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...ion. “Please, Dan....” His mouth became more insistent, hungrier. Their tongues touched and seemed to melt together until she whimpered with the... ...was Anya and that she spoke very little English. Just what language was her native tongue remained a mystery. Something East European, Morgan guess... ...ear the rumor first from one of those vicious biddies always clacking their tongues at Schofield’s Dry Goods.” “And what rumor is that, Mrs. Pritch...

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... him rice and Korean pizza and the father who wanted to introduce him to his native country by teaching him the sounds of Korean letters were glad to ... ... was reading for the most part. He wished that his family had taught him his native language. Here he often felt like a handicapped moron. If he were ... ... and off they went to his hotel room. What was it? A strong yearning for his native land and the man he might have been had he not been replanted in A... ...nd he felt a twinge of resentment that he was a child or a retard in his own native country and that children were dragging him about. The three of th... ... other job in Korea when he couldn't master the simplest of sentences in the native language. He didn't like the sour perceptions that he had of Ameri... ...gine. He was young now but he knew that the jesters of the years stuck their tongues out at mortality and ran off quickly to hide someplace. His child...

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...inkled her brow and frowned. "You're right. I don't believe it. Only a non-native New Yorker could make a statement like that." "I know. I'm weird." "... ...gnita by Gracie C. McKeever 308 couples got hot and heavy with each other, tongues and hands working erotic magic. Kelly stared, curious and not as di...

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...ister’s eyes whilst I pour a mug of coffee. I glance nervously with their tongues, literally hang out and lay like slabs of meat on my bench. “Alrigh... ...l amused. “No, not one.” Barry cocks a grin. “They’re all written in their native language.” “You got me.” I smile, thinking him as funny as shit on ...

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...erpt: He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher -the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam-Zammah, that ?fire-breathing dragon?, hold the Punjab, for the great green-bronze piece is always first of the conqueror?s loot....

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...n her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib Gher the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam Zammah, that ‘fire breathing d... ...ish held the Punjab and Kim was English. Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother tongue... ...use, more often there was not, and then Kim went out again to eat with his native friends. As he drummed his heels against Zam Zammah he turned now an... ... Lal and Abdullah the sweetmeat seller’s son, to make a rude remark to the native policeman on guard over rows of shoes at the Museum door. The big Pu... ...loud?’ ‘Those who beg in silence starve in silence,’ said Kim, quot ing a native proverb. The lama tried to rise, but sank back again, sighing for hi... ... by the way. That was talked out ten thousand times.’ ‘Ay, by ten thousand tongues,’ grunted he. ‘The Gods help us poor women if we may not speak. Oho... ...on reverently. All India is full of holy men stammering gospels in strange tongues; shaken and consumed in the fires of their own zeal; dreamers, babb... ...e oth ers, all new from Europe, suckled by white women and learn ing our tongues from books, are worse than the pestilence. They do harm to Kings.’ ... ...d approval–‘I do not understand how he can wear many dresses and talk many tongues.’ ‘Thou wilt understand many things later. He is a writer of tales ...

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... plain; and the chill of it set me sneezing. I should say I had been for years on a low island near the line, living for the most part solitary among natives. Here was a fresh experience: even the tongue would be quite strange to me; and the look of these woods and mountains, and the rare smell of them, renewed my blood....

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...ars on a low island near the line, living for the most part solitary among natives. Here was a fresh experience: even the tongue would be quite strang... ... but the once, and then he had changed his tune – couldn’t get on with the natives, or the whites, or something; and the next time we came round there... ...aptain, when he came, had found the station closed, the keys left with the native pastor, and a letter from the runaway, confessing he was fairly frig... ...do.” “That’s Uma,” said Case, and he called her up and spoke to her in the native. I didn’t know what he said; but when he was in the midst she looked... ...nd drink. In the back room was old Captain Randall, squatting on the floor native fashion, fat and pale, naked to the waist, grey as a badger, and his... ...ire is the way it’s spelt, if the people on the beach could only get their tongues about it. And what do I want? Well, I’ll tell you the first thing. ... ...e devils; day and night you heard them talking one with another in strange tongues; day and night little fires blazed up and were extinguished on the ... ... talked and whispered, and the little fires sprang up and burned down. All tongues of the earth were spoken there; the French, the Dutch, the Russian,...

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...of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbors....

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...chase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his ... ... while, to adjust something that was out of order, two or three of the young natives had the curios ity to see how I looked when I was asleep; they c... ...e. I took all possible methods to cultivate this favourable disposition. The natives came, by de grees, to be less apprehensive of any danger from me... ...men, who dwell in the maritime parts, but what can hold conversation in both tongues; as I found some weeks after, when I went to pay my respects to t... ...ratify the curious reader with some general ideas. As the common size of the natives is somewhat under six inches high, so there is an exact proportio... ...easurer took a fancy to be jealous of his wife, from the malice of some evil tongues, who in formed him that her grace had taken a violent affection ... ...s means to leave Blefuscu; and, after some difficulties, returns safe to his native country. T hree days after my arrival, walking out of curios ity t... ...ise a rebellion unless they might be allowed the liberty to speak with their tongues, after the manner of their forefathers; such constant irreconcila... ... be qualified to treat with foreign princes, or ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers. I was at the mathematical school, wher...

