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Pagina 13
... strange though it may seem after recalling the maxims we have been considering , in the hands of the criminal classes . There may be , and no doubt there are , many among the wealthy who use their means in a way unworthy of commendation ...
... strange though it may seem after recalling the maxims we have been considering , in the hands of the criminal classes . There may be , and no doubt there are , many among the wealthy who use their means in a way unworthy of commendation ...
Pagina 22
... strange rumors . ' They ap- proached again just as the manager was saying , ' Nobody unless a species of wandering trader - a pestilential fellow , snapping ivory from the natives . ' Who was it they were talking about now ? I gathered ...
... strange rumors . ' They ap- proached again just as the manager was saying , ' Nobody unless a species of wandering trader - a pestilential fellow , snapping ivory from the natives . ' Who was it they were talking about now ? I gathered ...
Pagina 23
... strange world of plants , water and silence . And this stillness of life did not in the least resemble a peace . It was the stillness of an im- placable force brooding over an inscru- table intention . It looked at you with a vengeful ...
... strange world of plants , water and silence . And this stillness of life did not in the least resemble a peace . It was the stillness of an im- placable force brooding over an inscru- table intention . It looked at you with a vengeful ...
Pagina 24
... strange , had the appearance of be- ing held there captive by a spell . The word ivory would ring in the air for a while and on we went again into the silence , along empty reaches , round the still bends , between the high walls of our ...
... strange , had the appearance of be- ing held there captive by a spell . The word ivory would ring in the air for a while and on we went again into the silence , along empty reaches , round the still bends , between the high walls of our ...
Pagina 25
... strange witchcraft , full of improving knowledge . He was useful because he had been instructed ; and what he knew was this - that , should the water in that transparent thing disappear , the evil spirit inside the boiler would get ...
... strange witchcraft , full of improving knowledge . He was useful because he had been instructed ; and what he knew was this - that , should the water in that transparent thing disappear , the evil spirit inside the boiler would get ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 463 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Pagina 182 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Pagina 25 - ... wild and passionate uproar. Ugly. Yes, it was ugly enough; but if you were man enough you would admit to yourself that there was in you just the faintest trace of a response to the terrible frankness of that noise, a dim suspicion of there being a meaning in it which you - you so remote from the night of first ages - could comprehend. And why not? The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future.
Pagina 356 - So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Pagina 356 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Pagina 182 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pagina 356 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Pagina 183 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Pagina 148 - Ne nous emportons point contre les hommes , en voyant leur dureté, leur ingratitude, leur injustice, leur fierté, l'amour d'eux-mêmes, et l'oubli des autres; ils sont ainsi faits, c'est leur nature : c'est ne pouvoir supporter que la pierre tombe, ou que le feu s'élève.
Pagina 15 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.