The Strand Magazine, 31 tomas,181–186 leidimai

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International News Company, 1906

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704 psl. - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
270 psl. - Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne He travels the fastest who travels alone.
515 psl. - What, Sir! about a ghost ?" JOHNSON, (with solemn vehemence) " Yes, Madam : this is a question which, after five thousand years, is yet undecided ; a question, whether in theology or philosophy, one of the most important that can come before the human understanding.
239 psl. - IN FRANCE, BUT LEFT THAT COUNTRY FOR HIS RELIGION AND CAME TO SETTLE IN THIS ISLAND, WHERE HE WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN THE YEAR 1692 AND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD WAS BY ANOTHER SHOCK THROWN INTO THE SEA, AND MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY SWIMMING UNTIL A BOAT TOOK HIM UP; HE LIVED MANY YEARS AFTER IN GREAT REPUTATION, BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, AND MUCH LAMENTED AT HIS DEATH...
400 psl. - I think that I am drawing to an end: For on a sudden came a gasp for breath, And stretching of the hands, and blinded eyes, And a great darkness falling on my soul. O Hallelujah! . . . Kindly pass the milk.
104 psl. - In wedlock bands all ye who join, With hands your hearts unite; So shall our tuneful tongues...
400 psl. - I'm no inclined, Whusky or lay — to state my mind, Fore ane or ither; For, gin I tak the first, I'm fou, And gin the next, I'm dull as you, Mix a
400 psl. - Come, little cottage girl, you seem To want my cup of tea; And will you take a little cream? Now tell the truth to me.' She had a rustic, woodland grin, Her cheek was soft as silk, And she replied: 'Sir, please put in A little drop of milk.' 'Why, what put milk into your head? 'Tis cream my cows supply'; And five times to the child I said: 'Why, pig-head, tell me, why?' 'You call me pig-head,' she replied; 'My proper name is Ruth.
400 psl. - Pass the bills on the pills on the window-sill; notice the capsule. (A sick man's fancy, no doubt, but I place Reliance on trade-marks, Sir) - so perhaps you'll Excuse the digression - this cup which I hold Light-poised - Bah, it's spilt in the bed! - well, let's on go Held Bohea and sugar, Sir; if you were told The sugar was salt, would the Bohea be Congo?
229 psl. - Wells ' ? " asked Robert, as the boy ran off. " It's after the great reformer — surely you've heard of him ? He lived in the dark ages, and he saw that what you ought to do is to find out what you want and then try to get it. Up to then people had always tried to tinker up what they'd got. We've got a great many of the things he thought of. Then ' Wells ' means springs of clear water.

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