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...of tables that constituted the Women's Lodge. In the middle of the room, three minor Chinese government officials--smartly-dressed in khaki pants, Polo shirts, and completely-ignored--drank tea and conducted their own conversation in an incomprehensible language. They were, after all, the owners of the crops these farmers were attempting--against increasingly-dismal odd...

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...hip steamed up the coast of Africa, stopping briefly at a few ports to take on fresh supplies and water and then rounded the Cape of Good Hope into ... ...t an enormous swell, pausing for a brief moment before her bows crashed down and down into a deep watery valley and then drunkenly rolled up again. ... ...minated the darkness for a moment and Helen saw, to her horror, a gigantic, white-crested wall of water approaching the ship. Above the roar she hea... ...egor told Helen, as they watched the dhows change course rapidly, ‘The British Navy patrol these waters to prevent these slave traders from carrying... ...ol of dolphins playfully swimming alongside the ship, with elegant dives and arced jumps over the water. It was a beautiful evening, the sea calm, t... ...ave always believed that you two are soulmates and one day your love for each other will win.’ A polo match was arranged in the grounds of the Nawab... ... the dashing figure of her husband, dark and strikingly handsome in his cream riding breeches and polo shirt. His athletic figure, dark brown curls... ...wicked, impudent smile that always set her heart thumping. Then he was back in the fray of the polo field and Helen’s blushes were not lost on her... ... a warrior who seemed to enjoy the thrill of battle, as if it was no more than a vigorous game of polo. She, herself, had little time to brood. Grap...

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...th No Name Then across the departure lounge, a hefty young man in a blue polo shirt came striding toward me. He looked serious, like a stu­ dent rig... ...te Chip Cookie Company. Three years before my unexpected meeting with Mr. Polo Shirt in Los Angeles, the divorce between me and the nationally reno... ...se was not at all what I expected; four months later, the man in the blue polo shirt walked into my life and changed it forever. 18 • Man with No ... ...ious cakes and sweet potato pie, which was all washed down with red soda water. It was a soul food feast, which everyone was ready and able to part... ...py, effervescent style to attract the attention of con­ sumers to my mouth-watering morsels. My cookies and I became a duo, and we put on a show toge... ...ntire lifetime whom you know will honestly love you through hell and high water?" I knew in my heart that it was time for me to make a deeper commit... ...t a friend who, when taking a shower in the morning, enjoys more than the water washing his skin. He imagines a clear rain of spiritual water cleans... ..., in an effort to set my mind at ease, he said, "We will be bathed in the waters of victory." Meanwhile, broke but not broken, I set about gathering...

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...lright,” she patted him on the arm. “We’ve got ten minutes. Need anything?” “A glass of water would be nice.” “You got it, boss.” Simmons colla... ... got it, boss.” Simmons collared a woman carrying a clipboard, “Get Mr. Stone a glass of water. And I mean now. We’ve got eight minutes to show tim... ...to show time.” “Sure thing,” she said and scurried away and returned in seconds with the water. “Anything else, Boss?” “No, honest I’m fine,” St... ...ith the water. “Anything else, Boss?” “No, honest I’m fine,” Stone said sipping on the water. - J.Cross/Stone 5 Simmons moved the glass out... ...iter who asked in Spanish to take their order. “Scotch, no ice. And I’ll have a mineral water,” Brand ordered in Spanish. He had quit drinking ten... ...a comfortable chair near the stone fireplace. He was dressed in black slacks and a purple Polo shirt. He looked around the room. It was immense, yet...

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...the East with the West began in a vast, global way. Another Italian, Marco Polo, had already begun this unification some years before. I believe... ...m, and this goal is being reached every day a bit more. I mentioned Marco Polo, who created the first connection between West and East; I mentioned... ... of passage or transformation, it has no need for an external catalyst. Water needs heat to pass from a liquid state to gas, it can’t do it all by... ...to gas, it can’t do it all by itself. Heat is an agent that is external to water. A plant needs the energy that it receives from the earth and the s... ... The voyage of Ulysses and the development of the fetus both take place in water. It shouldn’t be difficult to see the analogy between the Mediterra... ...ples of tyrannical, possessive mothers. I suggest you watch the movie “Like water for chocolate”, if it can help refresh your memory. As the god of ... ...diterranean represents the wanderings of a human being in the tramautizing waters inside the womb, full of anguish and terror, it won’t be enough for...

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...g Hangar Lane, there was a girl. He blinked as the low evening sun made his eyes water. But there was no mistake. A young girl, no more than 16 year... ...ad, wheat, or carbs. She ate lots of fruit, salads and soup. She drank plenty of water and smoothies. She was in control. But she had to acknowledg... ... up in his thick blue dressing gown from home. James saw the smashed vase, the water and the flowers strewn over the floor. He could hear his sist... ...nkler systems fitted. The lift was still rising but there did not seem to be any water coming out from the ceiling. Would the lift shut down in the ... ...ly short, Tommy noted appreciatively. Dave Sturn looked ridiculous in his jeans, polo shirt and a long white coat. 142 “Where’d you get that o... ...ned in the back of a police van. Stannard was starting to stir. James found some water in a cup and tipped it over her. She spluttered and sat up. ...

