Number One, Or, The Way of the WorldSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1862 - 460 pages |
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Page 267 - ... given ; The smiles of Joy, the tears of Woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow — There's nothing true but Heaven ! And false the light on Glory's plume, As fading hues of Even ; And Love and Hope, and Beauty's bloom, Are blossoms gather'd for the tomb — There's nothing bright but Heaven ! Poor wanderers of a stormy day, From wave to wave we're driven, And Fancy's flash, and Reason's ray, Serve but to light the troubled way — There's nothing calm but Heaven I OH THOU WHO DRY'ST THE MOURNER'S...
Page 230 - And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight, we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way; Thus, from afar, each dim- discovered scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been, And every form, that Fancy can repair From dark oblivion, glows divinely there.
Page 49 - For if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear ; Try, try, try again. Once or twice, though you may fail, Try, try, try again...
Page 288 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, and the word to the action...
Page 260 - Kind people of the Gold-enticing Country! — I, a man of some years beyond the rest of us Chinese who have recently disembarked upon the hospitable shores of your yellow fields ; also a man, wishing very humbly to express the gratitude of his heart, and of all those who accompany him, or who have gone before us, and not forgetting all those who are humbly on the way; I, being, moreover, a man of moderation and cautious judgment, even after looking on both sides of the bridge, according to the wise...
Page 261 - ... and carvers of fans and chessmen, and some who make musical instruments, which others can play. Why should all these things be sent back with disgrace...
Page 260 - T'see, and Lao Shang, cannot but give words to my surprise at some of the roughly-split and knotty bamboos which, as we are informed by the tongue of our interpreter, Atchai, have been swung threateningly above the shoulders of all the golden sea-crossing people of the Central Flowery Empire, our much-distant native land.
Page 120 - I can assure you, ladies and gentlemen, this is — this is the happiest moment of my life — (renewed applause) — and in — in returning — returning from the bottom of my heart. (Cheers.) It is perhaps unnecessary — unnecessary to say anything — (cries of " Go on ") — and I trust I have said nothing — (laughter) — nothing on the present occasion that — but I'll not detain you, ladies and gentlemen — (
Page li - The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. The Hon. the Attorney-General. The Hon. the Controller of Revenue.
Page 261 - ... agriculturists, who know how to manage the worst as well as the best soils, particularly Leu Lee, and his five nephews ; also two men accustomed to make ornamental bridges, and a skilful man named Yaw, who can make the best kites, having wings and great glass eyes, not to be surpassed; likewise Yin, who understands the breeding of fish, and birds, and dogs, and cats; also many excellent...