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Page 78 of 1121922 · PDF PAGE 235
…e sofa in his pyjamas. I wanted to be kissed, and went over to him with some cocaine. But he didn’t move. He looked at me with wide open eyes. There was some dreadful fear in them, and he said,— “‘ Black, the plague of the pit, Her pustules visibly fester.”’ Of course, I knew he didn’t mean it, but I was hurt. I gave him the cocaine. It roused him. He sat up and then he held me by the shoulders and looked straight at my face and said:— “Dragon of lure and dread, Tiger of fury and lust, | The quick in chains to the dead, The slime alive in the d…
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…ynthesize it ! observed the thoughtful though dazzling monarch. I will, miss ! cried the youth, the flash of genius leaping to his eyes. And as we all know, he kept his word. 11. v. I. You saved . . . savedst. 12. It is said that on the occasion of an important shooting match at Hurlingham, in which the Prince of Wales was to take part, Queen Alexandra in full regalia rushed between No. 3 trap and the 24-yard mark, and, in noble imitation of the Empress Agrippina, smote herself in the region of the uterus and cried Strike here ! From …
1929 · PDF PAGE 24
…or Blair's favourite pupil. Later, he wasted a great deal of time praising my slight figure and my piquant face, with its big round grey eyes and their long black lashes; but the first attraction was my singular gift. Few men, and, I believe, no other women, could approach me in one of the most priceless qualifications for scientific study, the faculty of apprehending minute differences. My memory was poor, extraordinarily so; I had the ut- most trouble to enter Cambridge at all. But I could ad- just a micrometer better than either students or …
1907 · PDF PAGE 89
…| Little fool ! [He waits. She struggles in herself ; and at last ruefuland pouting, gets up and stands before him downcast, rubbing her eyes. He takes full advantage of hts position. [ith mock severity.) Aren’t youashamed of yourself ? BLANCHE. [ Sobbia7¢.| After all you have heard? DENYS. [With double entendre.) 1 have heard nothing. [He opens his arms to her. She still stands about to sob again, breaks down, but this time flings herself on him and sobs on his breast. Enter ALAIN unseen. [Softly.] My darling! [BLANCHE ratses her face. DENYS g…
1907 · PDF PAGE 143
…od ! Loathsome bull -men in their corruption linked Whisper lewd fancies in my ear. Great fish , Monstrous and flat, with vile malignant eyes , And crawling beetles of gigantic strength , Crushed , mangled , moving , are about me . Go ! Go ! do not touch the carcass of myself That is abased , defiled , abominable .' Then Ulric enters , evidently now totally mad ; the fearful power of his Neronic lust has reft asunder the last thread of his sanity ; in his hand he carries a razor , first he slays Madeline , and then , at his mother's bidding , h…
1910 · PDF PAGE 269
THE HASHEESH EATER which I had beheld wooed me continually like an irre- sistible sorceress. I could not shut my eyes for midday musing without beholding in that world, half dark, half light, beneath the eyelids, a steady procession of delicious images which the severest will could not banish nor dim. Now through an immense and serene sky floated luxurious argosies of clouds continually changing form and tint through an infinite cycle of mutations. Now, suddenly emerging from some deep embowerment of woods, I stood upon the banks of a broad riv…
1910 · PDF PAGE 269
THE HASHEESH EATER which I had beheld wooed me continually like an irre- sistible sorceress. I could not shut my eyes for midday musing without beholding in that world, half dark, half light, beneath the eyelids, a steady procession of delicious images which the severest will could not banish nor dim. Now through an immense and serene sky floated luxurious argosies of clouds continually changing form and tint through an infinite cycle of mutations. Now, suddenly emerging from some deep embowerment of woods, I stood upon the banks of a broad riv…
1913 · PDF PAGE 430
…ver fear to examine them. The explanation of these facts, which all traditions obsti- nately affirm, and which are reproduced before our eyes with tiresome publicity, this explanation, ancient as the facts themselves, rigorous as mathematics, but drawn for the first time from the shadows in which the hierophants of all ages have hidden it, would be a great scientific event if it could obtain sufficient light and publicity. This event we are perhaps about to prepare, for one would not permit us the audacious hope of accomplishing it. Here, in th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 436
…l men above re- proach, have been communicated to us; we have questioned eye-witnesses, and, better than that, we have seen with our own eyes. The facts deserve to be described in detail. There is in Paris a writer named Mr. Madrolle, who is, to say the least of it, a bit eccentric. He is an old man of good family. He wrote at first on behalf of Catholicism in the most exalted way, received most flattering encouragements from ecclesiastical authority, and even letters from the Holy See. Then he saw Vintras; and, led away by the prestige of his …
1913 · PDF PAGE 430
…ver fear to examine them. The explanation of these facts, which all traditions obsti- nately affirm, and which are reproduced before our eyes with tiresome publicity, this explanation, ancient as the facts themselves, rigorous as mathematics, but drawn for the first time from the shadows in which the hierophants of all ages have hidden it, would be a great scientific event if it could obtain sufficient light and publicity. This event we are perhaps about to prepare, for one would not permit us the audacious hope of accomplishing it. Here, in th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 436