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...1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet...

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...ce ―Knowledge is power,‖ a quote by Francis Bacon. . CHAPTERS 1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoT... ...invention. Paper and print nourish China’s awakening, which dazzles Marco Polo. 7. Islam‘s Great Gifts to the West One precept of the Koran state... ... ahead will expose you to offbeat tales that include the following:  ―Water monkeys.‖ 2  The ―goldsmith sire of capitalism.‖  Fearsome Mongo... ...ention of Aquatic Apes the previous week—wanted to hear more about ―those water monkeys. CHAPTER 1 ―I am thoroughly convinced that language ev... ...t of man’s basic need to complain.‖ —Comedienne Lily Tomlin (1939–) Did Water Monkeys Swim Before We Spoke? In the Bible, God‘s first gift to ma... ...d. There, they learned to become bipedal by keeping their heads above the water while they let the water support their weight. Body changes that ... ...olls. Two-color printing (black and red) was seen as early as 1340. Marco Polo hailed literate China’s wonders The journeys of Marco Polo (1254–13... ... 150 feet above sea level. Detailed accounts support the gist of Marco Polo‘s fourteenth-century tales of wealthy Chinese city-states with popula... ...: Please BOX And Fill This Full Page With The Following <<<<< Marco Polo Touted China‘s Magnificence 10 The Chinese Imperial Palace wasn...

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...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI re...

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... that is rapidly bringing it to the leadership position of the world. Marco Polo would be proud. It practically owns the United States. The U.S. has ... ...iar in the oriental paintings of days gone by. Another featured an immense waterfall cascading down its face. Larger than Niagara, more impressive t... ...conomy. Still, she warned, Kino was contemplating a war to stop the air and water pollution of the United States and Europe which was endangering the... ...he West, our machinery and robots now do the work that the peasant and the water buffalo used to do. So we don‘t offer farm subsidies. The farmers p... ...mes richer it buys more cars and oil, more electronics products, uses more water, pollutes more air and does all of the same negative things that the... ...have never been well accepted by the Chinese, with the exceptions of Marco Polo and Richard Nixon. SEX IMBALANCE--GENDER EQUALITY ―As a res... ...e the realities. If the population keeps growing there would not be as much water for everybody. There will be more pollutions and more warming. Ther...

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...hip was commanded by a Dutchman -- Dying superstition 81-89 CHAPTER VII. Marco Polo's visit to the Great Khan of Tartary. -- The most interesting land... ...d Columbus' first voyage -- John Cabot in Mecca -- -- A brief biography of the Polos -- Circumstances under which the elder Polos went to Cathay -- Th... ...ther and uncle -- The wealth of Ormus -- Crossing the great Gobi desert -- The Polos attached to the Royal Court -- Marco is educated for the Khan's s... ...e of coal as fuel 102- 117 CHAPTER IX. In the land of Gold and ugly beasts. -- Polo confounds crocodiles with serpents -- Descriptions which he gives ... ...own -- Terrifying sights in the sky -- The excitable historian -- A marvellous water-bearing tree -- Man-eaters of the deep -- Mother Carey's chickens... ...man's Land -- How the natives live -- Evidences of cannibalism -- Six gigantic waterspouts -- The billy-goat attacks a native boy -- A ruined shirt --... ...umstances preceding and leading to the killing of Capt. Cook -- A fight in the water -- Death of Cook - - Repulse of the mariners -- Forcing a surrend... ...Demons of the storm...................................................... 73 A water-spout at sea........................................................ ...d preached and healed, which sent their 4000 ships to and fro upon its crystal waters; where are the ports of Tyre and Sidon of the Phoenicians that r...

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...ce ―Knowledge is power,‖ a quote by Francis Bacon. . CHAPTERS 1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoT... ...invention. Paper and print nourish China’s awakening, which dazzles Marco Polo. 7. Islam‘s Great Gifts to the West One precept of the Koran state... ...ower to feel and to will: the capacity for knowledge—Merriam Webster  ―Water monkeys.‖ 2  The ―goldsmith sire of capitalism.‖  Fearsome Mongo... ...ention of Aquatic Apes the previous week—wanted to hear more about ―those water monkeys. CHAPTER 1 ―I am thoroughly convinced that language ... ...t of man’s basic need to complain.‖ —Comedienne Lily Tomlin (1939–) Did Water Monkeys Swim Before We Spoke? In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man ... ...d. There, they learned to become bipedal by keeping their heads above the water while they let the water support their weight. Body changes that le... ...olls. Two-color printing (black and red) was seen as early as 1340. Marco Polo hailed literate China’s wonders The journeys of Marco Polo (1254–1324... ... 150 feet above sea level. Detailed accounts support the gist of Marco Polo‘s fourteenth-century tales of wealthy Chinese city-states with popula... ...on: Please BOX and fill this full page with the following <<<<< Marco Polo touted China‘s magnificence 10 The Chinese Imperial Palace wasn’t...

