Under the deodarsCentury Company, 1899 |
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Popular passages
Page 236 - T'HE SON of GOD goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain, His blood-red banner streams afar ; Who follows in His train? Who best can drink His cup of woe, Triumphant over pain, Who patient bears his cross below, He follows in His train.
Page 251 - WHEN I was in my father's house, I was in a better place." THEY were putting Punch to bed — the ayah and the hamal and Meeta, the big Surti boy with the red and gold turban. Judy, already tucked inside her mosquitocurtains, was nearly asleep. Punch had been allowed to stay up for dinner.
Page 288 - Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 198 - 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 — but what we really want is advice. We don't want money. We ask you as a favor, because we found out you did us a bad turn about Degumber State." I led from the press-room to the stifling office with the maps on the walls, and the red-haired man rubbed his hands. "That's something like,
Page 189 - 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 200 - But that is provided against in the Contrack," said Carnehan. "Neither Women nor Liqu-or, Daniel." "And that's all we know, except that no one has gone there, and they fight and in any place where they fight a man who knows how to drill men can always be a King. We shall go to those parts and say to any King we find — 'D' you want to vanquish your foes?
Page 338 - Lew was staring straight in front of him and marching more stiffly than ever he had done on parade. And in bitter mockery of the distant mob, the old tune of the Old Line shrilled and rattled: Some talk of Alexander, And some of Hercules ; Of Hector and Lysander, And such great names as these...
Page 229 - He puts his arm round her. She shuts her eyes, gives a bit of a squeak, and down goes her face in the side of Dan's flaming red beard. '"The slut's bitten me!
Page 261 - Eat, drink and die, for we are souls bereaved: Of all the creatures under heaven's wide cope We are most hopeless, who had once most hope, And most beliefless, that had most believed.
Page 202 - It isn't so easy being a King as it looks. When we've got our Kingdom in going order we'll let you know, and you can come up and help us to govern it.