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Page 45 of 801929 · PDF PAGE 360
…uck one dollar of Amadeo II, who lived so long ago that his coins should have been more worn than these were. As we approached Madrid we found the people increasingly suspicious and unwilling to accept our pesos, and in the last hundred kilometres of so it was extremely difficult to get them to take our money at all and, therefore, to get food or shelter. But when we came to the city itself, instead of the nuisance reaching a climax, we found that it disappeared altogether. The {580} Madrilenes were not going to worry their heads as to whether …
1911 · PDF PAGE 70
…; for the wind had torn all out by the root. So that I heard a voice saying, “ It is a babe upon the waters.” And looking at the bark, I found it refashioned by him that is appointed to refashion. For it had planks of my old shallop, and planks also of the ark, and it was shaped like a cradle rather than like a boat. And I heard the voice of one appointed to speak saying: “ Behold thou me ! " 62
1911 · PDF PAGE 70
…; for the wind had torn all out by the root. So that I heard a voice saying, “ It is a babe upon the waters.” And looking at the bark, I found it refashioned by him that is appointed to refashion. For it had planks of my old shallop, and planks also of the ark, and it was shaped like a cradle rather than like a boat. And I heard the voice of one appointed to speak saying: “ Behold thou me ! " 62
1913 · PDF PAGE 467
… rushed towards the doors shrieking. Amidst the wails of the children, and the screams of the women, Eliphas, carried away by the crowd, found himself somehow or other out of the church ; but the last look that he was able to cast upon it was smitten with a terrible and ineffaceable picture! In the midst of a circle made large by the affright of all those who surrounded him, the prelate was standing alone, leaning always on his cross, and held up by the stiffness of his cope, which the grand-vicars had let go, and which accord- ingly hung down …
1913 · PDF PAGE 467
… rushed towards the doors shrieking. Amidst the wails of the children, and the screams of the women, Eliphas, carried away by the crowd, found himself somehow or other out of the church ; but the last look that he was able to cast upon it was smitten with a terrible and ineffaceable picture! In the midst of a circle made large by the affright of all those who surrounded him, the prelate was standing alone, leaning always on his cross, and held up by the stiffness of his cope, which the grand-vicars had let go, and which accord- ingly hung down …
1922 · PDF PAGE 198
…ey guarded their prerogatives with such ferocity because they were aware of their own ignorance and incom- petence; and if their victims found them out their swindle would be swept away. They were always trying to extend their tyranny. They were always wanting new laws to compel everybody, sick or well, to be bound to the vivisection table, and have some essential organ of the body cut out. And they were brazen enough to give the reason. They didn’t under- stand what use it was! And everybody must be injected with all sorts of disgusting serums…
1909 · PDF PAGE 410
…ies, as well as of colours, perfumes, plants, stones, and animals, ‘The information concerning the tarot and geomancy exceeds that to be found in some treatises devoted exclusively to those subjects. The author appears to be acquainted with Chinese, Arabic, and other classic texts, Here your reviewer is unable to follow him, but his Hebrew does credit ‘alike to him and to his printer. Among several hundred words, mostly proper names, we found and marked a few misprints, but subsequently discovered each one of them in a printed table of errata, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 410
…ies, as well as of colours, perfumes, plants, stones, and animals, ‘The information concerning the tarot and geomancy exceeds that to be found in some treatises devoted exclusively to those subjects. The author appears to be acquainted with Chinese, Arabic, and other classic texts, Here your reviewer is unable to follow him, but his Hebrew does credit ‘alike to him and to his printer. Among several hundred words, mostly proper names, we found and marked a few misprints, but subsequently discovered each one of them in a printed table of errata, …
1913 · PDF PAGE 578
…r you to go upstairs, he died six hours ago.” ‘Never mind,” said the blacksmith, “since I am here I will see him.” He went upstairs, and found a corpse frozen in every part except in the hollow of the stomach, where he thought that he still felt a little heat. He had a big fire made, massaged his whole body with hot napkins, rubbed him with the universal medicine dissolved in spirit of wine. [His pretended universal medicine 280
1913 · PDF PAGE 578
…r you to go upstairs, he died six hours ago.” ‘Never mind,” said the blacksmith, “since I am here I will see him.” He went upstairs, and found a corpse frozen in every part except in the hollow of the stomach, where he thought that he still felt a little heat. He had a big fire made, massaged his whole body with hot napkins, rubbed him with the universal medicine dissolved in spirit of wine. [His pretended universal medicine 280
1954 · PDF PAGE 111