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...nd setting it on top of my bed. Then I put in a few Banana Republic stretch polos, with matching boot-cut indigo jeans and some Hugo Boss dress shir... ...der is a big problem for him, all he needs to do is drink massive amounts of water, then his body will have no choice but to pee, even with people ar... ...e but something is just in the way mentally. By drinking massive amounts of water over time, he'll start peeing in front of people and eventually br... ...e more stacks of newspapers and magazines, as well as a multitude of opened water bottles on top of the end table, right next to my parents. It's un... ...ocial life. — I decide to go to the refrigerator to get a drink of distilled water, to soothe my parched throat and ease my nervousness. Perhaps I s... ... ever go on dates. First, I pick out my wardrobe: a Banana Republic stretch polo with matching indigo, boot-cut jeans wait — I've worn all this befor... ...n Cowboy Organic Cologne Dusk , and spray it all ™ ™ over my body like it's water the scent so strong that you can taste it; that's one way to eat — ...

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...l of our fleet. I had pictured the ships as fast moving, bright on bright water. As the first one approached, I saw no happy faces, no lifted hands,... ... 11 I watched an anchor plunge slowly and saw the sail topple into the water and heard a man cry some name. Shouts went up. A chorus began. Vo... ...wn, Alcaeus. Come, I’ll help you.” And when he was settled, I brought him water. “Water...there hasn’t been much water these last few days at sea...... ... his net, clouds over the mountain. I noticed Atthis against the luminous water, her fragile face trusting life. Her yellow ringlets in my lap, she ... ...e shore, walking uncertainly, but keeping out of the way of the inrushing water. Where rocks littered the beach, he allowed me to help him, and was ... ...a spoiled child. Travel... Francesco has never read the Travels of Marco Polo, but he is reading the book to me; he reads in the afternoons, maybe ... ...red, he reads to me by candlelight, beside my ducal bed. I respect Marco Polo. I believe what he wrote. He was no millioni. He was fortunate to fin... ...ustichello to record his story. Perhaps Francesco is mine. When I visited Polo’s prison cell in Genoa someone showed me the painstaking calendar he ... ...f the calendar—a dragon underneath. In Florence, in Andrea’s home, I read Polo’s book and dreamed of crossing the Lop Desert on camelback; I imagine...

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...bserved, she paused between a salesman's ice chest of coconuts and bottled water and a woman stringing together jasmine rosaries from a small table. L... ... the obsequious norm with a refreshing brashness that was like having cold water thrown into his face. But like a fish that was suddenly snagged on a ... ...is name, 'Zero', and four times there was nothing. (If his brainwaves were water flooding into his hard skull boat and the air-conditioned drafts that... ...o," he lied to himself; and then began to wash his face at a sink. The tap water pulsated out in an extorted and convulsing trickle, pushing him a lit... ...ckness, knowing himself to be like a bit of top soil washed away in storm waters, and think nothing of it. So Kimberly was dead...so, he had a son by... ...ch could be gained in no other way. A m้ ้ lange of croquet and billiards, polo and wrestling, this sport and aggression performed in the heterosexual...

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...ation Pg 1055 Domestication and Slavery Pg 1055 Advertizing Pg 1059 Water Pg 1062 Cleanliness Pg 1068 Movies Pg 1074 Farming Pg 107... ... No two grains of sand are exactly identical to each other. No two drops of water are exactly the same. No two snowflakes are identical to each ot... ...en the number of permutations of different grains of sand, different drops of water, different snowflakes, different atoms, different planets, diffe... ...rm of Organic Impetus splitting. Science can explain where the seed gets its water from, and where it gets its nutrition from and how it begins to ... ...naturally by itself… it goes around objects in its path naturally: just like water flows naturally around stones in a shallow stream and once havin... ... body to the max… somebody do it. Running with the ball… that is like water polo, only on land: and if a foot race ensues between the fastest spe...

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...s for a fundamental shift in our tolerance of the status quo: a col- lective watershed security moment, or a more glacial death of a thousand cuts. Bo... ...generativity of the Internet. Cybersecurity and the Generative Dilemma 51 A WATERSHED SCENARIO Suppose that a worm is released that exploits security... ...themselves. The Rise and Stall of the Generative Net 52 A GLACIAL SHIFT The watershed scenario is plausible, but a major malware catastrophe depends ... ... or built into their operating systems. These factors defending us against a watershed event are less effective against the death of a thousand cuts. T... ... watershed event are less effective against the death of a thousand cuts. The watershed scenario, indeed any threat fol- lowing the Morris worm model, ... ...mpendium of such disclosures, including those by Mas- terCard International, Polo/Ralph Lauren, Bank of America, and several universities. See Washing...

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...t he calls a nasal accent. I know better. They stole books from across the water without paying for ‘em, and the snort of delight was fixed in their n... ...est collection of humanity on God’s earth, sir, started this town, and the water came up to the foot of Market Street.” Very terrible were some of the... ...wooden boxes broke of them- selves as they were dumped down under a jet of water, and 30 American Notes the salmon burst out in a stream of quicksilv... ...d for flaws, and then sunk with a hundred companions into a vat of boiling water, there to be half cooked for a few minutes. The cans bulged slightly ... ...lack cherries for something less than a rupee, and got a drink of icy-cold water for nothing, while the untended team browsed sagaciously by the road-... ...h into dog-carts and raiment of English cut, and here in Buffalo they play polo at four in the afternoon. I saw three youths come down to the polo-gro...

