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...s idea to them — ‘Ah, she bears it very well.’ Moreover, alone in a desert island would she have been wretched at what had happened to her? Not greatl... ... done man.” Well, then he called to mind how he’d seen the cattle kneel o’ Christmas Eves in the dead o’ night. It was not Christmas Eve then, but it ... ... play a trick upon the bull. So he broke into the ’Tivity Hymn, just as at Christmas carol singing; when, lo and behold, down went the bull on his ben... ...ooked when he found his pious feelings had been played upon, and ’twas not Christmas Eve....Yes, William Dewy, that was the man’s name; and I can tell... ...he grass were marks where the cows had lain through the night — dark green islands of dry herbage the size of their carcases, in the general sea of de... ...y herbage the size of their carcases, in the general sea of dew. From each island proceeded a serpentine trail, by which the cow had rambled away to f... ...nsequence 149 the river, and masses of them were floating past her — moving islands of green crow foot, whereon she might almost have ridden; long lock... ...d natured and respectful manner possible that he supposed on my leaving at Christmas I should take you with me, and on my asking what he would do with... ...ly, dearest Tess,’ he continued, ‘since you will probably have to leave at Christmas, it is in every way desirable and convenient that I should carry ...

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...nd was a commerce-destroyin’ man-o’-war, an’ so he declared war on Sable Island because it was Bridish, an’ the shoals run aout too far. They sewed ... ...ing the windows.) “But Slatin Beeman he owns ‘baout every railroad on Long Island, they say , an’ they say he’ s bought ‘baout ha’af Noo Hampshire an’... ... said Long Jack, impatiently . “We’re not drawin’ twenty-five fut off Fire Island in a fog. There’ s no trick to ut.” “Don’t be jealous, Galway .” The... ...moaned on, like lee surf in a blind fog, till it ended with a wail. “Jimmy Christmas! Thet gives me the blue creevles,” said Dan. “What in thunder is ... ... her own Jonah, sure-crews an’ gear made no differ to her driftin’. Jiminy Christmas! She’ll etch loose in a flat ca’ am.” “We’re well clear o’ the Fl... ...d dune-haunters who were never properly buried; of hidden treasure on Fire Island guarded by the spirits of Kidd’ s men; of ships that sailed in the f... ...eamer Arctic, that breaks the ice between the mainland and Prince Ed- ward Island. Then he told them stories that his mother had told him, of life far... ...r. “Killed him! Course, when I heard that I was keener’n ever to get it.” “Christmas! I didn’t know it,” said Harvey , turning round. “I’ll give you a...

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...ming down with arrows and spears at a boat’s crew. So we only went to such islands as the missionaries had been to, and had made the people more gentl... ...what I can do. Can your grace dance?” “I danced with Uncle Joe at our last Christmas party,” said Lucy, with great dignity. “See now,” cried the Spani...

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...money enough from my share to buy a new gown. In this dress I will go to the Christmas parties, where all the young fel lows will propose to me, but... ...eek poets, in much obscu rity. Sardis, the capital of Lydia; Samos, a Greek island; Mesembria, an ancient colony in Thrace; and Cotiaeum, the chief ...

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... ‘He’s quite welcome to it. He’s as welcome as flowers in May, or coals at Christmas. Would you like this room, sir? Honour me by walking in. Do me th... ...the dwarf, ogling the accommodations; ‘a solitary, se questered, desolate island sort of spot, where I can be quite alone when I have business on han...

