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The man who can see without inward tears the self-inflicted wounds of that American people can hardly have within his bosom the tenderness of an Englishman's heart. But the strong runner will rise again to his feet, even though he be stunned by his fall. He will rise again, and will have learned something by his sorrow. His anger will pass away, and he will again brace himself for his work.
Bayonet-fighting today is not a pretty thing to see it is not an artistic fencing-match in which men give and take it is slaughter inevitable and quickly over. Dietz lunged once madly at Olson's throat. A short point, with just a twist of the bayonet to the left sent the sharp blade over the Englishman's left shoulder.
On my saying it was contrary to an Englishman's religion to bet wagers, he dismissed me; immediately after the two rajahs produced their cocks and commenced fighting for one rupee a side. I was now obliged to give the old Baudarre five rupees to take some care of me, as whilst walking about, the people not only thrust their hands into my pockets, but pulled the buttons from my clothes.
Dana Da's letters were very insulting, and if he had then offered to lead a new departure, there is no knowing what might not have happened. But Dana Da was dying of whiskey and opium in the Englishman's godown, and had small heart for honours. 'They have been put to shame, said he. 'Never was such a Sending. It has killed me.
The natives find the leaf in the forests by the aid of trained monkeys, and only in very small quantities. Do you follow me?" "Yes, I follow you." Victor Durnovo leant forward until his face was within three inches of Meredith, and the dark wild eyes flashed and glared into the Englishman's steady glance. "What," he hissed, "what if I know where Simiacine grows like a weed?
Iago, Stephen murmured. He lifted his gaze from the idle shells to the old man's stare. He knew what money was, Mr Deasy said. He made money. A poet, yes, but an Englishman too. Do you know what is the pride of the English? Do you know what is the proudest word you will ever hear from an Englishman's mouth? The seas' ruler.
It is no exaggeration to say that Edward Henry felt a wave of cold in the small of his back, and also a sinking away of the nevertheless quite solid chair on which he sat. He had more than the typical Englishman's sane distrust of that morbid word 'Intellectual. His attitude towards it amounted to active dislike.
His own team had given up the ghost long ago, and a treacherous Kogmollock from the Roes Welcome had stolen the Englishman's outfit in the last lap of their race down from Fullerton's Point. What he carried was Conniston's, with the exception of his rifle and his own parka and hood. He even wore Conniston's watch. His pack was light.
But he preferred fiction, and as the consignee of an endless succession of French novels he became a marked man in the eyes of the village postmaster. Two years had thus been spent, when a Dr. Lewins, who was known as a 'materialistic philosopher, visited the station and made the young Englishman's acquaintance.
'This house is, of course, inviolable; and, whatever the madness of the people, we have stout hearts enough here to enforce respect thereto; but I cannot answer even for an Englishman's life beyond its precincts; and you, Ribaumont, whom I cannot even claim as my Queen's subject I greatly fear to trust you beyond its bounds. 'I cannot help it, sir.
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