The jade chaplet in twenty-four beads, a collection of songs, ballads, &c., from the Chinese by G.C. Stent |
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... eyes plainly see Them enter , one by one , -and disappear . That cruel wall1 shuts out her native land , Her home - loved kindred - every lovely scene ; The meanest soldier of her little band If not a friend — a countryman had been ...
... eyes plainly see Them enter , one by one , -and disappear . That cruel wall1 shuts out her native land , Her home - loved kindred - every lovely scene ; The meanest soldier of her little band If not a friend — a countryman had been ...
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... eyes of living green , — As if to watch the sturdy strife , Of nature struggling into life . 1 " Fanning the Grave " and its sequel " The Wife Tested ” have appeared in print before , but as they have been written only in prose and ...
... eyes of living green , — As if to watch the sturdy strife , Of nature struggling into life . 1 " Fanning the Grave " and its sequel " The Wife Tested ” have appeared in print before , but as they have been written only in prose and ...
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... eyes , When she saw a man watching her fanning the grave . 1 Small - feet . 2 White is the colour worn as mourning in China , as black is in England . He was handsome , -and might have been thirty or 8 The Fade Chaplet . The Chain Puzzle.
... eyes , When she saw a man watching her fanning the grave . 1 Small - feet . 2 White is the colour worn as mourning in China , as black is in England . He was handsome , -and might have been thirty or 8 The Fade Chaplet . The Chain Puzzle.
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... eyes- And his wife's bitter cries When she heard it were truly heart - rending ; With a horrified mug Chuang gave a slight shrug , For he knew she was only pretending . " My dear wife , " said he , " The Wife Tested . 13.
... eyes- And his wife's bitter cries When she heard it were truly heart - rending ; With a horrified mug Chuang gave a slight shrug , For he knew she was only pretending . " My dear wife , " said he , " The Wife Tested . 13.
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... a spit , Rolled his eyes round a bit , This sublunary sphere shortly quitted . Within that room with many a sigh , The widow's The Wife Tested . 15 Chang-liang's Flute, or Home-sickness Chang-liang's Flute, or Home-sickness.
... a spit , Rolled his eyes round a bit , This sublunary sphere shortly quitted . Within that room with many a sigh , The widow's The Wife Tested . 15 Chang-liang's Flute, or Home-sickness Chang-liang's Flute, or Home-sickness.
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A-tou appeared arrow azalea beautiful became blue bosom brave breast bright called cause Chao-tzu-lung child Chinese Chuang clear close clothes cold comes cried cross dead dear death door dream dynasty eighteen Emperor Enter exclaimed eyes face fair falls fanning fear feel feet fell fields fight flower foes girl give gone grave ground hair hand head hear heard heart heaven horse husband I'll JÊN leaves letter living look lost Madam Month mother never night o'er once pass petals play poor Prince queen returned river scene separated side sigh Sings soldier song soon sorrowful sound speak spear spirit Spring stream suddenly sweet tears tell thought tree turn voice wait watch wife wild woman Yang-kuei-fei young
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Page 109 - Twas night — the tired soldiers were peacefully sleeping, The low hum of voices was hushed in repose ; The sentries, in silence, a strict watch, were keeping 'Gainst surprise or a sudden attack of their foes ; When a low mellow note on the night air came stealing, So soothingly over the senses it fell — So touchingly sweet — so soft and appealing, Like the musical tones of an aerial bell. Now rising, now falling — now fuller and clearer — Now liquidly soft— now a low wailing cry; .Now...
Page 159 - EDKINS.— CHINA'S PLACE IN PHILOLOGY. An attempt to show that the Languages of Europe and Asia have a common origin.
Page 159 - Beal. — A CATENA OF BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES FROM THE CHINESE. By S. BEAL, BA, Trinity College, Cambridge; a Chaplain in Her Majesty's Fleet, etc. 8vo. cloth, pp. xiv. and 436. 1871. 15s. Beal. — THE ROMANTIC LEGEND OF SAKHTA BUDDHA. From the Chinese-Sanscrit by the Rev. SAMUEL BEAL, Author of " Buddhist Pilgrims,
Page 160 - LAU-TSZE. Translated from the Chinese, with an Introduction by John Chalmers, MA Fcap. 8vo, pp. xx. and 62, cloth. 1868. 4s. 6d.
Page 160 - Chalmers. — THE ORIGIN OF THE CHINESE; an Attempt to Trace the connection of the Chinese with Western Nations in their Religion, Superstitions, Arts, Language, and Traditions. By JOHN CHALMERS, AM Foolscap 8vo. cloth, pp. 78.
Page 89 - Dont waste your time at family funerals grieving for your relatives: attend to life, not to death: there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it, and better.
Page 43 - tis not often such music is heard, (Will the tree never more its sweet concerts be giving?) Old folks shake their heads, for it has not occurred E'en once — in the life of the oldest now living.1 1 A proof of bad government in the poet's opinion. THE TWELVE MONTHS MANY STORIES.1 First Month. 'Tis the first month of the new year, My husband is going to the wars ; He goes to sweep the frontiers. The illuminations are without amusement to me. I was preparing his bow and arrows, when I suddenly heard...
Page 12 - again repeated he, as he sat bolt upright : " What made you smash my coffin in ? — / see besides you're tight ! You've dressed yourself in red, too ! What means this mummery ? Let me have the full particulars and don't try on flummery." She had all her wits about her, though she quaked a bit with fear. Said she (the artful wretch !) "It seems miraculous, my dear ! Some unseen power impelled me to break the coffin lid, To see if you were still alive — which, of course, you know I...
Page viii - Of all the strange things he had read of or heard, This one was by far the most strange and absurd ; He had never heard tell of one fanning a grave. He stood looking on at this queer scene of woe, Unobserved...
Page 111 - In melodious sighs — in strains so elysian As to soften the hearts of rude soldiers like these ? Each looked at the other, but no word was spoken, The music insensibly tempting them on : They must return home. Ere the daylight had broken The enemy looked, and behold ! they were gone. . There's a magic in music— a witchery in It, Indescribable either with tongue or with pen ; The flute of Chang Liang, in one little minute, Had stolen the courage of eight thousand men ! ' The following verses were...