…y itself would become as tame as croquet if it were not spiced by equally continual defeat. The purest documents of the White School are found in the Sacred Books of Thelema. The doctrine is given in excellent perfection both in The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent and in the book of Lapis Lazuli. A single passage is adequate to explain the formula. 7. Moreover I beheld a vision of a river. There was a little boat thereon; and in it under purple sails was a golden woman, an image of Asi wrought in finest gold. Also the river was of blood, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 41
… the hotel to include me in their party the next day, and they were kind enough to take me up Sgurr-nan-Gillean by the Pinnacle Ridge. I found myself up against it; and realized at once that there was something more to be done than scrambling. I think it was the following summer that I was staying at a farm in Langdale and heard from the natives of the celebrated twenty-four hours' walk. The idea is to climb the four highest fells, Scafell Pikes, Helvellyn, Skiddaw and Saddleback, in a day. I conceived a minor ridge walk and set out one morning…
1909 · PDF PAGE 387
…again to me; and this time I could not keep them at a dis- tance. Theychained me and drove me away. I fell unconscious. At my awakeningI found that I was alone by the shore with the old sailor, my willing successor. When he saw that I opened my eyes he spoke gently to me: “ Are you better now?” “What has happened?” said I, instead of answering his question. 379
1909 · PDF PAGE 387
…again to me; and this time I could not keep them at a dis- tance. Theychained me and drove me away. I fell unconscious. At my awakeningI found that I was alone by the shore with the old sailor, my willing successor. When he saw that I opened my eyes he spoke gently to me: “ Are you better now?” “What has happened?” said I, instead of answering his question. 379
1904 · PDF PAGE 9
…,6 And I was—anyhow, what’s the odds ? The life to live ? The thought to think ? Shall I take refuge In a tower like once Childe Roland‡ found, blind, deaf, huge, Or in that forest of two hundred thousand Trees,8 fit alike to shelter man and mouse, and— Shall I say God? Be patient, your Reverence,9 I warrant you’ll journey a wiser man ever hence ! Let’s tap (like the negro who gets a good juice of it, Cares nought if that be, or be not, God’s right use of it),10 In all that forest of verses one tree11 Yclept “Red Cotton Nightcap Country”: How a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 176
…unch from the kitchens, so on Sunday morning there was nothing for it but to go round to Parez and see if he could feed me. To my joy, I found him reading and smoking by the side of a table spread with a brunch for six, conceived in a spirit of gargantuan hospitality. I invited myself, of course; but to my surprise Parez declined, saying that there was hardly enough for the party as it was. "Hang it," said I, "for God's sake let me stay; perhaps one of them won't turn up." My host agreed, remarking that the born-out- of-wedlock offenders agains…
1929 · PDF PAGE 119
…had increased to the limit allowed by the house. There was a slight delay --- I think someone had called for a fresh pack of cards --- I found myself walking nervously up and down. Somewhat as had happened in the chess congress at Berlin, I had a vision of myself from somewhere outside. "Look at that young fool," I seemed to be saying; "that stake he has there is about a month's income." The cards were dealt. I had won, but "in the door", so that I only got seventy-five per cent. I picked up my winnings, walked out and have never gambled again;…
1922 · PDF PAGE 42
…Love, that warblest through the pebbly gorge of Life! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I A O!” Her voice had sunk to a clear murmur. We found ourselves in the street. The chucker-out hailed us a taxi. I stopped her song at last. My mouth was on her mouth. We were driving in the chariot of the Sun through the circus of the Universe. We didn’t know where we were going, and we didn’t care. We had no sense of time at*all. There was a sequence of sensa- tions; but there was no means of regulating them. It was as if one’s mental clock had suddenly g…
1911 · PDF PAGE 312
…ies, as well as of colours, perfumes, plants, stones, and animals, ‘The information concerning the tarot and geomancy exceeds that to be found in some treatises devoted exclusively to those subjects. ‘The author appears to be acquainted with Chinese, Arabic, and other classic texts. Here your reviewer is unable to follow him, but his Hebrew does credit alike to him and to his printer. Among several hundred words, mostly proper names, we found and marked a few misprints, but subsequently discovered each one of them ina printed table of errata, w…
1911 · PDF PAGE 312
…ies, as well as of colours, perfumes, plants, stones, and animals, ‘The information concerning the tarot and geomancy exceeds that to be found in some treatises devoted exclusively to those subjects. ‘The author appears to be acquainted with Chinese, Arabic, and other classic texts. Here your reviewer is unable to follow him, but his Hebrew does credit alike to him and to his printer. Among several hundred words, mostly proper names, we found and marked a few misprints, but subsequently discovered each one of them ina printed table of errata, w…