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...sake–the stealthy prowl through the dark gullies and lanes, the crawl up a waterpipe, the sights and sounds of the women’s world on the flat roofs, an... ...door. The big Punjabi grinned toler antly: he knew Kim of old. So did the water carrier, sluicing water on the dry road from his goat skin bag. So di... ...the Kailas–but what know you? From the Hills where’–he sighed–‘the air and water are fresh and cool.’ ‘Aha! Khitai [a Chinaman],’ said Abdullah proudl... ...hierarchy of kings, elders, and old time Buddhas. Below were lotus covered waters with fishes and water birds. Two butterfly winged dewas held a wreat... ...he bowl. ‘Eat now and–I will eat with thee. Ohe, bhisti!’ he called to the water carrier, sluicing the crotons by the Museum. ‘Give 16 Kim water here... ...in, pull up!’ cried a voice, and an Englishman raced alongside on a little polo pony. ‘I’ve been chasing you half over the country. That Kabuli of you... ...e some young stuff coming on made by Heaven for the delicate and difficult polo game. He has no equal. He–‘ ‘Plays polo and waits at table. Yes. We kn... ...ds that young horse,’ said Mahbub, ‘I say that when a colt is born to be a polo pony, closely following the ball without teaching–when such a colt kno... ...a heavy cart, Sahib!’ ‘So say I also, Mahbub. The colt will be entered for polo only. (These fellows think of nothing in the world but horses, Padre.)...

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...t Ditch,’ Ortheris explained. ‘Said there was too much beer in the Barrack water-butts for a God-fearing man. Y ou was lucky in gettin’ orf with wot y... ...ng every two minutes for the benefit of the fishery craft that crowded the waterways. From the bridge the fo’c’sle was invisible; from the hand-wheel ... ...ver. Then the other ship blew a fog-horn. I remem- ber thinking, as I took water from the port bulwark, that this was rather ostentatious after she ha... ...root burned like a head-lamp. There was neither breath nor motion upon the waters through which the screw was thudding. They spread, dull silver, un- ... ...ter was. She was so small that she could not have struck even a log in the water without every soul on board feeling the jar; and even if she had stru... ... if the Sahib will only come with me. He is thir- teen three, Sahib, plays polo, goes in a cart, carries a lady and—Holy Kurshed and the Blessed Imams...

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...ess-likely attentive as he could be, having due regard to his work and his polo. Beyond doubt both girls were fond of him. As the hot weather drew nea... ...ses, with the thunder clattering overhead, and the lightning spurting like water from a sluice, all ways at once. There was no danger, of course, unle... ...lds” and win the bracelet, Barr-Saggott turned a delicate green like young water-grass. Next, she shot over the target twice, then wide to the left tw... ...ough now, and is getting serious. Platte, the Subaltern, being poor, had a Waterbury watch and a plain leather guard. The Colonel had a Waterbury watc... ...ap and an ordinary leather guard there is no great difference; between one Waterbury watch and another there is none at all. Every one in the station ... ...onel’s Wife’s upbringing. Over and above all, was the damning lip-strapped Water- bury, ticking away in the palm of her shaking, withered hand. At tha... ...inald Burke, Manager of the Sind and Sialkote Branch Bank.” You might play polo with him one afternoon and hear him express his opinions when a man cr... ...well, I do hope you’ll pay some heed to my words.” Reggie, who had dropped polo, and dinners, and tennis, and all to attend to Riley, said that he was... ...and crying.” —Munichandra, translated by Professor Peterson THE POLO-BALL was an old one, scarred, chipped, and dinted. It stood on the man...

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...gh’s treatment was simple to a degree. It con- sisted of liver pills, cold-water baths, and strong exercise, taken in the dusk or at early dawn—for, a... ...ight- o’—Love, crept round Jakko in couples. The road was stream- ing with water; the pines dripped like roof-pipes on the rocks below, and the air wa... ... the strong hand of the Government to protect them, but take refuge in the waterless sands), and drive sumptuous C-spring barouches, and buy beautiful... ...ground rose suddenly in front of us, and as we topped the ascent I saw the waters of the Sutlej shining like a silver bar below. Then Pornic blundered... ...l exhausted, but had not hurt himself in the least. His saddle, a favorite polo one was much knocked about, and had been twisted under his belly. It t... ... I think of it now. T wo or three men trod on my panting body as they drew water, but they were evidently used to this sort of thing, and had no time ...