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... will bo ilhistraterl with actual missionary experiences in tjie south sea islands. MONDAY, APRIL 8 p, m,—Triaf.s for iuterclass de biite, 'Techuian a... ...affected by this influence, and this is not- ably true in tlie case of the Islands of the South Sea. Attempts were made by Scottish missionaries to es... ...als,and with these as assist- ants attempted to convert the savages of the Island of Aneityum. His work wasamong savages of the fiercest kind whose ch... ...reatment of the natives by English tratlers who fieipientJv stopped at the island and instigated the sav- ages to war that they might sell them amiiHi... ...ston, 111,, received the degree of Ph. D. from Chicago univer- sity at the Christmas convocation. He presented a thesis on Spanish literature and has ... ... 16. and several oth- er concerts in New York city and vicinity during the Christmas va- cation. The October number of the Bul- letin of the American ... ...nn '10 9.34DisBell '11 9.41 Kellegrew'U 9.48 Phillips '11- 9.55 Chang;e in Christmas Recess The Christmas recess will l)egin at 4.30 p. ni. on Thursda... ...lair Country club.Mofit- clair, N. J. Owing to a change in the date of the Christmas vaca- tion, a concuft ai Englewood. N. J., had to be canceled. Fi... ...he end of this week, the pipes will be ready for distribu- tion before the Christmas vaca- tion. Up to Tuesday, sixty or- ders had been received. Duri...

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...keep me awake until almost light, telling me stories of the natives of the Island of Tinian, and other places he had visited in his travels. At last I... ...d quarter. Besides, granting that we were still in the neighborhood of the island, why should not Augustus have visited me and informed me of the circ... ...rees 20' west, and consequently at no very great distance from the Bermuda Islands. Augustus therefore endeavored to console himself with the idea tha... ...be understood, a ship was to be intercepted on her way from the Cape V erd Islands to Porto Rico. No attention was paid to Augustus, who was untied an... ...e, agreeing in no point, except the attack on the ship from the Cape V erd Islands, with which they were in hourly expectation of meet- ing. As far as... ... or Desolation Island, in the Southern Indian Ocean, and came to anchor in Christmas Harbour, having four fathoms of water. 107 V olume Three This is... ...ops are perpetually covered with snow. There are several harbors, of which Christmas Harbour is the most convenient. It is the first to be met with on... ... every well-regulated human intellect. On the morning after our arrival in Christmas Harbour the chief mate, Mr. Patterson, took the boats, and (altho... ...the schooner to take them off. CHAPTER 15 ON THE TWELFTH we made sail from Christmas Harbour re- tracing our way to the westward, and leaving Marion’s...

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...ed his feet cautiously, and they rustled among dried stumps. “This is some island of last year’s indigo-crop,” he went on. “We shall find no men here;... ...levels of shining seas; but the Deluge had swept it away, leaving this one island under heaven for Findlayson and his companion, sole survivors of the... ... Man with the drinking-bottle, flinging his staff to the ground, while the island rang to the baying of hounds. “Give her the Justice of the Gods.” “Y... ...ng a little with the cold. “God knows!” said Findlayson. The river and the island lay in full daylight now, and there was never mark of hoof or pug on... ...s. Then the boss looked at the bit they’d sold with me, an’ s’ he: ‘Jiminy Christmas! This ‘u’d make a clothes-horse Stan’ ‘n end!’ Then he gave me a ... ...e might have seen in the connecting-rod a flexure something like that of a Christmas-tree candle which has melted and been straightened by hand over a... ...edge of the Indian Desert. He had danced with her several times at the big Christmas gatherings, when as many as five hundred white people came in to ... ...ered was: “I shall be glad to get back to the Club. Save me a dance at the Christmas Ball, won’t you?” “It’s a far cry from here to the Lawrence Hall,... ...odded. “We shall all be returned in a few weeks. Hawkins told me.” “Before Christmas, Mrs. Jim says. Sha’n’t you be glad to go back? I can smell the w...

