The Phoenix: a monthly magazine for China, Japan & Eastern Asia, العدد 1

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George Yard, 1870
 

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الصفحة 180 - Till one arose, and from his pack's scant treasure A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster, And as the firelight fell, He read aloud the book wherein the Master Had writ of " Little Nell." Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy, — for the reader Was youngest of them all, — But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall ; The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened...
الصفحة 180 - ABOVE the pines the moon was slowly drifting, The river sang below ; The dim Sierras, far beyond, uplifting Their minarets of snow. The roaring camp-fire, with rude humor, painted The ruddy tints of health On haggard face and form that drooped and fainted In the fierce race for wealth ; Till one arose, and from his pack's scant treasure A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them...
الصفحة 180 - In the scene that ensued I did not take a hand; But the floor it was strewed Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding, In the game
الصفحة 102 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage: If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
الصفحة 31 - He through whom the sky is bright and the earth firm ; He through whom the Heaven was 'stablished — nay, the highest heaven — He who measured out the light in the air. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
الصفحة 102 - He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me" —in those who do not harbour such thoughts hatred will cease. For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
الصفحة 31 - He over whom the rising sun shines forth; — Who is the god to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?
الصفحة 31 - I N the beginning there arose the Source of golden light. He was the only born lord of all that is. He established the earth, and this sky. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice? HE who gives life. He who gives strength; whose blessing all the bright gods desire; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death.
الصفحة 132 - Smith. — A VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH. of Places, Persons, Tribes, and Sects, in China, Japan, Corea, Assam, Siam, Burmah, The Straits, and adjacent Countries. By F. PORTER SMITH, MB, London, Medical Missionary in Central China. 4to. half-bound, pp. vi., 72, and x. 1870. 10«.
الصفحة 203 - Those that prolong their existence can only be the most perfect in health and vigour...

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