The Dark O' the Moon: Being Certain Further Histories of the Folk Called "raiders", Volum 1Macmillan, 1902 - 511 pàgines |
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Pàgina 372 - Our vows, our prayers we now present Before thy throne of grace : God of our fathers ! be the God Of their succeeding race.
Pàgina 508 - Many Inventions' will confirm Mr. Kipling's reputation. . . . We would cite with pleasure sentences from almost every page, and extract incidents from almost every story.
Pàgina 508 - It would be hard to find better reading * * * the book is so varied, so full of color and life from end to end, that few who read the first two or three stories will lay it down till they have read the last...
Pàgina 507 - In the marvellous world of the pathetic conceptions of Dickens there is nothing more exquisitely touching than the loving, love-seeking, unloved child, Florence Dombey. We pay Miss Montgomery the highest compliment within our reach when we say that in Seaforth...
Pàgina 508 - Mr. Kipling knows and appreciates the English in India, and is a born story-teller and a man of humour into the bargain. ... It would be hard to find better reading.
Pàgina 441 - I will declare thy name unto my brethren : in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Pàgina 202 - I do therefore hereby make public the said intention : if any person knows any just cause or impediment why these two persons should not be joined together in marriage, they may declare the same as the law directs.
Pàgina 499 - There are persons that are interested in delaying the work, and it is these, as well as the "walking delegates," that Bannon has to fight. The story of how they tried to "tie up" the lumber, two hundred miles away, and of how he outwitted them and "just carried it off...
Pàgina 339 - the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church...
Pàgina 507 - A delightful story, founded upon the lives of children. There is a thread of gold in it upon which are strung many lovely sentiments.