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...Rumour speaks? I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth: Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. I speak of peace, while covert enmity Under the smile of safety wounds the world: And who but Rumour, who ...

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... INDUCTION [Warkworth. Before the castle .] [Enter RUMOUR, painted full of tongues .] RUMOUR: Open your ears; for which of you will stop The vent of ... ...post horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth: Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, S... ...man of them brings other news Than they have learn’d of me: from Rumour’s tongues They bring smooth comforts false, worse than true wrongs. [Exit.] A... ... by boys and beggary, I say, if damn’d commotion so appear’d, In his true, native and most proper shape, You, reverend father, and these noble lords H... ...alstaff, and in that thought yield me. FALSTAFF: I have a whole school of tongues in this belly of mine, and not a tongue of them all speaks any othe... ... I will lay odds that, ere this year expire, We bear our civil swords and native fire As far as France: I beard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my th...

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...what so liberal a historian avows, a poor romance-writer dares not disown. But he hopes the influence of a prejudice, almost as natural to him as his native air, will not be found to have greatly affected the sketch he has attempted of England?s Elizabeth....

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...But he hopes the influence of a prejudice, almost as natural to him as his native air, will not be found to have greatly affected the sketch he has at... ...essed this strange interview betwixt uncle and nephew, some of whom, being natives of the village, were no strangers to his juvenile wildness. “This m... ...ouches my reputation that men should be merry in my house; and we have ill tongues amongst us at Cumnor (as where be there not?), who put an evil mark... ...ht have confirmed, the opinion that he drew his origin from Cornwall whose natives are such masters in the art of wrestling, as, were the games of ant... ...riend, had not the acute glance of Ra- leigh himself, who seemed no in his native element, made him sensible that so ready a disclamation of the royal... ...ly.” Varney entered her dressing apartment, where she sat ar- rayed in her native loveliness, adorned with all that Janet’s art and a rich and tastefu... ...s, under favour, no. Y ou have all (give God thanks) sharp ears and nimble tongues; our kinsman Hunsdon has ears of the dullest, and a tongue somewhat...

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...to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explorations, I am not without hope. There should be left in our native city some seed of the elect; some long legged, hot-headed youth must repeat to-day our dreams and wanderings of so many years ago; he will relish the pleasure, which should have been ours, to follow among named streets...

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...er the days of our explorations, I am not without hope. There should be left in our native city some seed of the elect; some long- legged, hot-headed ... ... a great deal of haughtiness. “More than a hundred years it has not gone upon men’s tongues, save for a blink. I am nameless, like the Folk of Peace. ... ...ages) to be the present head of the College of Justice, small minds and disaffected tongues are set agog in every changehouse in the country; and I fi... ...land and friends, or into Gaelic singing. “This is one of the melancholy airs of my native land,” he would say. “You may think it strange to see a sol... ...f life is very much alone, but we solace ourselves with the melancholy tunes of our native mountains, and by walking up the margin of the sea that lie...

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...Excerpt: Several years ago, when the Author retired to his native mountains with the hope of being enabled to construct a literary work that might live, it was a reasonable thing that he should take a review of his own mind, and examine how far Nature and Education had qualified him ...

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...4, where he thus speaks:— “Several years ago, when the Author retired to his native mountains with the hope of being enabled to construct a literary w... ...consciousnesses, conscious of myself And of some other Being. A rude mass Of native rock, left midway in the square Of our small market village, was t... ... to thee I speak, unapprehensive of contempt, The insinuated scoff of coward tongues, And all that silent language which so oft In conversation betwee... ...eretofore. 36 The Prelude of 1850 At least I more distinctly recognised Her native instincts: let me dare to speak 100 A higher language, say that no... ...e unknown. 425 This truth escaped me not, and I confess, That having ’mid my native hills given loose To a schoolboy’s vision, I had raised a pile Upo... ...5 Eight months! rolled pleasingly away; the ninth Came and returned me to my native hills. BOOK FOURTH SUMMER V ACATION BRIGHT was the summer’s noon ... ...re its admonishments, nor lightly heard The awful truths delivered thence by tongues Endowed with various power to search the soul; Yet ostentation, d... ...ty, all spirits filled With zeal expanding in Truth’s holy light, The gift of tongues might fall, and power arrive 140 From the four quarters of the wi... ...; and beyond, Far, far beyond, the solid vapours stretched, 45 In headlands, tongues, and promontory shapes, Into the main Atlantic, that appeared To ...

