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… back to me, Habib ! but in sooth thou art a sorry sight ! Fifteen1 years since thy birth in Iran ; yet thy flesh hangs on thee like his old clothes on Abdullah2 the blind beg- gar. Seven days did the barber and the druggist toil upon thee ; but thy foulness clings like musk. Also I have been put to great charges for thee, having shut thee up to purge and salivate.3 But oh ! how that droopeth that was straighter than a young palm ! Furthermore thou poutest, bemoan- ing thy Nubian that I have not his vigour. Thou whose podex has become like the …
1928 · PDF PAGE 171
…teeth, and as I did not feel myself strong enough (for I was of a delicate constitu- tion, and had done very little boxing) to kill this old man quickly, I seized him by his coat- collar with one hand, and with other I caught his throat and began to knock his head vio- lently against a wall. I must confess that I had previously thrown a rapid glance around and made sure that in this deserted suburb I was for a sufficiently long time out of the range of any policemen. Having finally, by a kick in the back hard enough to break his shoulders, knoc…
1909 · PDF PAGE 50
THE EQUINOX but rule-of-thumb! The old Chancery Lane rule: begin with half the minimum dose of the Pharmacopeeia, and if nothing happens within the expected time, double the dose. If you go on long enough, something is nearly sure to happen! IV “The Mind of the Father said Into Three! and immediately all things were so divided.”—ZOROASTER. Let my readers be good enough to remember, then, that what follows concerns myself only. This must excuse the use of the first person, highly improper in a scientific essay, were it not that the personality o…
1909 · PDF PAGE 50
THE EQUINOX but rule-of-thumb! The old Chancery Lane rule: begin with half the minimum dose of the Pharmacopeeia, and if nothing happens within the expected time, double the dose. If you go on long enough, something is nearly sure to happen! IV “The Mind of the Father said Into Three! and immediately all things were so divided.”—ZOROASTER. Let my readers be good enough to remember, then, that what follows concerns myself only. This must excuse the use of the first person, highly improper in a scientific essay, were it not that the personality o…
1912 · PDF PAGE 20
…r the contention that these were from the start exceptional men. Mohammed would hardly have driven a camel until he was thirty-five years old if he had possessed any talent or ambition. St. Paul had much original talent; but he is the least of the five. Nor do they seem to have possessed any of the usual materials of power, such as rank, fortune, or influence. Moses was rather a big man in Egypt when he left; he came back as a mere stranger.
1912 · PDF PAGE 69
…he simplicity of the rest. MONICA. [Alone at the prie-Dieu.] No news ! No word of Mortadellos fate ! No hope. To bruise the head of the old snake, the State. No scope To loose on him the white fangs of my hate. I grope A night so dark, so trembling, so obscure, so fierce No light comes filtered from the dawn, so pure to pierce This web of woe. Ah ! God, I ache for turn of tide At ebb. Then let the moonrise kindle and burn beside The sunset. God ! if I have loved thee in truth, adored As none before me, given all my youth, dear Lord, To Thee, n…
1913 · PDF PAGE 118
…terity might think of him; it is difficult to credit cannibals with the calculation that the recital of their exploits will induce pious old ladies to replenish their larder. Very few people have ever se€?i a bull-fight. One set of people goes for excitement, another set for the perverse excitement which real or simulated horror affords. Very few people know that blood freshly ^ It is true that sometimes sympathy is necessary to comprehension.
1939 · PDF PAGE 53
…ll forgive me for saying that I find the effect somewhat sinister. But he has every right to be supercilious about it. These are indeed 'old, fond paradoxes to amuse wives in ale-houses.' Since philosophy began, it has always been a favourite game to prove your axioms absurd. You will all naturally be very annoyed with me for indulging in these fatuous pastimes, especially as I started out with a pledge that I would deal with these subjects from the hard-headed scientific point of view. Forgive me if I have toyed with these shining gossamers of…
1902 · PDF PAGE 13
…ithstanding, or, rather, withstanding in vain. Consequently it is impossible any more to divine whether virtue or vice (as understood of old) will cause the irreparable catastrophe which is the one element of drama which we may still (in the work of a modern dramatist) await with any degree of confidence. I trust that I may be forgiven for adopting the idea that Tannhauser was one of those mysterious Germans whose reputed existence so perturbed the Middle Ages ; in short, a Rosicrucian. Some people may be surprised that a Member of that illustr…
1909 · PDF PAGE 45
…III. CLII. CLI. Gurdon). ( Account), Magical Images of the Decans (Cadent). Stammonia. Myrtle . | A restless man in scarlet robes, with golden bracelets | 15 Codamoms . Costum . A cmatthy man with white lashes, his body elephantine, | 16 Cinnamon . Mastick . A “nan ine ee ae aed with bow ole cad 17 Succum . Camphor A owift-footed person, with a viper in his hand, lead- | 18 Lyn Balsami . Olibanum Agee hairy man, with a drawn sword and shield | 19 Srorus . Santal Flav. An old man leaning on a staff and wrapped inamantle | 20 Bofor [?] Galbanum .…