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...rmour. Gustave Dore makes it an elaborate fountain such as no arriero ever watered his mules at in the corral of any venta in Spain, and thereby entir... ... fetching through the air upon a cloud some damsel or dwarf with a vial of water of such virtue that by tasting one drop of it they were cured of thei... ...n by all. Meanwhile one of the carriers who were in the inn thought fit to water his team, and it was necessary to remove Don Quixote’s armour as it l... ...(for the carrier still lay senseless), came with the same object of giving water to his mules, and was proceeding to remove the armour in order to cle... ...nds he had received in battle; and then he would drink a great jug of cold water and be- come calm and quiet, saying that this water was a most precio... ... the Salamancan,’ and this other has the same title, and its author is Gil Polo.” “As for that of the Salamancan,” replied the curate, “let it go to s... ..., “let it go to swell the number of the condemned in the yard, and let Gil Polo’s be preserved as if it came from Apollo himself: but get on, gossip, ... ...r John of the Indies, or some other that Ptolemy never described nor Marco Polo saw? And if, in answer to this, I am told that the authors of books of... ...n the direct male line), when they vanquished the sons of the Count of San Polo. I shall be told, too, that Don Fernando de Guevara did not go in ques...

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...rmour. Gustave Dore makes it an elaborate fountain such as no arriero ever watered his mules at in the corral of any venta in Spain, and thereby entir... ... fetching through the air upon a cloud some damsel or dwarf with a vial of water of such virtue that by tasting one drop of it they were cured of thei... ...n by all. Meanwhile one of the carriers who were in the inn thought fit to water his team, and it was necessary to remove Don Quixote’s armour as it l... ...(for the carrier still lay senseless), came with the same object of giving water to his mules, and was proceeding to remove the armour in order to cle... ...nds he had received in battle; and then he would drink a great jug of cold water and be- come calm and quiet, saying that this water was a most precio... ... the Salamancan,’ and this other has the same title, and its author is Gil Polo.” 70 Don Quixote “As for that of the Salamancan,” replied the curate,... ..., “let it go to swell the number of the condemned in the yard, and let Gil Polo’s be preserved as if it came from Apollo himself: but get on, gossip, ... ...r John of the Indies, or some other that Ptolemy never described nor Marco Polo saw? And if, in answer to this, I am told that the authors of books of... ...the direct male line), when they van- quished the sons of the Count of San Polo. I shall be told, too, that Don Fernando de Guevara did not go in ques...

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...uggled back toward his dream. He could see only her face now, beyond misty waters. The furnace-man slammed the basement door. A dog barked in the next... ...s done, his round face smooth and streamy and his eyes stinging from soapy water, he reached for a towel. The family towels were wet, wet and clammy a... ...n them a small table holding a standard electric bedside lamp, a glass for water, and a standard bedside book with colored illustrations—what particul... ...triumphant modern mattresses which had cost a great deal of money; the hot-water ra- diator was of exactly the proper scientific surface for the cubic... ...henians. Across the belt of railroad-tracks, facto- ries with high-perched water-tanks and tall stacks-facto- ries producing condensed milk, paper box... ...mous at conversa- tion. He spoke reasonably of psychoanalysis, Long Island polo, and the Ming platter he had found in Vancouver. She promised to meet ... ...nothing, eh?—if I’d thought I’d have to talk to women about primitives and polo! Good- ish thing to have in Nottingham, though; annoyed the mayor most...

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...rious flimsy modernisms, knicknacks, fans, brackets, china photographs and water-colours, a canary singing loud in the window in the winter sunshine. ... ... tower of Arnscombe, her parish church; and on a clear day, the glittering water of Rockstone bay. To Magdalen it was a delightful view, and delightfu... ...ven the ancient mahagony and rosewood, and she had accumulated a good many water colours, vases and knick-knacks. The old grand piano was found to be ... ...ds,” said Agatha. Magdalen felt as if these speeches were so many drops of water in her face and that of her beautiful Goyle, but she rose in its defe... ...t was a crazy bull Firing a blunderbuss; I looked again, and, lo, it was A water polypus. ‘Oh, guard my life,’ I said, ‘for she Will make an awful fus... ...ho was known to be a champion in Ceylon in all athletic sports, especially polo and cricket. Tall and well made, he had been devoted to all such games...

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...ic brotherhood. Chapter IV NO ONE WA S KINDER to me at that time than Rose Waterford. She combined a masculine intelli- gence with a feminine perversi... ...ng. It was at her house one day that I met Charles Strickland’s wife. Miss Waterford was giving a tea-party, and her small room was more than usually ... ...eak into any of the groups that seemed absorbed in their own affairs. Miss Waterford was a good hostess, and seeing my embarrassment came up to me. “I... ...o ascertain the fact before I spoke to her. 16 The Moon and Sixpence Rose Waterford cast down her eyes demurely to give greater effect to her reply .... ...cheon-parties. You’ve only got to roar a little, and she’ll ask you.” Rose Waterford was a cynic. She looked upon life as an opportunity for writing n... ...e K.C. told us of a case he was en- gaged in, and the Colonel talked about polo. I had nothing to say and so sat silent, trying po- litely to show int... ...d of the fact that for the ten years before he left the army he had played polo three days a week. “I don’t suppose Mrs. Strickland wants to be bother...