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...story EIGHT YEARS OF TROUBLE IN SAMOA CHAPTER I – THE ELEMENTS OF DISCORD: NATIVE T HE STORY I HAVE TO TELL is still going on as I write; the characte... ...y mails and telegraphs and iron warships, the ideas and the manners of the native actors date back before the Roman Empire. They are Christians, churc... ...nfluence; but it is limited. Impor- tant matters are debated in a fono, or native parliament, with its feasting and parade, its endless speeches and p... ... election. Here, if a king were at all possible, was the king. And yet the natives were not satisfied. Laupepa was crowned, March 19th; and next month... ...ng not only revolts foreigners, but has begun to exercise the minds of the natives themselves. Soon after the German heads were taken, Mr. Carne, Wesl... ...choose a coat of arms, I have a motto ready: “Enter Rumour painted full of tongues.” The major- ity of the natives do extremely little; the majority o... ... the way our sickness takes the predis- posed. And the news flies, and the tongues wag, and fists are shaken. Pot boil and caldron bubble! Within the ...

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...ation, my own appearance was calculated to excite curiosity. A robe of the native cloth was thrown over my shoulders, my hair and beard were uncut, an... ... short tacks until morning, we then ran in and sent a boat ashore with the natives who had brought me to the ship. Upon its return, we made sail again... ...se articles, they merely wore the ordinary costume of their race—a slip of native cloth about the loins. Indecorous as their behaviour was, these wor... ...serters brought back, but five of those left behind on a former visit. The natives, however, were the mere hounds of the chase, raising the game in th... ...ng of an in- ferior order of rascality. Armed with cutlasses all round—the natives were said to be an ugly set—they were followed over the side by the... ...The young ladies, too, showed them- selves very expert in the use of their tongues, and contrib- uted much to the gaiety which prevailed. Nor did thes...

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...he morning, the fit signboard of a world of wonders. Not one soul aboard the Casco had set foot upon the islands, or knew, except by accident, one wor... ...ture, had we but known it, were a mark of the passage of whites; and we might have approached a hundred islands and not found their parallel. It was l... ...contained two men: one white, one brown and tattooed across the face with bands of blue, both in immaculate white European clothes: the resident trade... ...e) was full of timid cautions; and as for the trader, whose presence might else have reas- sured me, were not whites in the Pacific the usual instigat... ...emed from a blood-boltered barbarism, all were to become our intimates, and one, at least, was to mourn sincerely our departure. CHAPTER II—MAKING FRI... ...ttempt upon the others. And again, not only is Polynesian easy to smatter, but interpreters abound. Missionaries, traders, and broken white folk livin... ...ssionaries, traders, and broken white folk living on the bounty of the natives, are to be found in almost every isle and hamlet; and even where these ... ...chiefs, reminded me continually of the days of Lovat and Struan. Hospitality, tact, natural fine manners, and a touchy punc- tilio, are common to both... ...ersity of scents, and still within hearing of the surf upon the reef, the native houses stand in scattered neighbourhood. The same word, as we have se...

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...e Samoan or Navi- gators’ Islands, in which were educated young men of the native races to be sent to the isles to prepare the way for white men. Very... ...te man. Moreover, the language was no easier to them than to him, as their native speech is entirely different from the Melanesian; which is besides b... ...uld be impossible, besides which he knew that no Church takes root without native clergy, and he therefore intended bringing boys to New Zealand, and ... ... of Erromango, the scene of Williams’s murder, and had allowed some of the natives to come on board his vessel as a first step towards friendly in- te... ...assacre said to have taken place. This was effected, and in each place the natives showed themselves friendly. From New Caledonia the Bishop brought a... ...ge” for me, as one language does for both; the structure of the two island tongues is the same, but scarcely any words much alike. However, that is no... ...ed scholars, and putting into shape such knowledge as I have of Melanesian tongues, that made a good summer programme, as I was obliged to content mys... ... work. I have, I suppose, a considerable amount of knowledge of Melanesian tongues, unknown by name to anyone else per- 376 Life of John Coleridge Pa... ... memory for words, and now something of the in- stinctive insight into new tongues, but that is chiefly from continual practice. ‘But when I attempt t...

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...testing our story of The Boy’s death to see if it was weak at any point. A native turned up in the afternoon, but we said that a Sahib was dead of cho... ...nary theory that a Policeman in India should try to know as much about the natives as the natives themselves. Now, in the whole of Upper India, there ... ...- savory places no respectable man would think of exploring— all among the native riff-raff. He educated himself in this peculiar way for seven years,... ...eople could not appreciate it. He was perpetually “going Fantee” among the natives, which, of course, no man with any sense believes in. He was initia... ...irst feeling of wrath, he returned to his outlandish custom of prying into native life. By the way, when a man once acquires a taste for this particul... ...But his speech seemed to freeze in him, and—just as the lightning shot two tongues that cut the whole sky into three pieces and the rain fell in quive... ...days. On those occasions the native woman tended him while he raved in all tongues except his own. One day, indeed, he began reciting Atalanta in Caly...