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...shman!’ wheeling his finger to indicate what had happened to the T omnoddy islander. His master called to know if there were broken bones, as if he co... ...r. But be it admitted, that to any one loving colour, music, chivalry, the Island of Drab is an exile. Imagine, then, the strange magnetism drawing he... ...REACH OF THE CONVENTION ‘IT IS A DARK LAND,’ Carinthia said, on seeing our Island’s lowered clouds in swift motion, without a break of their folds, ab... ...ts may take; so do, in mercy, I say, let us bide for them. She thought our Island all the darker because Henrietta had induced her to talk on the boat... ...The two then went to the workshops beside a large pond, where there was an island bordered with birch trees and workmen’s cottages near the main build... ...sion of the stamina, and the grand voice of Captain Abrane, and the Father Christmas, roast-beef-of- Old England face of the umpire declared to be on ...

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...ia 27 Botswana 28 Brazil 30 British Indian Ocean Territory 31 British Virgin Islands 32 Brunei 33 Bulgaria 34 Burkina 36 Burma 37 Burundi 38 Cambodia ... ...6 Burma 37 Burundi 38 Cambodia 40 Cameroon 41 Canada 42 Cape Verde 44 Cayman Islands 45 Central African Republic -l(i Chad 47 Chile 49 China (Taiwan e... ...l African Republic -l(i Chad 47 Chile 49 China (Taiwan entry on page 274) 50 Christmas Island 52 Colombia 53 Comoros 54 iii Page (.'nnvjn 55 Cook Isl... ...Republic -l(i Chad 47 Chile 49 China (Taiwan entry on page 274) 50 Christmas Island 52 Colombia 53 Comoros 54 iii Page (.'nnvjn 55 Cook Islands 57 Co... ...Ecuador 69 Egypt 70 El Salvador 72 Equatorial Guinea 74 Ethiopia 75 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 76 Faroe Islands 77 Fiji 78 Finland 79_ France 8... ...ns: 6 states and 2 territories Dependent areas: Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Islan... ...200 to 2,499 m; 28 with runways less than 1,200 m; 2 sea- China (continued) Christmas Island plane stations; 4 heliports, 5 airfields under construct... ...tion: 2,243 (July 1987), average annual growth rate -0.76% Nationality: noun Christmas Islander(s), adjective Christmas Island Ethnic divisions: 61% C... ...g Company of Christ- mas Island, Ltd. Government Official name: Territory of Christmas Island Type: Australian territory Capital: The Settlement Legal...

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....” “I know. Don’t worry. I’ll be armed. I’ll get you out of there, I promise. Got it, son?” “Where are we going?” “Your brother’s flying us to the island with Grams where we’ll be safe. These things are attacking everybody in Myrtle Beach. We’ve gotta get far away from here as fast as we can.” On the other end of the phone, glass shattered with a crash, followed by my ...

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... of emotions. "We did it to protect ourselves from the French who invaded our island, pillaged our towns, slaughtered our people, but that was not e... ... sky began turning to black. Thousands of candles began to flicker on, like a Christmas tree, throughout the stadium. Suddenly, harsh lights began t...

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...ST, 63 -- CHAPTER XVIII ? EASTER SUNDAY???SAIL HO!???WHALES?SAN -- JUAN?ROMANCE OF HIDE-DROGHING?SAN DIEGO AGAIN, 67 -- CHAPTER XIX ? THE SANDWICH -- ISLANDERS?HIDE-CURING?WOOD-CUTTING? RATTLE-SNAKES?NEW-COMERS 74 -- CHAPTER XX ? LEISURE?NEWS FROM HOME???BURNING THE WATER??, 82 -- CHAPTER XXI ? CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS, 87 -- CHAPTER XXII ? LIFE ON SHORE?THE ALERT, 9...

