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And Prince Shan, too. I think that when he rode here through the clouds, he believed in his heart that he was coming as a harbinger of woe." "You really think, then, that the crisis is past?" Nigel asked. She nodded. "I am almost sure of it. Prince Shan returns to China within the course of the next few days." "We have lived so long," Nigel observed, "in dread of the unknown.
'Shan Brothers' have a brand still called 'Green Dragon Pagoda Tea. There wasn't no real doubt but the income of the temple was large, and yet it didn't appear at Lo Tsin's death that he'd ever drawn anything out of it. The whole thing was gold-leafed from top to bottom, and full of bronze and lacquer statues, and two green dragons at the gate, and ministerin' angels know what besides.
Will you swear on your word of honor to let me know the moment Shan Tung returns?" "I will let you know." Their hands clasped. Looking into her eyes, Keith saw what told him his was not the greatest cross to bear. Miriam Kirkstone also was fighting for her life, and as he turned to leave her, he said: "While there is life there is hope.
"That's if we can get you down to the Ford, which is about five miles away." "You'll have to carry me then, for I'm too far gone to walk." "I think it can be managed," said Grantham. "At any rate we'll try." Turning to the little Shan he despatched him with a message to Handiman, and when the other had disappeared, knelt down beside the tall man and set to work to examine his injured foot.
"Married?" interrupted Oonah, growing pale. "Who to?" "Shan More's sister," said Andy. "Wirasthru!" screamed Mrs. Rooney, tearing her cap off her head. "You got the worst woman in Ireland." "Then I'll go and 'list for a sojer," said he. V. Andy Gets Married a Third Time It was Father Phil that brought the extraordinary news to Squire Egan.
The colony of Macao is scarcely more important than one of Anthony Hope's imaginary kingdoms, but for the fact that it is on the map, for the area of Portugal's foothold is not more than two or three miles in length, and a half-mile to a mile in width; it is merely the rocky promontory of the tip end of the island of Heung Shan.
The Shan hai ching, or Hill and River Classic, contains descriptions of some curious people supposed to inhabit the regions on the maps represented on the nine tripod vases of the Great Yü, first emperor of the Hsia dynasty. The Pygmies The pygmies inhabit many mountainous regions of the Empire, but are few in number. They are less than nine inches high, but are well formed.
Never expect a Shan to work hard! He can work hard, and he will when he likes, but I do not believe that even the Malay, that Nature's gentleman of the farther south, is lazier. As servants they are failures. A European in this district, whose Chinese servant had left him, thought he would try a Shan, and invited a man to come. "Be your servant? Of course I will. I am honored."
The shop wall which faces the door invariably has upon it a gigantic fresco or portrait of the tutelary god of the building, or a sheet of red paper on which the characters forming his name are placed, or the character Shan, which implies all gods, and these and the altars below are seen from the street.
Hsü Chên-chün, after his victory over the dragon, assembled the members of his family, to the number of forty-two, on Hsi Shan, outside the city of Nan-ch'ang Fu, and all ascended to Heaven in full daylight, taking with them even the dogs and chickens. He was then 133 years old. Subsequently a temple was erected to him, and in A.D. 1111 he was canonized as Just Prince, Admirable and Beneficent.
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