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Too many of us have no disposition but scorn for the fallen; see no blessed possibilities in them; do not detect any divine ray glimmering in the thick darkness do not discern the precious soul, like a crown-jewel, in its filthy and battered casket.
The "crown-jewel" of this latter apartment, however, was undoubtedly a sheet of copper burnished to answer the purpose of a looking-glass with a full-length view. On stands next the mirror, was a collection of toilet necessaries.
"Darling cuckoo!" cried Scrub, "bring me a golden one." And Spare, looking up from the green leaf on which he gazed as though it were a crown-jewel, said: "Be sure to bring me one from the merry tree." And away flew the cuckoo once again. "This is the Feast of All Fools, and it ought to be your birthday," said Scrub. "Did ever man fling away such a chance of becoming rich!
The other pearls, black and white alike, ranked as marvelous gems; but this crown-jewel of the Great Pearl Star eclipsed anything the Master for all his wide travel and experience of life ever had seen. By way of strange contrast in values the pearls were separated from each other by worthless, little, smooth lumps of madrepore, or unfossilized coral.
There were tears in her eyes as he laid a hand on her shoulder. "For you," he repeated. "It was mine, but it is mine no longer. This crown-jewel of Islam is yours, now if you will have it." "If I will have it!" she whispered. "There's only one thing in this whole world I more dearly long for!" "I am offering you that, too," said the man, in a trembling voice.
If your brother is disappointed this time, I go on the same journey every year, and for your hospitable entertainment will think it no trouble to bring each of you whichever leaf you desire." "Darling cuckoo," cried Scrub, "bring me a golden one." And Spare, looking up from the green leaf on which he gazed as though it were a crown-jewel, said: "Be sure to bring me one from the merry tree."
Then come out those fiery effulgences, infernally superb; then the evil-blazing diamond, once the divinest symbol of the crystal skies, looks like some crown-jewel stolen from the King of Hell. But let us to the story.
Then come out those fiery effulgences, infernally superb; then the evil-blazing diamond, once the divinest symbol of the crystal skies, looks like some crown-jewel stolen from the King of Hell. But let us to the story.
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