…l men above re- proach, have been communicated to us; we have questioned eye-witnesses, and, better than that, we have seen with our own eyes. The facts deserve to be described in detail. There is in Paris a writer named Mr. Madrolle, who is, to say the least of it, a bit eccentric. He is an old man of good family. He wrote at first on behalf of Catholicism in the most exalted way, received most flattering encouragements from ecclesiastical authority, and even letters from the Holy See. Then he saw Vintras; and, led away by the prestige of his …
1930 · PDF PAGE 86
… should be practised until the figures drawn appear in flame, in flame so near to physical flame that it would perhaps be visible to the eyes of a bystander, were one présent. It is alleged that some persons hâve attained the power of actually kindling fire by these means. Whether this be so or not, the power is not one to be aimed at. 3. Success in “banishing” is known by a “feeling of cleanliness” in the atmosphère ; success in “invoking” bv a “feeling of holiness”. It is unfortunate that these terms are so vague. But at least make sure of th…
1907 · PDF PAGE 23
…ye that Arab sages say Weeps never enough. There is an eye whose glances make the day The day of Love. There is an eye that is above all eyes, That is no eye. (Stood proud Anatta on the Bridge of Sighs And thundered ‘‘ Why ?”’) Which eyes are mine, which thine, poor ape, discover, And even yet thou hast not lost thy lover. II. Khephra, thou Beetle-headed God ! Who travellest in thy strength above The Heaven of Nu, with splendour shod Of Thoth, and girt about with Love ! O Sun at midnight! in thy Bark The cynocephali proclaim Thy effulgent deity…
1929 · PDF PAGE 126
… in the hair of the man opposite. (Astounding recklessness to let it grow so long!) He thrust his thumbs into the corners of his enemy's eyes, as he writhed and kicked on top of him, the momentum of his spring having bowled the other on to his back. The man's eyes were torn from their sockets in a second and his assailant, disengaging himself by a violent jerk from his victim's clutch, made off like an arrow across country to the frontier. The shrieks of the mutilated man were answered by universal uproar. Some followed on foot, others ran to t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 298
…u once said : “ The choice which is opposed to Reason comes to us from Reason . We have made the god of love blind because he has better eyes than we have , and sees things which we cannot perceive . now making the Sublime ridiculous , and like the Bhikkhu can no longer see the “ dainty lady ” but in her place “ a set of bones .” ? Not until we under stand ourselves , shall we understand the world of God , and not until we have replenished the lamp of our soul with love , will it burn up into a brilliant » 1 So are we 1 J. J. Rousseau , “ Emile…
1910 · PDF PAGE 322
…ce of the Lady. She thanked him, him, a poor peasant, her slave, and left him to his work. Her image, however, remained clear before his eyes and he did not fail in his description of her. Well, little Piotr heard it all. As there was but one woman in the whole world whom he loved, the description of another woman did not in the least attract his attention. Only when mention was made of her magnificent jewels did his ears stand up. “What are ear-rings?” he asked of Ljubov, when he felt her tiny hand in his, a little later. “ They are beautiful …
1910 · PDF PAGE 322
…ce of the Lady. She thanked him, him, a poor peasant, her slave, and left him to his work. Her image, however, remained clear before his eyes and he did not fail in his description of her. Well, little Piotr heard it all. As there was but one woman in the whole world whom he loved, the description of another woman did not in the least attract his attention. Only when mention was made of her magnificent jewels did his ears stand up. “What are ear-rings?” he asked of Ljubov, when he felt her tiny hand in his, a little later. “ They are beautiful …
1911 · PDF PAGE 64
…e river is the great Leviathan that devours men. But before I had come within the sphere of attraction of either of these, suddenly mine eyes were gladdened with a marvellous vision. Infinitely far off, as it seemed, a ray of sunlight shot through the Saturnine gloom of the skies, and lit the surface of the water. And then I perceived that upon the river there floated, within that small circle of light, an ark, or as it might be, a coffin. Then looking up into that pierced cloud I saw within the light a certain house surrounded by a grove. Within,…
1911 · PDF PAGE 64
…e river is the great Leviathan that devours men. But before I had come within the sphere of attraction of either of these, suddenly mine eyes were gladdened with a marvellous vision. Infinitely far off, as it seemed, a ray of sunlight shot through the Saturnine gloom of the skies, and lit the surface of the water. And then I perceived that upon the river there floated, within that small circle of light, an ark, or as it might be, a coffin. Then looking up into that pierced cloud I saw within the light a certain house surrounded by a grove. Within,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 327
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES Soft tears come to moisten the eyes, and sighs escape like incense smoke. One feels oneself in love, ineffably in love, with all that is beauty, truth, and justice; one throbs with a new life, and one fears no more to die. For prayer is the eternal life of intelligence and love; it is the life of God upon earth. Love one another—that is the Law and the Prophets! Meditate, and understand this word. And when you have understood, read no more, seek no more, doubt no more—love ! Be no more wise, be no more learned—love! Tha…