The Living Age, Volume 253Living Age Company, 1907 |
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Page 105
... round their sam- pans , the dull waters of the Yellow Sea stretched with long low swell beyond the Chefoo headland . The masts of the shipping in the roadstead were sil- houetted against a cheerless winter sky . Beatrice Dennis stopped ...
... round their sam- pans , the dull waters of the Yellow Sea stretched with long low swell beyond the Chefoo headland . The masts of the shipping in the roadstead were sil- houetted against a cheerless winter sky . Beatrice Dennis stopped ...
Page 109
... round on the girl with calculated abruptness . " You've been eavesdropping ! " was her prompt parry to this . Drummond smiled unabashed . The girl turned to Fairton . " Do you trust your new crew - such as you've got ? " " They are only ...
... round on the girl with calculated abruptness . " You've been eavesdropping ! " was her prompt parry to this . Drummond smiled unabashed . The girl turned to Fairton . " Do you trust your new crew - such as you've got ? " " They are only ...
Page 110
... round ominously ; its sights aligned themselves with swiftness on the Venturer's wheel . " Where are you bound for ? " came the crisp call across the water . Then . without waiting for answer , followed the sharp command : " Stop ! or ...
... round ominously ; its sights aligned themselves with swiftness on the Venturer's wheel . " Where are you bound for ? " came the crisp call across the water . Then . without waiting for answer , followed the sharp command : " Stop ! or ...
Page 138
... round a large wooden reel , keeping its ends free , and then to dip the whole in melted paraffin to complete the insula- tion of the copper wire . Next you would have to obtain a much greater length of much finer copper wire , also well ...
... round a large wooden reel , keeping its ends free , and then to dip the whole in melted paraffin to complete the insula- tion of the copper wire . Next you would have to obtain a much greater length of much finer copper wire , also well ...
Page 147
... round the corner , where the hedge ended in a few yards of railing , he surveyed the camp . There were the three tents and his wife's chair in the doorway of the mid- dle one , but she herself was not to be seen . Now was the time , and ...
... round the corner , where the hedge ended in a few yards of railing , he surveyed the camp . There were the three tents and his wife's chair in the doorway of the mid- dle one , but she herself was not to be seen . Now was the time , and ...
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Page 544 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 15 - 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.
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Page 282 - The satirist" may laugh, the philosopher may preach, but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind.
Page 355 - What then is man ! What then is man ! He endures but for an hour, and is crushed before the moth. Yet in the being and in the working of a faithful man is there already (as all faith from the beginning gives assurance) a something that pertains not to this wild death-element of Time ; that triumphs over Time, and is, and will be, when Time shall be no more.