The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling, Volume 4Scribner, 1920 - English literature |
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Page 106 - 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.
Page 37 - But don't you be afraid. Slip down the window, and say, ' He has gone South for the week,' and he'll tumble. It's only cutting your time of stay in those parts by two days. I ask you as a stranger going to the West," he said with emphasis. "Where have you come from?" said I. " From the East," said he, " and I am hoping that you will give him the message on the square — for the sake of my mother as well as your own.
Page 45 - said the smaller of the two. He was the man I had met in the Mhow train, and his fellow was the red-bearded man of Marwar Junction. There was no mistaking the eyebrows of the one or the beard of the other. I was not pleased, because I wished to go to sleep, not to squabble with loafers. "What do you want?" I asked. "Half an hour's talk with you cool and comfortable, in the office," said the red-bearded man. "We'd like some drink — the Contrack doesn't begin yet, Peachey, so you needn't look —...
Page 34 - Budget, which necessitated travelling, not Second-class, which is only half as dear as First-class, but by Intermediate, which is very awful indeed. There are no cushions in the Intermediate class, and the population are either Intermediate, which is Eurasian, or native, which for a long night journey is nasty, or Loafer, which is amusing though intoxicated. Intermediates do not buy from refreshment-rooms.
Page 58 - Lord!' I was more than a little astonished, and expressed my feelings accordingly. 'It's true,' said Carnehan, with a dry cackle, nursing his feet, which were wrapped in rags. 'True as gospel. Kings we were, with crowns upon our heads - me and Dravot - poor Dan - oh, poor, poor Dan, that would never take advice, not though I begged of him!
Page 60 - What did you and Daniel Dravot do when the camels could go no further because of the rough roads that led into Kafiristan?" "What did which do? There was a party called Peachey Taliaferro Carnehan that was with Dravot. Shall I tell you about him? He died out there in the cold. Slap from the bridge fell old Peachey, turning and twisting in the air like a penny whirligig that you can sell to the Amir. No; they was two for three ha'pence, those whirligigs, or I am much mistaken and woful sore.
Page 106 - Wouldst thou," — so the helmsman answered, " Learn the secret of the sea ? Only those who brave its dangers Comprehend its mystery...
Page 113 - What was that?" said Olaf, standing On the quarterdeck, "Something heard I like the stranding Of a shattered wreck.
Page 40 - Did he say that I was to give you anything? 'Cause I won't." "He didn't," I said and dropped away, and watched the red lights die out in the dark. It was horribly cold because the wind was blowing off the sands. I climbed into my own train — not an Intermediate Carriage this time — and went to sleep. If the man with the beard had given me a rupee I should have kept it as a memento of a rather curious affair. But the consciousness of having done my duty was my only reward. Later on I reflected...
Page 164 - EAST of Suez, some hold, the direct control of Providence ceases ; Man being there handed over to the power of the Gods and Devils of Asia, and the Church of England Providence only exercising an occasional and modified supervision in the case of Englishmen.