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...s in the evening, went to church—no less—at the white and half- white church—I had never been before, and was much in- terested; the woman I sat next ... ...ble green country all round—gorgeous little birds (I think they are humming birds, but they say not) skirmish- ing in the wayside flowers. About a qua... ...jungle:— 13 V ailima Letters THE HIGH WOODS OF ULUFANUA. 1. A South Sea Bridal. 2. Under the Ban. 3. Savao and Faavao. 4. Cries in the High Wood.... ...itten six more chapters of the book, all good I potently believe, and given up, as a decep- tion of the devil’s, the High Woods. I have been once down... ...ing among them with whips, the whole in high good humour on both sides; infinite noise; and a his- toric event—Mr. Clarke, the missionary, and his wi... ...ckling decimals, com- ing with cases of conscience—how would an English chief behave in such a case? etc.; and, I am bound to say, on any glimmer of a... ...sino e, The justice denied any influence, the terrified justice, O le faamasino le ai a, le faamasino se, O le a solasola le faamasino e. Well, after ... ...ince then, as before then, I know not what it means. But I know pleasure still; pleasure with a thousand faces, and none perfect, a thou- 38 Robert L...

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...ty, or, if we may so express it, greater antithesis of character, than the native warrior of North America. In war, he is daring, boastful, cunning, r... ...ever may be the truth, as re- spects the root and the genius of the Indian tongues, it is quite certain they are now so distinct in their words as to ... ...r it might be termed the inroads, of civilization, as the verdure of their native forests falls before the nipping frosts, is represented as having al... ...l conflict. But, emulating the patience and self-denial of the prac- ticed native warriors, they learned to overcome every difficulty; and it would se... ... two united to rob the untutored possessors of its wooded scenery of their native right to perpetuate its original appella- tion of “Horican.”* Windin... ...vidity the narrative of some fearful tale of midnight murder, in which the natives of the forests were the principal and barbarous actors. As the cred... ...uaw’s march. Listen to the reptiles! each man among them seems to have two tongues, and but a single leg.” Duncan, brave as he was in the combat, coul... ...spered, as they ap- proached him; “for He to whom you make them, knows all tongues; that of the heart, as well as those of the mouth. But speak not a ... ...ron. What can this mean?” “A great chief, like him, has more thoughts than tongues. He looks to see that no enemies are on his trail.” “The canoe of a...

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...il, proposed the method of his departure from thence and his return to his native country. For this purpose it is con cluded to send Mercury to Calyp... ...hese acts from fate, Celestial Muse! and to our world relate. Now at their native realms the Greeks arrived; All who the wars of ten long years surviv... ...s the god constrains the Greek to roam, 31 Pope A hopeless exile from his native home, From death alone exempt but cease to mourn; Let all combine ... ...urt, The sanction of the assembled powers report: That wise Ulysses to his native land Must speed, obedient to their high command. Meantime T elemachu... ...s isle, To naval arts inured, and stormy toil. Freighted with iron from my native land, I steer my voyage to the Brutian strand To gain by commerce, f... ...l of days! Wise are thy words, and just are all thy ways. Now immolate the tongues, and mix the wine, Sacred to Neptune and the powers divine, The lam... ...ud, unpolish’d race—To me belongs The care to shun the blast of slanderous tongues; Lest malice, prone the virtuous to defame, Thus with wild censure ... ...s she gracious deigns to move (The public wonder and the public love), The tongues of all with transport sound her praise, The eyes of all, as on a go... ...ell in safety from the suitors’ wrongs, And the rude insults of ungovern’d tongues. For should’st thou suffer, powerless to relieve, I must behold it,...

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...e lamp and the fire, Washed by the rains of the trade and clotting his hair in the mire; *“Pai,” “Honoura,” and “Ahupu.” Legendary persons of Tahiti, ... ...ahero was forth, he paused and hearkened, and heard * “Hook” of mother-of-pearl. Bright-hook fishing, and that with the spear, appear to be the favour... ...allad, I have strung together some of the more striking particularities of the Marquesas. It rests upon no authority; it is in no sense, like “Rahero,... ...othed in a web of lace, inimitably delicate, exquisite in pattern, and of a bluish hue that at once contrasts and harmonises with the warm pigment of ... ...ome,” said Rua. “Farewell, O quiet seat! To-morrow in all your valleys the drum of death shall beat.” * “The quiet passage of souls.” So, I am told, ... ...republished and continued; or it scarce ap- pears how our friend could have got to China. Ballads 55 “Many a name have I heard,” he thought, “In all ...