Malay SketchesJohn Lane, 1895 - 288 pagine |
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Pagina 67
... stockade on the bank of the Langat river . Whether it was the mosquitoes , which for numbers and venom could not be matched , or whether it was the evil reputation of the place for deeds of violence is needless to inquire , but the ...
... stockade on the bank of the Langat river . Whether it was the mosquitoes , which for numbers and venom could not be matched , or whether it was the evil reputation of the place for deeds of violence is needless to inquire , but the ...
Pagina 68
... stockade one night , pushed the sentry on one side , and , finding the man she wanted , attempted to stab him with a long kris she had brought for that purpose . That was then the state of society in Bandar Tĕrmâsa . I have said we ...
... stockade one night , pushed the sentry on one side , and , finding the man she wanted , attempted to stab him with a long kris she had brought for that purpose . That was then the state of society in Bandar Tĕrmâsa . I have said we ...
Pagina 69
... stockade from river bank to village , distant some 300 yards . own accommodation was a cot borrowed from the Hart and slung between two posts , while the men slept on the walls of the stockade . My The place had drawbacks other than ...
... stockade from river bank to village , distant some 300 yards . own accommodation was a cot borrowed from the Hart and slung between two posts , while the men slept on the walls of the stockade . My The place had drawbacks other than ...
Pagina 70
... stockade . On asking him what he was doing there , he replied he could not come down because there was a snake at the bottom of the tree . In reality there was a bit of rattan tied round the tree , and , this being removed , Kâsim came ...
... stockade . On asking him what he was doing there , he replied he could not come down because there was a snake at the bottom of the tree . In reality there was a bit of rattan tied round the tree , and , this being removed , Kâsim came ...
Pagina 76
... stockade to the village was in sight of the stockade throughout its length , and one day I noticed Kâsim Minor , as he walked leisurely down this mud embankment , stop every now and then and behave in a peculiar fashion as though he ...
... stockade to the village was in sight of the stockade throughout its length , and one day I noticed Kâsim Minor , as he walked leisurely down this mud embankment , stop every now and then and behave in a peculiar fashion as though he ...
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Pagina 31 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
Pagina 103 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Pagina 91 - So when the Angel of the darker Drink At last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to quaff — you shall not shrink.