... for hundreds of years, gave them a life
of their own. The waters of the lake, too, and the dead trees, shared this life, he said.
'The proof,' he added,' - the proof off feeling ...
disappeared. I saw the black clothes of the officials, and the black curtains of the
hall. The white lips of the judges moved — they were of course ordering the details
of my...
... person's hair
nor his nails, look well out of their places. And the beauty of the kokila is its note, of
an ugly man knowledge, of a devotee forgiveness, and of a woman her chastity."
The Vampire ... teller of these tales — after making his initiatory and
propitiatory conge to Ganesha, Lord of Incepts, informs the reader that this book is a
string of fine pear...
... house-door double-locked. He did not know
what to do. eir father had given each of them a piece of
bread for their breakfast. He reected that he might make
use of the bread instead of the ... at it; she had had time
to think of what to say to him; for it is evident (though his-
tory says nothing of it) that the good fairy, during so long
The Tales of Mother Goose
By Ch...
... flat-topped mountains of Ombokoro, the fastness of the Berg Damaras,
thence following the dry river-bed of the Om- Mafako north-east to the confines of the
Omaheke desert that great north-western ... east, but turn somewhat
A RIP VAN WINKLE OF THE KALAHARI AND
OTHER TALES OF SOUTH-WEST AFRICA
A RIP VAN WINKLE OF THE KALAHARI AND
OTHER TALES OF SOUTH-WEST AFRICA
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... this book are real-life stories of highly caffeinated work, relatively sweat-free
code adventurers who dare to push the limits of a cool, little, pocket-sized, life-changing pair of devices known ... design usable and
attractive interfaces, and push the limits of the technology. Dave’s common-man touch, tell-it-like-it-is sense of
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... was only the seriousness of this offence
that allowed me to practise it. My friends, all of them, would
rather have doubted the clearest proofs than have suspected me of
such behaviour; for ... charge of two lamps;
Legrand took only the goldbug, tied to the end of a long piece of
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string, which he swung as he walked. Tears came to my eyes
when I saw this last, clear proof...