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Above the first cataract of the Nile are two small islands, each bearing the name of Phylæ; quære, is the derivation of this word at all connected with the Arabic term fil? See ante, p. 76, note.
Magellan, the Spaniard, first discovered the Philippine Islands while he was on a search for gold, though I think a rubber tree, or a bamboo, is more valuable than gold," said the wise Padre. "We get gold in two ways," explained Fil. "We wash it from scooped-up gravel, and we break it out of rock with a hammer." "And how do you melt your iron and copper?" I inquired.
And Fil, who was sitting at the piano, twirled round on the stool and strummed "Beautiful K K Katie" with a lack of technique that probably would have brought her teacher's temper up to bubbling-over point had he been there to listen to her. It was exactly ten days after the term had begun that Bess Haselford came to the College.
The music of the blue and gold organ was subdued to a velvet whisper. Suddenly a boy arose behind the carved benches of the choir. He sang in a voice as clear as a bird's: "Come, Holy Spirit, Come." It was Fil who was singing. The censers were swinging. The organ began to drown even Fil's clear voice.
Outre cette garniture de tête ils en ont assez communément une autre qu'ils mettent par-dessus leurs chapeaux ou leurs toques: c'est une coiffe de fil d'archal. Il y a de ces coiffes qui sont si riches et si belles qu'elles coûtent jusqu'
"Maybe they once hung from tree branches by their tails, along with the furry monkeys," suggested Moro, who often thought of the odd side of things. "What a gripping tale you are telling," added Fil, who indulged in roguish puns. "Well, our monkeys are as good for men to eat, as for cats," said Moro.
Nearer and nearer came the white figure. Its approach was more than flesh and blood could stand. With a wild shriek Fil dashed across the lawn, followed closely by Nora, Ingred, and Verity. "Girls!" cried a clear and well-known voice. "Girls! Stop! What are you doing here?" There was no mistaking the tone of command of the head-mistress.
At the earlier sittings of the Congress, Cavour kept in the background; his instinct as a man of the world, and that mixture of astuteness and simplicity which he shared with many of his countrymen (even those of no education), guided him in filling a difficult and, in some respects, an embarrassing position. He spoke, when he did speak, in as brief terms as could serve to express his opinion. But this modest attitude only threw into relief his inalienable superiority. He cast about the shadow of future greatness. The representative of the second-rate Power, who sat there only by favour, was to make so much more history than any of his colleagues! Curiously enough the only one of the plenipotentiaries who had a prior acquaintance with Cavour was the Austrian, Count Buol, who was formerly ambassador at Turin. In old days, before 1848, he had played whist with him. "I know M. de Cavour," he said; "I am afraid he will give us de fil
After the long weeks of the summer holidays it was doubly difficult to apply their minds to lessons, and set to work in the evenings to perform the enormous amount of preparation demanded from them. To some the task was wellnigh impossible, and poor Fil would send in very imperfect exercises, but others, Ingred and Verity among the number, had ambitions, and boosted up the record of the form.
On the way, we passed a house which had collapsed in the middle, as though a great weight had broken its backbone. "A blind, flying ant did that," said Fil. "Now, Fil, you really think I'm from the backwoods; you wish me to believe impossible tales," I replied. "Not a bit of it," said Fil.
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