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...s of wine, but, moreover, to prevent his swallowing three or four pints of water unnecessarily!” Fernand gave a groan, which resembled a sob, and drop... ...au; C’est bien prouve par le deluge.’* * “The wicked are great drinkers of water As the flood proved once for all.” “You said, sir, you would like to ... ...ttracted universal notice. The old man was attired in a suit of glistening watered silk, trimmed with steel buttons, beautifully cut and polished. His... ...e oyster, — all the deli- cacies, in fact, that are cast up by the wash of waters on the sandy beach, and styled by the grateful fishermen “fruits of ... ...Meanwhile Fernand made his appearance, poured out for him- self a glass of water with a trembling hand; then hastily swallowing it, went to sit down a... ...lions. Into these pavilions he ad- mitted the elect, and there, says Marco Polo, gave them to eat a certain herb, which transported them to Paradise, ...

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...end, plunking paddles reech- oed by the pines, and a glow on black sliding waters. Carol’s family were self-sufficient in their inventive life, with C... ...orch indistinct in leafy shadows. But she ex- claimed over the lakes: dark water reflecting wooded bluffs, a flight of ducks, a fisherman in shirt sle... ...chocolate bars and lemon drops. A girl-child ceaselessly trots down to the water-cooler and back to her seat. The stiff paper envelope which she uses ... ...omfort- ably like a gravestone; the plain pine washstand and the garlanded water-pitcher and bowl. The scent was of horsehair and plush and Florida Wa... ... tell you that Clara Biggins was in town couple days ago? She bought a hot-water bottle—expensive one, too—two dollars and thirty cents!” “Yaaaaaah!” ... ...oias. They bathed in the surf and climbed foothills and danced, they saw a polo game and the making of motion-pictures, they sent one hundred and seve...

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...ring voice as Archer entered. “Y ou’d better take all your furs, and a hot-water-bottle.” “Why? Is the house so cold?” she asked, holding out her left... ... should be surprised by Madame Olenska’s visit. “She had on a black velvet polonaise with jet buttons, and a tiny green monkey muff; I never saw her s... ...hant- ing scenery and a wild, almost trapper-like existence amid woods and waters. But the Wellands always went to Newport, where they owned one of th... ...of stunted oaks, her veran- dahs spread themselves above the island-dotted waters. A winding drive led up between iron stags and blue glass balls embe... ...descended from the bank on which the house was perched to a walk above the water planted with weeping willows. Through their veil Archer caught the gl... ...the turret in which the light was hung. Archer waited till a wide space of water sparkled between the last reef of the island and the stern of the boa... ...ved that by that time he would have to be practising for the International Polo match. But Mr. Selfridge Merry had caught the phrase “round the world,...

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...tunate youth must have been brought very low by strait-lacing and milk-and-water.’ ‘Mr. Thorndale is willing to look up to Philip,’ ‘I don’t think the... ...ong; but just then an old tree stretched out its friendly arms through the water; it stopped the sheep, and I caught hold of the branches, and managed... ...of Kipchack, who existed somewhere in the dark ages. Then he came to Marco Polo, and Sir John Mandeville; and Guy , who knew both the books in the lib... ...something to look forward to; you make the singing not such mere milk-and- water, your reading the Praelectiones is an additional land- mark to time; ... ...little mountain-stream, and the dozen boats it could muster rocking on the water. Guy stood and looked as if he could never cease looking, or enjoying... ...ill, Sweeter melodies may wake On the lowly mountain rill Than the meeting waters make. Who hath the Father and the Son, May be left, but not alone. C...

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...culti- vates an art as a pretext for living in Europe. Mr. Leath’s art was water-colour painting, but he practised it furtively, almost clandestinely,... ...cy in her face, as though she had been brightly but lightly washed in with water-colour, all confirmed the evidence of her high sweet voice and of her... ...young man with eye-glasses, sat stolidly eating terrapin and talking about polo and investments. The young woman was undoubtedly as silly as ever; yet... ...t luminous blurs at the end of the wood-walks, and hung above the fields a watery glory like the ring about an autumn moon. “It’s good to be here,” Da... ...widened into a circle about a basin rimmed with stone, in which the opaque water strewn with leaves looked like a slab of gold-flecked agate. The path... ... the autumn stars trembled overhead like their own reflections seen in dim water. He lit his cigar, and they walked slowly up and down the flags in th...

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...ec- ond girl, clung to her aunt Julia; Eric, the son, clung frantically to polo; while Rose, the elder daughter, ap- peared to cling mainly to herself... ...l to fight; for a round of country visits was not in prospect, and English watering-places constituted one of the few subjects on which the girl had h... ...ared to herself despicably idle. She had succeeded in not going to Homburg waters, where London was trying to wash away some of its stains; that would...

