African Incidents: Personal Experiences in Egypt and UnyoroJohn Murray, 1900 - 331 páginas |
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African Incidents: Personal Experiences in Egypt and Unyoro Arthur Blyford Thruston Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Página 33 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 326 - THE YANGTZE VALLEY AND BEYOND. An Account of Journeys in Central and Western China, especially in the Province of Sze-Chuan, and among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory. Dedicated by permission to the Marquess of Salisbury, KG With Map and numerous Illustrations. 8vo. , £1, 1s. net. KOREA AND HER NEIGHBOURS.
Página 328 - Adventures of a Magistrate in the Indian Mutiny " Large Crown 8vo. 6s. "Worthy of being classed with ' White of Selborne. ' . . . Hardly a page or paragraph can be spared.
Página 325 - By Louise Jordan Miln Author of « When We Were Strolling Players in the East,
Página 218 - Elysian fields where dwells Rhadamanthus with the golden hair, where life is ever sweet, and sorrow is not, nor winter, nor any rain or storm, and the never-dying zephyrs blow soft and cool from off the ocean.
Página 128 - Above all, perhaps, he knew that a straight line is not always the shortest distance between two points.
Página 92 - ... with the approach of night, we think, saved them from destruction. Our loss is two killed and eight wounded. Two of our guns have the muzzles shot off. The prow was twisted and the armor somewhat damaged. The anchor and all flagstaffs shot away, and smoke-stack and steampipe were riddled. The bearing of the officers and men was all that could be wished, and in fact it could not have been otherwise, after the noble and daring conduct of the Flag-Officer, whose wound is deeply regretted by all...
Página 116 - You will praise a boy with a turned-up nose as having a winning look; the hooked nose of another you consider king-like; while a third, whose nose is between the two extremes, has a beautifully-proportioned face : the dark, you say, have a manly look, the fair are children of the gods: and who do you suppose coined the phrase "olive-pale...
Página 234 - a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk is but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Página 123 - Some purists may object to the title of this chapter, but as a missionary once said to me : " On ne fait pas la guerre en Afrique, ce qui s'y fait c'est la chasse aux NZgres? Honesty has convinced me that the good Father's definition accurately describes my "warlike" operations, and honesty has made it the title of this chapter.