franco - Chinese War of 1884-85 . Of the characters one , Dr. Mac- Kay , is ...
Pàgina 65
... live among them for a hundred thousand a year . . . . It vexed me . . . I told him that I'd rather do business with a good Chinese firm any time than with some Yankees . ' Pon my soul , I would ! . . . Do you know , that duffer cheated ...
... live among them for a hundred thousand a year . . . . It vexed me . . . I told him that I'd rather do business with a good Chinese firm any time than with some Yankees . ' Pon my soul , I would ! . . . Do you know , that duffer cheated ...
Pàgina 94
... live or die wherever he may chance to fall . " " Yes , and none of the blockheads who have com- manded him have sense enough to know how much good service they could get out of a man like that , if they would only give him a chance to ...
... live or die wherever he may chance to fall . " " Yes , and none of the blockheads who have com- manded him have sense enough to know how much good service they could get out of a man like that , if they would only give him a chance to ...
Pàgina 97
... wife loike thimselves ; to live on the fat of the land while the Paddies an ' Dinnies an ' Mickies were livin ' on pitaties an ' salt , wid now an ' ag'in a taste of butther- milk - it didn't seem to me givin ' value A QUIET LIFE 97.
... wife loike thimselves ; to live on the fat of the land while the Paddies an ' Dinnies an ' Mickies were livin ' on pitaties an ' salt , wid now an ' ag'in a taste of butther- milk - it didn't seem to me givin ' value A QUIET LIFE 97.
Pàgina 103
... live wid us . " " That was hard lines , " said McLeod sympa- thetically . " Faith , an ' if you'd known her you'd say that from the heart . " " How long did you stand it ? " " Six weeks . " " And then- ? " " Thin I heard that the French ...
... live wid us . " " That was hard lines , " said McLeod sympa- thetically . " Faith , an ' if you'd known her you'd say that from the heart . " " How long did you stand it ? " " Six weeks . " " And then- ? " " Thin I heard that the French ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 298 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Pàgina 126 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Pàgina 211 - Will ye no come back again ? Will yc no come back again ? Better lo'ed ye canna be, Will ye no come back again...
Pàgina 29 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Pàgina 214 - This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins : drink ye all of it.
Pàgina 212 - Sweet's the laverock's note and lang, Lilting wildly up the glen ; But aye to me he sings ae sang, — • Will ye no come back again ? Will ye no...
Pàgina 301 - FATHERS AND BRETHREN, — As this Assembly was constituted in the Name, and under the authority, of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only King and Head of the Church...
Pàgina 240 - I love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my strong rock, in him will I trust ; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Pàgina 329 - The motive for a conception according to nature is the love of a man for a woman and of a woman for a man. And therefore since a singular love of the Holy Spirit burned in the Virgin's heart, the love of the Holy Spirit wrought great things in her flesh.