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......................................................... 165 “BREAD UPON THE WATERS” ...................................................................... ...pport the last of the girders as those were riveted up. In the little deep water left by the drought, an overhead-crane travelled to and fro along its... ...roo was not within many silver pieces of his proper value. Neither running water nor extreme heights made him afraid; and, as an ex-serang, he knew ho... ... the tattered dwelling of a sea-priest—one who had never set foot on black water, but had been chosen as ghostly coun- sellor by two generations of se... ...Lascar grinned. “Then it will not be in this way—with stonework sunk under water, as the Quetta was sunk. I like sus-suspen-sheen bridges that fly fro... ...ah you could hear the native Police band hammering stale waltzes—or on the polo-ground, or in the high-walled fives- court, hotter than a Dutch oven. ... ...and women coming in for the Christmas Week, with racquets, with bundles of polo-sticks, with dear and bruised cricket-bats, with fox-terriers and sadd... ...ough they had fought their way, game by game, up the teams entered for the polo tournament, they were meeting theArchangels that afternoon in the fina... ..., the grey Syrian, pointed out, they were meeting the pink and pick of the polo-ponies of Upper In- dia, ponies that had cost from a thousand rupees e...

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...y. Now totally exhausted Suzy goes back into the lounge and covers the blood soaked carpet with old newspapers. Going into the bathroom she runs the water for a bath. Stripping off her clothes she walks to the kitchen and puts them in the washing machine. Putting it on a very hot wash she turns it on and goes back into the bathroom for her bath. The morning light wakes...

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...he soul, Forever and forever—longer than soil is brown and solid—longer than water ebbs and flows. I will make the poems of materials, for I think the... ...Walla Walla, Leaving such to the States they melt, they depart, charging the water and the land with names. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 35 17 Expa... ..., And went where he sat on a log and led him in and assured him, And brought water and fill’d a tub for his sweated body and bruis’d feet, And gave hi... ...autiful to her. Where are you off to, lady? for I see you, You splash in the water there, yet stay stock still in your room. Dancing and laughing alon... ... they are nothing. This is the grass that grows wherever the land is and the water is, This the common air that bathes the globe. 18 With music s... ...ans, Byzantium, the Arabs, Portuguese, The first travelers famous yet, Marco Polo, Batouta the Moor, Doubts to be solv’d, the map incognita, blanks to...

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...t, might vie with any of the or- molu’d cabinets of our friends across the water. Even now, there is present to our mind’s eye a small and not, ostent... ...shoe- marks down this lane, the party came at length to a pool of stagnant water, half hidden by the brambles, to the right of the lane, and opposite ... ... Provi- dence suggested to Mr. Goodfellow the expediency of drain- ing the water off altogether. This project was received with cheers, and many high ... ...a sensa- tion, in frivolous attempts at reconciling the obstinate oils and waters of ethical discussion. Not at all. Bon-Bon was Ionic— Bon-Bon was eq... ...forebore to whisk her tail in the presence of the man of genius. His large water-dog was acquainted with the fact, and upon the approach of his master... ...Natura solers finxit humanum genus ? Eternus, incorruptus, æquævus polo, Unusque et universus exemplar Dei.—And afterwards, No...

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...fill’ d, With pure fresh butter down in showers distill’ d: Wherewith when water’d was his grandam, Hey, Aloud he cried, Fish it, sir, I pray y’; Beca... ...wls to ting, glasses to ring. Draw, reach, fill, mix, give it me with- out water. So, my friend, so, whip me off this glass neatly, bring me hither so... ...basin, and fart for fatness, piss against the sun, and hide himself in the water for fear of rain. He would strike out of the cold iron, be often in t... ...gnor Brought her to me I waited for, In shitting! I would have cleft her watergap, And join’d it close to my flipflap, Whilst she had with her finge... ...uld, in which mood of laughing they continued so long, that their eyes did water by the ve- hement concussion of the substance of the brain, by which ... ...anus, Paulus Jovius the valiant, Jemmy Cartier, Chaton the Armenian, Marco Polo the Venetian, Ludovico Romano, Pedro Aliares, and forty cartloads of o...

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... dim lotos of human consciousness, finding itself afloat upon the bosom of waters without a shore—then a few sunny smiles and many tears—a little love... ...hich refreshed me greatly; for I had tasted nothing at all beyond a little water since the preceding morning’s break- fast. This refreshment seemed to... ...ope now shook my nerves: if they shook from that inevitable rocking of the waters that follows a storm, so much might be par- doned to the infirmity o... ...in coming behind the young man clandestinely and pushing him into the deep waters of the dock, when, being unable to swim, he perished by drown- ing. ... ...ould like to hear counsel on one puzzling point, why it is that a touch of water utterly ruins it, taking its life, and leaving a caput mortuum corpse... ... are phantom- haunted in the wilderness. The old V enetian traveller Marco Polo states them well: he speaks, indeed, of the Eastern or Tartar deserts;... ... probably enough) that from this account of the desert traditions in Marco Polo was derived Milton’s fine passage in Comus:— ‘Of calling shapes, and b...