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...N—ROMANCE OF HIDE DROGH ING—SAN DIEGO AGAIN CHAPTER XIX — THE SANDWICH 74 ISLANDERS—HIDE CURING—WOOD CUTTING— RATTLE SNAKES—NEW COMERS . . 82 CHAP... ...y, Nov. 4th. At day break saw land upon our larboard quarter. There were two islands, of different size but of the same shape; rather high, beginnin... ... and in a few hours we sank them in the northeast. These were the Falkland Islands. We had run between them and the main land of Patagonia. At suns... ...t head, said that he saw land on the starboard bow. This must have been the island of Staten Land; and we were now in the region of Cape Horn, with a... ... ice and snow on the Fourth of July. Thursday, Dec. 25th. This day was Christmas, but it brought us no holiday. The only change was that we had ... ...r, than the masters of vessels from Catholic countries. Yankees don’t keep Christmas, and shipmasters at sea never know when Thanksgiving comes, s... ...hould have no evenings to work in. Friday, December 25th. This day was Christmas; and as it rained all day long, and there were no hides to take... ...r dinner. The Russian brig, following the Old Style, had celebrated their Christmas eleven days before; when they had a grand blow out and (as our ... ...its tell us, he returns the next day on the back furrow; a region where, at Christmas time, I have seen old straw- berries still on the vines, by th...

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... tail above us, lit with myriad spots of light. THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE THE island dreams under the dawn And great boughs drop tranquillity; The peahen... ...ERE dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There we’ve hid our... ... on the wandering foam: I and you! THE ROSE 37 I am haunted by numberless islands, and many a Danaan shore, Where Time would surely forget us, and So... ...d him who sold tillage, and house, and goods, And sought through lands and islands numberless years, Until he found, with laughter and with tears, A w... ...nwind their dances when the light grows cool IN THE SEVEN WOODS 75 On the island lawns, their feet where the pale foam gleams. No boughs have withere... ...ved in joy and laughed into the face of Death. VII Her Friends Bring her a Christmas Tree Ppardon, great enemy, Without an angry thought We’ve carried...

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...rom the fast lane, she can relax and enjoy a mini-cruise to the photogenic Island of the Blue Lagoon where the movie Blue Lagoon was filmed. Awaiting ... ...a fluffy white shroud, winter had surely arrived and with a vengeance. The Christmas season was just two weeks away, and I really didn’t mind the snow... ...eks away, and I really didn’t mind the snow. I’ve always en- joyed a white Christmas because it sets the mood for the holiday season. By this time I w... ... set in. Like a child peering from a window, looking for old Saint Nick on Christmas Eve, I too found myself with my face pressed against the glass sc...

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...saics above, and the red drapery 178 Middlemarch which was being hung for Christmas spreading itself every- where like a disease of the retina. Not t... ... fain have returned home earlier that we might have been at Lowick for the Christmas; but my inquiries here have been protracted be- yond their antici... ...at- ing way, looking down at the notes and nervously fingering the paper, “Christmas upon us—I’m rather hard up just now. Y ou see, I have to cut out ... ...ence, who was a sailor every inch of him, and just the man to rule over an island like Britain. Old Featherstone had often reflected as he sat looking... ... Chettam. In fact, if it were possible to pack him off—send him to Norfolk Island—that sort of thing—it would look all the worse for Dorothea to those... ...f your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner-parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand. “N... ...ances, would have given him “time to look about him.” Naturally, the merry Christmas bringing the happy New Y ear, when fellow-citizens expect to be p...

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...gelists in the mosaics above, and the red drapery which was being hung for Christmas spreading itself everywhere like a disease of the retina. Not tha... ...ain have re turned home earlier that we might have been at Lowick for the Christmas; but my inquiries here have been protracted beyond their anticipa... ...sitating way, looking down at the notes and nervously fingering the paper, “Christmas upon us—I’m rather hard up just now. You see, I have to cut out e... ...ence, who was a sailor every inch of him, and just the man to rule over an island like Britain. Old Featherstone had often reflected as he sat looking ... ... Chettam. In fact, if it were possible to pack him off—send him to Norfolk Island— that sort of thing—it Middlemarch 391 would look all the worse for... ...of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately?” said Mr. Toller at one of his Christmas dinner parties, speaking to Mr. Farebrother on his right hand. “N... ...ances, would have given him “time to look about him.” Naturally, the merry Christmas bringing the happy New Year, when fellow citizens expect to be p...