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And he has been saying something about . . . ?" "It isn't only Ronny, you know," Freddie hastened to interject. "Algy Martyn's talking about it, too. And lots of other fellows. And Algy's sister and a lot of people. They're all saying . . ." "What are they saying?" Freddie bent down and chafed the back of his legs.
This they do for the 'better prevention of scandals; and one cannot deny that they attain their end, though they pay dearly for it. I shall never forget the start I gave when, on reading some old book about India, I came across an after-dinner jest of Henry Martyn's.
He had a theory that if a man did not stay by his work all day and most of the night he laid himself open to fever: so he ate and slept among his files. "Can you do it?" be said drowsily. "I didn't mean to bring you over." "About what ~ I've been dining at the Martyns'." "The Madras famine, of course. Martyn's warned, too. They're taking men where they can find 'em.
The rude country roads had disappeared; his drivers were half mutinous; one of Martyn's loaned policemen had died of cholera; and Scott was taking thirty grains of quinine a day to fight the fever that comes if one works hard in heavy rain; but those were things he did not consider necessary to report.
Sacramentarianism and sacerdotalism had not then begun to afflict the Church of India. There were giants in those days, in Bengal, worthy of Carey and of the one work in which all were the servants of one Master. Let us look a little more closely at Henry Martyn's Pagoda.
There stood Clarence on deck, and after the first greeting, he laid his hand on Martyn's arm and said, 'My mother is gone? and on the wondering assent, 'I was quite sure of it. So they came ashore, Clarence lying in the man-of-war's boat, in which his friend insisted on sending him, able now to give a smiling response and salute to the three cheers with which the crew took leave of him.
During the conversations and consultations as to who could be asked, the thought came upon Mackenzie, why should he strive to send forth others without going himself. He could not put it from his mind. He read Henry Martyn's life, and resolved on praying for guidance as to his own duty. In the words of his letter to Mrs.
Only had Griff ever comprehended the worth of his treasure? Emily went as late as she could, that there might be the less chance of a tete-a-tete, in which she might be surprised into a betrayal of her secret: indeed she only started at last when Martyn's impatience had become intolerable. What was our amazement when, much earlier than we expected, we saw Mr.
The rude country roads had disappeared; his drivers were half mutinous; one of Martyn's loaned policemen had died of cholera; and Scott was taking thirty grains of quinine a day to fight the fever that comes with the rain: but those were things Scott did not consider necessary to report.
The effect of his sermon in touching the heart of one young woman was long remembered, in consequence of a memoir of her, entitled "The Dairyman's Daughter," which was drawn up after her death by the clergyman of her parish, the Rev. Legh Richmond. It was as trying a voyage as Henry Martyn's, except that even less was to be expected from his shipmates.
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