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...ence alive from year to year. The reason for his heart was, approximately, polo, or too much hard sportsmanship in his youth. The reason for poor Flor... ...over the plages of the Riviera—like a gay tremu- lous beam, reflected from water upon a ceiling. And my function in life was to keep that bright thing... ...lorence’s afterwards became. He didn’t reside at Stamford; his home was in Waterbury where the watches come from. He had a factory there which, in our... ...ys in the town point after him and exclaim: “There goes the laziest man in Waterbury!” that he tried taking a tour round the world. And Florence and a... ...ldn’t have known he had one. He only left it to the physical laboratory at Waterbury for the benefit of science, since he considered it to be quite an... ... days after him. I wish I hadn’t. It was a great worry. I had to go out to Waterbury just after Florence’s death because the poor dear old fellow had ... ... a challenging look. Once when we were at Wiesbaden watching him play in a polo match against the Bonner Hussaren I saw the same look come into his ey... ...ng too much in one’s head would really interfere with one’s quick- ness in polo. It struck him, he said, that brainy Johnnies generally were rather mu... ... desire for the intimacy of solitude. He had gone, intending to talk about polo-ponies, and tennis-racquets; about the temperament of the reverend Mot...

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... day and I’ll show you round. Such a lovely place in the Rains! A sheet of water with the railway-embankment and the snakes sticking out, and, in the ... ...m Quid came to the trysting-place, he saw that the new grave had a foot of water in it, the ground being a tough and sour clay. ‘’Jove! That looks bea... ...g the funeral of the Tertium Quid, who was lowered into eighteen inches of water, instead of the twelve to which he had first objected. A Wayside Come... ...e hills; in Autumn, the white mists from the jhils cover the place as with water, and in Winter the frosts nip everything young and tender to earth-le... ...y heat has marked your forehead! Have you ever tried sulphate of copper in water? He. It’ll go away in a day or two up here. The arrangements are simp... ... under the porch. “HelIn, Orde! just looked in to ask if you are coming to polo on Tuesday: we want you badly to help to crumple up the Krab Bokbar te... ...sked Pagett, with an amused smile. “Just now he is Reggie Burke, keener on polo than on anything else, but if you go to the Sind and Sialkote Bank to-...

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...taught himself to regard himself as a young English gentleman of the first water, qualified by his birth and position to live with all that was most n... ... was fond of music. Soon after he was gone Major Tifto had some whisky-and-water, lit his third cigar, and began to feel the glory of belonging to the... ...t wine the servant gave him, mixing it, whatever it might be, with seltzer water. He had never been given much the pleasures of the table; but this ha... ... row of flowering ashes the drooping boughs of which in places touched the water. It was one of those spots which when they are first seen make the be... ...and any man’s airs. But these extravagances were due perhaps to whisky-and-water, and that kind of intoxica- tion which comes to certain men from mome... ...ond of doing much with your own arms and legs. ’ ‘I don’t know about that; polo, you know, for the legs, and lawn-tennis for the arms, is hard work en... ...ten months of the year, filling up his time as best he might with coaching polo, and pigeon-shooting. He regarded it as a great duty to keep his body ...

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...se of one thousand, that is, of one day’s work in the year. As by means of water-carriage, a more extensive market is opened to every sort of industry... ...hun- dred ton weight of goods. Six or eight men, therefore, by the help of water-carriage, can carry and bring back, in the same time, the same quanti... ...f fifty great waggons. Whereas, upon the same quantity of goods carried by water, there is to be charged only the mainte- nance of six or eight men, a... ... of the superior risk, or the difference of the insurance between land and water- carriage. Were there no other communication between those two 23 Ad... ...ent to each other’s industry. Since such, therefore, are the advantages of water-carriage, it is natural that the first improvements of art and indust... ...tries in the world. It seems, however, to have been long stationary. Marco Polo, who visited it more than five hundred years ago, describes its cultiv... ... that they were not the same with some of the countries described by Marco Polo, the first European who had visited, or at least had left behind him a... ... Cibao, a mountain in St. Domingo, and that of Cipange, mentioned by Marco Polo, was frequently sufficient to make him return to this favourite prepos... ...ut that they were the extremity of those which had been described by Marco Polo, and that they were not very distant from the Ganges, or from the coun...

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...There is as much evidence that the miracles occurred as that the battle of Waterloo occurred, or that a large body of Russian troops passed through En... ...cles, and reject the feeding of the multitude. T o some the walking on the water will be a legendary exaggeration of a swim, ending in an ordinary res... ... it would be ab- surd to provide microscopes and trombones, pet snakes and polo mallets, alembics and test tubes for everybody, as nine- tenths of the... ...mission of sins by repentance and the rite of baptism (being born again of water and the spirit). Peter’s first harangue softens us by the human touch... ...salvation was to be attained by a surgical operation or by a sprinkling of water: mere rites on which Jesus would not have wasted twenty words. Later ...

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...t and physical experience incident to boy- hood. The foot-ball, base-ball, polo or golf player very sel- dom becomes a robber or a burglar. Almost no ... ...d probably find out where the patient got his milk supply and his drinking water and would have the well cleaned out to stop the spread of typhoid fev... ...een vari- ous, the favorite ways being burning, boiling in oil, boiling in water, breaking on the rack, smothering, beheading, crucify- ing, stoning, ... ...ce that each of us had for life cannot be approxi- mated. All the drops of water in the ocean, or all the grains of sand upon the shore, or all the le... ... harbor of Nir- vana. But the life would not have been the same. A drop of water falls on the Rocky Mountains, it trickles along, going around through...