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Page 40 - O TRINITY of love and power, Our brethren shield in danger's hour ; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them wheresoe'er they go ; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee Glad hymns of praise from land and -sea.
Page 103 - POOR DEAR MAMMA The wild hawk to the wind-swept sky, The deer to the wholesome wold, And the heart of a man to the heart of a maid, As it was in the days of old. Gypsy Song. SCENE. — Interior of Miss MINNIE THREEGAN'S bedroom at Simla. Miss THREEGAN, in window-seat, turning over a drawerful of things. Miss EMMA DEERCOURT, bosom-friend, who has come to spend the day, sitting on the bed, manipulating the bodice of a ballroom frock and a bunch of artificial lilies of the valley. Time, 5.30 PM on a...
Page 132 - For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands ; even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord ; whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Page 277 - I might wear an English coat and trouser. I might be a leading Muhammadan pleader. I might be received even at the Commissioner's tennis-parties where the English stand on one side and the natives on the other, in order to promote social intercourse throughout the Empire.
Page 174 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses?
Page 186 - White hands cling to the tightened rein, Slipping the spur from the booted heel, Tenderest voices cry, ' Turn again,' Red lips tarnish the scabbarded steel, High hopes faint on a warm hearth-stone — He travels the fastest who travels alone.
Page 191 - I come on foot, league by league, with a fire in my chest like the fire of the Pit. And why? Hast thou, then, so quickly forgotten our customs, among this folk who sell their wives and their daughters for silver? Come back with me to the North and be among men once more. Come back, when this matter is accomplished and I call for thee ! The bloom of the peach-orchards is upon all the Valley, and here is only dust and a great stink. There is a pleasant wind among the mulberry trees, and the streams...
Page 105 - T. {Sternly?) Only what? Out with it, Emma. Miss D. Well, May Olger — she's engaged to Mr. Charteris, you know — said — Promise you won't repeat this ? Miss T. Yes, I promise. What did she say? Miss D. That — that being kissed (with a rush) by a man who didn't wax his moustache was — like eating an egg without salt.