1910 · PDF PAGE 237
…Oh, my sciatica! You careless scoundrel, you're shaking me to pieces! Emily, do get a gentler footman. Oh! Oh! Nobody cares for the poor old man. I am thrown on the dust-heap. Oh, Emily, may you suffer one day as I suffer! Oh! Oh! Oh! [The nurse comes forward and soothes him. NURSE. You must really be more careful of my patient, Thomas. tTHomas. I humbly beg pardon, miss. I think the balls is gritty, miss. I'll ile em to-morrow. GRANDFATHER. There, you see, Nurse is the only one thatlovesme. I should like to marry you, Nurse, eh? And cut ’em al…
1910 · PDF PAGE 237
…Oh, my sciatica! You careless scoundrel, you're shaking me to pieces! Emily, do get a gentler footman. Oh! Oh! Nobody cares for the poor old man. I am thrown on the dust-heap. Oh, Emily, may you suffer one day as I suffer! Oh! Oh! Oh! [The nurse comes forward and soothes him. NURSE. You must really be more careful of my patient, Thomas. tTHomas. I humbly beg pardon, miss. I think the balls is gritty, miss. I'll ile em to-morrow. GRANDFATHER. There, you see, Nurse is the only one thatlovesme. I should like to marry you, Nurse, eh? And cut ’em al…
1911 · PDF PAGE 138
… Iam a fly, too. . . . And now the desert is full of flies.” Rolles bit his lip; his face was drawn with pain. At that moment he looked an old man. “Black flies," she went on. " Horrible white maggots. And now there are corpses. The maggots play about their mouths and eyes. There are three corpses that were God when they were alive. I killed Him. That was 130
1911 · PDF PAGE 138
… Iam a fly, too. . . . And now the desert is full of flies.” Rolles bit his lip; his face was drawn with pain. At that moment he looked an old man. “Black flies," she went on. " Horrible white maggots. And now there are corpses. The maggots play about their mouths and eyes. There are three corpses that were God when they were alive. I killed Him. That was 130
1906 · PDF PAGE 64
…abitants seemed to be the sale of as much ‘‘champagne” as possible; in which inspiring preface my friend was soon deeply immersed. . .. Golden-haired, a profound linguist, swear- ing in five Western and three Oriental lan- guages, and comparable rather to the accomplished courtesans of old-time Athens than to the Imperial Peripatetics of the Daily Telegraph and Mr. Raven-Hill,! her looks of fire turned my friend’s silky and insipid moustache into a veritable Burning Bush. But puppy endearments are of little interest to one who has just done his…
1913 · PDF PAGE 352
THE EQUINOX house and in your heart to your brother Joseph, whom you sold to the Gentiles. Because he has become powerful in the land of Egypt where you sought bread in the days of famine. And he has remembered his father Jacob, and Benjamin his young brother, and he pardons you your jealousy, and embraces you with tears. Children of true believers, we will sing with you: “There is no God but God, and Mohammed is His prophet!” Say with the children of Israel: “There is no God but God, and Moses is His prophet!” Say with the Christians: ‘There i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 352
THE EQUINOX house and in your heart to your brother Joseph, whom you sold to the Gentiles. Because he has become powerful in the land of Egypt where you sought bread in the days of famine. And he has remembered his father Jacob, and Benjamin his young brother, and he pardons you your jealousy, and embraces you with tears. Children of true believers, we will sing with you: “There is no God but God, and Mohammed is His prophet!” Say with the children of Israel: “There is no God but God, and Moses is His prophet!” Say with the Christians: ‘There i…
1911 · PDF PAGE 20
…lated. 6. Sixth and Last Point. Let the true Cause of Α111ι be unmasked and annihilated. 7. This is that which was spoken by wise men of old time concerning the destruction of the world by fire; yea, the destruction of the world by fire. 8. [This and the following verses are of modern origin] Let the Student remember that each Point represents a definite achievement of great difficulty. 9. Let him not then attempt the second until he be well satisfied of his mastery over the first. * This is also the “Opening of the Eye of Shiva.” ΕΙ). 1- Mayan, the …
1911 · PDF PAGE 93
…istian blood on Sidi Omar’s hands. FATMA. He is as fair as a Christian. LAYLAH. The men of Sidi Omar‘s tribe are white men, thou wizened old black witch. FATMA. Ah! Sidi Omar! Sidi Omar! Sidi Omar! Happy the prince whose wife is as faithful as thou. Thou canst not open thy mouth without uttering his name. LAYLAH. Do not take it in thine, mother of lies! FATMA. My mouth has been shut these twenty years. LAYLAH. What? Any time these twenty years thou hast 85
1911 · PDF PAGE 20
…lated. 6. Sixth and Last Point. Let the true Cause of Α111ι be unmasked and annihilated. 7. This is that which was spoken by wise men of old time concerning the destruction of the world by fire; yea, the destruction of the world by fire. 8. [This and the following verses are of modern origin] Let the Student remember that each Point represents a definite achievement of great difficulty. 9. Let him not then attempt the second until he be well satisfied of his mastery over the first. * This is also the “Opening of the Eye of Shiva.” ΕΙ). 1- Mayan, the …