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That Chinese religion was or is "a monotheistic worship of God" is further disproved by the fact that Shang Ti and T'ien do not appear in the list of the popular pantheon at all, though all the other gods are there represented. Neither Shang Ti nor T'ien mean the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost of the New Testament.
The brother of the sun and moon had wed beauty had been laid at the golden feet the pearl beyond price had been found and lost. There had been joy and there had been sorrow in life and sorrow in death. The Black Dragon had proved the foe to the celestial empire, for it had swallowed up the pearl beyond all price. Ti-tum, ti-tum, tilly-lilly, tilly-lilly, ti-tum, ti.
"May I also be allowed," said Morcerf, "to pay my respects to Mademoiselle Danglars?" "Wait a moment," said the banker, stopping the young man; "do you hear that delightful cavatina? Ta, ta, ta, ti, ta, ti, ta, ta; it is charming, let them finish one moment. Bravo, bravi, brava!" The banker was enthusiastic in his applause.
Seeing them on these occasions, one is reminded of an infinity of black ants clustering about and dragging away to some hole the leg of a deceased fly. Having for some time attentively observed these demonstrations of good cheer, I entered the Ti, where Mehevi sat complacently looking out upon the busy scene, and occasionally issuing his orders.
On the whole, the British character of many of the ferns is rather striking, as indeed is the case with our birds and insects; but, with a few conspicuous exceptions, the old country has greatly the advantage over us. The cabbage-tree or ti palm is not a true palm, though it looks like one. It has not the least resemblance to a cabbage.
And Miss Walker got a front tooth broken last winter." Lady Thomson looked at her in a surprised way. "Well, if you've not been playing hockey, what exercise have you been taking?" "Walks," replied Milly, feebly, feeling herself on the wrong track; "I go walks with Ti with Flora Timson when she has time." Aunt Beatrice looked at the matter judicially. "Of course, games are best for the physique.
"And how is it you are not there, Bolderwood?" demanded Warner. "Wall, I got an idee into my noddle an' leavin' Smith and Brown to watch Old Ti, for it might run away 'fore ye git there, ye know, I trotted down this way ter see the Colonel. Ev'rything is safe there so fur, but there's one thing we've neglected." "What is that, Bolderwood?" cried Allen, riding up and hearing this last sentence.
Meanwhile, a considerable part of Turkestan had fallen away from China, for Chang Ti sent neither money nor troops to hold the conquered territories. She was interested in bringing to a successful conclusion the enterprise which had been started by members of her family and its followers.
When he told us of the bargain he had made, his face shone with satisfaction and confidence. He chuckled, as he added slyly "I peeked in to some o' them high-toned joolery stores on Montgomery and Kearney Streets. Yas, I did. An' I priced what they call a ti- airy, sort o' di'mond crown. They run up into the thousands o' dollars. Think o' Mis' Panel in a ti-airy, boys; but shush-h-h- h!
The duke, who had left me to the wits for a short time, returned and took me to the box of his mistress, who was accompanied by an old lady of respectable appearance. As he went in he said, "'Leonilda mia, ti presento il cavalier Don Giacomo Casanova, Veneziano, amico mio'." She received me kindly and modestly, and stopped listening to the music to talk to me.
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