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The Manchus are descended from a branch of certain wild Tungusic nomads, who were known in the ninth century as the Nü-chêns, a name which has been said to mean "west of the sea." The cradle of their race lay at the base of the Ever-White Mountains, due north of Korea, and was fertilised by the head waters of the Yalu River.
It was the last time I saw him, and we were both young and full of all the great changes we were to bring about." He smiled, half it seemed in amusement, half in regret. "We talked of the Road, of course. Well, there's just one change. The old woman, sitting there with the shawl upon her shoulders now, was in those days the young woman rocking the cradle and working with her needle. That's all.
"Well, I thought maybe it was a new kind, or maybe a kitten's cradle," laughed Teddy. "Nope; it isn't that either," went on Janet, as she kept on twisting the strings around the sticks. "Well, what are you making?" "A bow and arrow." "Ho! Ho!" laughed Jan's brother "You can't make a bow and arrow that way. Anyhow you don't need a string for an arrow." "I know that!" Jan said.
Here are the bodies of Saint Eléazer and Sainte Delphine his wife, a couple so pious that every morning they dressed a Statue of the Infant Jesus, and every night they undressed it and laid it to rest in a cradle. There is also the rosary of Sainte Delphine whose every bead contained a relic; and before the Revolution there were other treasures innumerable.
'Why, where do you suppose? said I. 'In its cradle, of course. I tucked it up well before I came away, and she won't dare to mistreat it for one while, I said. 'Go and get it! says my sister Rejoice. 'How dared you come home without it? Go and get it this minute, do you hear? I stared as if I had seen a vision. 'Rejoice, what are you thinking of? I asked. 'Bring that child here?
Another proof of the mythical character of Gladstone is the number of his birthplaces. Many cities claimed the honour of being his cradle, exactly as in the cases of Apollo and Irving. Their claims were allowed by the Deity.
"At last, on the ninth day, they were so weary that they took shelter in a stable with the cattle, and there on that night our Blessed Saviour was born. They were poorer than you, my children, for they had no place to lay their heads, and the Queen of Heaven had only a manger in which to cradle her newborn son. It is to commemorate their wanderings that you make your Pasada."
A strange sound came from Granville, the sound of a low singing from upstairs, from yes, it was from the front bedroom. He went through the lower rooms and out into the garden. Nobody was there. The Baby's cradle and pram were empty. And still from upstairs the voice came singing. In all his knowledge of her he had never known Violet to sing. He went upstairs.
Oh let me entreat you, with the brief and stammering words of a warm heart, overwhelmed with emotions and with sorrowful cares let me entreat you, ladies, to be watchful of the sympathy of your people, like the mother over the cradle of her beloved child. It is worthy of your watchful care, because, it is the cradle of regenerated humanity.
"'Twill hearten us all up ere we sleep, since there is naught else to be done." "That will I, mother," replied Old Faithful with alacrity, "and in the very words of my revered master as written in that book of books, his Memoirs, which doubtless the most Learned-of-the-Universe will read some day." Mirak, who was back at his cat's cradle, looked up with grave superiority. "Nay, slave!
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